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in the natatio. Neither rooms O or M have yet been excavated to the bed-rock.
Rooms A and C upon excavation revealed themselves to be forecourts. The fill of C was mostly earth, whereas A had more architectural members and a quantity of white plaster directly above the bed-rock. E is not a room and had no direct connection with the bath except for the drain which was intentionally filled in, and which led to a what seems a large system of cisterns. This system is now being excavated but as it has been impossible to draw the interior arrangements on the plan, suffice it to say that in the last uppermost level of use, I think that it was used as some sort of garden. Room X has just been excavated. Room X has just been excavated but as it has been impossible to draw the interior arrangements on the plan, suffice it to say that in the last uppermost level of use, I think that it was used as some sort of garden.
At the present we are excavating outside the caldarium and room W. Outside the caldarium, we are trying to find if the outside wall of room XProcedes around the building and joins it at the northwest corner. Outside of room W, the system of cisterns mentioned above is being excavated. This system connects with the room underground the room directly west of room W. This underground room is now being cleared and is giving us a great quantity of large sherds and whole pots or nearly whole pots. A gold ornament has been found here.
Except within broad limits, I have been unable to date the building. The coins found last fall are now being cleaned. The two which I could immediately read were of Honorius and Arcadius. John F. Daniel stated that in his part of the building, he found no coins later than the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius. Certainly the mosaics with the inscriptions are datable to the fourth century both because of their content and the Homeric dactylic hexameter in which they are written. As a broad ante quem, 400 A.D. is as close as I would care to go at the moment. The lamps were all wither of Broneer's type XXVII or XXVIII with one or two with Christian crosses. Considering the general plan of the building^18 and the lamps, 100 A.D. is a rough post quem. It is hoped to reduce this gap of 300 years, or if not reduce it, at least specify what portion of the building went out of use when the other portions were built. A mass of sherds has been saved, but it is not expected that much can be gained from them, as
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