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Egypt
DOI Artikel:Lipińska, Jadwiga: Tuthmosis III temple 1995: by Jadwiga Lipińska
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0080
representation enthroned (No. 94) and two blocks with
representations of offerings.
As the floor (actually of tamped soil) was still wet in
January 1995, a strong ventilator was installed in one of the
windows in order to force air circulation and speed up the process
of drying. All the large blocks, which had rested directly on the
floor, were raised and supported on red bricks and wood to
eliminate direct contact with wet soil. The pieces affected the worst
by crystallized salts and fungi growth were treated by the restorer
with fungicidal agents. The remaining affected reliefs were leff to
dry slowly; whatever is possible for them will be undertaken during
the next season.
As was agreed at the end of previous season, the restoration
of the polychrome reliefs was continued, with the goal of restoring
a large part of the so-called eastern sanctuary wall. Two blocks
(nos 11 and 14) were restored during the 1995 season, nine other
were prepared to be restored in the future. Block no 11 is a part of
an offering scene in which the king offers with his both hands meat
and fat to the god Amun. Block no 14 belongs to the lower part of
that scene. The first block is 79 cm long, 63 cm high and 37 cm
thick. There were 24 fragments used to reconstruct the relief. The
second one, 116 cm long, 60.5 high and 37 cm thick, was
reconstructed with 17 fragments. The restoration followed the
method used previously: the fragments, affer cleaning, were treated
with stone-hardener Wacker „H" (in 1994) and affer having dried
completely were mounted on stainless steel supporting structures,
then filled with artificial stone consisting of sand, lime and a 10%
admixture of white cement.
Nine other blocks (nos 12, 12a, 13, 26, 27, 30, 31 and niche
block 16) were hardened and leff to dry and harden during the
summer. When they are restored, only three more blocks will
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representations of offerings.
As the floor (actually of tamped soil) was still wet in
January 1995, a strong ventilator was installed in one of the
windows in order to force air circulation and speed up the process
of drying. All the large blocks, which had rested directly on the
floor, were raised and supported on red bricks and wood to
eliminate direct contact with wet soil. The pieces affected the worst
by crystallized salts and fungi growth were treated by the restorer
with fungicidal agents. The remaining affected reliefs were leff to
dry slowly; whatever is possible for them will be undertaken during
the next season.
As was agreed at the end of previous season, the restoration
of the polychrome reliefs was continued, with the goal of restoring
a large part of the so-called eastern sanctuary wall. Two blocks
(nos 11 and 14) were restored during the 1995 season, nine other
were prepared to be restored in the future. Block no 11 is a part of
an offering scene in which the king offers with his both hands meat
and fat to the god Amun. Block no 14 belongs to the lower part of
that scene. The first block is 79 cm long, 63 cm high and 37 cm
thick. There were 24 fragments used to reconstruct the relief. The
second one, 116 cm long, 60.5 high and 37 cm thick, was
reconstructed with 17 fragments. The restoration followed the
method used previously: the fragments, affer cleaning, were treated
with stone-hardener Wacker „H" (in 1994) and affer having dried
completely were mounted on stainless steel supporting structures,
then filled with artificial stone consisting of sand, lime and a 10%
admixture of white cement.
Nine other blocks (nos 12, 12a, 13, 26, 27, 30, 31 and niche
block 16) were hardened and leff to dry and harden during the
summer. When they are restored, only three more blocks will
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