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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF TOMBS OF DYN. II-IV, FOUND IN CEM. 500-900
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to work. But the collapse and the rescue damaged the tomb and although the chamber was subsequently
excavated and measured, the drawings in fig. 137 of the stairway are only approximate.
Mastaba: of the usual type with c.b. retaining walls and gravel filling; c. 10-4x3-9 metres; axis, 420 30' east
of south, probably two compound niches of which the southern was the larger; a layer of c.b. rested on the
filling. The mastaba by its position is later than N 573+587 but earlier than the pit mastabas along the
‘eastern’ side of N 573+587.
The stairway was of sixteen steps of which the first five were of c.b., and the rest cut in the gravel; the stairway
was originally lined with c.b. to a depth of about 1-5 metres.
The chamber was of the two-room type (N 587 and N 689) and was therefore that of an important person.
There were no niches in the ‘west’ wall of room A. Room B was the burial chamber. No burial nor any
objects were found in the tomb. The weakening of walls and chamber roof by thieves’ excavation caused
the collapse mentioned above.
N 575. Map, ii E 5; type, iv c and Coptic; photos C 2131-2132.
Mastaba of c.b. walls filled with gravel; pair of niches in ‘west’ face.
Empty pit, about 120 x 100 cm. and no cm. deep; axis, 370 east of south.
Cut by Coptic; long rectangular pit.
Burial: child on back with hands on pelvis and head ‘west’; wrapped in cloth.
Objects: around neck a copper wire on which are strung 5-6 beads.
N 576. Map, ii F 6; type, square pit with long cross chamber; included with intermediate tombs, see below.
N 577. Map, ii GH 6; type v c, map record; fig. 138.
Mastaba, c.b. retaining walls with gravel filling; about 615 X390 cm.; walls about 50 cm. thick; two compound
niches in ‘west’ face of which the ‘southern’ was destroyed; axis, 440 east of south.
Burial shaft about 1 metre square with chamber on ‘south’ also about a metre square; the chamber had been
cut down from the surface to within about 70 cm. of the floor and there roofed with stone slabs laid on the
gravel ledge; the roof had been removed and also the burial, by thieves.
N 578. Map, ii G 6; type, v b; photos C 4005, 4602-4607; fig. 139.
Small mastaba, c.b. retaining walls and chip filling; about 180x120 cm. and 30 cm. high; in the ‘west’ wall
two simple niches of which the ‘southern’ is slightly larger; the niches were roofed with small slabs of lime-
stone of which that over the ‘northern’ niche was still in place; the height of the niche to bottom of slab was
25 cm. N 578 had been built in front of and against 579 and also against the ‘SW’ corner of N 577 so that it
is later than either but of the same generation. The mastaba had probably been plastered over the top of the
chip filling. Axis, 440 east of south.
Burial chamber: in a rectangular pit sunk in the gravel to a depth of about 20 cm. in the floor of which was a
smaller pit 100 X50 cm. and 50 cm. deep; the lower pit was lined with bricks leaned against the sides and
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to work. But the collapse and the rescue damaged the tomb and although the chamber was subsequently
excavated and measured, the drawings in fig. 137 of the stairway are only approximate.
Mastaba: of the usual type with c.b. retaining walls and gravel filling; c. 10-4x3-9 metres; axis, 420 30' east
of south, probably two compound niches of which the southern was the larger; a layer of c.b. rested on the
filling. The mastaba by its position is later than N 573+587 but earlier than the pit mastabas along the
‘eastern’ side of N 573+587.
The stairway was of sixteen steps of which the first five were of c.b., and the rest cut in the gravel; the stairway
was originally lined with c.b. to a depth of about 1-5 metres.
The chamber was of the two-room type (N 587 and N 689) and was therefore that of an important person.
There were no niches in the ‘west’ wall of room A. Room B was the burial chamber. No burial nor any
objects were found in the tomb. The weakening of walls and chamber roof by thieves’ excavation caused
the collapse mentioned above.
N 575. Map, ii E 5; type, iv c and Coptic; photos C 2131-2132.
Mastaba of c.b. walls filled with gravel; pair of niches in ‘west’ face.
Empty pit, about 120 x 100 cm. and no cm. deep; axis, 370 east of south.
Cut by Coptic; long rectangular pit.
Burial: child on back with hands on pelvis and head ‘west’; wrapped in cloth.
Objects: around neck a copper wire on which are strung 5-6 beads.
N 576. Map, ii F 6; type, square pit with long cross chamber; included with intermediate tombs, see below.
N 577. Map, ii GH 6; type v c, map record; fig. 138.
Mastaba, c.b. retaining walls with gravel filling; about 615 X390 cm.; walls about 50 cm. thick; two compound
niches in ‘west’ face of which the ‘southern’ was destroyed; axis, 440 east of south.
Burial shaft about 1 metre square with chamber on ‘south’ also about a metre square; the chamber had been
cut down from the surface to within about 70 cm. of the floor and there roofed with stone slabs laid on the
gravel ledge; the roof had been removed and also the burial, by thieves.
N 578. Map, ii G 6; type, v b; photos C 4005, 4602-4607; fig. 139.
Small mastaba, c.b. retaining walls and chip filling; about 180x120 cm. and 30 cm. high; in the ‘west’ wall
two simple niches of which the ‘southern’ is slightly larger; the niches were roofed with small slabs of lime-
stone of which that over the ‘northern’ niche was still in place; the height of the niche to bottom of slab was
25 cm. N 578 had been built in front of and against 579 and also against the ‘SW’ corner of N 577 so that it
is later than either but of the same generation. The mastaba had probably been plastered over the top of the
chip filling. Axis, 440 east of south.
Burial chamber: in a rectangular pit sunk in the gravel to a depth of about 20 cm. in the floor of which was a
smaller pit 100 X50 cm. and 50 cm. deep; the lower pit was lined with bricks leaned against the sides and