DOI Artikel:
Dobrowolski, Jarosław: Cairo 1993/94, Polish-Egyptian mission for islamic architecture, Amir Kebir Qurqumas project
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0029
The excavations determined the course of the main road
crossing the area; the width of the thoroughfare between Amir
Kebir's buildings was found to be 12 to 16 meters.
Numerous potsherds dating from the late Mamluk to late
Ottoman period were found, but the date of the final abandonment
and destruction of the building could not be clearly established.
The pottery represents glazed Mamluk wares, unglazed utility
vessels and a high percentage of imported wares, apparently North
African, Persian and Turkish, as well as many pieces of Chinese
porcelain. There is no perceptible difference between pottery from
these excavations and that retrieved from the residential building
located to the west (r/mwr/rya, "k/?(3fir7<2").
DESIGNING, DOCUMENTATION AND STUDY WORK
Throughout the season, apart from direct supervision of
work and designs needed for immediate implementation, the
members of the Mission prepared studies and designs for future
work. These included a design for the structural reinforcement of
the cracking (y<zsr building, designs for restoration of the minaret
damaged in a recent earthquake (partly implemented already), a
theoretical reconstruction of the original staircases in the residential
building according to discovered relics, a design for the muezzins'
balcony in the and numerous other woodwork designs,
all preceded by studies of relevant contemporary material.
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crossing the area; the width of the thoroughfare between Amir
Kebir's buildings was found to be 12 to 16 meters.
Numerous potsherds dating from the late Mamluk to late
Ottoman period were found, but the date of the final abandonment
and destruction of the building could not be clearly established.
The pottery represents glazed Mamluk wares, unglazed utility
vessels and a high percentage of imported wares, apparently North
African, Persian and Turkish, as well as many pieces of Chinese
porcelain. There is no perceptible difference between pottery from
these excavations and that retrieved from the residential building
located to the west (r/mwr/rya, "k/?(3fir7<2").
DESIGNING, DOCUMENTATION AND STUDY WORK
Throughout the season, apart from direct supervision of
work and designs needed for immediate implementation, the
members of the Mission prepared studies and designs for future
work. These included a design for the structural reinforcement of
the cracking (y<zsr building, designs for restoration of the minaret
damaged in a recent earthquake (partly implemented already), a
theoretical reconstruction of the original staircases in the residential
building according to discovered relics, a design for the muezzins'
balcony in the and numerous other woodwork designs,
all preceded by studies of relevant contemporary material.
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