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DOI article:Szymańska, Hanna: Tell Atrib: excavations, 1998
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TELL ATRIB
EGYPT
TELL ATRIB
EXCAVATIONS, 1998
Hanna Szymanska
Polish-Egyptian rescue excavations at Tell Atrib were taken up again after a three-year
interval1') and lasted from September 19 until November 7, 1998.2) Work was continued in
the southwestern part of the Ptolemaic district abutting on the south the Moslem. funerary
monument on Kom Si di Yusuf The objective was to explore three squares, each 10 x 10 m
(HHH, KKK and LLL), closing the area of excavations which was previously explored by
a team directed by Prof. Dr. Karol MysliwiecN
The present campaign was devoted to the complete exploration of one of the squares in ques-
tion (HHH). The surface layer of debris was removed from the area of square KKK and the
balk between squares BBB. CCC, EEE and FFF, left after the campaign of 1994, was
investigated and removed.
” Cf. PA Al VII, Reports 1995 (1996), pp. 53-60.
2> Expedition members: Dr. Hanna Szymanska, director; Dr. Barbara Ruszczyc; Mrs. Anna Poludnikiewicz, Mr. Piotr
Mieliwodzki, Mmes. Teresa Witkowska, Edyta Knapik, Sabina Grzegrzolka, Nina Willburger, Judith Bender, Mr. Mariusz
Jucha, archaeologists; Messrs. Marek Puszkarski, draftsman; Hubert Chudzio, photographer. The Supreme Council for
Antiquities, Benha, was represented by Mrs. Mouthameda Bakr Abdoul Rahman, Messrs. Ali Shehata Elsayed Gad, Yehia
Hasanein Farrag, Emad Abdoul Azeem Emm.
Our deepest gratitude goes to the Supreme Council of Antiquities authorities for support and efforts to make the expedi-
tion a success. The work was financed jointly by the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University and by the Supreme
Council for Antiquities.
3> Cf. PAM I-VII, Reports 1988-1995 (1990-1996).
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EGYPT
TELL ATRIB
EXCAVATIONS, 1998
Hanna Szymanska
Polish-Egyptian rescue excavations at Tell Atrib were taken up again after a three-year
interval1') and lasted from September 19 until November 7, 1998.2) Work was continued in
the southwestern part of the Ptolemaic district abutting on the south the Moslem. funerary
monument on Kom Si di Yusuf The objective was to explore three squares, each 10 x 10 m
(HHH, KKK and LLL), closing the area of excavations which was previously explored by
a team directed by Prof. Dr. Karol MysliwiecN
The present campaign was devoted to the complete exploration of one of the squares in ques-
tion (HHH). The surface layer of debris was removed from the area of square KKK and the
balk between squares BBB. CCC, EEE and FFF, left after the campaign of 1994, was
investigated and removed.
” Cf. PA Al VII, Reports 1995 (1996), pp. 53-60.
2> Expedition members: Dr. Hanna Szymanska, director; Dr. Barbara Ruszczyc; Mrs. Anna Poludnikiewicz, Mr. Piotr
Mieliwodzki, Mmes. Teresa Witkowska, Edyta Knapik, Sabina Grzegrzolka, Nina Willburger, Judith Bender, Mr. Mariusz
Jucha, archaeologists; Messrs. Marek Puszkarski, draftsman; Hubert Chudzio, photographer. The Supreme Council for
Antiquities, Benha, was represented by Mrs. Mouthameda Bakr Abdoul Rahman, Messrs. Ali Shehata Elsayed Gad, Yehia
Hasanein Farrag, Emad Abdoul Azeem Emm.
Our deepest gratitude goes to the Supreme Council of Antiquities authorities for support and efforts to make the expedi-
tion a success. The work was financed jointly by the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University and by the Supreme
Council for Antiquities.
3> Cf. PAM I-VII, Reports 1988-1995 (1990-1996).
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