Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Conservation of a commemorative monument to the Emperor Commodus in House H21c in Marina el-Alamein

2019, 28, No. 2

Wiesław Grzegorek

Independent

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.2.07

Publication date

31.12.2019

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

Discipline

archeology

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

Current maintenance conservation work by the Polish–Egyptian Conservation Mission in Marina el-Alamein occasions a revisiting of the history of the archaeological discovery, interpretation and original conservation and anastylosis of a commemorative monument dedicated to the Roman Emperor Marcus Antoninus Commodus. The monument, a rectangular masonry structure with colonnaded front, was built inside a presumed dining or reception hall of building H21c near the harbor of the ancient Graeco-Roman town. The original project took place between 2000 and 2007 (Czerner and Medeksza 2010). Maintenance conservation after a decade created the opportunity for a more in-depth analysis of the dimensions of the monument and the individual architectural elements of which it was composed.

Keywords:

Marina el-Alamein,Roman,conservation,anastylosis,commemorative monument,architectural orders,pseudo-Corinthian capitals,bases,Marcus Antoninus Commodus

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