Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

BANGANARTI

SUDAN

from above and the burning process did not
need to be facilitated by the draft effected
by the wind.
The scatter of Classic Christian ceramics
was particularly dense over there, thus
giving a ceramic date for the kilns in the
c. 11th-12th century. It means that they
were constructed to provide the burnt lime
required for plastering the Upper Church

and to produce the peculiar lime-mortar
window grilles this church was provided
with {Fig. 4], rather than for any other
building within the enclosure.
The burning process in Banganarti kilns
qualifies them as the so called intermittent
kilns, that is, the kilns that were fully
loaded with charcoal and after 3-5 days of
firing were totally unloaded. Despite the


Fig. 4- Selection of lime-mortar window grilles from the Upper Church
(Drawing M. Momot)

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