A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks
Excavations in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos in 2016, Polish excavations, revealed a small circular pool with immured tops of Dressel 6A amphorae in the wall surrounding it and a circular imprint in the middle of the floor. The paper undertakes a discussion of possible...
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| description | Excavations in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos in 2016, Polish excavations, revealed a small circular pool with immured tops of Dressel 6A amphorae in the wall surrounding it and a circular imprint in the middle of the floor. The paper undertakes a discussion of possible form and function, putting forward a tentative interpretation based on a study of parallels that we are dealing with an ornamental pool, a popular furnishing of wealthy Roman house gardens, functioning perhaps as a fishpond (piscina) or a tank with water constantly running in and out, with a labrum or columnar pedestal standing in the middle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-baf48e66ca734bd0b309f4b12fc908132024-04-08T12:26:03ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2017-12-0126142944010.5604/01.3001.0012.179801.3001.0012.1798A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarksMarcin M. Romaniuk0Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental CulturesExcavations in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos in 2016, Polish excavations, revealed a small circular pool with immured tops of Dressel 6A amphorae in the wall surrounding it and a circular imprint in the middle of the floor. The paper undertakes a discussion of possible form and function, putting forward a tentative interpretation based on a study of parallels that we are dealing with an ornamental pool, a popular furnishing of wealthy Roman house gardens, functioning perhaps as a fishpond (piscina) or a tank with water constantly running in and out, with a labrum or columnar pedestal standing in the middle.http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0012.1798Nea Paphos“Hellenistic” Houseperistylecircular poolfishpondpiscina |
| spellingShingle | Marcin M. Romaniuk A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Nea Paphos “Hellenistic” House peristyle circular pool fishpond piscina |
| title | A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks |
| title_full | A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks |
| title_fullStr | A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks |
| title_full_unstemmed | A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks |
| title_short | A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks |
| title_sort | circular pool in the main courtyard of the hellenistic house in nea paphos preliminary remarks |
| topic | Nea Paphos “Hellenistic” House peristyle circular pool fishpond piscina |
| url | http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0012.1798 |
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