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DOI Artikel:Godlewski, Włodzimierz: Naqlun (Nekloni): preliminary report, 2005
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NAQLUN
EGYPT
NAQLUN
(NEKLONI)
PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2005
Wlodzimierz Godlewski
Continued excavations of a complex of monastic architecture situated in the central part of the
kom at Naqlun in Fayum Oasis were the main objective of a mission from the Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University, which worked on the site of the monastery
of Nekloni from September 3 until October 9, 2003.1 The digging was concentrated in three
areas: Building G north of Tower A, trench S. 1-3 (30 by 3 m) south of Tower A, and a trial-
pit by the eastern wall of the Church of Archangel Gabriel. Complementing the regular
fieldwork were specialist studies on previously excavated material, including Coptic documents
discovered in 2004 and 2003 (J. van der Vliet); Arabic documents discovered in 2003-2003
(Ch. Gaubert); textiles discovered in 2003 and 2004 (G. Helmecke); jewelry from Cemetery
A uncovered in previous seasons (D. Dziedzic); pottery uncovered in 2003 and in previous
seasons (M. Zurek); bricks and building techniques in Naqlun (S. Mas'lak).2
1 The mission, directed by Prof. Dr. Wlodzimierz Godlewski, included: Ms Dorota Dziedzic, Mr. Szymon Maslak,
Mr. Grzegorz Ochala, Dr. Magdalena Zurek, archaeologists; Dr. Jacques van der Vliet, coptologist; Dr. Christan
Gaubert and Dr. Gisele Helmecke, arabists.
The work of the Mission proceeded effectively and efficiently thanks to the all-encompassing assistance of the SCA
authorities, in Cairo, as well as in Fayum. The Mission would like to express its gratitude to Ms Rania Omar Hendawy
and Mr. Mabruk Ahmed Tawfik, the inspectors assigned to the expedition, and to Mr. Ibrahim El-Ragab in charge of
the Mission Storehouse in Naqlun. The hospitality of the Fayum Coptic monastic community and the personal
involvement of Abuna Abraam in creating a proper environment for effective work is ever gratefully appreciated.
2 For previous work and preliminary reports on studies of particular categories of finds, see earlier volumes of Polish
Archaeology in the Mediterranean, as well as relevant articles in the Acts of an international symposium held in Fayum in
February 2004: Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis, ed. Gawdat Gabra (Cairo, New York 2005).
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EGYPT
NAQLUN
(NEKLONI)
PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2005
Wlodzimierz Godlewski
Continued excavations of a complex of monastic architecture situated in the central part of the
kom at Naqlun in Fayum Oasis were the main objective of a mission from the Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University, which worked on the site of the monastery
of Nekloni from September 3 until October 9, 2003.1 The digging was concentrated in three
areas: Building G north of Tower A, trench S. 1-3 (30 by 3 m) south of Tower A, and a trial-
pit by the eastern wall of the Church of Archangel Gabriel. Complementing the regular
fieldwork were specialist studies on previously excavated material, including Coptic documents
discovered in 2004 and 2003 (J. van der Vliet); Arabic documents discovered in 2003-2003
(Ch. Gaubert); textiles discovered in 2003 and 2004 (G. Helmecke); jewelry from Cemetery
A uncovered in previous seasons (D. Dziedzic); pottery uncovered in 2003 and in previous
seasons (M. Zurek); bricks and building techniques in Naqlun (S. Mas'lak).2
1 The mission, directed by Prof. Dr. Wlodzimierz Godlewski, included: Ms Dorota Dziedzic, Mr. Szymon Maslak,
Mr. Grzegorz Ochala, Dr. Magdalena Zurek, archaeologists; Dr. Jacques van der Vliet, coptologist; Dr. Christan
Gaubert and Dr. Gisele Helmecke, arabists.
The work of the Mission proceeded effectively and efficiently thanks to the all-encompassing assistance of the SCA
authorities, in Cairo, as well as in Fayum. The Mission would like to express its gratitude to Ms Rania Omar Hendawy
and Mr. Mabruk Ahmed Tawfik, the inspectors assigned to the expedition, and to Mr. Ibrahim El-Ragab in charge of
the Mission Storehouse in Naqlun. The hospitality of the Fayum Coptic monastic community and the personal
involvement of Abuna Abraam in creating a proper environment for effective work is ever gratefully appreciated.
2 For previous work and preliminary reports on studies of particular categories of finds, see earlier volumes of Polish
Archaeology in the Mediterranean, as well as relevant articles in the Acts of an international symposium held in Fayum in
February 2004: Christianity and Monasticism in the Fayoum Oasis, ed. Gawdat Gabra (Cairo, New York 2005).
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