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DOI Artikel:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Nea Paphos: excavations 1996
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a depth of 2.80 m it emptied into a large cistern that was hewn in
bedrock. Originally, the cistern had another shaft, which opened
directly into the court. This circular shaft was later closed with
a slab when the court received its waterproof floor. The new
square shaft was built of small stones. Poorly preserved, the cistern
was left unexplored. Of the rooms to the north and northeast of the
court, no. 1 has already been explored and its walls found to bear
traces of painted plaster. The other room, no. 6 (3.80 x 3.88 m),
had a floor made of small stones covered with fine lime mortar.
The rooms on the south side of the court had tamped floors
reinforced with mortar; walls (0.48 - 0.53 m wide) were made of
small stones and plastered white. Room 4, partly excavated last
season, was bordered on the west by a wall of bigger blocks,
preserved to a height of 1.20 m. A com of Demetrios Poliorketes
was found apparently out of original context on the floor in the
southwestern corner, below the wall. The pottery material from the
room points to a Roman date. All the rooms of ERH conform to
the general layout of the Hellenistic House. It cannot be excluded
that the two structures had been joined at some time to form one
large edifice. Nor can it be excluded that it was their subordination
to a pre-existing grid of streets that determined their conformity.
Several alterations can be observed in ERH. Room 4 was
partitioned at a later date and the cistern's opening was changed.
Precise dating of these alterations will be possible pending
anf analysis of pottery finds.
Yet another square, trench was opened about 20 m east of
ERH, at the presumed location of the southeastern corner of the
E-W and N-S street intersection, the N-S street being the one
discovered under the east wing of the Villa of Theseus. ^ Two walls
corresponding to this corner were uncovered.
6 PAM VI o.c. p. 68, fig. 1; also J. Mlynarczyk, Nea Paphos 111. Nea
Paphos in the Hellenistic Period, Warsaw 1990, p. 162, Fig. 16 and Fig. 21,
street 9.
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bedrock. Originally, the cistern had another shaft, which opened
directly into the court. This circular shaft was later closed with
a slab when the court received its waterproof floor. The new
square shaft was built of small stones. Poorly preserved, the cistern
was left unexplored. Of the rooms to the north and northeast of the
court, no. 1 has already been explored and its walls found to bear
traces of painted plaster. The other room, no. 6 (3.80 x 3.88 m),
had a floor made of small stones covered with fine lime mortar.
The rooms on the south side of the court had tamped floors
reinforced with mortar; walls (0.48 - 0.53 m wide) were made of
small stones and plastered white. Room 4, partly excavated last
season, was bordered on the west by a wall of bigger blocks,
preserved to a height of 1.20 m. A com of Demetrios Poliorketes
was found apparently out of original context on the floor in the
southwestern corner, below the wall. The pottery material from the
room points to a Roman date. All the rooms of ERH conform to
the general layout of the Hellenistic House. It cannot be excluded
that the two structures had been joined at some time to form one
large edifice. Nor can it be excluded that it was their subordination
to a pre-existing grid of streets that determined their conformity.
Several alterations can be observed in ERH. Room 4 was
partitioned at a later date and the cistern's opening was changed.
Precise dating of these alterations will be possible pending
anf analysis of pottery finds.
Yet another square, trench was opened about 20 m east of
ERH, at the presumed location of the southeastern corner of the
E-W and N-S street intersection, the N-S street being the one
discovered under the east wing of the Villa of Theseus. ^ Two walls
corresponding to this corner were uncovered.
6 PAM VI o.c. p. 68, fig. 1; also J. Mlynarczyk, Nea Paphos 111. Nea
Paphos in the Hellenistic Period, Warsaw 1990, p. 162, Fig. 16 and Fig. 21,
street 9.
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