Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (4.1992(1993))

T7. The clearing of the staircase leading to the inner court
was completed this season. It was mostly cut in bedrock. Only in
the part above ground level were the walls built up with limestone
ashlar blocks to a height of 1.60 m. The original roof of stone
beams laid flat and supported on the side walls has been pre-
served in places. The full length of the staircase is 12 m. Close
to the lowest step a well preserved bowl of red clay was dis-
covered; it can be dated to the early 1" century A. D. The inner
court is at a depth of 6.90 m below ground level.
T8. The aboveground part of this tomb was excavated in
the previous season/ It was a rectangular pavilion with a banquet
hall equipped with two wide benches (couches) and several
storage and domestic rooms. The uncovering of the staircase
presently undertaken, regardless of the fallen in walls and roof
along its length, brought some 14 m of it to light; however, no
trace was uncovered as yet of the inner court and of the
hypogeum. It would seem that the size of this complex is
considerable and it should probably be placed among the most
monumental of the tombs found at the site.
T10A. Interesting work was carried out in a stone
complex lying far to the west of the necropolis (Fig. 3). The
complex is preserved to the extent that the tops of the walls are
visible on the surface; unfortunately, this has also been the cause
of its destruction in modem times. The northern part of the
structure was cut off and destroyed irretrievably by a bulldozer
tracing an access road to the tourist village being constructed at

P/1MIII (1991), p. 36.

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