DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavations 1995-1996
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41241#0024
Hence, the basin could be related to the second phase of the bath
complex.4
In the central part of the trench a small section of a sewage
channel was cleared. It was built of small rough stones and partly
covered with amphorae including both Egyptian Nile silt containers
(Late Amphorae 7) and foreign vessels (North African spatheia).
The channel formed part of the local sewage system that was
previously recognized also in the western part of sector F.
The floor of the northern basin reached the level of
construction of the baths and cistern. It consisted of an evenly
tamped surface with thick local accumulations of mortar deposits
and building refuse. A set of rectangular containers resting on this
level was cleared previously in the southern part of the trench. This
installation was most probably used for mixing and storing mortar
during the construction of the cistern.
The Late Roman occupation level was separated from earlier
layers by a thick (ca. 1 - 1.60 m) levelling stratum containing heavy
concentration of architectural debris: mortar chunks, fragments of
plastering, and stone rubble. The higher preserved sections of walls
of the Early Roman building were found immediately underneath.
In this season our efforts focused on the exploration of the
eastern wing of house FA, adjoining the pseudo-peristyled
courtyard. We were able to excavate three more rooms bringing
the total of the uncovered surface of the house to some 250 m2.
Thus, almost the entire area of the house available for excavations
was explored (Phot. 1). Two major phases of occupation were
again recognised in this fragment of the house, both reflecting
subsequent changes in layout and function of the building.
4 Cf. W. Kol^taj, Imperial Baths at Kom el - Dikka, Warsaw 1992,
pp. 50-51.
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complex.4
In the central part of the trench a small section of a sewage
channel was cleared. It was built of small rough stones and partly
covered with amphorae including both Egyptian Nile silt containers
(Late Amphorae 7) and foreign vessels (North African spatheia).
The channel formed part of the local sewage system that was
previously recognized also in the western part of sector F.
The floor of the northern basin reached the level of
construction of the baths and cistern. It consisted of an evenly
tamped surface with thick local accumulations of mortar deposits
and building refuse. A set of rectangular containers resting on this
level was cleared previously in the southern part of the trench. This
installation was most probably used for mixing and storing mortar
during the construction of the cistern.
The Late Roman occupation level was separated from earlier
layers by a thick (ca. 1 - 1.60 m) levelling stratum containing heavy
concentration of architectural debris: mortar chunks, fragments of
plastering, and stone rubble. The higher preserved sections of walls
of the Early Roman building were found immediately underneath.
In this season our efforts focused on the exploration of the
eastern wing of house FA, adjoining the pseudo-peristyled
courtyard. We were able to excavate three more rooms bringing
the total of the uncovered surface of the house to some 250 m2.
Thus, almost the entire area of the house available for excavations
was explored (Phot. 1). Two major phases of occupation were
again recognised in this fragment of the house, both reflecting
subsequent changes in layout and function of the building.
4 Cf. W. Kol^taj, Imperial Baths at Kom el - Dikka, Warsaw 1992,
pp. 50-51.
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