JbAC 67 (2024) Seiten: 133-147

This contribution reassesses the archaeological evidence excavated by F. K. Dörner and his team in 1963 and 1965 at Eski K˘ahta, in the area known in modern literature as ›Mosaic field‹. The excavation aimed to clarify the evolution of a building decorated with mosaics, located to the southwest of Eski Kale. In four interim reports, the excavators concluded that the structure dated to the Hellenistic or Early Roman period. A large portion of the documentation of this excavation is now lost. However, an extensive collection of photographs at the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor, University of Münster, allows for a clearer understanding of the building’s spatial development and a reassessment of its chronology and function. Although the surviving documentation is patchy and incomplete, it is reasonable to assume that the building was a late antique bathhouse, presumably associated with a rural settlement.