Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

a facing of broken stone added on the
inside. Rooms 3, 4, 5 and 6 are clearly
from the last phase of use; their floors are
0.80 m above the floor levels in Rooms 1,
2, and 8. They may have been used even
after part of the original house had been
destroyed.
The anastylosis of the one Ionic column
in the courtyard was completed in 2006
[Fig. 5]. A wall of broken stone was
completed around room 2, its top sealed
with cement-lime mortar on top of an
insulating layer of a harder cement-lime
mortar. Peeling original plaster discovered
in the northwestern corner of the room was
consolidated and made to adhere to the
wall with lime mortar. A block with

a fragment of geometric decoration painted
on plaster, found during the cleaning, was
preserved with a 5% water solution of
polyvinyl acetate to consolidate the
surface.
HOUSE 21C2
The anastylosis of the commemorative
monument dedicated to Commodus in
Room 2 of the building was continued,
completing the engaged pilaster, the base
and fragment of shaft of the second pillar.
The wall constituting the backdrop of the
monument was built up substantially,
practically up to the architrave [Fig. 6],
The original capital was reinforced, and
the missing corners of the abacus with


Fig. 6. Commemorative monument from House H21c, state in 2006 (Photo R. Czerner)
2 Contribution by R. Czerner.

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