DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Żurawski, Bogdan: Dongola Reach: the Southern Dongola Reach Survey, 1998/1999
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41274#0222
DONGOLA REACH
SUDAN
tern here is quite dense. Christian sites
with a conspicuous scatter of Early
Christian ceramics on the surface include
one (BTZ 61 = N.18o02'07", E.31°05'20")
that is characterized by considerable over-
all dimensions (c. 200 x 150 m) and
thickness of the walls.20) The neighboring
kom (N.18°02T7", E.31°05'07") features
similar dimensions.
The Christian stronghold of Abkur was
measured and photographed from the air
in February 1999- A comparison of recent
Fig. 12. Abkur fortress {lstab el). Bird's-eye view
(Photo B. Zurawski)
2°i The nearness of the Istabel fortress, less than two kilometers away, precludes the identification of BTZ 61 with a
stronghold.
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SUDAN
tern here is quite dense. Christian sites
with a conspicuous scatter of Early
Christian ceramics on the surface include
one (BTZ 61 = N.18o02'07", E.31°05'20")
that is characterized by considerable over-
all dimensions (c. 200 x 150 m) and
thickness of the walls.20) The neighboring
kom (N.18°02T7", E.31°05'07") features
similar dimensions.
The Christian stronghold of Abkur was
measured and photographed from the air
in February 1999- A comparison of recent
Fig. 12. Abkur fortress {lstab el). Bird's-eye view
(Photo B. Zurawski)
2°i The nearness of the Istabel fortress, less than two kilometers away, precludes the identification of BTZ 61 with a
stronghold.
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