DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Godlewski, Włodzimierz: Old Dongola: Kom A, 1999
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41274#0204
OLD DONGOLA
complex (Church of the Granite Columns),
which are dated to the second half of the
7th century,6) and thus should presumably
be attributed to the original architectural
decoration of House A. 106.
The dating of the House of the
Ecclesiastics is based on pottery found in
the depository and on the upper-floor win-
dow grilles. The mid-7th century dating
that has already been suggested for the ori-
gins of the building appears to be highly
probable, while the date for its abandon-
ment in the 10th century keeps being cor-
roborated by new evidence. At this time,
after the houses had been destroyed and the
area covered with sand, the northwestern
part of the town became the spot for well-
prepared ground storage pits. However,
there must have been a period, during
which the area lay abandoned and after
which it was resettled in the Late Period,
that is, in the 12th-13th centuries.
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50 cm
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Fig. 4■ Grille. Reconstruction
(Drawing Z. Solarewicz)
® P. Gartkiewicz, Dongola 2. The Cathedral in Old Dongola and its Antecedents .(Warsaw 1990), 202-211. The author
places the origins of the Cathedral in the late 8th century, but the complex should be considered rather earlier in date, per-
haps even from the second half of the 7th century.
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complex (Church of the Granite Columns),
which are dated to the second half of the
7th century,6) and thus should presumably
be attributed to the original architectural
decoration of House A. 106.
The dating of the House of the
Ecclesiastics is based on pottery found in
the depository and on the upper-floor win-
dow grilles. The mid-7th century dating
that has already been suggested for the ori-
gins of the building appears to be highly
probable, while the date for its abandon-
ment in the 10th century keeps being cor-
roborated by new evidence. At this time,
after the houses had been destroyed and the
area covered with sand, the northwestern
part of the town became the spot for well-
prepared ground storage pits. However,
there must have been a period, during
which the area lay abandoned and after
which it was resettled in the Late Period,
that is, in the 12th-13th centuries.
fWWa™®
0 cm 10
50 cm
Z.S. 1999
Fig. 4■ Grille. Reconstruction
(Drawing Z. Solarewicz)
® P. Gartkiewicz, Dongola 2. The Cathedral in Old Dongola and its Antecedents .(Warsaw 1990), 202-211. The author
places the origins of the Cathedral in the late 8th century, but the complex should be considered rather earlier in date, per-
haps even from the second half of the 7th century.
202