DOI Artikel:
Reisner, George Andrew: The archaeological survey of Nubia: progress of survey
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18101#0016
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composed of bleached algge left on all rocks and trees by the surface of
the water at full reservoir level. It was found that the work, in order to
cover the whole territory to be affected by the rise in level in question,
must begin at Shellal Station and extend southward as far as Dakka.
On September 20, the detailed examination of the territory was
begun at Shellal with a force of about twenty-five men. In a very
short time eleven cemeteries were discovered :—
No. 1 was on the east bank at the village of Bugga about one kilo-
metre south of Shellal Station. This cemetery, which was manifestly
of the Christian period, had been badly plundered, and was for the
greater part under the 106-metres level which is the present high-water
level in the Reservoir.
No. 2 was in a khor at the north-eastern corner of El Hesa.
No. 3 was at the village of Gabar on El Hesa, about 300 metres
south of Cemetery No. 2.
No. 4 was on the south end of El Hesa, called Eas-el-Hesa, and was
completely submerged.
No. 5 was found on the knoll just south of the temple of El Biga.
No. 6 was on the top of the north-western part of El Biga, above the
113-metre level.
No. 7 was located in the plain south-east of Shellal Station.
No. 8 was in a bay in the granite rock north of Shellal Station.
No. 9 was about 200 metres west of No. 8, and lies for the greater
part under the 106-metre level.
No. 10 was found on the west side of Awanarti.
No. 11 was found on the west bank opposite the south end of
El Hesa,
A force of 150 men was brought up immediately, and work was
begun on Cemetery No. 2 on September 25, and continued until,
on November 30, Cemeteries Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 7 were completely
excavated and a Coptic church in Cemetery No. 8, together with a
strip of the cemetery, practically finished. The other cemeteries,
Nos. 1, 4, 6, and 9, have been examined sufficiently for present purposes.
The work of recording these cemeteries has gone on rapidly with the
assistance of Mr. C. M. Firth and Mr. A. M. Blackman. At the same
composed of bleached algge left on all rocks and trees by the surface of
the water at full reservoir level. It was found that the work, in order to
cover the whole territory to be affected by the rise in level in question,
must begin at Shellal Station and extend southward as far as Dakka.
On September 20, the detailed examination of the territory was
begun at Shellal with a force of about twenty-five men. In a very
short time eleven cemeteries were discovered :—
No. 1 was on the east bank at the village of Bugga about one kilo-
metre south of Shellal Station. This cemetery, which was manifestly
of the Christian period, had been badly plundered, and was for the
greater part under the 106-metres level which is the present high-water
level in the Reservoir.
No. 2 was in a khor at the north-eastern corner of El Hesa.
No. 3 was at the village of Gabar on El Hesa, about 300 metres
south of Cemetery No. 2.
No. 4 was on the south end of El Hesa, called Eas-el-Hesa, and was
completely submerged.
No. 5 was found on the knoll just south of the temple of El Biga.
No. 6 was on the top of the north-western part of El Biga, above the
113-metre level.
No. 7 was located in the plain south-east of Shellal Station.
No. 8 was in a bay in the granite rock north of Shellal Station.
No. 9 was about 200 metres west of No. 8, and lies for the greater
part under the 106-metre level.
No. 10 was found on the west side of Awanarti.
No. 11 was found on the west bank opposite the south end of
El Hesa,
A force of 150 men was brought up immediately, and work was
begun on Cemetery No. 2 on September 25, and continued until,
on November 30, Cemeteries Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 7 were completely
excavated and a Coptic church in Cemetery No. 8, together with a
strip of the cemetery, practically finished. The other cemeteries,
Nos. 1, 4, 6, and 9, have been examined sufficiently for present purposes.
The work of recording these cemeteries has gone on rapidly with the
assistance of Mr. C. M. Firth and Mr. A. M. Blackman. At the same