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POLISH-EGYPTIANRESTORATIONMISSION
ATKOMEL-DIKKA,ALEXANDRIA,1992-93
WojciechKołątaj
Inaccordancewithalong-termprogramapprovedbytheEgyp-
tianAntiquitiesOrganization,thePolish-EgyptianRestoration
MissioncontinuedworkintheTheater,BathandCisternsfrom
October1992toMay1993.
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THEATER
FollowingtheconsolidationoftheunitXarcadeinthethea-
tercorridor,thatis,ambulacrum,thecentralsegmentwasexplor-
ed,removingthefilldepositedaftertheedificehadbeenaban-
donedinthe7thcentury.Theadjacentsectionoftheouterwall,
whichalsosustainedheavydamageduringmodernconstruc-
tionworksin1964beforethetheaterwasdiscovered,alsocalled
forimmediateconsolidation(Fig.1).Aninventorywasmadeof
thewallfacingbeforetheentiresectionwasdismantled;thewall
wasthenreassembledpreservingasmuchoftheancientsub-
stanceascouldberetrieved;inmanycasestheoriginalmortar
inthejointswaspreserved,althoughseveralseriouslydamaged
orcrushedblockshadtobereplacedwithnewones(Fig.2).The
newlyappliedmortarwassimilartotheancientoneandcom-
posedofsand,lime,andpowderedbrickswitha5%additionof
whitePortlandcement.Intheupperpartofthewall,acom-
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TheMissionheadedbyDr.WojciechKołątajincluded:Dr.JanBorkowski,
architect;Dr.GrzegorzMajcherek,archaeologist,andMr.KrzysztofZłotkow-
ski,engineer;theEAOwasrepresentedbyInspectors–Mr.AhmadMousa,
Mr.Ala'aed-DinMahrousandMrs.MonaShaker.
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