The third trench was situated in room no. 9. Below the latest
uncovered occupation level from the middle of the 4 lh century
A.D., 15 different layers, including three floors were identified.
The lowest occupation level, set immediateiy upon bedrock,
yielded pottery material from the end of the 4 th and beginning of
the 3 rd century B.C. - White Painted and Attic Black-Glazed wares.
The leve! immediately above was connected with a mudbrick
construction of some kind from the early 3 rd century B.C. Next
above it, there was a Later Hellenistic layer and a Roman one,
roughly dated up to the 2 nd century A.D. The 4* century
occupation level of the House of Aion lay directly on top of this
relatively early formation.
A substantial number of small finds, not in a good state of
preservation unfortunately, came from all the excavation areas; the
material included fragments of terracotta figurines, oil 1amps, metal
objects and fragments of architectural decoration.
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uncovered occupation level from the middle of the 4 lh century
A.D., 15 different layers, including three floors were identified.
The lowest occupation level, set immediateiy upon bedrock,
yielded pottery material from the end of the 4 th and beginning of
the 3 rd century B.C. - White Painted and Attic Black-Glazed wares.
The leve! immediately above was connected with a mudbrick
construction of some kind from the early 3 rd century B.C. Next
above it, there was a Later Hellenistic layer and a Roman one,
roughly dated up to the 2 nd century A.D. The 4* century
occupation level of the House of Aion lay directly on top of this
relatively early formation.
A substantial number of small finds, not in a good state of
preservation unfortunately, came from all the excavation areas; the
material included fragments of terracotta figurines, oil 1amps, metal
objects and fragments of architectural decoration.
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