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Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C. |
Abandoned digging at 6.25m. due to water level. Tile well could be associated with a bit of late Roman wall to the south, with floor level about one meter above that of pebble floor. Well tiles were not ... 14-22 April 1948 |
Tiled well cleared only to a depth of 6.60m. where fallen tiles and broken bedrock made further work impossible. So far as dug, a dumped filling as late as the 6th c. A.D. Coins:
16 May 1949 #2
18 May ... As late as 6th c. A.D. |
| Large courtyard in center with well, "kitchen" (Room 3) at right center and "dining room" (Room 2) in right background where the two marble busts (S 1299, S 1319) were found ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 24 March 1948 |
| Fragments of at least three bowls of clear glass with small out-turned rims are included here, also various decorative elements, including a blown glass bird attached to a wall fragment, and with the details ... 9, 26 May 1956 |
| Fragment from near lower part of wall.
Incised decoration of rather large pentagons and hexagons, each with a double outline.
Silvery iridescent glass. Mud brick layer south of Roman house B, room 1.
6th ... 25 June 1947 |
| Mended from two pieces. About half the body and base preserved; the rim broken away, also the lower edge of the foot.
Small high flaring base, reverse-curved, set off from wall by a moulded ring. Deep ... 24 June 1947 |
| Rim fragment from a heavy bowl with plain vertical lip.
A groove below the lip inside.
Dark brown glass. Building H, above floor. Destruction debris.
5th-6th c. A.D. 527 Leica, XXXIII-23 PD 505 ... 30 July 1947 |
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