DOI Artikel:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Nea Paphos 1993
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43746#0110
channel, which ran under the mosaic floor of room 1 toward a settlement
tank located next to the outer wall of this room on the street side (Fig.2).
On the north the foundation of the basin rested upon an earlier wall
belonging to the Hellenistic House which had served as the southern wall
of the inner courtyard (No. 13) of this structure.
The rooms which adjoined the basin and room no. 2 were almost
completely dismantled already in antiquity. What has remained are some
heavily damaged parts of the lower floor of a hypocaustum consisting of
terracotta tiles and the remains of pillars supporting the upper, heated
floor. It was presumably part of a bath, since in Nea Paphos official
rooms and living quarters were devoid of heating installations while baths
were heated.
Two trenches located in places where the streets delimiting the
insula on the south and west were expected to be found yielded positive
results. In both cases edges of rooms adjoining the street were
uncovered. A number of levels was also observed on both streets,
starting in the Late Hellenistic period. The earlier levels need yet to be
explored but what can be determined at the present stage is that the
streets of Nea Paphos belonging to the Hellenistic network were still in
use in the early Roman period. The Hellenistic House (HH) as well as
the Roman House (RH) operated within this network.
The pottery discovered in the debris filling the heated rooms
belongs to the 2nc* century A.D., including CS form 40 (large), ESB
form 80, sherds of African I amphorae, late versions of ESA.
To recapitulate, research carried out so far in this area would
indicate that the ruins of the Hellenistic House (HH) were shortly after
its partial destruction in the late 70s of the 1st century A.D., covered
with a new structure — the Roman House (RH), using to some extent the
preserved parts of the earlier building. The Roman building presumably
survived until the 3r^ century when it, too, was destroyed. Its walls were
soon almost completely dismantled leaving in situ only such elements
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tank located next to the outer wall of this room on the street side (Fig.2).
On the north the foundation of the basin rested upon an earlier wall
belonging to the Hellenistic House which had served as the southern wall
of the inner courtyard (No. 13) of this structure.
The rooms which adjoined the basin and room no. 2 were almost
completely dismantled already in antiquity. What has remained are some
heavily damaged parts of the lower floor of a hypocaustum consisting of
terracotta tiles and the remains of pillars supporting the upper, heated
floor. It was presumably part of a bath, since in Nea Paphos official
rooms and living quarters were devoid of heating installations while baths
were heated.
Two trenches located in places where the streets delimiting the
insula on the south and west were expected to be found yielded positive
results. In both cases edges of rooms adjoining the street were
uncovered. A number of levels was also observed on both streets,
starting in the Late Hellenistic period. The earlier levels need yet to be
explored but what can be determined at the present stage is that the
streets of Nea Paphos belonging to the Hellenistic network were still in
use in the early Roman period. The Hellenistic House (HH) as well as
the Roman House (RH) operated within this network.
The pottery discovered in the debris filling the heated rooms
belongs to the 2nc* century A.D., including CS form 40 (large), ESB
form 80, sherds of African I amphorae, late versions of ESA.
To recapitulate, research carried out so far in this area would
indicate that the ruins of the Hellenistic House (HH) were shortly after
its partial destruction in the late 70s of the 1st century A.D., covered
with a new structure — the Roman House (RH), using to some extent the
preserved parts of the earlier building. The Roman building presumably
survived until the 3r^ century when it, too, was destroyed. Its walls were
soon almost completely dismantled leaving in situ only such elements
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