DOI article:
Majcherek, Grzegorz: Excavations in Alexandria in 1991-92
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some 0.50-0.60 m higher than the earlier ones. They are a clear
sign of the gradual pauperization of the inhabitants. New partition
walls were introduced and the general layout of the house
substantially changed. The large room G-9 was further extended
to the east at the expense of the adjacent room G-16. The floor of
this new room was paved with large limestone slabs fitted with
smaller pieces of marble. Little can be said about its function but
the considerable dimensions and the finely executed pavement
point to it being a the most important chamber of the house at this
stage.
The corresponding layers were particularly rich in finds.
Beside the ample collection of pottery comprising mostly
examples of Egyptian Red Slip Wares A and B as well as
Cypriote Red Slip Ware and abundant sherds of both Egyptian
and imported amphorae, a number of other artifacts was also
found: several complete lamps of Late Roman date and fragments
of Coptic statuary are the best examples.
In the final stage of occupation, tentatively ascribed to the
second half of the 7* century A.D., further alterations of the plan
were introduced. Some of existing walls had collapsed and no
effort was made to clear up the area. Instead, the ruined portion
of House G was walled off with a rough, hastily made partition
which certainly could not have carried any roof. It was found to
separate room G-9 from the already ruined and abandoned rooms
G-17 and G-19.
House H
Exploration of the Early Roman structures was continued
within the limits of House H, already largely unearthed in the
campaigns of 1988-89.
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sign of the gradual pauperization of the inhabitants. New partition
walls were introduced and the general layout of the house
substantially changed. The large room G-9 was further extended
to the east at the expense of the adjacent room G-16. The floor of
this new room was paved with large limestone slabs fitted with
smaller pieces of marble. Little can be said about its function but
the considerable dimensions and the finely executed pavement
point to it being a the most important chamber of the house at this
stage.
The corresponding layers were particularly rich in finds.
Beside the ample collection of pottery comprising mostly
examples of Egyptian Red Slip Wares A and B as well as
Cypriote Red Slip Ware and abundant sherds of both Egyptian
and imported amphorae, a number of other artifacts was also
found: several complete lamps of Late Roman date and fragments
of Coptic statuary are the best examples.
In the final stage of occupation, tentatively ascribed to the
second half of the 7* century A.D., further alterations of the plan
were introduced. Some of existing walls had collapsed and no
effort was made to clear up the area. Instead, the ruined portion
of House G was walled off with a rough, hastily made partition
which certainly could not have carried any roof. It was found to
separate room G-9 from the already ruined and abandoned rooms
G-17 and G-19.
House H
Exploration of the Early Roman structures was continued
within the limits of House H, already largely unearthed in the
campaigns of 1988-89.
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