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1938-39 Amara West

Sponsor: 
Egypt Exploration Society (EES) 1919–present [1]
Type of fieldwork: 
Excavation
Director: 
Herbert Walter Fairman [2]
Season summary: 

The season lasted from 9 November 1938-4 March 1939 and saw the excavation of the temple, the overlying buildings, the storerooms and some exploration of the cemeteries. Temple architectural features were copied and photographed. 

Relevant publications: 

Fairman, H. W. 1939. Preliminary report on the excavations at 'Amārah West, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1938-9. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25 (2), 139-144.

Fairman, Herbert Walter: The recent excavations at Amarah West. - In: The Connoisseur 103 (1939) 322-328.

Spencer, Patricia 1997. Amara West I: the architectural report. Egypt Exploration Society, Excavation Memoir 63. London: Egypt Exploration Society.

Spencer, Patricia 2002. Amara West II: The cemetery and the pottery corpus. Egypt Exploration Society, Excavation Memoir 69. London: Egypt Exploration Society.

Site guide: 
Amara West [3]
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