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DOI Artikel:Szafrański, Zbigniew Eugeniusz: Deir el-Bahari: the temple of Hatshepsut season 2003/2004
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0227
DEIR EL-BAHARI
EGYPT
SOLAR CULT COMPLEX
The restoration and partial reconstruction
of the south wall of the Sun Altar Court-
yard was completed this season. Following
previous work,2 3 the concrete slabs in the
upper part of the wall surface above the
original stonework (layers 5-9 in the eastern
and 8-9 in the western end) were now
replaced with regular limestone blocks
anchored to the red-brick core of the wall
with steel tenons. The joints were filled
with mortar. The top of the brick wall was
completed up to its original height and
plastered with mortar. It will be finished in
the manner of the north wall with a yel-
lowish ochre patina to avoid sharp contrasts
between the old and the new.
Four original cornice blocks from
the north wall were consolidated with
Steinfestiger Funcosil 300. They are
scheduled to be repositioned on top of the
courtyard's north wall.
The wall between the courtyard and the
vestibule had been reconstructed in 2002
[Figs. 1-2].3 Regular conservation monitor-
ing of already reconstructed parts of the
building revealed the need for limited treat-
ment, which was carried out at the begin-
ning of the present season.
Fig. 2. Solar Cult Complex. Reconstruction drawing of the western facade of the wall between the
vestibule and the Sun Altar Courtyard, after J. Karkowski, F. Pawlicki and A. Kwas'nica
(Drawing T. Kaczor)
2 Cf. M. Barwik, PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 204, Figs. 6-7; the upper part of the wall had been reconstructed in
brickwork and covered with concrete slabs (except for the top) in 1983/1984, following approval of the method by the
High Committee of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (EAO) in 1983, cf. Z. Wysocki, "Chronique de fouilles:
Deir el-Bahari, saisons 1982-1985", EtTrav XVI (1992), 436, 446, 452, Figs. 5, 12.
3 Barwik, PAM XIV, op. cit., 206, Fig. 7. For a study of this wall, cf. Z. Wysocki, "The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
at Deir el-Bahari. The results of architectural research over the north part of the Upper Terrace", MDAIK 43 (1987),
267-276, Pis. 34-35.
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EGYPT
SOLAR CULT COMPLEX
The restoration and partial reconstruction
of the south wall of the Sun Altar Court-
yard was completed this season. Following
previous work,2 3 the concrete slabs in the
upper part of the wall surface above the
original stonework (layers 5-9 in the eastern
and 8-9 in the western end) were now
replaced with regular limestone blocks
anchored to the red-brick core of the wall
with steel tenons. The joints were filled
with mortar. The top of the brick wall was
completed up to its original height and
plastered with mortar. It will be finished in
the manner of the north wall with a yel-
lowish ochre patina to avoid sharp contrasts
between the old and the new.
Four original cornice blocks from
the north wall were consolidated with
Steinfestiger Funcosil 300. They are
scheduled to be repositioned on top of the
courtyard's north wall.
The wall between the courtyard and the
vestibule had been reconstructed in 2002
[Figs. 1-2].3 Regular conservation monitor-
ing of already reconstructed parts of the
building revealed the need for limited treat-
ment, which was carried out at the begin-
ning of the present season.
Fig. 2. Solar Cult Complex. Reconstruction drawing of the western facade of the wall between the
vestibule and the Sun Altar Courtyard, after J. Karkowski, F. Pawlicki and A. Kwas'nica
(Drawing T. Kaczor)
2 Cf. M. Barwik, PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 204, Figs. 6-7; the upper part of the wall had been reconstructed in
brickwork and covered with concrete slabs (except for the top) in 1983/1984, following approval of the method by the
High Committee of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (EAO) in 1983, cf. Z. Wysocki, "Chronique de fouilles:
Deir el-Bahari, saisons 1982-1985", EtTrav XVI (1992), 436, 446, 452, Figs. 5, 12.
3 Barwik, PAM XIV, op. cit., 206, Fig. 7. For a study of this wall, cf. Z. Wysocki, "The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
at Deir el-Bahari. The results of architectural research over the north part of the Upper Terrace", MDAIK 43 (1987),
267-276, Pis. 34-35.
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