DOI article:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Nea Paphos 1990 report
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26389#0084
The greatest effort was concentrated upon continued excavations of the so-called
Hellenistic House (Fig. 3), which lies immediately to the south of the Vilia of Theseus. The
building represents a type of house with a central peristyle court around which the
main reception and household rooms were planned together with presumed lodgings. The
northern wing of this structure was destroyed completely when the later villa was
constructed, the latter being located on a slightly lower level. Owing to the insignificant
differences in the original elevation of the area and the levelling work that took place,
the stratigraphic sequence of archaeological layers was turned upside down with
Hellenistic layers connected with the construction and occupation of the Hellenistic
house being found above the Late Roman levels in the Villa of Theseus.
The previous seasons saw the clearing of the entire eastern wing of the peristyle
(that is its preserved part) and some of the rooms adjoining it. The rooms in the
northern part of the wing were found to differ from those in the other end. The
northern rooms all had traces of fine mural decoration consisting of painting in the so-
called structural style which corresponds to the First Pompeian Style. The rooms in the
southeastern corner of the portico were of a totally different character, having some
connection with the use of water as the waterproof floor and drain in one of the rooms
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Hellenistic House (Fig. 3), which lies immediately to the south of the Vilia of Theseus. The
building represents a type of house with a central peristyle court around which the
main reception and household rooms were planned together with presumed lodgings. The
northern wing of this structure was destroyed completely when the later villa was
constructed, the latter being located on a slightly lower level. Owing to the insignificant
differences in the original elevation of the area and the levelling work that took place,
the stratigraphic sequence of archaeological layers was turned upside down with
Hellenistic layers connected with the construction and occupation of the Hellenistic
house being found above the Late Roman levels in the Villa of Theseus.
The previous seasons saw the clearing of the entire eastern wing of the peristyle
(that is its preserved part) and some of the rooms adjoining it. The rooms in the
northern part of the wing were found to differ from those in the other end. The
northern rooms all had traces of fine mural decoration consisting of painting in the so-
called structural style which corresponds to the First Pompeian Style. The rooms in the
southeastern corner of the portico were of a totally different character, having some
connection with the use of water as the waterproof floor and drain in one of the rooms
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