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DOI Artikel:Zych, Iwona; Obłuski, Artur; Wicenciak, Urszula: Marina el-Alamein: site presentation project (arce/eap) preliminary archaeological report
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0090
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
capital, water spout); otherwise it was
mostly broken stone and some regular
dressed blocks, slabs and paving stones,
which were concentrated in some areas and
not very abundant at that in any case.
The only objects of significance were
discovered in the dump overlying the
presumed remnants of an important public
structure located east of the city center. In
this case, the only way of removing it was
by human labor. Consequently, mounds up
to 1.50 m high were removed by hand and
carried by basket to where they could be
carted away with the use of heavy
equipment. Once the tumbled debris of
the underlying building started to appear
on the surface, work in this area desisted
{Fig. 3].2 Finds from the disturbed surface
layer in this area included sizable
quantities of broken marble tiles and slabs,
possibly from wall revetment and floor
paving, a lion's leg of limestone which
could have been a bench support (in
analogy to the supports found in the South
Portico), and several pieces of architectural
cornice decoration matching pieces found
earlier in the area by the archaeological
mission and obviously belonging to the
Fig. 3- Lhe eastern side of the main town square following removal of the dump, view from the
west (Photo I. Zych, courtesy MASP ARCE/EAP)
2 After the close of this stage of the project, further clearing work in the area of the main town square was completed for
MASP, but not by the present author; it is not included in this report.
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EGYPT
capital, water spout); otherwise it was
mostly broken stone and some regular
dressed blocks, slabs and paving stones,
which were concentrated in some areas and
not very abundant at that in any case.
The only objects of significance were
discovered in the dump overlying the
presumed remnants of an important public
structure located east of the city center. In
this case, the only way of removing it was
by human labor. Consequently, mounds up
to 1.50 m high were removed by hand and
carried by basket to where they could be
carted away with the use of heavy
equipment. Once the tumbled debris of
the underlying building started to appear
on the surface, work in this area desisted
{Fig. 3].2 Finds from the disturbed surface
layer in this area included sizable
quantities of broken marble tiles and slabs,
possibly from wall revetment and floor
paving, a lion's leg of limestone which
could have been a bench support (in
analogy to the supports found in the South
Portico), and several pieces of architectural
cornice decoration matching pieces found
earlier in the area by the archaeological
mission and obviously belonging to the
Fig. 3- Lhe eastern side of the main town square following removal of the dump, view from the
west (Photo I. Zych, courtesy MASP ARCE/EAP)
2 After the close of this stage of the project, further clearing work in the area of the main town square was completed for
MASP, but not by the present author; it is not included in this report.
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