Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (5.1993(1994))

NEA PAPHOS 1993
by Wiktor A. Daszewski
The 1993 season at Nea Paphos lasted for 5 weeks starting
on August 23.1 A brief study session concerning the pottery
from the site preceded the actual excavations which concentrated
on continuing the exploration of the Hellenistic House (HH) and
the nearby Roman structure (RH), identified in the previous
season;a stratigraphic trench was also dug in the Villa of
Theseus.
The Hellenistic House is located directly to the south of the
Villa of Theseus (Fig. 1). Originally, it occupied a space limited
on the north and south by two parallel latitudinal streets.As for
the eastern and western boundaries, they remained indefinite,
although it had been assumed that the building occupied a whole
insula, meaning that on the east and west it touched upon streets
belonging to the regular town network. The building was destroyed
in an earthquake in the seventies of the 1st century A.D. Several
years later its northern part along with the adjacent street disap-

1 The Mission included Prof. Wiktor A. Daszewski who was in charge of
the work; Prof. Zofia Sztetyllo, Dr. Evdoksia Papuci-WIadyka, Mr. Henryk
Meyza, Mrs. M.Carroll-Spillecke — archaeologists; Dr. StanislawMedeksza—
architect. The Mission would like to express its gratitude to the Director of the
Department of Antiquities, Dr. Demos Christou, and to Dr. Sophocles Hadjisav-
vas for the help they were kind enough to extend to the Mission throughout the
season.
2 Cf. W. A. Daszewski, PAM IV, 1992 (1993), p. 93.
3 Cf W A. Daszewski, PAM III, 1991 (1992), p.60, fig.l.

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