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SUDAN

much new data, especially in the Lower
Church and on the columns and piers of
the western portico of the Upper Church.
The new inscriptions were ink copied and
photographed, and preliminary trans-
lations provided (for a study of new finds,
see below, contribution by A. Lajtar in this
volume).
Studies and conservation of the murals
in the westernmost room of the Lower

Church with the mural of St Mercurius
spearing Julian Apostate were completed,
following which the area was backfilled
with sand in order not to endanger the east
wall of the Western Building which partly
overlaps the west wall of this room. The
Maria Oram mural was detached its place
on the wall and taken to Khartoum for
conservation (for this work, see report by
D. Moryto-Naumiuk in this volume).

REFERENCES

Zurawski, B.
1995 Old Dongola. The Mosaic Church (Kom E), 1993/94, PAM VI {=Reports 1994), 98-108
1997 Early church on Kom E near Old Dongola. Excavations of 1993 and 1994 seasons,
CRIP EL 17/2, 181-193
2005 Banganarti. 2004 season including activities at the fortress of ed-Deiga, PAM XVI
{=Reports 2004), 297-308
2007 Banganarti 2004/2005, PAM XVII {=Reports 2004), 301-321

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