Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

from scratch.8) 9 The difference in the levels
of the pavement at the point of the
cracking was underpinned. The walls in the
northeastern and northwestern corners of
the room were built up to a height of
1.20 m, the west wall up to a meter in
height. The original stone blocks were
used with only a few new ones, bonded in
lime mortar with some white cement
added.
In the area of the necropolis, the major
task of the season was the raising of the
pillar tomb T IK. After excavations and
documentation carried out by the Polish
Archaeological Mission in 1994,9> the

surviving elements of this pillar-shaped
monument were put back in the position
in which they were found and carefully
protected for future restoration.10) Several
blocks of similar dimensions were lying in
the vicinity and it turned out in
consequence that few new blocks had to be
prepared for the reconstruction. Sadly
enough, one of the missing pieces was the
southern jamb of a small niche located in
the middle height of the pillar. With some
modifications resulting from the need to
include the results of recent research, it was
possible to raise the pillar to a height of
5.30 m, {Figs. 5, 6), leaving the remaining


Fig. 5. Tomb T IK after partial anastylosis in 2003
(Drawing R. Czerner, based in part on J. Dobrowolski, 1994)

8) The situation is well illustrated in Fig. 5a of the previous report, PAM XIV, op. cit., 91.
9) The tomb was discovered accidentally in 1993 and excavated thoroughly in 1994, cf. W.A. Daszewski, “Marina el-
Alamein 1994”, PAM VI, Reports 1994 (1995), 39 and Fig. 3 (erroneously captioned as ‘after restoration’; it was only
a theoretical reconstruction).
10) A theoretical reconstruction was prepared at the time by J. Dobrowolski, cf. previous note.

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