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Appendix:TeharborjettiesofMarea
EGYPT
arehomogeneous.Beyondthispoint,the
arrangementofblocksisdisrupted,most
likelyasaresultofenlargementofthejetty
inthesecondphase.Amarkedchangein
thelayoutofthemasonryoccurs93mfrom
thebaseofthejettyandthenewarrange-
mentcontinuestotheendofthefeature
[Fig.10].
Tejettyconsistsoffivecourses(ItoV
numberedfromthetopdown)dilering
instructureandbuildingmaterial.Te
lowermostcourseisbelowthewatertable
todayanditisthebestpreserved:95.3%.
Tecoursesrisingtothetoparepreserved:
IV-75.2%,III-70.3%,II-38.5%,and
I-3.2%.Mostoftheashlarmasonry
blocksusedtobuildthejettypresent
similardimensionsandshape.Teyfall
intothreebasicgroups:
GroupA:from90cmx50cmx35cm
to120cmx60cmx40cm,sporadically
reaching150cmx90cmx40cm;usedfor
coursesIandIIandthecasingofthelower
courses,chieflyIIIandV.
GroupB:demonstratingthegreatestvaria-
tion,rangingfrom30cmto40cm;the
lengthandheightuniformandequalto
60cmand35cmrespectively;usedtobuild
thecasingofthelowercourses(IIIandIV)
andtofillthespacewithinthecasingof
courseIIinthefrontpart.Inseveralplaces,
itisevidentthatonlyoneofthewidth
variationsofgroupBblockswasused;for
instance,inthefrontalpartofthejetty
Fig.12.JettyII,viewfomthenorth
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