DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Jakubiak, Krzysztof: Tell Farama (Pelusium): report on the third and fourth seasons
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42091#0133
TELL LARAMA
EGYPT
could have occurred in the last phases of the
dismantling of the theater building.
Evidence of burning was found nearby, but
the presence of a blue-glazed oil lamp points
to a very late date, even in the 12th century,
for this activity.
SECTOR 1
The mound chosen for testing in the
summer season of excavations was located
180 m north of the theater. The architecture
uncovered in a trench 18 by 18 m proved to
be heavily destroyed by numerous pits, as
well as an obviously planned dismantling
of the walls {Figs 5-6]. The suddenly in-
creased demand for red brick as con-
struction material can only be associated
with the rapid building of the Late Roman
legionary camp west of the excavated area,
presumably in response to threatening
military circumstances, such as the Persian
army of Chosroes II invading Egypt in AD
619- Further work may help to confirm
this theory.
The architecture in Sector 1 has been
interpreted as a line of shops with a house
in back. Considering the modest informa-
tion on Late Antique urban planning in
Fig. 4- Sewage channel discovered by the north facade of the theater. View from the west
(Photo K. Jaknbiak)
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EGYPT
could have occurred in the last phases of the
dismantling of the theater building.
Evidence of burning was found nearby, but
the presence of a blue-glazed oil lamp points
to a very late date, even in the 12th century,
for this activity.
SECTOR 1
The mound chosen for testing in the
summer season of excavations was located
180 m north of the theater. The architecture
uncovered in a trench 18 by 18 m proved to
be heavily destroyed by numerous pits, as
well as an obviously planned dismantling
of the walls {Figs 5-6]. The suddenly in-
creased demand for red brick as con-
struction material can only be associated
with the rapid building of the Late Roman
legionary camp west of the excavated area,
presumably in response to threatening
military circumstances, such as the Persian
army of Chosroes II invading Egypt in AD
619- Further work may help to confirm
this theory.
The architecture in Sector 1 has been
interpreted as a line of shops with a house
in back. Considering the modest informa-
tion on Late Antique urban planning in
Fig. 4- Sewage channel discovered by the north facade of the theater. View from the west
(Photo K. Jaknbiak)
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