Erickson-Gini (2010:83) reports that Mampsis “appears to have experienced extensive damage” during one of the 363 CE Cyril earthquakes, noting that this damage predated subsequent structural modifications to the buildings at the site as well as the construction of two churches. Building XXV is identified as having been particularly severely affected. According to Erickson-Gini (2010:129), this building “sustained such heavy damage that it was abandoned and never rebuilt.” Room 2 of Building XXV, apparently used as a kitchen, preserved a substantial assemblage of pottery found sealed and in situ on the floor of the collapsed room, with some vessels interpreted as having fallen from shelves at the moment of destruction. In addition, Erickson-Gini (2010:80) reports the recovery of coins found in situ within the earthquake debris of Building XXV. The vulnerability of this structure is further emphasized by the observation that the walls of adjacent Rooms 1 and 2 (the “kitchen”) were “rather insubstantial additions to the original structure” that “were constructed in a shallow layer of soil,” a constructional weakness that appears to have contributed directly to the collapse of the kitchen ( Erickson-Gini 2010:129).