Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (9.1997(1998))

KOMH
In the area of the monastic compound, a further part of the
Western Annex to the Monastery was excavated by a team directed
by S. Jakobielski. Continued exploration of the complex brought to
light in Building NW-S three barrel vaulted rooms preserved to
their full height of 4 m with wall paintings dating to the second half
of the 11th and the 12th centuries. Numerous inscriptions were also
found in the interior. A spectacular find of metal objects, including
an oversize iron key, was made in a kind of cellar in the
easternmost part of the building. Most of the conservation effort
was directed at protecting the paintings and consolidating the
building which included a reconstruction of parts of the walls and
arches and covering the building with a new roof
KOMSR
In the pottery manufacturing area, excavations supervised by
K. Pluskota comprised Kom R1 dated to the Early Christian period.
A latitudinal trial trench over 3 m deep was dug right across the
Kom revealing the complete stratification of the site and making it
possible to establish that individual kilns were utilized more than
30 times each. A full repertoire of forms produced in this center
begins with 6th century thin bowls and ends in the 8th century local
amphorae.3 4

3Cf. infra a separate report by S. Jakobielski, pp. 160 ff.
4A detailed report on these works will appear after completing the investigation of this
site planned for the next (1998) season of excavations. For previous works
cf. K. Pluskota, Dongola - a pottery production centre from the Early Christian Period in:
Coptic and Nubian Pottery, part II, International Workshop, Nieborow, August 29-
31,1988, Occasional Paper of National Museum in Warsaw 2, pp. 34-55; S. Jakobielski,
PAMW 1992 (1993), pp. 109ff; id. K. Pluskota, B. Zurawski, Polish Excavations at Old
Dongola - Twenty Fifth Season, 1991/2, Kush XVI, 1993, pp. 234 ff.

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