DOI article:
Meyza, Henryk: Nea Paphos: stratigraphy and pottery survey below the Achilles mosaic in room 40 of the villa of Theseus
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0082
African amphorae frequent at the turn of the 4^ century transition,
most probably Further east of the the dump
was homogeneous down to 70/80 cm under the mosaic, Filing a pit
which had disturbed earlier floors made of pebbles set in lime-soil
mortar. The pit walls sloped down from the top of the foundation
of the east wall of Room 40 and approximately from the edge of
the figural panels to the west. It seems that it was dug when the
mosaic was already prepared for setting and its slopes suggest that
the geometric frame was laid later than the figural Apart
from the coin and sherds mentioned the finds from this context can
be dated best to the late 2*" century A.D. There are pieces of
Eastern Sigillata B (ESB) of form 60/ CS forms Pll and P40/
amphorae like the Paphian Roman Amphora (RAmph) 45, the other
of RAmph type IV and Mau 27/28/° They have been displaced
most probably within the pit alone, since the material found under
the pit is contemporary (sherds of ESB form 75," CS form
P22B," volute lamps made of buff clay, dating to the 2*" half of
the 1" century, " amphorae as above). The layers Filing the
earlier structures were deposited in the 2^ century and were
^ E.g. A. Carignani, F. Pacetti, Anfore tardo-antiche dagh scavi dei
Paiatino, in: Am/?/iorg^ roma/noy /lA/vAro 6<ronom?'<yM<?.' <7/V any <7o racTiarc/n?,
p. 612, Tav. II.
3 J.W. Hayes, Sigihate orientali, in: EAA AEanro /orme coram/c/ie II,
p. 64, Tav. XIV:7-8; id., Eap/ioy III, p. 53, Fig. 21:7-10.
^ Id., in: EAT AEan;<? ... II, pp. 82f., 88f., Taw. XIX:2-3, XXI:3; id.,
Pa^p/ioy III, p. 45, Fig. 19.
'o Id., Paphos III, p. 95, Fig. 37:8, PI. 25:4 (RAmph 45); ibid., p. 92,
Figs. 70:14-16 (RAmph type IV); ibid., p. 91f., Pi. 24:3-4; C. Williams,
Anomnrinm. 77ig Roman an<7 Ear/y PyznnAng Ponury, Toronto 1989, pp. 91-95,
Figs. 54-55. (RAmph type 111 = Mau 27/28).
" Id., EAT A;/an;o ... II,, p. 68, Tav. XV:8-9.
" Ibid., p. 84n., Tav. XIX: 15.
'3 Cf. PMCEawpy III, Loeschcke Type IV, Q 2396, p. 303, Pi. 63.
80
most probably Further east of the the dump
was homogeneous down to 70/80 cm under the mosaic, Filing a pit
which had disturbed earlier floors made of pebbles set in lime-soil
mortar. The pit walls sloped down from the top of the foundation
of the east wall of Room 40 and approximately from the edge of
the figural panels to the west. It seems that it was dug when the
mosaic was already prepared for setting and its slopes suggest that
the geometric frame was laid later than the figural Apart
from the coin and sherds mentioned the finds from this context can
be dated best to the late 2*" century A.D. There are pieces of
Eastern Sigillata B (ESB) of form 60/ CS forms Pll and P40/
amphorae like the Paphian Roman Amphora (RAmph) 45, the other
of RAmph type IV and Mau 27/28/° They have been displaced
most probably within the pit alone, since the material found under
the pit is contemporary (sherds of ESB form 75," CS form
P22B," volute lamps made of buff clay, dating to the 2*" half of
the 1" century, " amphorae as above). The layers Filing the
earlier structures were deposited in the 2^ century and were
^ E.g. A. Carignani, F. Pacetti, Anfore tardo-antiche dagh scavi dei
Paiatino, in: Am/?/iorg^ roma/noy /lA/vAro 6<ronom?'<yM<?.' <7/V any <7o racTiarc/n?,
p. 612, Tav. II.
3 J.W. Hayes, Sigihate orientali, in: EAA AEanro /orme coram/c/ie II,
p. 64, Tav. XIV:7-8; id., Eap/ioy III, p. 53, Fig. 21:7-10.
^ Id., in: EAT AEan;<? ... II, pp. 82f., 88f., Taw. XIX:2-3, XXI:3; id.,
Pa^p/ioy III, p. 45, Fig. 19.
'o Id., Paphos III, p. 95, Fig. 37:8, PI. 25:4 (RAmph 45); ibid., p. 92,
Figs. 70:14-16 (RAmph type IV); ibid., p. 91f., Pi. 24:3-4; C. Williams,
Anomnrinm. 77ig Roman an<7 Ear/y PyznnAng Ponury, Toronto 1989, pp. 91-95,
Figs. 54-55. (RAmph type 111 = Mau 27/28).
" Id., EAT A;/an;o ... II,, p. 68, Tav. XV:8-9.
" Ibid., p. 84n., Tav. XIX: 15.
'3 Cf. PMCEawpy III, Loeschcke Type IV, Q 2396, p. 303, Pi. 63.
80