DOI Artikel:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Nea Paphos 1994
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0069
NEA PAPHOS 1994
by Wiktor A.Daszewski
The 1994 season of excavations lasted from August 29 till
the end of September/ Field activities were preceded and followed
by study work on pottery and coins for publication.
The actual excavations were carried out on different sites
within the licence area. The main efforts were concentrated upon
exploration of the Hellenistic House (HH) and the nearby Roman
structure (RH). Stratigraphic trenches were opened within the
Villa of Theseus/
Inside the Hellenistic House, the south part of the east
portico and two adjacent rooms were cleared of debris (Fig. 1). The
west walls of two rooms, which had fallen upon the floor of the
portico during an earthquake, were found under a layer (50-60 cm)
of brown soil mixed with particles of lime plaster and small stones.
Upon the walls of the northern room (No. 6 N) fragments of
painted plaster were preserved in places, revealing decoration
which recalls the so-called First Pompeian Style. Three horizontal
bands of red, white and grey-blue (almost black) delimited a socle
above which the wall was left white with imitation of masonry
blocks in white plaster. A similar decoration was found previously
' The Mission directed by the present author included: Prof.Dr. Zofia
Sztetyłło, Dr. Barbara Lichocka, Dr. Evdoksia Papuci-Władyka, Mr. Henryk
Meyza - archaeologists; Dr. Stanisław Medeksza - architect. Students of
archaeology from Warsaw University and the Jagiellonian University of Cracow
as students of architecture from the Technical University in Wroclaw also took
part. Taking this opportunity the Mission would like to express its gratitude to
the Director of the Department of Antiquities Dr. Demos Christou and to
Dr. Sophocles Hadjisavvas for the help they were kind to extend to the Mission
during its work in Paphos.
" Cf. PTM V 1993(1994), pp. 101-110 and especially Fig.l.
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by Wiktor A.Daszewski
The 1994 season of excavations lasted from August 29 till
the end of September/ Field activities were preceded and followed
by study work on pottery and coins for publication.
The actual excavations were carried out on different sites
within the licence area. The main efforts were concentrated upon
exploration of the Hellenistic House (HH) and the nearby Roman
structure (RH). Stratigraphic trenches were opened within the
Villa of Theseus/
Inside the Hellenistic House, the south part of the east
portico and two adjacent rooms were cleared of debris (Fig. 1). The
west walls of two rooms, which had fallen upon the floor of the
portico during an earthquake, were found under a layer (50-60 cm)
of brown soil mixed with particles of lime plaster and small stones.
Upon the walls of the northern room (No. 6 N) fragments of
painted plaster were preserved in places, revealing decoration
which recalls the so-called First Pompeian Style. Three horizontal
bands of red, white and grey-blue (almost black) delimited a socle
above which the wall was left white with imitation of masonry
blocks in white plaster. A similar decoration was found previously
' The Mission directed by the present author included: Prof.Dr. Zofia
Sztetyłło, Dr. Barbara Lichocka, Dr. Evdoksia Papuci-Władyka, Mr. Henryk
Meyza - archaeologists; Dr. Stanisław Medeksza - architect. Students of
archaeology from Warsaw University and the Jagiellonian University of Cracow
as students of architecture from the Technical University in Wroclaw also took
part. Taking this opportunity the Mission would like to express its gratitude to
the Director of the Department of Antiquities Dr. Demos Christou and to
Dr. Sophocles Hadjisavvas for the help they were kind to extend to the Mission
during its work in Paphos.
" Cf. PTM V 1993(1994), pp. 101-110 and especially Fig.l.
67