Figure 9. Supply Channel, NW corner of Umm el-Jimal, 1-2-2012
Figure 54. … including the walls. For inscription see Fig. 5. 14-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 28. While stones were being removed, another part of the team began removing the soil using buckets and ropes. The strategy was to remove the thinner layers from the edges where bedrock was higher to isolate the deeper and thicker layer in the middle. This and the following 20 photographs show the soil ‘melt’ away until the final remnant is removed from the deeper center. 20-10-2015
Figure 40. Pumping the puddles; the main challenge is to keep the water away from the soil. Shown here is a small pump provided by Mayor Hassan Fahed and his municipal staff. 7-11-2015.
Figure 52. Mayor Hasan Fahed Rgaibeh starting power wash. 14-11-2015.
Figure 36. Each of two teams marked off squares for removal. 4-11-2015
Figure 29. Soil removal – bucket by bucket, after the first rain, 26-10-2014
Figure 21. Smaller stones were carried up the steps in a grand 15 minute ‘parade’ in which the 20 members of the Commodus Gate Preservation team participated. 21-10-2015.
