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V. Description of Tombs.
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on top of wall. Plastered inside and on top of walls.
Ends of two saplings of roof on
north east corner of wall.
Plundered.
M. 1617. Similar to 1501. Walls
1 brick thick, all stretchers.
Top of wall plastered. Part
of mud roof preserved on
north end. Axis points 390
east of south.
Completely plundered.
In the dirt a bit of a shallow
alabaster bowl. In the plas-
ter a bit of a red pebble-
polished bowl of brown
ware.
M. 1638. Similar to 1501. Axis
420 west of north. Depth
ca. 125 below present sur-
face (ca. 100 below an
older surface, not ancient).
Height of walls ca. 80.
Walls, 1 brick wide double
stretcher courses with a
header course about every
third course. Cut by three
31. N. 1638, long section, I : 50.
Copts. Completely plundered.
N. 1644. Similar to 1501. Axis points 50° east of north (or $o°west of south). Below, the walls are
1 brick thick j above, 1 brick thick. Plastered inside and on top of wall.
33. N. 1606, cross section, I : 50.
32. N. I6ot>, plan, I : 50.
Wood-roofed tombs 'with a single chamber, type A.i.a.
Group c.
The tombs of group c are substantially
of the same construction as the tombs of
group bj but they are probably subsequent
in date because they are in the later part
of the cemetery and oriented like the large
tombs near by. N. 1606 may be taken as
the best example of the group.
N. 1606. Rectangular grave cut in alluvial strata,
with the axis pointing 500 east of south.
The lower part is enclosed by a perpendi-
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on top of wall. Plastered inside and on top of walls.
Ends of two saplings of roof on
north east corner of wall.
Plundered.
M. 1617. Similar to 1501. Walls
1 brick thick, all stretchers.
Top of wall plastered. Part
of mud roof preserved on
north end. Axis points 390
east of south.
Completely plundered.
In the dirt a bit of a shallow
alabaster bowl. In the plas-
ter a bit of a red pebble-
polished bowl of brown
ware.
M. 1638. Similar to 1501. Axis
420 west of north. Depth
ca. 125 below present sur-
face (ca. 100 below an
older surface, not ancient).
Height of walls ca. 80.
Walls, 1 brick wide double
stretcher courses with a
header course about every
third course. Cut by three
31. N. 1638, long section, I : 50.
Copts. Completely plundered.
N. 1644. Similar to 1501. Axis points 50° east of north (or $o°west of south). Below, the walls are
1 brick thick j above, 1 brick thick. Plastered inside and on top of wall.
33. N. 1606, cross section, I : 50.
32. N. I6ot>, plan, I : 50.
Wood-roofed tombs 'with a single chamber, type A.i.a.
Group c.
The tombs of group c are substantially
of the same construction as the tombs of
group bj but they are probably subsequent
in date because they are in the later part
of the cemetery and oriented like the large
tombs near by. N. 1606 may be taken as
the best example of the group.
N. 1606. Rectangular grave cut in alluvial strata,
with the axis pointing 500 east of south.
The lower part is enclosed by a perpendi-