DOI article:
Reisner, George Andrew: The archaeological survey of Nubia: progress of survey
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18102#0016
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Cemetery No. 13.
In the khor north of the village of Bishir were alluvial banks and a
mound of sand. The mound of sand had been cut off from the cliffs
behind by spates coming down the khor. In this sand were found
four contracted burials, but nothing was found with them.
In the bad granite rock of the promontory south of the khor,
between it and the village, a few rock-cut tombs were found. These
were all small, not like those in Cemetery No. 3 (Hesa). They were
empty, but the debris about them was mixed with Coptic potsherds,
so they are probably of the Christian period.
Cemetery No. 14.
At Khor Ambukol, there are a series of sand mounds piled on dark
alluvial strata. These mounds seem to be the remains of a khor fan
laid down in the mouth of the khor by earlier spates. The dark strata,
where they lay exposed below the 106-metre level, contained perhaps
300 long shallow graves, oriented east and west. These were noted
on October 14, and were covered with water when the working-gangs
reached the place on December 11.
Burials belonging All the sand mounds were thoroughly examined (see PI. XXXI).
to h group. The southern and highest mound contained 20 burials, presenting the
same characteristics as the b group in Cemetery No. 7 at Shellal.
They were contracted usually on the left, side, but were oriented in
all directions. They were protected by skins and mats. The objects
found included rough black-topped ware, bracelets, slate and stone
Burials belonging palettes, ivory combs, beads, etc. On the lower slopes west of this
group were found three burials resembling the c group of Cemetery
No. 7, and on the hills above were found a few scattered burials similar
to the e group burials in Cemetery No. 7. Along the low decayed-stone
promontory south of the main mound were found seven rock-cut tombs
resembling those in Cemetery No. 3 (Hesa), both in type of tomb and
burial. Two graves, one that of a goat, were found near the bottom
of the small drainage-course in the northern part of the delta. There
had obviously been a certain amount of denudation subsequent to
these burials, but they show that' the denudation in the northern part
Cemetery No. 13.
In the khor north of the village of Bishir were alluvial banks and a
mound of sand. The mound of sand had been cut off from the cliffs
behind by spates coming down the khor. In this sand were found
four contracted burials, but nothing was found with them.
In the bad granite rock of the promontory south of the khor,
between it and the village, a few rock-cut tombs were found. These
were all small, not like those in Cemetery No. 3 (Hesa). They were
empty, but the debris about them was mixed with Coptic potsherds,
so they are probably of the Christian period.
Cemetery No. 14.
At Khor Ambukol, there are a series of sand mounds piled on dark
alluvial strata. These mounds seem to be the remains of a khor fan
laid down in the mouth of the khor by earlier spates. The dark strata,
where they lay exposed below the 106-metre level, contained perhaps
300 long shallow graves, oriented east and west. These were noted
on October 14, and were covered with water when the working-gangs
reached the place on December 11.
Burials belonging All the sand mounds were thoroughly examined (see PI. XXXI).
to h group. The southern and highest mound contained 20 burials, presenting the
same characteristics as the b group in Cemetery No. 7 at Shellal.
They were contracted usually on the left, side, but were oriented in
all directions. They were protected by skins and mats. The objects
found included rough black-topped ware, bracelets, slate and stone
Burials belonging palettes, ivory combs, beads, etc. On the lower slopes west of this
group were found three burials resembling the c group of Cemetery
No. 7, and on the hills above were found a few scattered burials similar
to the e group burials in Cemetery No. 7. Along the low decayed-stone
promontory south of the main mound were found seven rock-cut tombs
resembling those in Cemetery No. 3 (Hesa), both in type of tomb and
burial. Two graves, one that of a goat, were found near the bottom
of the small drainage-course in the northern part of the delta. There
had obviously been a certain amount of denudation subsequent to
these burials, but they show that' the denudation in the northern part