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ALEXANDRIA
POLISH-EGYPTIANPRESERVATIONMISSION
ATKOMEL-DIKKA,1993/94
WojciechKołątaj
PreservationactivitieswerecarriedoutoveraperiodfromOcto-
ber1993toMay1994andwereconcentratedinthefollowing
areas1(Fig.1:1,2,3,4):
THEATER
Themainobjectiveofourworkinthissectorwastoprotect
relicsofanEarlyRomanvilladiscoveredundertheportico
locatedinfrontoftheTheater.Thepartlypreservedmarble
pavementofthetricliniumunderwentconsolidationand
reinforcementwithlimemortaratthepavement'sedges.A
detailedexhibitionplanofalltheEarlyRomanconstructions
uncoveredintheareaoftheTheater(trenchesMXandMXVI)
isduetobecompletedintheforthcomingseasonandsubmitted
totheSCAauthorities.
CISTERNS
Restorationoftheeasternfacadeofthemonumentwascom-
pleted(Fig.2).Twoadditionalsectionsofwallfacingbetween
buttressesnosIIandIII(c.23m2)aswellasbetweenbuttresses
nosIIIandIV(c.40m2)underwentcomplexrestoration.Alarge
amountofearth(c.1000m2)depositedintheareabetweenthe
CisternsandtheBathwasremovedusingheavymachinery.
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TheMissionheadedbyDr.eng.WojciechKołątajwascomprisedofDr.Maciej
Witkowski,archaeologist-conservator,Mr.PiotrZalewski,conservatorandDr.Grze-
gorzMajcherek,archaeologist.TheSupremeCouncilofAntiquities(SCA)
wasrepresentedbyMr.AhmedMusaandMr.Ala'aelDinMahrus,Inspectorsof
AntiquitiesatKomel-Dikka.DuringtheseasontheMissionemployedtwomasons
and17unskilledworkers.
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