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DOI Artikel:Czerner, Rafał; Medeksza, Stanisław: The commodus monument from house H21C in Marina el-Alamein
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42093#0104
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
THE COMMODUS MONUMENT FROM
HOUSE H21C IN MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
Rafai Czerner, Stanislaw Medeksza
The commemorative monument dedicated
to Commodus, discovered in the course of
archaeological and conservation work
carried out on the site of Marina el-Alamein
on the northwestern coast of Egypt, has
undergone anastylosis and partial
restoration. The present paper sums up the
work that has gone in the reconstruction of
this small but ornate piece of Roman-age
architecture from Egypt.1
The monument was set up in a house
marked as H21c [see Fig. 1 on page 82],
inside an official hall (unit 2) opening
axially of the south side of a double-portico
courtyard, against the west wall of the room
[%* 1\. The base wall was all that was
preserved in situ, 4.25 m long and 1.98 m
wide, erected on top of the room pavement
and with the two lateral sections affixed to
the west wall. The wall was built of vertical
limestone slabs, presenting one of the two
typical sizes for Marina, that is, an average
54-60 by 30 cm and 20 cm thick. Two
courses of these slabs stood in place, giving a
total height of 0.71 m [Fig. 2\. The
impression was of two small units without
doorways, which were not identified at first
(Drawing M. Krawczyk-Szczerbinska,
S. Medeksza)
1 The Polish-Egyptian Restoration Mission commenced work in this area in 2000. The house was cleared originally in
1989-1992 in the course of Egyptian rescue excavations which followed the discovery of the site in 1986. Since then the
following members of the PCMA conservation team have participated in the project: Rafai Czerner, architect-restorer,
Wieslaw Grzegorek, architect-building engineer and restorer (in charge of the work), Stanislaw Medeksza, architect-
restorer (Mission Director and co-author with R. Czerner of the anastylosis project), Malgorzata Ujma, artist and painting
restorer, Piotr Zambrzycki, artist and stone restorer (responsible for choosing conservation technologies).
98
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
EGYPT
THE COMMODUS MONUMENT FROM
HOUSE H21C IN MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
Rafai Czerner, Stanislaw Medeksza
The commemorative monument dedicated
to Commodus, discovered in the course of
archaeological and conservation work
carried out on the site of Marina el-Alamein
on the northwestern coast of Egypt, has
undergone anastylosis and partial
restoration. The present paper sums up the
work that has gone in the reconstruction of
this small but ornate piece of Roman-age
architecture from Egypt.1
The monument was set up in a house
marked as H21c [see Fig. 1 on page 82],
inside an official hall (unit 2) opening
axially of the south side of a double-portico
courtyard, against the west wall of the room
[%* 1\. The base wall was all that was
preserved in situ, 4.25 m long and 1.98 m
wide, erected on top of the room pavement
and with the two lateral sections affixed to
the west wall. The wall was built of vertical
limestone slabs, presenting one of the two
typical sizes for Marina, that is, an average
54-60 by 30 cm and 20 cm thick. Two
courses of these slabs stood in place, giving a
total height of 0.71 m [Fig. 2\. The
impression was of two small units without
doorways, which were not identified at first
(Drawing M. Krawczyk-Szczerbinska,
S. Medeksza)
1 The Polish-Egyptian Restoration Mission commenced work in this area in 2000. The house was cleared originally in
1989-1992 in the course of Egyptian rescue excavations which followed the discovery of the site in 1986. Since then the
following members of the PCMA conservation team have participated in the project: Rafai Czerner, architect-restorer,
Wieslaw Grzegorek, architect-building engineer and restorer (in charge of the work), Stanislaw Medeksza, architect-
restorer (Mission Director and co-author with R. Czerner of the anastylosis project), Malgorzata Ujma, artist and painting
restorer, Piotr Zambrzycki, artist and stone restorer (responsible for choosing conservation technologies).
98
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007