A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks

• Authors: Romaniuk, Marcin M

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Nea Paphos; “Hellenistic” House; peristyle; circular pool; fishpond; piscina; Dressel 6A amphora; labrum; garden

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 26(1)
• Pages: 429-440

Dates

published

2018-07-09

Contributors

author

Romaniuk, Marcin M

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.1798