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DOI Artikel:Gawlikowski, Michał: Palmyra: season 2001
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PALMYRA
SYRIA
PALMYRA
SEASON 2001
Michai Gawlikowski
The excavation season lasted from April 28 to May 31, 2001.1) Aj part of the long range
program of digging and presentation of downtown Palmyra, the mission continued this year
its excavations in a block marked G on Gabriel's plan, situated on the eastern side of a street,
called Church Street, coming up from the Great Colonnade. Having cleared in this area
a residential unit and two churches, one of them a three-aisle basilica with adjoining
baptistery (in 1997 and 1998), we set out in 1999 to investigate yet another basilica
situated 33 m to the north. A surface plan was traced and a trial pit dug in front of the
church established the existence of an atrium, paved and surrounded by colonnades.
Other obligations in Syria prevented our return to Palmyra in 2000. This year, we have
cleared the atrium in its entirety and exposed about two-thirds of the church interior —
altogether an area of 1,000 sq. m. Stone or cemented floors have been revealed everywhere at
an average depth of one meter. Also, a sector of the Great Colonnade opposite Block E was
investigated again, concurrently with the work in the basilica.
1) The mission, led by the present writer, included Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek (as Deputy Director), Ms Marta Zuchowska
and Mrs. Magdalena Zurek, archaeologists. For a short time, we had the assistance of Dr. Karol Piasecki, anthropologist,
and Mr. Wojciech Terlikowski, civil engineer acting as topographer. A student of archaeology from Tubingen, Ms Elisabeth
Katzy, also joined the mission. Mrs. Krystyna Gawlikowska participated in a private capacity. It is our pleasant duty to
acknowledge the standing support of Dr. Abdel Razzaq Moaz and Dr. Michel al-Maqdissi, respectively Director General of
Antiquities and Museums and Director of Excavations in Damascus. In Palmyra, Mr. Khaled Assaad, Director of
Antiquities, and Mr. Ali Taha, who served as the inspector attached to the mission, have spared no trouble to come forward
and assist us in every way. Our heartfelt thanks to them.
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SYRIA
PALMYRA
SEASON 2001
Michai Gawlikowski
The excavation season lasted from April 28 to May 31, 2001.1) Aj part of the long range
program of digging and presentation of downtown Palmyra, the mission continued this year
its excavations in a block marked G on Gabriel's plan, situated on the eastern side of a street,
called Church Street, coming up from the Great Colonnade. Having cleared in this area
a residential unit and two churches, one of them a three-aisle basilica with adjoining
baptistery (in 1997 and 1998), we set out in 1999 to investigate yet another basilica
situated 33 m to the north. A surface plan was traced and a trial pit dug in front of the
church established the existence of an atrium, paved and surrounded by colonnades.
Other obligations in Syria prevented our return to Palmyra in 2000. This year, we have
cleared the atrium in its entirety and exposed about two-thirds of the church interior —
altogether an area of 1,000 sq. m. Stone or cemented floors have been revealed everywhere at
an average depth of one meter. Also, a sector of the Great Colonnade opposite Block E was
investigated again, concurrently with the work in the basilica.
1) The mission, led by the present writer, included Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek (as Deputy Director), Ms Marta Zuchowska
and Mrs. Magdalena Zurek, archaeologists. For a short time, we had the assistance of Dr. Karol Piasecki, anthropologist,
and Mr. Wojciech Terlikowski, civil engineer acting as topographer. A student of archaeology from Tubingen, Ms Elisabeth
Katzy, also joined the mission. Mrs. Krystyna Gawlikowska participated in a private capacity. It is our pleasant duty to
acknowledge the standing support of Dr. Abdel Razzaq Moaz and Dr. Michel al-Maqdissi, respectively Director General of
Antiquities and Museums and Director of Excavations in Damascus. In Palmyra, Mr. Khaled Assaad, Director of
Antiquities, and Mr. Ali Taha, who served as the inspector attached to the mission, have spared no trouble to come forward
and assist us in every way. Our heartfelt thanks to them.
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