DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej; Zych, Iwona; Bąkowska, Grażyna; Błaszczyk, Artur: Marina el-Alamein: excavation report, 2005
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42091#0082
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
from then on had to be entered from the
street running alongside its northern facade.
The installation consisted of a fireplace,
1.50 m long and 0.60 m wide, which was
constructed of mud brick and stone, taking
advantage of the three steps leading from
the original floor level to the blocked door.
Flanking it on the north was a stone
platform 1.60 m long and 0.60 m wide. The
compartment to the south was of the same
width as the fireplace and 1.40 m long. The
fill contained a worn bronze coin, some
pottery, a lamp fragment and animal bones.
The remains found in situ in the fireplace
included, beside pottery, a 'Frog'-type lamp
and glass-bottle rim, animal bones, an
ostrich shell, and the broken shells of two
hen eggs.
The eastern wall of room 1, made of
small flat stones (instead of the ashlar
blocks used in the outer northern wall) was
now fully cleared. It separated the room
from the next unit (room 4) to the east.
The corner, where this wall joined the
south wall (of similar construction), was
occupied by a set of compartmented
shelves [Fig. 3], part of which had been
uncovered in the previous year. The overall
height of this structure, which stood with
its back against the south wall, was 1.34 m,
its width 1.37 m. It reached 0.20 m below
the paving of the room. The lower
compartments of the structure were 0.75 m
high and 0.95 m deep. In front, they were
lined with upright slabs rising some 0.10 m
above the floor. The upper shelves were
Fig. 3. Shelves in the southeastern corner of room 1, after reconstruction in the 2003 season
(Photo W.A. Daszewski)
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EGYPT
from then on had to be entered from the
street running alongside its northern facade.
The installation consisted of a fireplace,
1.50 m long and 0.60 m wide, which was
constructed of mud brick and stone, taking
advantage of the three steps leading from
the original floor level to the blocked door.
Flanking it on the north was a stone
platform 1.60 m long and 0.60 m wide. The
compartment to the south was of the same
width as the fireplace and 1.40 m long. The
fill contained a worn bronze coin, some
pottery, a lamp fragment and animal bones.
The remains found in situ in the fireplace
included, beside pottery, a 'Frog'-type lamp
and glass-bottle rim, animal bones, an
ostrich shell, and the broken shells of two
hen eggs.
The eastern wall of room 1, made of
small flat stones (instead of the ashlar
blocks used in the outer northern wall) was
now fully cleared. It separated the room
from the next unit (room 4) to the east.
The corner, where this wall joined the
south wall (of similar construction), was
occupied by a set of compartmented
shelves [Fig. 3], part of which had been
uncovered in the previous year. The overall
height of this structure, which stood with
its back against the south wall, was 1.34 m,
its width 1.37 m. It reached 0.20 m below
the paving of the room. The lower
compartments of the structure were 0.75 m
high and 0.95 m deep. In front, they were
lined with upright slabs rising some 0.10 m
above the floor. The upper shelves were
Fig. 3. Shelves in the southeastern corner of room 1, after reconstruction in the 2003 season
(Photo W.A. Daszewski)
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