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Egypt
DOI article:Zych, Iwona: Note on the collection of wooden finds from Naqlun
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NAQLUN
EGYPT
A frequent find are wedges of wood.
They must have been generally useful in
the building process, as indicated by one in
situ find, where a wedge was found insert-
ed between the drum of a column and its
base.7)
Another extremely frequent find (close
to 90 objects) are all kinds of pegs, which
are worked more or less carefully, straight
and hooked, long and short, but always
sharpened at one end for inserting into
holes in the wall. The other end may be
either simple or (rarely) worked in a knob.
That at least some of these objects were
used as part of the functional arrangement
of the interior has been proved by a peg
found still sticking out from a plastered
wall inside one of the hermitages in the
Naqlun hills.8)
One of the units in the complex uncov-
ered on Kom D (D.29) yielded four racks
with three and more pegs for hanging all
sorts of objects, the racks obviously intend-
ed for suspending on a wall.
Of considerable interest is the set of
locks, sliding keys and bolts (altogether
over 30 objects) that has come to light in
the various units of the building on Kom
D (Fig. 1) The outer lock casings come in
various sizes, from quite small (c. 13 cm
long) to fairly big (c. 28 cm long), and
some of them are carved with simple geo-
Fig. 1. Examples of wooden locks, keys and bolts from Kom D (top: N. 99049 and N. 99050, bot-
tom: N. 93052 and 93059 (Photo W. Godlewski)
7> Personal communication of W. Godlewski.
8) Hermitage no. 2, peg Nd.87142, with some 13.5 cm of the length hidden inside the wall, and the remaining 5 cm
projecting to serve as a hook.
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EGYPT
A frequent find are wedges of wood.
They must have been generally useful in
the building process, as indicated by one in
situ find, where a wedge was found insert-
ed between the drum of a column and its
base.7)
Another extremely frequent find (close
to 90 objects) are all kinds of pegs, which
are worked more or less carefully, straight
and hooked, long and short, but always
sharpened at one end for inserting into
holes in the wall. The other end may be
either simple or (rarely) worked in a knob.
That at least some of these objects were
used as part of the functional arrangement
of the interior has been proved by a peg
found still sticking out from a plastered
wall inside one of the hermitages in the
Naqlun hills.8)
One of the units in the complex uncov-
ered on Kom D (D.29) yielded four racks
with three and more pegs for hanging all
sorts of objects, the racks obviously intend-
ed for suspending on a wall.
Of considerable interest is the set of
locks, sliding keys and bolts (altogether
over 30 objects) that has come to light in
the various units of the building on Kom
D (Fig. 1) The outer lock casings come in
various sizes, from quite small (c. 13 cm
long) to fairly big (c. 28 cm long), and
some of them are carved with simple geo-
Fig. 1. Examples of wooden locks, keys and bolts from Kom D (top: N. 99049 and N. 99050, bot-
tom: N. 93052 and 93059 (Photo W. Godlewski)
7> Personal communication of W. Godlewski.
8) Hermitage no. 2, peg Nd.87142, with some 13.5 cm of the length hidden inside the wall, and the remaining 5 cm
projecting to serve as a hook.
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