Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

and coin finds, were also discovered
elsewhere, c. 0.60-0.80 m below the floor
level (area of Rooms 24, 14, 15 and 16). The
last phase of use was in the 4th-5th century.
The building conservation work this
season concerned the perimeter wall in the
southeastern, southern, southwestern and
western part of the house, i.e. Rooms 1, 2,
21 and will be continued [Fig. 3]. New
parts of the walls are distinguished by their
different thickness and the leveling of
particular layers, which does not follow the
collapsing courses of the preserved original
[Fig. 3]. The new blocks are 0.30 m thick
and are bonded lengthwise with the run of
the wall. Walls were also reconstructed
between Rooms 12, 11, 10, 10a, 5, 4, 6
and 27 in order to clarify the general plan
of the house.

HOUSE H2
The house lies in the eastern part of an
insula, surrounded by passages on the
north and south, and on the east [Fig. 3].
Further investigations (for earlier work see
Medeksza et alii 2007:104-106) were
concentrated on the cistern, which turned
out to be 4.20 m long N-S and 1.40 m
wide E-W. Ground water appeared at
a depth of 2.10 m; the actual depth of the
cistern was thus impossible to establish. It
is evident that the building developed by
agglutination. While more clearing is
required to establish the phasing of
particular sections of the house, it is
obvious that the original walls,
constructed of a single row of blocks
(which measure 0.26 m or half a royal
cubit in width), were reinforced with


Fig. 4- House H2. Reconstructed column in courtyard, state in 2006
(Photo S. Medeksza)

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