Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

TELL LARAMA

EGYPT

monument. Our experts stressed the need
to excavate further to elucidate the exact
form of the theater.
Later on, the expertise of Dr. Peter
Grossmann was called upon by the EAO,
resulting in a new and independent record
of the remains. Thanks to the kindness of
Dr. Grossmann I was able to consult both
his report and the plan he had made.3-* The
*
As it appeared to us upon arrival, the theater
is a monument hardly understandable to an
unprepared visitor. As a result of partial
excavations, the outer semi-circular wall of
the cavea now emerges from the ground to
the height of about 1 m. The stage building

outline of the stage building differs signifi-
cantly on the two plans available. We were
not able to check this as some consolidation
work had been done in the meantime on
the brick platform of the stage building,
covering in effect the faint traces of its
superstructure. It is to be hoped that these
traces have survived under the protecting
layer of modern brick.
*
presents a flat surface restored to a uniform
level nearly even with the present ground
around it (Figs. 1, 2). About a dozen archi-
tectural members of Aswan red granite were
reassembled in the middle and protected
with sand.


Fig. 2. The stage building, looking east
(Photo M. Gawlikowski)

3) A. el-Taba’i, M. Abdel Maqsoud, P. Grossmann, The Great Theatre of Pelusium, in: Hommages Fayza Haikal (Le Caire
2003), 271-283.

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