Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

corners [Fig. 9). A masonry drain pipe was
pierced through one of the walls (its outlet
was not discovered unfortunately) [cf.
Fig. 9, top right]. The paved area turned out
to have a channel installation fitted under
the earth platform in the eastern end, fed
through a pottery vessel rim mortared to
the floor and emptying in the general
direction of the cistern in the southern part
of the unit (the connection could not be
traced because of overlying flagstones).
The next-door unit to the east yielded
one of the small limestone altars discovered
by the mission. The complex was also
a source of two lamps of pointed interest
for chronological reasons: An Isis-in-lotus-
flower-nursing-Harpokrates lamp handle
attachment and a “Frog”-type lamp, both
of which can be helpful with the dating of
these complexes [Fig. 10].



Fig. 9. Paved unit with well (to right), fireplace and bin in TrOl, looking northeast; the channel
under the platform (photo at top right) was fed from a drain in the corner of the room and
emptied into the well structure; the vertical drain in the wall above the channel was not
connected with it (Photo U. Wicenciak, courtesy MASP ARCE/EAP)

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