A system of stonemason marks applied in columns of the tetrastyle courtyard in The House of Leukaktios in Ptolemais, Cyrenaica

Abstract

Between 2002 and 20101 the excavations in insula E XXIcarried out by the Polish Archeological Mission to Ptolemais revealed the central part of the house of Leukaktios, the tetrastyle courtyard (fig. 1, Room R 5a) surrounded by the two-level peristyle (Room R 19) which had been constructed in the second phase of use of the house, in thesecond half of the 2nd c. Ad or theearly years of the 3rd century. 2 on the ground floor four basesand four drums of two columns preserved in situ whereas seven drumsand onecapitalcollapsed during asevereearthquake in the 3rd c. Ad, 3 after which the house of Leukaktios was abandoned by its inhabitants and adapted for workshops at previous residential quarters.