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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
AREAAW
Preservationworkatthefarendofthe
TheaterPorticoconcentratedonrestoring
thewallsofoneoftheauditoria(no.2)
uncoveredthereinthelate1970s.10)The
auditoriumbuiltbehindthePorticoback
wallhadbeendismantledcompletelyin
themedievalperiod.Restorersclearedthe
foundationtrenchtoadepthofsome
2.60mbelowthefloorlevelofthe
auditorium(i.e.,totheleveloftheoriginal
footing).Sincethemissingsectionofthe
porticobackwallwassome13.50mlong
here,itprovednecessarytorestorealsoan
adjacentsectionofthenorthernwallto
provideforlateralstability.
Ancientbuildingprincipleswerefol-
lowedstrictlyintherestorationofthe
foundation.Thelowercourses(upto
c.2.00mabovethefooting)weremadeof
coursedsquaredrubbletoppedwithtwo
layers
of
small
dressed
stones.
An
additionalbondingcourseofsmallblocks
wasintroducedatmid-height.Forthe
uppercourseslargerblocksofasizesimilar
tothoseusedoriginallywereused,there
havingbeenquiteanumberexcavatedin
thevicinity.Thewallwasrestoredfrom
onetothreecoursesabovethepavementof
theportico.Thesectionofthenorthern
wall(c.6mlong,1.30mwide)wasrebuilt
inthesamemannerandthemissingfacing
Fig.10.TheaterPortico.ThebackwallinsectorL,afterrestoration
(DrawingA.Pisarzewski)
10)Rodziewicz,op.cit.,236-240.
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