DOI issue:
Cyprus
DOI article:Meyza, Henryk: Nea Paphos: excavating below the mosaic of the southern portico in the villa of Theseus
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41241#0133
encountered in a narrow (ca. 0.60 m) trench under the
reconstructed stylobate proved too fragile to be securely
considered as the foundations of a large peristyle. In spite of this, it
seems that the overall evidence indicates that the area was later
occupied by the south portico of the Villa which remained in use
well into the late 2nd century AD. Earlier structures were in use
already in the late Hellenistic period (late 2nd/early 1st cent. BC).
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reconstructed stylobate proved too fragile to be securely
considered as the foundations of a large peristyle. In spite of this, it
seems that the overall evidence indicates that the area was later
occupied by the south portico of the Villa which remained in use
well into the late 2nd century AD. Earlier structures were in use
already in the late Hellenistic period (late 2nd/early 1st cent. BC).
131