Ungqongqoshe Wezamasiko wase-Egypt umemezele ukuthi ithimba lemivubukulo yaseGibhithe le-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) lithole insalela egcinwe kahle yemboni yokwenza iwayini ye-limestone eyaqala enkathini yaseByzantine (ngekhulu lesithupha AD). Yavubukulwa ngesikhathi somsebenzi ojwayelekile endaweni yase-Sayl al-Tuhfah, entshonalanga yeSigodlo Sezindela sase-Saint Catherine eSinayi.
UDkt. Zahi Hawass, unobhala jikelele we-SCA, uthe imboni inezingxenye ezimbili; eyokuqala iyisitsha esiyisikwele esinepompo ekugcineni. Iphansi lomcengezi limbozwe nge-plaster. Ezinye izingxenye zisaphethe amabala abomvu ewayini. Udonga olusenyakatho lwalesi sitsha luhlotshiswe ngephethini emise okwesiphambano ngaphakathi kwendilinga okukhona ngaphansi kwayo ipompo yobumba. “Lolu hlobo lwepompo lwalusetshenziswa ukwenza iwayini ligeleze ngemva kokugaya ama-raisin nezinsuku,” kusho uHawass.
UFarag Fada, inhloko yomnyango wamaSulumane nowamaCopt, uhlolisise le ndawo wathi ingxenye yesibili yale femu ingumgodi ofana nendilinga obukeka njengomthombo onembobo. Ezinhlangothini zalo zombili, kutholakale ama-slabs amabili e-limestone, okungenzeka ukuthi ake asetshenziswa ngabasebenzi basefemini ukuma phezu kwawo, engeza uFada.
UTarek El-Naggar, inhloko yezinto zasendulo zaseningizimu yeSinayi, uthe indawo exhuma iphampu lobumba nomcengezi wesibili inembobo yokubeka amabhodwe asetshenziswayo ukulondolozwa kwewayini. Ucwaningo lwakuqala lukhombisile ukuthi indawo yaseSayl al-Tuhfah kwakuyindawo yezimboni yokukhiqiza iwayini, njengoba kwakukhona amagilebhisi amaningi nemithi yesundu.
Muva nje, kutholwe okunye okubalulekile endaweni efanayo: izinhlamvu zemali ezimbili zegolide zombusi waseByzantium uValens (AD 364-378) zavubukulwa endaweni yaseSayl al-Tuhfah eGebel Abbas, esentshonalanga yesigodlo sezindela. Izinhlamvu zemali zatholwa ngesikhathi sokumbiwa okwenziwa yi-SCA. UHawass uthe izinhlamvu zemali bezingokokuqala ngqa ukutholakala e-Egypt okungekaMbusi uValens.
Izinhlamvu zemali zeValens zazitholakala eLebanon naseSyria, hhayi eGibhithe. Izinsalela zezindonga kanye nezingcezwana zobumba, ingilazi kanye ne-porcelain nazo zambiwa. Fada, yathi olunye uhlangothi lwazo zombili izinhlamvu zemali lunomfanekiso wombusi egqoke umqhele ohlotshiswe ngezinhlu ezimbili zamaparele azungeze isiphambano segolide, ngaphezu kwesambatho sakhe esingokomthetho. Olunye uhlangothi lubonisa umbusi egqoke izingubo zakhe zempi, ephethe udondolo olunesiphambano esandleni sakhe sobunxele kanye nebhola elizungezwe ingelosi enamaphiko esandleni sakhe sokunene.
U-El-Naggar uthe zombili izinhlamvu zemali zazicindezelwe e-Antiyokiya (manje eyi-Antakya eningizimu yeTurkey). Ukumba okuqhubekayo kwembula izinto eziningi ezizokwengeza olwazini lwabantu ngeSinayi nomlando wayo, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi seByzantium.
