Marea Vol. 1: Byzantine Marea. Excavations in 2000-2003 and 2006, Hanna Szymańska, Krzysztof Babraj

Table of contents: Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj FOREWORD PART ONE. DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE Krzysztof Babraj, Hanna Szymanska Chapter One. History, location and excavations at Marea 1.1. History of Marea 1.2. Location of the site 1.3. Results of previous excavations Elzbieta Mycielska-Dowgiallo, Barabara Woronko Chapter Two. Evolution of the natural environment in the region of Marea 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Ground relief 2.3. Methods 2.4. Study results 2.4.1. Character of deposits filling depressions and the lake lagoon 2.4.2. Surface micromorphology of quartz grains of sand and silt fraction 2.4.3. Analyses of the microstructure of silty deposits 2.4.4. Dating of the deposits 2.4.5. Results of malacofaunal determination 2.4.6. Results of chemical analysis of the water 2.5. Discussion PART TWO. THE BATHS AND SAQIYAH Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj Chapter One. Baths 1.1. Location 1.2. Architectural plan 1.3. Structural characteristics 1.4. Groundfloor Men's Part 1.4.1. Room B (apodyterium) 1.4.2. Room A2 (tepidarium) 1.4.3. Room Al (caldarium), pools U, W, R 1.4.4. Room L (caldarium), pools M, N 1.4.5. West courtyard F6 (frigidarium) Women's Part 1.4.6. Room K (tepidarium) 1.4.7. Room F (caldarium) with two pools 1.4.8. Room C (caldarium), pools D, E 1.4.9. East courtyard Fl (frigidarium) 1.4.10. Latrine 1.4.11. Shops 1.4.12. Pools Z, Y, T, X 1.4.13. "Street" behind the south wall of the baths 1.5. Basement 1.5.1. Channels 1.5.2. Heating system 1.5.3. Service cellar 1.5.4. Furnaces (praefurnia) Ol, O4 1.5.5. Hypocaust under room Al and L 1.5.6. Hypocaust F 1.5.7. Hypocaust C 1.6. Architectural decoration and paintings 1.7. Area between the baths and saqiyah (F3) 1.8. Bath parallels Krzysztof Babraj, Hanna Szymanska Chapter Two. Saqiyah 2.1. Architecture and stratigraphy 2.2. The saqiyah in Egypt 3. Supplying water to the baths Conclusion Grzegorz Majcherek Chapter Three. The pottery assemblage from the baths and saqiyah 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Ceramic groups 3.2.1. Locus Al 3.2.2. Locust 3.2.3. Locus L 3.2.4. Locus C 3.2.5. LOCKS F 3.2.6. Locus K 3.2.7. Northern wing 3.2.8. Eastern courtyard (Fl) 3.2.9. Western courtyard (F6) 3.2.10. Western strip3.2.11. Southern strip 3.2.12. Saqiyah-well (G) 3.3. Catalogue 3.3.1. Fine wares 3.3.2. Carinated bowls3.3.3. Coarse wares3.3.4. Qawadis3.3.5. Amphorae3.4. Conclusion Renata Kucharczyk Chapter Four. Glass finds from the baths and saqiyah 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Bottles 4.3. Other types of toilet vessels 4.4. Plates and bowls4.5. Wineglasses 4.6. Lamps 4.7. Windowpanes Catalogue Chapter Five. Coins from baths and saqiyah Barbara Lichocka 5.1. The early Byzantine coins Dorota Malarczyk 5.2. Umayyad coins Hanna Szymanska Chapter Six. Pottery lamps from the baths, saqiyah and funerary chapel 6.1. Lamps from the baths and saqiyah 6.2. Lamps from the funerary chapel Tomasz Derda Chapter Seven. Inscriptions from the baths and saqiyah 7.1. Inscriptions 7.2. St. Menas ampullae PART THREE. THE FUNERARY CHAPEL Krzysztof Babraj, Hanna Szymanska Architecture and stratigraphy STRESZCZENIE / SUMMARY IN POLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY ABBREVIATIONS