Das Hanghaus 2 in Ephesos

THÜR, Hilke
Das Hanghaus 2 in Ephesos
Die Wohneinheit 4. Baubefund, Ausstattung, Funde
The Terrace House 2 in Ephesos is the best preserved housing complex of Roman imperial times in
the Eastern Mediterranean. The insula i.e. the apartment block in the centre of the ancient
metropolis was divided into seven peristyle houses. This volume presents the first housing unit,
which is located on the eastern part of the middle terrace.
Here, four building phases from the beginning of the 1st century A.D. up to the 3rd quarter of the
3rd century A.D. can clearly be recognized. Resulting from the successive expansion of the
neighbouring apartment belonging to one of the Ephesian dignitaries the former peristyle hall was
changed into a pilaster hall, including a - for Ephesos unique - illusionistic garden-painting and a
central water fountain providing the impressive atmosphere for a summer-triclinum.
At the same time a third floor was added on to the housing unit. Numerous graffiti on the walls of
the hall, to a certain extent the guestbook but also including household bills, and the inventory of
findings provide an informative view of the daily life at the time of the destruction through an
earthquake in 262 A.D.
ISBN : 3-7001-3322-7
Verlag : VÖAW
Erscheinungsdatum : 2005
39x30cm, broschiert, 441 Seiten Textband, 246 Seiten Tafelband mit 224 Farbtafeln