In the built-up area of Oberbuchsiten, some 13 kilometers to the west of Olten, remains of a villa were found at the locality Bachmatt. Excavations were carried out in 1976 and 2004-2007. Small parts were found of the main building, a secondary building, and baths with a hypocaust. The villa was built in the last three decades of the first century, modified in the years 150-170 AD, and used until the second half of the third century.
Plan of the remains of the villa. Gutzwiller 2009, Abb. 2.In the baths fragments of paintings and stucco reliefs were found. Fragments of paintings from the main house belonged to three groups, from the first and second century. The backgrounds were red, black, and yellow.
Reconstructions of the paintings from the main building. Dubois 2009, Abb. 13, 21, 31.On the plaster from the main house some graffiti were preserved, parts of Latin texts and drawings.
Fragment of plaster with a graffito. The small letters might be Brennos suavis, "Brennos is sweet". Sylvestre-Dubois 2009, Abb. 7.
Literature
Harb 2006; Frésard-Dubois 2006; Archäologie und Denkmalpflege im Kanton Solothurn 13 (2008), 87; Gutzwiller 2009; Wullschleger 2009(1); Wullschleger 2009(2); Dubois 2009; Deschler-Erb 2009; Sylvestre-Dubois 2009.
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