Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (5.1993(1994))

THE HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE AT DEIR EL-BAHARI, 199?
THE EPIGRAPHIC MISSION
by Janusz Karkowski
This year the Mission concentrated on the Hathor shrine,
continuing to record the decoration and study the shrine’s architec-
ture J Another objective was the continuing search for blocks
from the shrine, now in temple stores.
The following scenes were studied and traced this season:
- the one scene from the outer colonnade wall that had not been
recorded yet;
- Hatshepsut before Hathor on the northern wing of the western
wall.

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Members of the mission: Dr. Janusz Karkowski, director of the Mission,
Dr. Nathalie Beaux, Miss Rosanna Pirelli, all egyptologists , Mrs. Malgorzata
Karkowska, artist and Mr, Boleslaw Kobielski, architect.
The Antiquities Organization delegated inspectors, Mr. Ashraf Abd-el-Al in
October and Mr. Mahmud Sadek in November.
The Hathor shrine publication is a joint project of the author and dr. N.
Beaux from the Institut Francais d’Archeologie Orientale, Cairo. We are very
much indebted to the Institute and its Director, Professor Nicolas Grimal for
support and help. The mission could not have achieved good results without the
continuous help of the Antiquities Organization. We are most grateful to its
Chairman, Dr. Abd el-Hamid Nur ed-Din for solving some logistic problems,
essential to the operation of the Mission. As in the past seasons, special thanks
are due to Dr. Mohammed el-Sughaier and Dr. Mohammed Nasr for their
support and help, as well as to all Egyptian and foreign colleagues who helped
the mission in different ways during the season. Last but not least, we are
grateful for the help of the Centre Franco-Egyptien d’Etude des Temples de
Karnak and its director Mr. Francois Larche.

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