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V. Description of Tombs.
47. Potstand, smooth red ware (hard baked), type xxvm. Diam. 28, h. 12.
48. Alabaster pan, Pl. 45 s, with depression.
49. Part of 14.
50. Rest of 26.
51—53. See 2. Broken.
54. Similar to 28, type xxivb. Diam. 14,5, h. 10.
55. See 2.
0. Slate bowl, Pl. 45b, with depression.
57. Slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression. This pan had been broken and mended in
antiquity. A line was scratched zigzaging across the line of breakage in order to
give a hold to the cement. The cement was a hard fine white plaster.
58. Like 10, type v.
59. Like id, type vi.
do. Like 10, type v. Decayed.
di. Like id, type vi. Decayed.
62. Like 2—9, type xxvi. Decayed.
63. Slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression. The maker accidentally cut through the
bottom and repaired the mistake by setting in a separate piece, a disc of slate
cut to fit the depression. This disc was fastened with hard white cement.
64. Fragments of a slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression.
65. Small jar of calcareous alabaster, type S xv2. Diam. 9.
66. Top of cylindrical jar of alabaster. Raised cord around neck. Diam. 10,5.
67. Fragment from the rim of crystal goblet, Pl. 41a. Found 10 cm above floor with
a lot of slate splinters belonging to 64.
There was also found a bit of a slate bracelet and various fragments of stone
vessels and pottery belonging to or similar to the objects described above.
5. Large tombs with corbelled roof, end chambers and stairway,
type B. 1. b.
In the middle and northern sections of the cemetery, a number of tombs are covered not
with a wooden roof but with a corbel vault. These vaults spring from the top of the first
to fifth course and are formed by allowing each course to project ca. 2—10 cm beyond the
course below. The facing of the vault is composed of stretcher courses with an occasional
header course (about 3 to 1)5 the make-weight behind the facing, which served to weigh down
the courses (on the cantilever principle) is composed of bricks and mud laid in very roughly.
When the width of wall permits the makeweight is composed of headers, see Pl. 32. Some-
times the roof rose to a dome-like hump over the middle chamber (1586) j but in other cases
the makeweight was built up so as to present a flat roof outside, and in one case, at least
(N. 1515), a thick flooring of brick was built over the whole as an additional protection. In some
cases the corner is groined, the surfaces cutting each other at right angles (N. 1586, 1513, 1511). In
other cases the corners are rounded by laying the bricks radiating around the corners (N. 1584).
V. Description of Tombs.
47. Potstand, smooth red ware (hard baked), type xxvm. Diam. 28, h. 12.
48. Alabaster pan, Pl. 45 s, with depression.
49. Part of 14.
50. Rest of 26.
51—53. See 2. Broken.
54. Similar to 28, type xxivb. Diam. 14,5, h. 10.
55. See 2.
0. Slate bowl, Pl. 45b, with depression.
57. Slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression. This pan had been broken and mended in
antiquity. A line was scratched zigzaging across the line of breakage in order to
give a hold to the cement. The cement was a hard fine white plaster.
58. Like 10, type v.
59. Like id, type vi.
do. Like 10, type v. Decayed.
di. Like id, type vi. Decayed.
62. Like 2—9, type xxvi. Decayed.
63. Slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression. The maker accidentally cut through the
bottom and repaired the mistake by setting in a separate piece, a disc of slate
cut to fit the depression. This disc was fastened with hard white cement.
64. Fragments of a slate pan, Pl. 45b, with depression.
65. Small jar of calcareous alabaster, type S xv2. Diam. 9.
66. Top of cylindrical jar of alabaster. Raised cord around neck. Diam. 10,5.
67. Fragment from the rim of crystal goblet, Pl. 41a. Found 10 cm above floor with
a lot of slate splinters belonging to 64.
There was also found a bit of a slate bracelet and various fragments of stone
vessels and pottery belonging to or similar to the objects described above.
5. Large tombs with corbelled roof, end chambers and stairway,
type B. 1. b.
In the middle and northern sections of the cemetery, a number of tombs are covered not
with a wooden roof but with a corbel vault. These vaults spring from the top of the first
to fifth course and are formed by allowing each course to project ca. 2—10 cm beyond the
course below. The facing of the vault is composed of stretcher courses with an occasional
header course (about 3 to 1)5 the make-weight behind the facing, which served to weigh down
the courses (on the cantilever principle) is composed of bricks and mud laid in very roughly.
When the width of wall permits the makeweight is composed of headers, see Pl. 32. Some-
times the roof rose to a dome-like hump over the middle chamber (1586) j but in other cases
the makeweight was built up so as to present a flat roof outside, and in one case, at least
(N. 1515), a thick flooring of brick was built over the whole as an additional protection. In some
cases the corner is groined, the surfaces cutting each other at right angles (N. 1586, 1513, 1511). In
other cases the corners are rounded by laying the bricks radiating around the corners (N. 1584).