DOI article:
Majcherek, Grzegorz: Excavations in Alexandria in 1991-92
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suggest the first half of the 1"century A.D. as the
date for this occupational phase.
The room and most probably the whole house was
inhabited without any substantial alteration of plan until the end
of the 3"* century A.D., when destruction on a large scale
occurred. The walls were then deliberately dismantled; the
corresponding layers were found to be filled with building debris
including large fragments of plastering and pieces of architectural
decoration.
A very similar stratigraphical sequence was also recog-
nized in room H-5. The lowermost levels contained numerous
finds dated to the l"-2"* century A.D. Here again a thick destruc-
tion layer composed of plaster remains, fragments of architectural
decoration and other debris, was explored. This layer precedes
the Late Roman occupation stratum which featured an entirely
new disposition of the house,
An Early Roman occupation stratum was also investigated
in the neighbouring room H-6. A series of floor levels was found,
revealing a similar chronological range. The fill was particularly
rich in finds. In addition to the series of well preserved lamps, a
small finely shaped faience head was found.
A trench was dug across street R< in front of House H in
order to ascertain the street's structural and chronological
development. The adjacent section of a huge Late Roman wall
(most probably serving as an aqueduct) which bordered the street
on the west was found to heve been removed almost entirely. It
was possible to trace the original course of the wall in a clearly
defined robbing pit. The wall was apparently dismantled in the
early Mamluk period as evidenced by several sherds of Mamluk
Sgraff and Slip Painted Wares found in the fill.
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date for this occupational phase.
The room and most probably the whole house was
inhabited without any substantial alteration of plan until the end
of the 3"* century A.D., when destruction on a large scale
occurred. The walls were then deliberately dismantled; the
corresponding layers were found to be filled with building debris
including large fragments of plastering and pieces of architectural
decoration.
A very similar stratigraphical sequence was also recog-
nized in room H-5. The lowermost levels contained numerous
finds dated to the l"-2"* century A.D. Here again a thick destruc-
tion layer composed of plaster remains, fragments of architectural
decoration and other debris, was explored. This layer precedes
the Late Roman occupation stratum which featured an entirely
new disposition of the house,
An Early Roman occupation stratum was also investigated
in the neighbouring room H-6. A series of floor levels was found,
revealing a similar chronological range. The fill was particularly
rich in finds. In addition to the series of well preserved lamps, a
small finely shaped faience head was found.
A trench was dug across street R< in front of House H in
order to ascertain the street's structural and chronological
development. The adjacent section of a huge Late Roman wall
(most probably serving as an aqueduct) which bordered the street
on the west was found to heve been removed almost entirely. It
was possible to trace the original course of the wall in a clearly
defined robbing pit. The wall was apparently dismantled in the
early Mamluk period as evidenced by several sherds of Mamluk
Sgraff and Slip Painted Wares found in the fill.
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