DOI Artikel:
Gawlikowski, Michał: Palmyra
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42008#0041
PALMYRA
by
HICHALGAWLIKOWSKI
From their beginning in 1959 and down to 1987 our excavations in Palmyra
concerned mainly the Diocletian's Camp, especially its two major monuments, the
principia ("Temple desEnseignes") and the sanctuary of Allat. After clearing
yet another building'inside perimeter, the horreum or granary of the Camp (1981-
1986), and investigating the "Watergate" in the NE corner of the Camp (1987),
the excavations program in this area can be considered as closed.
The season 1988 marked a new start. We have taken up another sector of the
ancient town, situated to the North of the Great Colonnade, between the
Tetrapylon and the Funerary Temple. The new excavation permit was issued very
soon after the request had been made, upon tlie recommendation of Dr. Adnan
Bounni, Director of Excavations in the Directorate General of Antiquities and
HuseumsoftheS.A.R. and the Director General, Dr. Ali Abu Assaf, expressed his
support to this new project right after taking office. I wish to reiterate our
appreciation to this generous policy which was and is so essential for our
activities. I am also pleased to credit Mr. Khaled As'ad, Director of
Antiquities of Palmyra, and his associates Hsrss. Ahmad and Ali Taha with their
part in the success of our undertaking.
The site of the Diocletian's Camp, even if not excavated any more, has not
been abandoned. We endeavour to consolidate every year some particulary
threatened parts of its monuments. In 1988 we have put in good repair the main
part of the chapel of the principia. The apse, much eroded and excavated
incompletely for fear of collapse, has been entirely cleared and restored.Newly
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by
HICHALGAWLIKOWSKI
From their beginning in 1959 and down to 1987 our excavations in Palmyra
concerned mainly the Diocletian's Camp, especially its two major monuments, the
principia ("Temple desEnseignes") and the sanctuary of Allat. After clearing
yet another building'inside perimeter, the horreum or granary of the Camp (1981-
1986), and investigating the "Watergate" in the NE corner of the Camp (1987),
the excavations program in this area can be considered as closed.
The season 1988 marked a new start. We have taken up another sector of the
ancient town, situated to the North of the Great Colonnade, between the
Tetrapylon and the Funerary Temple. The new excavation permit was issued very
soon after the request had been made, upon tlie recommendation of Dr. Adnan
Bounni, Director of Excavations in the Directorate General of Antiquities and
HuseumsoftheS.A.R. and the Director General, Dr. Ali Abu Assaf, expressed his
support to this new project right after taking office. I wish to reiterate our
appreciation to this generous policy which was and is so essential for our
activities. I am also pleased to credit Mr. Khaled As'ad, Director of
Antiquities of Palmyra, and his associates Hsrss. Ahmad and Ali Taha with their
part in the success of our undertaking.
The site of the Diocletian's Camp, even if not excavated any more, has not
been abandoned. We endeavour to consolidate every year some particulary
threatened parts of its monuments. In 1988 we have put in good repair the main
part of the chapel of the principia. The apse, much eroded and excavated
incompletely for fear of collapse, has been entirely cleared and restored.Newly
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