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RafałCzerner,GrażynaBąkowska-Czerner,WiesławGrzegorek,AgataJasiewicz
EGYPT
TOMBT17
TombT17issituatedinthecentral
part
of
the
southern
necropolis,
immediatelytothenorthofatallpillar
tombT12.Itwasdiscoveredin1997by
aPCMAteamdirectedbyProf.Wiktor
A.Daszewski(seeDaszewski1998:
69-70).Teteamuncoveredremainsof
thefoundation,basepart,sectionofthe
mainbodyofthestructureandtwoloculi
adjacenttoit.Elementscollapsedfromthe
upperpartofthetombsuperstructurewere
recordednearby[Fig.1].
Apreliminarystudybackin1997
assumedthepresenceofmoreelements
fromthedemolishedupperpartburied
underthesandfurthertotheeast,
reconstructingthesuperstructureofthe
tombhypotheticallyasanotherexample
ofthepillartype,liketheneighbouring
T12andthefourtombsfromgroup
T1.However,theideawasnotverified
archaeologically.
Researchandaninventoryofthe
remainscarriedoutin2011disprovedthe
pillarhypothesis,indicatinginsteadthat
thesuperstructureofthetombwasinthe
formofaplainsarcophaguswithlowered
gableroof,2.62mlongfromeasttowest
and1.32mwide.Tefacadewasfrom
theeastandwastoppedwithapediment
carryinglittlepedestalsatthelateralends
[Fig.2].Supportingthepedimentwas
Team
Datesofwork:17April-1June2011
Director:Prof.StanisławMedeksza,architect(WrocławUniversityofTechnology)
DeputyandFieldDirector:Prof.RafałCzerner,architect(WrocławUniversityofTechnology)
SCArepresentatives:Dr.KhaledAbul-Hamd(MarinaSiteDirector),MoustafaYounisMenazi
(SCAinspector)
Architects:WiesławGrzegorek(freelance),AgataJasiewicz(PhDcandidate,FacultyofArchitecture,
WrocławUniversityofTechnology,)
Archaeologist:Dr.GrażynaBąkowska-Czerner(JagiellonianUniversity,Kraków)
Potteryexpert:Dr.GrzegorzMajcherek(PCMAUW)
Restorers(stoneandsculpture):KarolinaTałuć(freelance),PiotrZambrzycki(Inter-AcademyInstitute
ofConservationandRestorationofWorksofArt,AcademyofFineArts,Warsaw)
Geologist:Prof.JanuszSkoczylas(AdamMickiewiczUniversity,Poznań)
Of-siteconsultants:
Glassexpert:RenataKucharczyk(PCMAUW)
Numismatist:Prof.BarbaraLichocka(InstituteofMediterraneanandOrientalCultures,Polish
AcademyofSciences,Warsaw)
Epigrapher:Prof.AdamŁajtar(InstituteofArchaeology,UniversityofWarsaw)
Acknowledgments
FailinghealthkeptProf.StanisławMedekszafrombeingpresentatthesite,butheremainedinclose
contactwiththeteamovertheentireseason.TeunfailingassistanceofMarinael-AlameinGeneral
SiteDirectorDr.KhaledAbul-HamdandSCAinspectorMostafaYounisMenaziisgratefully
appreciated.
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