Kourion Complex Trenches

Trench no. 17 contains what appears to be part of the Roman gymnasium. We found a water reservoir of good ashlar masonry, lined with cement, and with an outlet at the bottom, and a large area well paved with stone flags. The pavement is late Roman, and is over a wall of the first century A.D.

The entire area was covered with sand, containing late Roman sherds.

Special finds were seven bronze coins.

Trench no. 18 is eight meters long, one and a half meters wide. Undisturbed earth was reached at a depth of 0.90. There were no monumental remains, and no finds.

Trench no. 19 brought to light the remains of a building of uncertain date, to the surface. Part of a large coarse ware pot was found in situ in section Γ.

A cistern found in section was dug in part to a depth of [handwritten: 7m.] The bottom was not reached. In the part(east third) dug were found two large water channels, on leading into, the other probably out of, the cistern. The fill of the cistern is contemporaneous and generally similar to that of trenches 14 and 16.

Special finds:

One bronze coin Female figurine. White slip; red paint. Eight small trefoil lamps, Cypriote Many fragments of lamps of types VII to XXVII

In trench no. 20 was a large colonade, barely [handwritten: 40] cm. below the surface. Two column bases were found in place, and part of one column, tilted out of position was able to be replaced. This