the construction of the wing. Another pit was excavated in Room
16N. At a depth of 2.20 m below the Villa's floor level, bedrock
was reached. Several levels of constructions were investigated.
Best A latitudinal wall with a door leading to the south was best
preserved; it belonged to an early Roman house erected not later
that the early years of the 1^ cent. AD These remains should be
associated with a building uncovered partly under Room 16 and
the west portico of the Villa during previous excavation
campaigns. The accompanying finds consisted of pottery sherds,
oil lamps and of some very rare pieces such as a w/V/c/zor/ glass
bowl of Alexandrian origin. The lowest layer in the pit, just above
bedrock yielded late classical sherds and an open oil lamp of the
late 4^ cent. B.C.
THE HOUSE OF AION
A large square in the north-western part of the building was
opened with a view to assembling more evidence of pottery and
checking stratigraphy in connection with earlier investigations
carried out in the neighbouring area during the 1986 and 1990
seasons. Six different, well-documented habitation levels were
investigated, ranging in date from the late 4^ and 5^ cent. A.D. to
the late Classical layer at the very bottom, above bedrock. This last
layer yielded not only local pottery, but also fragments of Attic RF
vases. Pottery finds from this and earlier excavations in the area are
the subject of a separate study.
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16N. At a depth of 2.20 m below the Villa's floor level, bedrock
was reached. Several levels of constructions were investigated.
Best A latitudinal wall with a door leading to the south was best
preserved; it belonged to an early Roman house erected not later
that the early years of the 1^ cent. AD These remains should be
associated with a building uncovered partly under Room 16 and
the west portico of the Villa during previous excavation
campaigns. The accompanying finds consisted of pottery sherds,
oil lamps and of some very rare pieces such as a w/V/c/zor/ glass
bowl of Alexandrian origin. The lowest layer in the pit, just above
bedrock yielded late classical sherds and an open oil lamp of the
late 4^ cent. B.C.
THE HOUSE OF AION
A large square in the north-western part of the building was
opened with a view to assembling more evidence of pottery and
checking stratigraphy in connection with earlier investigations
carried out in the neighbouring area during the 1986 and 1990
seasons. Six different, well-documented habitation levels were
investigated, ranging in date from the late 4^ and 5^ cent. A.D. to
the late Classical layer at the very bottom, above bedrock. This last
layer yielded not only local pottery, but also fragments of Attic RF
vases. Pottery finds from this and earlier excavations in the area are
the subject of a separate study.
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