DOI article:
Firth, C. M.: Archaeological report: the destruction of the cemeteries in the neighbourhood of Dakka
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Summary of Work done up to December 31, 1909.
By G. M. FIRTH.
The following cemeteries were excavated :—
Cemetery 92/200, East Bank.
(i) . A large plundered New Empire communal grave.
(ii) . Two side-chamber graves of the mediaeval or Byzantine
period.
(iii) . A few isolated poor C-group graves, entirely cleared out by
sebakh -digging.
Cemetery 93.
A small cemetery, completely plundered, of the latest Early
Dynastic and B-group. One or more early C-group graves have been
intruded on the cemetery. The graves are, for the most part, of the
circular beehive type.
Cemetery 94/1.
Late C-group, with a few intruded New Empire burials. The
cemetery is dug in the upper desert in a stratum of rolled pebbles
and sand. The graves are oval or rectangular, with small stone cairns.
The funerary offerings were placed, as usual, outside the superstruc-
ture, but the handsome incised pottery is almost entirely absent,
and the red-polished black-topped bowls are reduced to the size of
models. The cemetery is probably a poor late one, perhaps contem-
poraneous with the New Empire.
Cemetery 94/100.
Just below the above cemetery, there is a bed of ancient alluvial
mud deposited between the desert and a lower outcrop of sandstone.
By G. M. FIRTH.
The following cemeteries were excavated :—
Cemetery 92/200, East Bank.
(i) . A large plundered New Empire communal grave.
(ii) . Two side-chamber graves of the mediaeval or Byzantine
period.
(iii) . A few isolated poor C-group graves, entirely cleared out by
sebakh -digging.
Cemetery 93.
A small cemetery, completely plundered, of the latest Early
Dynastic and B-group. One or more early C-group graves have been
intruded on the cemetery. The graves are, for the most part, of the
circular beehive type.
Cemetery 94/1.
Late C-group, with a few intruded New Empire burials. The
cemetery is dug in the upper desert in a stratum of rolled pebbles
and sand. The graves are oval or rectangular, with small stone cairns.
The funerary offerings were placed, as usual, outside the superstruc-
ture, but the handsome incised pottery is almost entirely absent,
and the red-polished black-topped bowls are reduced to the size of
models. The cemetery is probably a poor late one, perhaps contem-
poraneous with the New Empire.
Cemetery 94/100.
Just below the above cemetery, there is a bed of ancient alluvial
mud deposited between the desert and a lower outcrop of sandstone.