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Maritime Archaeology Periodical

Fig. 12: Narteksde çakıllı tabakanın
temizlenmesi.
Fig. 12: Clearing of the layer with
pebbles in nartex.

One of the most important data obtained from the 9). The chain is 0.1 cm wide, and 1.8 cm long, and it
narthex excavations is the finding of plaster remains si- weighs 0.4 grams.
milar to those on the protected wall in the prothesis sec- One of the coins is among the finds from the narthex,
tion (Fig. 6). The projection found at 17 cm depth from representing the period before the construction of the
the surface on the eastern side of the wall separating the basilica, ca. 238-244 AD (Fig. 10) . The head side of the
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narthex from the atrium, enhances our suspicion about coin that belongs to Gordian III, contains a side view of
the complete removal of floor paving following destru- the emperor’s bust, wearing a radiant crown and the le-
ction of the basilica. gend reads [AVT K M AN]T ΓOPΔIANOCAVΓ. On the
The excavations in the narthex area yielded an ele- flipside, there is a square table depiction with two laurel
ctron coin, 69 bronze coins, 3 amorphous objects, 1 wreaths on the table, and one trophy amphora under the
modern ring, 1 oil-lamp, and seven oil-lamp fragments, table. The bronze coin has a diameter of 2,4 cm, and it
with one belonging to the mould for an oil-lamp (Fig. is 0,1 cm thick and it weighs 5,2 grams.
7), 44 ceramic objects, 5 nails, 1 hobnail, 14 fresque COnCLUSIOn
fragments, 9 lead objects, 5 glass fragments, 1 calypter The number of coins found in the basilica during
fragment, 1 pipe fragment and 5 marble building-block the 2017 – 2018 underwater excavations is 432. Out
fragments, 8 chromatic marble fragments that should of these 432 coins, 52 are in good condition, 423 are
belong to an opus sectile floor paving, 2 tesserae, 1 bone bronze, 6 is silver, 2 are brass, and 1 is an electron
object, and 6 glass fragments. coin. Sounding 1, 2 and 3 yielded 347, 1, and 47 pieces
One of the oil-lamps that is found almost intact, and of coins, respectively and 37 coins were found on the
it resembles the ones that were produced locally during lake bottom. The coins cover a wide span from the 2nd
the 5th -6th centuries AD (Fig. 8). The oil-lamp is 3.2 century AD to the early kuruş (piaster) examples of
cm high, 5.8 cm wide, with a discus diameter of 3.8 cm, the Turkish Republic. The earliest coin that was reco-
and a discus orifice diameter of 1 cm, with a base of 2.3 vered during this campaign is a Clodius Albinus coin
cm in diameter. dating to between 195 and 197 AD. The Turkish period
One of the golden objects is a chain with one end con- is represented by a Mehmed I coin and a kuruş of the
taining a ring and the other end containing a hook (Fig. Turkish Republic.

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