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V. Description of Tombs.
The stairway consisted of four mud-brick steps descending between mud-brick retaining
walls. The doorway was roofed with
The tomb was completely plun-
dered 5 and the surface had been cut
to pieces by Coptic burials and by
sebbahin. On the floor of the central
chamber was a single pot (type v).
In chamber a were fragments of a
limestone dish without rim: in c were
the remain of a skull: and in d was
wood and blocked with brickwork.
97. N. 1611. Section A —B, I: 5°-
a fragment of a human femur (?) and
was a fragment of dull black-top red polished
a fragment of a majur of red painted ware.
A rectangular pit cut in the hard alluvial
strata, see Pl. 39 s. Axis points ca. 470 east of
south. The pit lies on the northern edge of
the alluvial slope on which the cemetery is
situated. The vault above touches the east side
of the vault of 1611 so that it is probable that
the two are nearly contemporaneous.
The walls below are for three courses
i brick thick (all stretchers). Above that so far
south wall courses 4 and 5 from below consist
stretchers 5 and 8—12 consist of headers.
In the dirt
ware, two small saucers of brown ware and
98. N. 1612. Plan, 1 : 50.
as preserved, they are 1 brick thick. In the
of stretchers j 6 consists of headers j 7 of
The other walls vary slightly, as the binding at the
fragment of a red line-polished bowl.
corners is not uniform. The surfaces of the
walls and doorway inside are plastered.
The doorway is approached by a slo-
ping descent cut in the gebel and is blocked
with bricks. The stratum of black gebel is
on a level with the top of the south wall,
99. N. 1612. Section A-B, 1:50.
but the top of the descent to the entrance terminated, perhaps, at a point on the slope lower
than the top of the vault. The lintel of the doorway was probably of wood, cf. 1619.
In the dirt were found some fragments of vessels of alabaster and limestone, see Pl. 37 bj
but it is uncertain whether they belong to this tomb or to 1611.
N. 1613. Similar to 1612. Axis points 500 east of south. Walls, from bottom, 1 brick thick, stretchers
with occasional header course. Grave almost entirely
destroyed. See Fig. 100 and 101.
IOI. N. 1613, Plan, I : 50.
100. N. 1613. Plan, 1 : 50.
V. Description of Tombs.
The stairway consisted of four mud-brick steps descending between mud-brick retaining
walls. The doorway was roofed with
The tomb was completely plun-
dered 5 and the surface had been cut
to pieces by Coptic burials and by
sebbahin. On the floor of the central
chamber was a single pot (type v).
In chamber a were fragments of a
limestone dish without rim: in c were
the remain of a skull: and in d was
wood and blocked with brickwork.
97. N. 1611. Section A —B, I: 5°-
a fragment of a human femur (?) and
was a fragment of dull black-top red polished
a fragment of a majur of red painted ware.
A rectangular pit cut in the hard alluvial
strata, see Pl. 39 s. Axis points ca. 470 east of
south. The pit lies on the northern edge of
the alluvial slope on which the cemetery is
situated. The vault above touches the east side
of the vault of 1611 so that it is probable that
the two are nearly contemporaneous.
The walls below are for three courses
i brick thick (all stretchers). Above that so far
south wall courses 4 and 5 from below consist
stretchers 5 and 8—12 consist of headers.
In the dirt
ware, two small saucers of brown ware and
98. N. 1612. Plan, 1 : 50.
as preserved, they are 1 brick thick. In the
of stretchers j 6 consists of headers j 7 of
The other walls vary slightly, as the binding at the
fragment of a red line-polished bowl.
corners is not uniform. The surfaces of the
walls and doorway inside are plastered.
The doorway is approached by a slo-
ping descent cut in the gebel and is blocked
with bricks. The stratum of black gebel is
on a level with the top of the south wall,
99. N. 1612. Section A-B, 1:50.
but the top of the descent to the entrance terminated, perhaps, at a point on the slope lower
than the top of the vault. The lintel of the doorway was probably of wood, cf. 1619.
In the dirt were found some fragments of vessels of alabaster and limestone, see Pl. 37 bj
but it is uncertain whether they belong to this tomb or to 1611.
N. 1613. Similar to 1612. Axis points 500 east of south. Walls, from bottom, 1 brick thick, stretchers
with occasional header course. Grave almost entirely
destroyed. See Fig. 100 and 101.
IOI. N. 1613, Plan, I : 50.
100. N. 1613. Plan, 1 : 50.