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Sudan
DOI article:Jakobielski, Stefan: Monastery 1995
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OLD DONGOLA
MONASTERY 1995
by Stefan Jakobielski
The 28^ field season of Polish excavations at Old Dongola
lasted from January 4 to February 22, 1995 * The work
programme included excavations on the following sites:
Kom H. A monastic compound located on the site of
Christian cemeteries (directed by Dr. Stefan Jakobielski). Research
on the mortuary complex including cemetery TNWH (where 28
tombs were recorded) was conducted by Dr. Bogdan Zurawski.**
Kom A. Excavations of the fortifications of Old Dongola
and two church buildings: Pillared Church (PC) situated outside
the City walls, on the slope facing the Nile and the Tower Church
(TC) built in the late Period on top of destroyed fortifications
(supervised by Prof. Wlodzimierz Godlewski)/
Kom E. East of the village of el-Gaddar, on the site of the
Mosaic Church (EEC), Dr. Bogdan Zurawski conducted additional
work on the uncovering and protecting of the mosaic floor, as well
as the examination of the foundations in the western part of the
Church.
' The Mission comprised: Dr. Stefan Jakobielski (director); Prof.
Wlodzimierz Godlewski; Dr. Malgorzata Martens-Czarnecka, Dr. Bogdan
Zurawski; Mr. Krzysztof Piuskota, Mrs. Ida Ryl-Preibisz, archaeologists; Mr.
Wojciech Chmiel, restorer; Eng. Radoslaw Kostro, architect; Mr. Slawomir
Rzepka, documentalist (student of archaeology). The Sudan National
Corporation of Antiquities and Museums was represented by Syd. Ornran Ali,
inspector of antiquities. The excavations were financed by the Polish Center of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University with small financial
contributions from the Research Center for Mediterranean Archaeology of the
Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Museum in Warsaw.
" Cf. supra: separate report, pp. 121 ff.
^ Cf. supra: separate report, pp. 114 ff.
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MONASTERY 1995
by Stefan Jakobielski
The 28^ field season of Polish excavations at Old Dongola
lasted from January 4 to February 22, 1995 * The work
programme included excavations on the following sites:
Kom H. A monastic compound located on the site of
Christian cemeteries (directed by Dr. Stefan Jakobielski). Research
on the mortuary complex including cemetery TNWH (where 28
tombs were recorded) was conducted by Dr. Bogdan Zurawski.**
Kom A. Excavations of the fortifications of Old Dongola
and two church buildings: Pillared Church (PC) situated outside
the City walls, on the slope facing the Nile and the Tower Church
(TC) built in the late Period on top of destroyed fortifications
(supervised by Prof. Wlodzimierz Godlewski)/
Kom E. East of the village of el-Gaddar, on the site of the
Mosaic Church (EEC), Dr. Bogdan Zurawski conducted additional
work on the uncovering and protecting of the mosaic floor, as well
as the examination of the foundations in the western part of the
Church.
' The Mission comprised: Dr. Stefan Jakobielski (director); Prof.
Wlodzimierz Godlewski; Dr. Malgorzata Martens-Czarnecka, Dr. Bogdan
Zurawski; Mr. Krzysztof Piuskota, Mrs. Ida Ryl-Preibisz, archaeologists; Mr.
Wojciech Chmiel, restorer; Eng. Radoslaw Kostro, architect; Mr. Slawomir
Rzepka, documentalist (student of archaeology). The Sudan National
Corporation of Antiquities and Museums was represented by Syd. Ornran Ali,
inspector of antiquities. The excavations were financed by the Polish Center of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University with small financial
contributions from the Research Center for Mediterranean Archaeology of the
Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Museum in Warsaw.
" Cf. supra: separate report, pp. 121 ff.
^ Cf. supra: separate report, pp. 114 ff.
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