DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Medeksza, Stanisław: Conservation work 1995
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0051
located in the centre. Attempts were made to remand the
displeasing aesthetic resuit once an Egyptian stonecutter joined the
mission in the iast week. AH that he managed to dress in this time,
however, were four door jamb biocks which were mounted in the
western door connecting the courtyard with room 13.
Preliminary protection and building up work was completed
on walls separating the courtyard from rooms: 13, 9 and 14, and
between rooms 8 and 14 and 4 and 13. The latter wall does not
belong to the courtyard perimeter, but the efficient work of the
entire team, including the mason, allowed the mission to include it
in the 1995 program.
There are four column bases and two engaged column bases,
one on the north wall and the other set against the north-eastern
pillar on the east, preserved in the courtyard. Remains of two
pillars flank the entrance to the and, in line, the c/Aav Yet
another pillar was attached to the northern wall separating the
courtyard from room 8. The planned anastylosis of at least three
columns and the conservation of the engaged columns and pillars
was once again prevented by the absence of a stonecutter. It was
possible, nevertheless, to put together four incomplete columns,
not exceeding 1.50 m in height, from the column drums scattered
all over the courtyard and the few pieces which were removed with
the debris during excavations in 1987. It is assumed that the
missing drums and capitals will be cut in the coming season,
permitting at least two columns to be raised.
Very thorough pointing was necessary in all the built up
walls, because of the extensive erosion suffered by the joints and
wall tops. The process of disintegration, which obviously started
following excavations m 1986/87, first touched the plasters and
then the joints. The walls which were technically sound when
excavated, to judge by excavation photographs, are now in a
condition which excludes any hope for preserving the ancient
substance in its original form. As indicated already, the only way is
to carry out comprehensive rebuilding and building up of the walls
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displeasing aesthetic resuit once an Egyptian stonecutter joined the
mission in the iast week. AH that he managed to dress in this time,
however, were four door jamb biocks which were mounted in the
western door connecting the courtyard with room 13.
Preliminary protection and building up work was completed
on walls separating the courtyard from rooms: 13, 9 and 14, and
between rooms 8 and 14 and 4 and 13. The latter wall does not
belong to the courtyard perimeter, but the efficient work of the
entire team, including the mason, allowed the mission to include it
in the 1995 program.
There are four column bases and two engaged column bases,
one on the north wall and the other set against the north-eastern
pillar on the east, preserved in the courtyard. Remains of two
pillars flank the entrance to the and, in line, the c/Aav Yet
another pillar was attached to the northern wall separating the
courtyard from room 8. The planned anastylosis of at least three
columns and the conservation of the engaged columns and pillars
was once again prevented by the absence of a stonecutter. It was
possible, nevertheless, to put together four incomplete columns,
not exceeding 1.50 m in height, from the column drums scattered
all over the courtyard and the few pieces which were removed with
the debris during excavations in 1987. It is assumed that the
missing drums and capitals will be cut in the coming season,
permitting at least two columns to be raised.
Very thorough pointing was necessary in all the built up
walls, because of the extensive erosion suffered by the joints and
wall tops. The process of disintegration, which obviously started
following excavations m 1986/87, first touched the plasters and
then the joints. The walls which were technically sound when
excavated, to judge by excavation photographs, are now in a
condition which excludes any hope for preserving the ancient
substance in its original form. As indicated already, the only way is
to carry out comprehensive rebuilding and building up of the walls
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