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V. Description of Tombs.
This tomb is built close to 1571 across the place formerly occupied by the stairway of 1571.
The stairway of 1571 was probably destroyed to permit the construction of 1572 (cf. 3061 and
3074). The superstructure of 1571, unless it set back further than usual, must have been more
or less injured in building 1572. The superstructure of 1572 must have been built against that
of 1571 but avoiding, as was to be expected, the main, or southern, offering place of 1571.
The anomalous position of the stairway on the north side (cf. 1626) is to be explained by
the fact that the presence of 1513 prevented the construction of a stairway on the valley side.
This points to the fact that 1572 was one of the later tombs built after all the independent
sites were occupied. The stairway extended up over the vault of 1605 and was apparently cut
away in the construction of 1605. Thus 1572 is clearly later than 1571 and 1513 but earlier than 1605.
On the floor of the main chamber was found the traces of a skeleton (Pl. 31d) lying
contracted on the left side, head east. At the feet were:
1. Alabaster cylindrical jar, with cord, h. 25 cm, diam. 12.
2. Alabaster cylindrical jar, without cord, h. 13 cm, diam. 15.
3. Alabaster jar, type Six2, h. 20, diam. mouth 7,5 cm.
In the northern chamber, embedded in the decayed brickwork were:
4—10. Pots, type v.
In the southern chamber were the bones of an offering animal (calf?).
In the dirt of the chamber was found a lot of fragments of stone vessels of alabaster,
slate and volcanic ash (Pl. 51a).
N. 1605. Similar to 158b. Axis points about 540
east of south. See Pl. 34 and 35 a> b.
The site of this tomb was, as usual,
marked by a depression ca. 150 cm deep.
The pit was filled with a mass of mud
(decomposed brick) and gravel. In the walls
the brickwork was so crushed while wet,
by its own weight that the individual bricks
were indistinguishable. At the north end,
I worked myself for several hours, trying
to find the dividing walls and the under-
side of the vault, but in vain, although the
position of both was clearly marked by the
pottery in the northeast chamber, see Pl. 34 b.
However, the mass of mud in the pit and
the distribution of the antiquities are both
characteristic of tombs of the type of 1580.
The walls of wooden roof tombs are always
better preserved because the wooden roof
decays before the brickwork has suffered,
thus letting in a mass of sand which not
92. N. 1605. Section A—B, I : 1OO.
V. Description of Tombs.
This tomb is built close to 1571 across the place formerly occupied by the stairway of 1571.
The stairway of 1571 was probably destroyed to permit the construction of 1572 (cf. 3061 and
3074). The superstructure of 1571, unless it set back further than usual, must have been more
or less injured in building 1572. The superstructure of 1572 must have been built against that
of 1571 but avoiding, as was to be expected, the main, or southern, offering place of 1571.
The anomalous position of the stairway on the north side (cf. 1626) is to be explained by
the fact that the presence of 1513 prevented the construction of a stairway on the valley side.
This points to the fact that 1572 was one of the later tombs built after all the independent
sites were occupied. The stairway extended up over the vault of 1605 and was apparently cut
away in the construction of 1605. Thus 1572 is clearly later than 1571 and 1513 but earlier than 1605.
On the floor of the main chamber was found the traces of a skeleton (Pl. 31d) lying
contracted on the left side, head east. At the feet were:
1. Alabaster cylindrical jar, with cord, h. 25 cm, diam. 12.
2. Alabaster cylindrical jar, without cord, h. 13 cm, diam. 15.
3. Alabaster jar, type Six2, h. 20, diam. mouth 7,5 cm.
In the northern chamber, embedded in the decayed brickwork were:
4—10. Pots, type v.
In the southern chamber were the bones of an offering animal (calf?).
In the dirt of the chamber was found a lot of fragments of stone vessels of alabaster,
slate and volcanic ash (Pl. 51a).
N. 1605. Similar to 158b. Axis points about 540
east of south. See Pl. 34 and 35 a> b.
The site of this tomb was, as usual,
marked by a depression ca. 150 cm deep.
The pit was filled with a mass of mud
(decomposed brick) and gravel. In the walls
the brickwork was so crushed while wet,
by its own weight that the individual bricks
were indistinguishable. At the north end,
I worked myself for several hours, trying
to find the dividing walls and the under-
side of the vault, but in vain, although the
position of both was clearly marked by the
pottery in the northeast chamber, see Pl. 34 b.
However, the mass of mud in the pit and
the distribution of the antiquities are both
characteristic of tombs of the type of 1580.
The walls of wooden roof tombs are always
better preserved because the wooden roof
decays before the brickwork has suffered,
thus letting in a mass of sand which not
92. N. 1605. Section A—B, I : 1OO.