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DOI Artikel:Jakubiak, Krzysztof: Tell Farama (Pelusium): report on the third and fourth seasons
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TELL LARAMA
EGYPT
TELL LARAMA
(PELUSIUM)
REPORT ON THE THIRD AND
FOURTH SEASONS
Krzysztof Jakubiak
At the initiative of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, a team from the Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University undertook the third and fourth campaign
of excavations on the site of the theater at Tell Farama (ancient Pelusium).1 The goal was to
complete the investigations of the theater arid underlying structures; consequently, the
foundations and related deposits of these earlier buildings were studied during the short spring
season. A reconstruction project of the stage building was completed and presented to the SC A
authorities for approval. The first stage of work on the preservation, restoration and limited
reconstruction of the Roman theater proceeded in the summer season. The outline of the stage
building was marked out with a single course of red bricks, introducing corrections to the
original reconstruction project wherever necessary in order to give future visitors a better
understanding of the architecture. The next stage of the reconstruction is planned for upcoming
seasons.
A contour map of the area wider investigation, theater included, was accomplished in the
summer season. Testing began in other parts of the ancient town (sectors 1 and 2). The most
important find in the second sector was a fragmentary Late Roman mosaic floor.
1 The seasons took place respectively from February 24 to March 10 and from July 3 to August 10, 2005. The work of
the Polish-Egyptian expedition was directed by Prof. Dr. Michal Gawlikowski. Beside the present writer, the team
comprised, in the third season: Mr. Szymon Maslak, archaeologist; Mrs. Anna Osnicka-Smola, Mr. Michal Smola,
architects; and Mr. Mahmoud Ahmed Helal, representing the SCA; and in the fourth season: Mr. Szymon Maslak,
Ms Aleksandra Chabiera, Ms Jadwiga Iwaszczuk and Ms Urszula Wicenciak, archaeologists; and Mr. Mahmud El-Dib
representing the SCA. The team was accommodated on both occasions at the SCA camp in Qantara East and enjoyed
the helpful assistance of its employees.
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EGYPT
TELL LARAMA
(PELUSIUM)
REPORT ON THE THIRD AND
FOURTH SEASONS
Krzysztof Jakubiak
At the initiative of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, a team from the Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University undertook the third and fourth campaign
of excavations on the site of the theater at Tell Farama (ancient Pelusium).1 The goal was to
complete the investigations of the theater arid underlying structures; consequently, the
foundations and related deposits of these earlier buildings were studied during the short spring
season. A reconstruction project of the stage building was completed and presented to the SC A
authorities for approval. The first stage of work on the preservation, restoration and limited
reconstruction of the Roman theater proceeded in the summer season. The outline of the stage
building was marked out with a single course of red bricks, introducing corrections to the
original reconstruction project wherever necessary in order to give future visitors a better
understanding of the architecture. The next stage of the reconstruction is planned for upcoming
seasons.
A contour map of the area wider investigation, theater included, was accomplished in the
summer season. Testing began in other parts of the ancient town (sectors 1 and 2). The most
important find in the second sector was a fragmentary Late Roman mosaic floor.
1 The seasons took place respectively from February 24 to March 10 and from July 3 to August 10, 2005. The work of
the Polish-Egyptian expedition was directed by Prof. Dr. Michal Gawlikowski. Beside the present writer, the team
comprised, in the third season: Mr. Szymon Maslak, archaeologist; Mrs. Anna Osnicka-Smola, Mr. Michal Smola,
architects; and Mr. Mahmoud Ahmed Helal, representing the SCA; and in the fourth season: Mr. Szymon Maslak,
Ms Aleksandra Chabiera, Ms Jadwiga Iwaszczuk and Ms Urszula Wicenciak, archaeologists; and Mr. Mahmud El-Dib
representing the SCA. The team was accommodated on both occasions at the SCA camp in Qantara East and enjoyed
the helpful assistance of its employees.
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