Die Wandmalerei der Hanghäuser in Ephesos

This volume and its preceding volume VIII/3, dealing with the building’s construction, complete the documentation and interpretation of Hanghaus 1. The finds were investigated within the context of the building’s history. Thus we obtained important results for the history of private housing in Ephesos, confirming that the earliest housing construction in this area of the city took place about 200 B.C. All categories of finds were taken into consideration according to the room in which they were discovered and catalogued. This gives us an immediate impression of how the house and its rooms were furnished. A comparison of the building plan, the floors and walls of each room, and the movable items found within it yields a clear picture. We can differentiate well between living space and storage rooms, yet are unable to interpret them more closely. In areas where little of the building is extant, there were also relatively few artefacts to be found, and interpretation is not possible. There is no proof of commercial use of this building in the centre of the city before late antiquity.