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assortmentofEgyptianandimported
glazed-potterysherds,lamps,andglass
fragments.Thepotterytypeswerearepre-
sentativecross-sectionthroughthemedie-
valglazedwarerepertoire.Asbefore,
EgyptianFatimidandMamlukSgraffand
SlipPaintedwaresformedwhatis
numericallythelargestgroup.Theywere
accompaniedbyafewfindsofwares
importedfromproductioncenterswithin
theByzantinerealm(Cyprusandthe
Aegean).SomefragmentsofMaghrebiand
Yemenipotterywerealsorecorded.5)
Immediatelybelowthegravesofthe
MiddleNecropolisthreetoppledgranite
columnswerecleared.Allwerefound
broken,buttheirpositionindicatesthat
theyhadnotbeenmoved.Twoofthem(nos.
15and17)werefoundpracticallysubsitu,
theirlowerpartsstillonthestylobate,while
thethird(no.14)hadrolledoverandnow
liesclosetothePorticobackwall(Fig.4).
ThedestructionofthePorticomay
likelybeconnectedwithanearthquakethat
devastatedAlexandriainAD796.6)Ap-
parently,thecolumnscollapsedonsome
Fig.4.AreaE.TheaterPortico.FallencolumnsfoundunderlyingtheMoslemcemeterieslayers,
viewedfromthewest(PhotoG.Majcherek)
5)ForabriefaccountoftheMedievalglazedpotteryrepertoryfromthesite,cf.W.Kubiak,UOverseasPotteryTradeof
MedievalAlexandriaasshownbyrecentarchaeologicaldiscoveries”,FoliaOrientalia10(1969),5-30;id.,UKomel-Dikka,
IslamicFinds–StorehouseSurvey”,PAMVIII,Reports1996(1997),32-39.
6)
ForearthquakesinmedievalAlexandria,cf.M.A.Taher,LesseismesàAlexandrieetladestructionduphare,Alexandrie
medievale1,eds.Ch.DecobertandJ.-Y
.Empereur(Cairo1998),51-56.
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