scholarly journals El balneario de Fortuna y la Cueva Negra (Fortuna, Murcia)

Author(s):  
Antónimo González Blanco ◽  
Manuel Amante Sánchez ◽  
Ph. Rahtz ◽  
L. Watts

Se expone el estado de la cuestión en el estudio del termalismo de la Región de IVIurcia con particular atención a la época romana. Se centra el tema en la investigación del balneario de Fortuna y en las nuevas perspectivas que para el tema lia ofrecido el descubrimiento de una parte interesante del yacimiento romano del lugar cuyas excavaciones se describen: se trata de un edificio de considerable entidad cuya estructura todavía apenas queda especificada, pero que se espera aclarar con el avance de las investigaciones arqueológicas. Se plantean los nuevos horizontes que este descubrimiento crea para la interpretación del conjunto epigráfico de la Cueva Negra, cuyos tituli picti adquieren consistencia y se sitúan en una nueva dimensión intelectual al ponerlos en relación con la vida del balneario.The situation of the research on thermalism in the Región of Murcia, with particular attention paid to the Román period, are set forth in this article. The exposition centers on the research carried out in the baths of Fortuna and on the new perspectivas oponed by the discovery, in the Román part of the site, of a large building which structure only dates partly determined. The authors explain the new horizon which this discovery offers towards the interpretation of the epigraphical collection found in the Cueva Negra, whose tituli picti acquire consistency and they are situated in a new intelectual dimensión when they are related to the livelihood of the Román Baths.

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 87-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Kucharczyk

The glass material from PCMA excavations at the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria in the 2012 and 2013 seasons consisted mainly of a late Roman/early Byzantine assemblage, mostly yellowish-green blown glass characterized by a homogeneity of the fabric, a limited variety of vessel types and simple workmanship, all indicative of a local glasshouse most likely operating at the site. Fragments of early and late Roman mosaic glass were also an important element of the set. Excavations in area U (sub-area US) also yielded a handful of late Hellenistic/early Roman glasses: various types of cast bowls seldom previously reported from Kom el-Dikka, a linear-cut bowl, monochrome patella, and colorless bowl with broad rim and overhung edge. The assemblage coming from area G (basement of the late Roman baths) comprised late Roman free-blown, utilitarian wares representing a limited range of forms. Also found in this area was cast glass of the late Hellenistic/early Roman period: mosaic glass and a grooved bowl, the latter recorded for the first time at Kom el-Dikka.


2010 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 147-148
Author(s):  
Oğuz Koçyiğit

AbstractDuring the 2008 field season at the Byzantine city of Amorium an unusual and unexpected surface find was recorded. It was a terracotta spacer pin of the type that was frequently used in Roman provincial baths. As such it provides the first evidence for the existence of a Roman-period bathhouse at Amorium, which may be regarded as a predecessor to the Byzantine bathhouse that has been excavated there.


2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-97
Author(s):  
Richard Massey ◽  
Matt Nichol ◽  
Dana Challinor ◽  
Sharon Clough ◽  
Matilda Holmes ◽  
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Excavation in Area 1 identified an enclosed settlement of Middle–Late Iron Age and Early Roman date, which included a roundhouse gully and deep storage pits with complex fills. A group of undated four-post structures, situated in the east of Area 1, appeared to represent a specialised area of storage or crop processing of probable Middle Iron Age date. A sequence of re-cutting and reorganisation of ditches and boundaries in the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period was followed, possibly after a considerable hiatus, by a phase of later Roman activity, Late Iron Age reorganisation appeared to be associated with the abandonment of a roundhouse, and a number of structured pit deposits may also relate to this period of change. Seven Late Iron Age cremation burials were associated with a contemporary boundary ditch which crossed Area 1. Two partly-exposed, L-shaped ditches may represent a later Roman phase of enclosed settlement and a slight shift in settlement focus. An isolated inhumation burial within the northern margins of Area 1 was tentatively dated by grave goods to the Early Saxon period.<br/> Area 2 contained a possible trackway and field boundary ditches, of which one was of confirmed Late Iron Age/Early Roman date. A short posthole alignment in Area 2 was undated, and may be an earlier prehistoric feature.


2020 ◽  
pp. 87-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka

This paper deals with public areas in ancient residences. These zones, emphasising the social status of the owners of the houses, are analysed in several large residences erected in the Graeco-Roman Period in Nea Paphos, Cyprus: the ‘Hellenistic’ House, the Villa of Theseus, and the House of Aion. Particularly, the special arrangement of the layout and the architectural decoration of three major public zones were studied: the entrance, the main courtyard, and the main room.


Author(s):  
Joan Oller Guzmán

This paper tries to explain the first results obtained on trench 102, located on the southwestern area of the ancient harbour of Berenike. Chronologically the trench runs from the Late Hellenistic to Roman Period, showing different uses of this area during Antiquity. Some of the data recovered are quite interesting in order to understand the evolution of this scarcely known area of Berenike’s harbor. The identification of a metallurgical furnace related to the Late Hellenistic Period is especially remarkable, as it provides some insights about the structure of this zone under the last Ptolemaic rulers. So, the main objective of the paper is to offer new data about the productive structure of this site during the Ptolemaic period with special focus on the metallurgical production.


Author(s):  
Grigory L. Zemtsov ◽  
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Dmitry V. Sarychev ◽  
Vladimir O. Goncharov ◽  
Ekaterina V. Fabritsius ◽  
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