DOI Artikel:
Firth, C. M.: Description of cemeteries 81-84 and 90-92
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18104#0023
DESCRIPTION OF CEMETERIES 81=84 and 90=92.
By C. M. FIRTH.
Cemetery 81: West bank.—A small cemetery of the C-group
type dug in the alluvial mud on the south side of a small valley about
one kilometre south of Cemetery 80 and separated from it by a project-
ing promontory with the ruins of a Coptic chapel on the summit. The
burials are for the most part those of infants. To the south among
the rocks were a few scattered sheep burials and traces of walls. In
clearing these latter a considerable quantity of C-group potsherds were
found, which would seem to point to an archaic Nubian settlement at
this point. Some of the sandstone rocks had the usual lightly incised
drawings of oxen, etc.
Cemetery 82 was situated at the edge of the high desert a few
hundred metres further south. It consisted of a small group of
graves which had contained contracted skeletons and had been covered
by cairns or stone superstructures of which only the lower course
remained. With these were several large jars for burials now plundered
and filled with blown sand and debris. The cemetery would appear to
belong to the B-group or early C-group. Cf. Cemetery 77.
Cemetery 83: West bank, about a kilometre south of 82.—The
cemetery was on an ancient alluvial mound thickly covered with sand
and gravel. Some of the graves were very deep, as if an effort had been
made to reach a firmer stratum in which to deposit the burial. Large
rings of stones round the graves showed the size and positions of the
superstructures. The cemetery had been much plundered, but the
graves were mainly of the C-group type.
Fortified Town 84.—The Byzantine fortified town of Sabagura on
the east bank. A large series of photographs was taken of the houses
and walls and two plans, scales A})lt and n>W> °f the fortress and the
entire site were made.
By C. M. FIRTH.
Cemetery 81: West bank.—A small cemetery of the C-group
type dug in the alluvial mud on the south side of a small valley about
one kilometre south of Cemetery 80 and separated from it by a project-
ing promontory with the ruins of a Coptic chapel on the summit. The
burials are for the most part those of infants. To the south among
the rocks were a few scattered sheep burials and traces of walls. In
clearing these latter a considerable quantity of C-group potsherds were
found, which would seem to point to an archaic Nubian settlement at
this point. Some of the sandstone rocks had the usual lightly incised
drawings of oxen, etc.
Cemetery 82 was situated at the edge of the high desert a few
hundred metres further south. It consisted of a small group of
graves which had contained contracted skeletons and had been covered
by cairns or stone superstructures of which only the lower course
remained. With these were several large jars for burials now plundered
and filled with blown sand and debris. The cemetery would appear to
belong to the B-group or early C-group. Cf. Cemetery 77.
Cemetery 83: West bank, about a kilometre south of 82.—The
cemetery was on an ancient alluvial mound thickly covered with sand
and gravel. Some of the graves were very deep, as if an effort had been
made to reach a firmer stratum in which to deposit the burial. Large
rings of stones round the graves showed the size and positions of the
superstructures. The cemetery had been much plundered, but the
graves were mainly of the C-group type.
Fortified Town 84.—The Byzantine fortified town of Sabagura on
the east bank. A large series of photographs was taken of the houses
and walls and two plans, scales A})lt and n>W> °f the fortress and the
entire site were made.