PCMA field missions and projects in 2016 and 2017 POLISH RESEARCH IN 2016 A. PCMA FIELD MISSIONS AND GRANT PROJECTS IN 2016 Fieldwork listed in this section chronicles fieldwork organized and funded, in full or in part, by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw (PCMA UW), as well as associated grant projects from the National Science Center of the Republic of Poland, conducted in 2016 and in the archaeological seasons overlapping into 2016. Sites are presented in alphabetical order by country, the sequence of presentation of the latter being arbitrary in reflection of the scope of current involvement. Projects not reported in full in this volume are described in brief, giving information on the dates of the fieldwork and team makeup, as well as a summary of the most important results and relevant publications. The Syrian projects: Hawarte, Palmyra, Tell Arbid and Tell Qaramel, remain suspended due to the political situation in the region and are not included below. Some of the Egyptian projects were cancelled and others seriously delayed, resulting in decisions to reschedule this year's work. EGYPT Map A ALEXANDRIA, KOM EL-DIKKA, see in this volume. Ongoing research grant: Dr. Katarzyna Lach, “Studies on the character of social contacts in Roman Alexandria based on numismatics research. Analysis of coin finds from Kom el-Dikka in the archaeological context” (NCN Fuga 3: 2014/12/S/HS3/00088) BERENIKE Delayed permission from the Egyptian authorities resulted in a cancellation of the season. A large part of the Berenike Project team arrived in Cairo anyway to take part in a bilateral conference “‘Imperial’ Berenike and its antecedents on the Red Sea coast”, organized by the PCMA and Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The conference, held on 23 March 2016 at the SCA’s Ahmed Basha Kamal Lecture Hall in Zamalek, provided a platform for sharing the results of recent research conducted by the Polish, Polish–American, French and Italian projects around the Red Sea. The results of this conference make up the Special Studies volume ofPAM 26/2 this year. The conference was held within the frame of three research grants funded by the National Science Center of the Republic of Poland, two from Berenike and one from Aynuna i Saudi Arabia (see below). The two ongoing grants from Berenike are: Ongoing research grants: Iwona Zych, MA “Religious practices and beliefs in the “Red Land”: religious building complexes and cult objects from the port of Berenike as a manifestation of the religiousness of the population of the Egyptian Red Sea coast and Eastern Desert from the mid 3rd century BC to the early 6th century AD” (NCN Preludium 7: UMO-2014/13/N/HS3/04400) Marek Woźniak, MA “From military base to international emporium: the nature and functioning of the Hellenistic port of Berenike on the Red Sea” (NCN Grant Preludium 9: 2015/17/N/HS3/00163) Prof. Michał Gawlikowski “Infrastructure of the international trade in the Red Sea area in the Roman period” (NCN Harmonia 6: UMO-2014/14/M/HS3/00795) See also: Sidebotham, S.E. and Zych, I. (2016). Results of the winter 2014–2015 excavations at Berenike Egypt and related fieldwork in the Eastern Desert.Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, 12, 1–34 15 PAM 26/1: Research PAM 26 TOM 1.indb 15 2018-08-14 11:54:12 PCMA field missions and projects in 2016 and 2017 Kalos Limen Mirmeki GEORGIA TBILISI Gonio-Apsaros Metsamor ERIWAN TURKEY Tell Arbid Nemrik Tell Abu Hafur Tell Amarna Tell Rijim Tell M’lfaat Tell Djassa Tell Raffaan Khirbet al-Berge el-Gharbi UGZAR Tell Rad Hatra Tell Qaramel Shaqrah Nimrud Hawarte Tell el-Saadiya NICOSIA Masnaa Bijan Palmyra Nea Paphos Kaftoun BAGHDAD BEIRUT Kharoub Province Jiyeh Chhîm Eshmoun Valley DAMASCUS Beit Ras JERUSALEM AMMAN Alexandria Tell el-Balamun ISRAEL Marea Pelusium Tell el-Farkha JORDAN Tell el-Murra Tell el-Retaba Marina el-Alamein Tell Atrib CAIRO Saqqara Siwa Oasis SAUDI ARABIA Qasr el-Sagha Meidum Fayum Oasis Deir el-Naqlun Aynuna Bahariya Oasis Tuna el-Gebel Ashmunein Dendera Valley of the Kings Sheikh Abd el-Gurna Deir el-Bahari Dakhleh Oasis Asasif Gebelein Edfu Wadi Khashab Berenike Dabod Shellal Tafa Abu Simbel Qasr Ibrim Faras (Pachoras) Wadi Halfa El-Ar Sueigi Saffi & Uli Shemkhiya Gamamiya Merowe Sh Hagar el-Beida Tanqasi El-Sadda Old Dongola Ghazali Current research Banganarti El-Detti Past research Selib El-Zuma Restoration and conservation Agri Bahri Abkur Surveyed Sonyat Deiga Geophysical project SDRS Other projects Other Polish projects in this volume PROJECT - Past survey and salvage project Khor Shombat PROJECT - Current survey and salvage project Kadero KHARTOUM Map A. Archaeological sites excavated by the PCMA: Egypt, Sudan, Cyprus, Lebanon and Jordan 16 PAM 26/1: Research PAM 26 TOM 1.indb 16 2018-08-14 11:54:13 PCMA field missions and projects in 2016 and 2017 Overview with index [LP] List of projects [R] Reports [S] Studies Alexandria, Kom el-Dikka (Egypt) ................................................................ [R] 33, 64, 87, 104 Asasif (Egypt) .................................................................................................................. [R] 289 Banganarti (Sudan) .........................................................................................................[R] 349 Bani Israil (Third Cataract) (Sudan) ............................................................................[R] 115 Beit Ras/Capitolias (Jordan) .........................................................................................[LP] 29 Berenike (Egypt) ................................................................................................ [LP] 15 [R] 315 ChhÎm (Lebanon) .............................................................................................................[LP] 27 Deir el-Bahari, Temple of Hathepsut (Egypt) ........................................ .......[LP] 15 [R] 303 Deir el-Bahari, Temple of Tuthmosis III (Egypt)....................................................... ... [LP] 15 Diffar (el-) (Third Cataract) (Sudan) ............................................................................[R] 115 Dongola (Old) (Sudan) ...................................................................................... [LP] 24 [S] 761 Fagirinfenti (Third Cataract) (Sudan) .........................................................................[R] 115 Gebelein/Khozam/El-Rizeiqat (Egypt) ..........................................................................[LP] 19 Ghazali (Sudan) ...............................................................................................................[LP] 26 Jiyeh/Porphyreon (Lebanon) ........................................................ [LP] 28 [R] 479, 487 [S] 619 Kissenfarki West (Third Cataract) (Sudan) .................................................................[R] 115 Marea (Egypt) .................................................................................................... [LP] 20 [R] 115 Marina el-Alamein (Egypt) ..................................................................... [R] 127, 145, 167, 185 Naqlun (Nekloni) (Egypt) ...............................................................................................[R] 265 Nea Paphos (Cyprus) ........................................................................................................[LP] 26 Palmyra (Syria) ................................................................................................................[LP] 26 Saqqara (Egypt) ..................................................................................................[LP] 21 [R] 255 Selib (Sudan) .....................................................................................................................[R] 349 Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (Egypt) ..........................................................................................[LP] 21 Soniyat (Dongola Reach) (Sudan) ..................................................................................[R] 115 Tell el-Farkha (Egypt) .....................................................................................................[R] 227 Tell el-Murra (Egypt) .....................................................................................................[LP] 23 Tell el-Retaba (Egypt) .....................................................................................................[R] 193 Valley of the Kings (Ramesses VI) (Egypt) .....................................................................[LP] 23 Zuma (el-) (Sudan) ....................................................................................... [LP] 25 [S] 725, 741 17 PAM 26/1: Research PAM 26 TOM 1.indb 17 2018-08-14 11:54:13 PCMA field missions and projects in 2016 and 2017 GEORGIA TBILISI Gonio-Apsaros Beshtasheni Metsamor ERIWAN Burzin Mihr Tell Arbid Nemrik TEHERAN Tell Amarna Tell Abu Hafur Tell Rijim Tell M’lfaat Khirbet Tell Djassa Tell Raffaan UGZAR al-Berge el-Gharbi Tell Rad Hatra Tell Qaramel Shaqrah Nimrud Tell el-Saadiya Hawarte Masnaa Bijan Palmyra Kaftoun BEIRUT BAGHDAD Kharoub Province Chhîm Jiyeh DAMASCUS Beit Ras AMMAN Al-Subiyah JERUSALEM Bahra 1 Kharaib el-Desht ISRAEL FAILAKA ISLAND JORDAN KUWAIT Saruq al-Hadid Aynuna MUSCAT Qumayrah RIYADH U.A.E. OMAN Wadi Khashab Berenike SAUDI ARABIA YEMEN Current research Past research Restoration and conservation Surveyed Geophysical project Other projects Other Polish projects in this volume PROJECT - Past survey and salvage project PROJECT - Current survey and salvage project