DOI issue:
Cyprus
DOI article:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Excavations 1995
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0097
communicated directly with the threshold, on the east, north and
west sides it was surrounded by a wall 0.30 m high, made up of
large rectangular slabs of stone (13 cm thick), set upright on their
longer sides. The inner part of the enclosure was filled with soil
forming a platform. Around the podium, the floor of the room was
paved with pebbles set in lime mortar. In the south-west corner of
the room there was a construction recalling a latrine in
arrangement. Along the west side of the podium a drain ran
southwards, joining another drain running eastwards along the
south wall. Both carried sewage towards a special outlet cut in the
south wall and leading to the main drain running under the street.
It appears that the enclosure wall around the podium may
have been higher originally. On the inner west side of the podium
right upon the floor level, a block with mouldings was found in
situ. Apparently it was a support (leg) of a bench once set against
the wall. The podium, therefore, may have been a vestibule with a
small latrine located behind its west wall.
The whole room including the podium and latrine bears
evidence of long use. The floor was damaged in several places, the
holes being patched up with pieces of marble slabs. One of the
slabs bears two fragmentary Greek inscriptions on opposite sides,
each from a different period.
Pottery finds from the top of the layer of blocks down to the
floor of pebbles demonstrate considerable homogeneity. They
consists of fragments of storage vessels: Paphos III (= Man 27/28)^
amphorae, amphorae imitating Koan vessels (Paphos II type I, the
sub-Koan shape imitating the Roman version of Dressel amphorae
Paphos III - Roman amphorae No. 45 etc). The most
characteristic tableware includes CS f. 11, 12, 22 and 40; ESB f.
20 and 80; ESA f. 54 and 55, also Pompeian Red Ware. A rim of
' J. W. Hayes, Pn/j/?o,s' 7//. 77? e 7?cw;n/7
Nicosia 1991.
95
west sides it was surrounded by a wall 0.30 m high, made up of
large rectangular slabs of stone (13 cm thick), set upright on their
longer sides. The inner part of the enclosure was filled with soil
forming a platform. Around the podium, the floor of the room was
paved with pebbles set in lime mortar. In the south-west corner of
the room there was a construction recalling a latrine in
arrangement. Along the west side of the podium a drain ran
southwards, joining another drain running eastwards along the
south wall. Both carried sewage towards a special outlet cut in the
south wall and leading to the main drain running under the street.
It appears that the enclosure wall around the podium may
have been higher originally. On the inner west side of the podium
right upon the floor level, a block with mouldings was found in
situ. Apparently it was a support (leg) of a bench once set against
the wall. The podium, therefore, may have been a vestibule with a
small latrine located behind its west wall.
The whole room including the podium and latrine bears
evidence of long use. The floor was damaged in several places, the
holes being patched up with pieces of marble slabs. One of the
slabs bears two fragmentary Greek inscriptions on opposite sides,
each from a different period.
Pottery finds from the top of the layer of blocks down to the
floor of pebbles demonstrate considerable homogeneity. They
consists of fragments of storage vessels: Paphos III (= Man 27/28)^
amphorae, amphorae imitating Koan vessels (Paphos II type I, the
sub-Koan shape imitating the Roman version of Dressel amphorae
Paphos III - Roman amphorae No. 45 etc). The most
characteristic tableware includes CS f. 11, 12, 22 and 40; ESB f.
20 and 80; ESA f. 54 and 55, also Pompeian Red Ware. A rim of
' J. W. Hayes, Pn/j/?o,s' 7//. 77? e 7?cw;n/7
Nicosia 1991.
95