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Thefirstofthetwotrencheswasopenedatthesupposed
locationofthesouthernmostbuttress(no.4).Thebuttressas
wellasextensivesectionsoftheadjacentwallfacinghadbeen
dismantledalmostentirelyintheMedievalperiod.Several
piecesofEgyptianMonochromaticandSplashedGlazedWares
(Fayumi),foundinthefillofthestrippingpit,pointedtothe
10th-11thcenturyADasthemostprobabledateforthisopera-
tion.TheLateRomanstratumintowhichthestrippingpitwas
sunk,wascomposedalmostentirelyofbrokenamphorae
sherds.MostofthembelongedtoimportedLateRomanAm-
phorae1and4(manufacturedinCilicia,CyprusandtheGaza
region)andtoEgyptianLateRomanAmphoraeclass7.The
potterywasfoundalternatingwithlayersofashes,mostprobab-
lyoriginatingfromthefurnacesofthenearbybaths.Theam-
phoraeandassociatedfindsofCyprioteRedSlipandPhocaean
Waresprovideadepositiondateforthisstratum:the6th
centuryAD.Underneath,atalevel9.60mdeep,awellpreserved
pavedfloorappeared.Anidenticalfloorhadbeencleared
previouslyinthetrencheslocatednearbuttressesnos2and3
anditpresumablycoveredtheentiresurfacealongthefacade.
Thisareahadapparentlyservedasalargehallfillingthespan
betweenthecisternsandahugewall(aqueduct)builtonthe
westernborderofstreetR4.2Thehallwas6.50mwideand
almost4.50mhighasshownbyarowofholesleftinthe
cistern'swallbywoodenroofbeams.
Preservedfoundationsofbuttressno.4werereachedat
alevelof5.25m,i.e.,some10.75mbelowtheextanttopofthe
cisterns.Sixcoursesofmasonrywerefoundpartiallypreserved,
thelowermostformingasortofpedestal(0.95x1.20m)on
whichthebuttresswaserected.
2
Cf.M.Rodziewicz,AlexandrieIII,Leshabitationsromainestardivesd'Alexan-
drie,Varsovie1984,pp.259-263.
6
PAMIII[=Reports1991]
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