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Egypt
DOI article:Medeksza, Stanisław: Marina el-Alamein: conservation work 1996
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41241#0086
terracotta lamps dated to the 1st century AD came to light in 1996,
during the cleaning of a mudbrick wall between rooms 4 and 13,
which obviously belonged to a phase of rebuilding of House H9.* * * 4
A third lamp (H9/96/3), which was found during the cleaning of
room 12a, is also dated to the 1st century AD. The houses
underwent rebuilding probably because of damages suffered in
an earthquake. The condition of the remains indicates that the
houses were destroyed a number of times, presumably also as
a result of earthquakes. After the first cataclysm the houses were
completely rebuilt. After the second tremor not all the walls were
raised and only parts of the houses remained in use.
The archaeological evidence is insufficient as yet to date these
cataclysms.
HOUSE H9
In 1996, the main conservation effort was placed on house
H9, while inventory and building documentation were carried out
in H9a in order to verify earlier records of 1988 and 1993, which
had become invalid because of progressing erosion caused by
weather conditions.
A study of the building's architectural stratigraphy revealed
clear evidence of two building stages. In the first stage, the house
comprised walls made of broken stone in a lime or clay-and-lime
mortar The second stage consisted of repairs and enlargements
made of mudbrick in a clay mortar. The original house probably
comprised two kinds of walls, in similarity to the late houses
at Abu Mina.5 Stone blocks were used for the lower parts, while
elAlamein. Archaeological Background and Conservation Problems. The
Polish-Egvptian Preservation Mission at Marina 1988. The Polish Excavation
Mission at Marina 1987-1989, vol. 1, Warsaw 1991, p. 12.
41 would like to thank Prof. Dr. W. A. Daszewski and Dr. G. Majcherek for
their help in dating the lamps: H9/96/4 was dated to the second quarter of
the 1st century AD, H9/96/5 to the second half of the 1st century AD.
5 Oral communication from Prof. Dr. P. Grossman.
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during the cleaning of a mudbrick wall between rooms 4 and 13,
which obviously belonged to a phase of rebuilding of House H9.* * * 4
A third lamp (H9/96/3), which was found during the cleaning of
room 12a, is also dated to the 1st century AD. The houses
underwent rebuilding probably because of damages suffered in
an earthquake. The condition of the remains indicates that the
houses were destroyed a number of times, presumably also as
a result of earthquakes. After the first cataclysm the houses were
completely rebuilt. After the second tremor not all the walls were
raised and only parts of the houses remained in use.
The archaeological evidence is insufficient as yet to date these
cataclysms.
HOUSE H9
In 1996, the main conservation effort was placed on house
H9, while inventory and building documentation were carried out
in H9a in order to verify earlier records of 1988 and 1993, which
had become invalid because of progressing erosion caused by
weather conditions.
A study of the building's architectural stratigraphy revealed
clear evidence of two building stages. In the first stage, the house
comprised walls made of broken stone in a lime or clay-and-lime
mortar The second stage consisted of repairs and enlargements
made of mudbrick in a clay mortar. The original house probably
comprised two kinds of walls, in similarity to the late houses
at Abu Mina.5 Stone blocks were used for the lower parts, while
elAlamein. Archaeological Background and Conservation Problems. The
Polish-Egvptian Preservation Mission at Marina 1988. The Polish Excavation
Mission at Marina 1987-1989, vol. 1, Warsaw 1991, p. 12.
41 would like to thank Prof. Dr. W. A. Daszewski and Dr. G. Majcherek for
their help in dating the lamps: H9/96/4 was dated to the second quarter of
the 1st century AD, H9/96/5 to the second half of the 1st century AD.
5 Oral communication from Prof. Dr. P. Grossman.
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