DOI Artikel:
Majcherek, Grzegorz: Excavations in Alexandria in 1989-90
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26389#0026
ruins, with the aforementioned facilities being the first signs of renewed occupation.
The Early Roman occupation level, comprising several lime floors was reached
immediately below. The archaeological context of these layers included a considerable
amount of ceramic material, bearing evidence to a long-lasting habitation in the period
from the Is* to the 3rii century A.D.. Further exploration revealed a clear architectural
sequence, visible in the walls of the house. Roman constructions were built directly on
top of the remains of Ptolemaic ones. The foundations of the Ptolemaic building were
reached at a depth of A.5 m below the street level, on top of a clay layer some 0.7 m
thick. Much to our surprise the remains of yet another structure came to light under
the deposit of clay. Although it is tempting to see it as the remainder of the first
construction built in the area, its nature as well as precise dating is yet to be
determined.
Particularly important discoveries were made while studying the urbanistic
developmt it of the quarter. The sewage system uncovered in the alley separating
houses H nd G, proved the existence of the side street as early as the Early Roman
period. It was presumably much wider at that time, reaching some 5 m, that is about half
the width of the street'.5 Its presence throws new light on the previous findings and
hypothese concerning additional subdivisions of the great insulae defined by the basic
urban street network.6 Another channel was discovered on street R^, at a depth of 4.8m.
No precise dating material was available here: however, the level of the channel relative
to the uncovered architectural structures indicates that it must have formed part of the
urban sewage system of the Ptolemaic period. Its course along the facades of the houses
presents evidence for the permanence of the street network of Ptolemaic date, existing
in this area in basically unchanged form till the end of Antiquity.
5An Early Roman street of similar course and dimensions was
uncovered during the 1973 excavations below the Theatre Portico.
Rodziewicz, Alexandria III. Les habitations Romaines
tardives d'Alexandrie, Varsovie 1984, pp. 17-33.
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The Early Roman occupation level, comprising several lime floors was reached
immediately below. The archaeological context of these layers included a considerable
amount of ceramic material, bearing evidence to a long-lasting habitation in the period
from the Is* to the 3rii century A.D.. Further exploration revealed a clear architectural
sequence, visible in the walls of the house. Roman constructions were built directly on
top of the remains of Ptolemaic ones. The foundations of the Ptolemaic building were
reached at a depth of A.5 m below the street level, on top of a clay layer some 0.7 m
thick. Much to our surprise the remains of yet another structure came to light under
the deposit of clay. Although it is tempting to see it as the remainder of the first
construction built in the area, its nature as well as precise dating is yet to be
determined.
Particularly important discoveries were made while studying the urbanistic
developmt it of the quarter. The sewage system uncovered in the alley separating
houses H nd G, proved the existence of the side street as early as the Early Roman
period. It was presumably much wider at that time, reaching some 5 m, that is about half
the width of the street'.5 Its presence throws new light on the previous findings and
hypothese concerning additional subdivisions of the great insulae defined by the basic
urban street network.6 Another channel was discovered on street R^, at a depth of 4.8m.
No precise dating material was available here: however, the level of the channel relative
to the uncovered architectural structures indicates that it must have formed part of the
urban sewage system of the Ptolemaic period. Its course along the facades of the houses
presents evidence for the permanence of the street network of Ptolemaic date, existing
in this area in basically unchanged form till the end of Antiquity.
5An Early Roman street of similar course and dimensions was
uncovered during the 1973 excavations below the Theatre Portico.
Rodziewicz, Alexandria III. Les habitations Romaines
tardives d'Alexandrie, Varsovie 1984, pp. 17-33.
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