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ofmarblearchitecturaldecorationinthe
formofshatteredcolumnshafts.Twoof
theseshaftfragmentsbearevidenceof
mountingtechniques.Onefoundinthefill
onthesouthernsideofthetrench(dia.
0.235m)hadametal(lead?)peg;theother,
0.20mindiameter,hadagroovec.3cm
Fig.8.Chancelpostfromthealtar,recovered
fromunderlyingrubble
(PhotoJ.M.Kucy)
deepdownoneside,stillfilledwith
remnantsoflimemortar,whichhadserved
tofixthecolumntoawall.Itmayhavebeen
usedinthesecondarywalls,alignedN-S,
thatwerefoundstandinginfrontoftheapse
(tosupporttheciboriumabovethealtar?).
Ofthesamediameterisacolumnbasedis-
covered0.10mabovethefloor,atadistance
of3.50mfromthesaidwall.Thefill
yieldedmorecolumnshaftfragments,one
ofnummulithiclimestone,theotherof
marblewithadiameterof0.66cm.
Thebottomofthekilnwasexplored
furtherdowninordertoremoveanother
chancelpoststandinginsideit.Thisele-
ment(H.1.30m;W
.0.21m)differsinsize
fromthepillarfoundlastyear;italsobears
evidenceofreuse[Fig.8].Originally,itmay
haveflankedtheentrancetothebema,but
waslatermovedtothecornerofthebalus-
trade,asindicatedbymodifiedprofiling
withsecondarilycutgroovesformounting
screens.Itaddstothelistoffindstestifying
toalterationsintroducedintheinterior
decorationofthechurch.
Similarlyasinthepreviouscampaign,
fragmentsofred-paintedplasterwere
recoveredfromabovethekiln,nearitsclay
wall.Someofthesepiecesofplasterwere
evidentlyfromthejoiningofwalland
ceiling.Behindthiswall,lyingonthe
dislodgedpavementisacollapsedblockof
bricksheldtogetherwithcoarsemortar.
Similarblocksofbrickswerefoundlastyear
oneithersideoftheallegedaltar.They
appeartobepartoftheruinedbarrelvault
oftheapse.
Trialpitsdugunderthestepsoftheapse
inthenorthandsouthconfirmedyetagain
thatthelowerflooroftheapsewaslaid
directlyontopofthekiln'sfiringgrid.
Potteryfromunderthisfloorhasbeendated
tothe2ndcenturyatthelatest.
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