HAWARTE. MITHRAIC WALL PAINTINGS CONSERVATION PROJECT, SEASONS 2005-2006
HAWARTE. MITHRAIC WALL PAINTINGS CONSERVATION PROJECT, SEASONS 2005-2006

Summary/Abstract: The Polish-Syrian conservation project of the wall paintings from the Mithraeum in Hawarte continued its work on the hundreds of painted plaster fragments recovered from the rubble filling the cult cave. The fragments, previously stored in separate museum collections in Hama, Afamia and Damascus, have been moved to the Archaeological Museum in Hama, where all further work will be conducted. The mural fragments, which usually consist of a number of successive layers of painted plaster, have been the object of separating and classification ever since the beginning of the excavations. Now, in an effort to study this new material, an iconographic reconstruction project has been established. It is aimed at preparing a final publication of the Mithraeum’s painted decoration and reconstructing the full iconographic program of the decoration, based on all available sources. This includes photographic records from the first excavations, the current documentation work and the results of ongoing conservation and restoration efforts.

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