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Houses and workshops
Temples
Baths
Amphitheatre
Villa or sanctuary
Burials

A series of private buildings was found on either side of the main road, over a distance of 500 meters.



Plan of the main road and flanking private buildings. Ebnöther-Wyss 2004, Abb. 2.

At the north end building A, measuring 20.60 x 18.90 m., was excavated in 1878-1879 and 1920. In a central room a wooden staircase led to a cellar.

Plan of building A. Wiedmer 1909, Abb. 3.

The southernmost building, measuring about 29 x 20 m., was excavated in 1922. The large central room was decorated with paintings (green, blue and yellow bands) and had a heated compartment with a hypocaust.

Plan of the southernmost building. Tschumi 1922, 63.

Two potteries with five furnaces were identified. In a well of one pottery, 25 meters deep, a gold signet ring was found with an agate gemstone and the depiction of a seahorse.

The gold ring with the seahorse. Tschumi 1923, 78.

Introduction
Houses and workshops
Temples
Baths
Amphitheatre
Villa or sanctuary
Burials


[26-Oct-2023]