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Egypt
DOI article:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina el-Alamein: season 2000
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MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
a depth of 2 to 3 m below ground level, the
structure lay about 23 m to the south of
Tomb 19- During the present campaign
three trenches were opened to verify the
results archaeologically. At a depth of
about 0.40-0.50 m below present ground
level, what looked in geophysical readings
like the open-air court of a large hypogeum
proved to be an unfinished rock-cut space
(Fig. 4). The bottom was excavated at
a depth of 2 to 2.20 m. The north wall
(6.15 m long) was uncovered in full and
parts of the western (2 m) and eastern
(c. 0.50 m) walls were also cleared. A recess
(3-5 m long and 1.60 m wide) hewn in the
upper middle part of the north wall, in the
form of two steps to a depth of respectively
TOMB
Another trench verifying the results of
geophysical prospection was opened some
15 m south of Tomb 25. About a meter
below present ground level, a simple "prism"
grave was revealed: 2.75 m long (E-W);
1.65 m wide (N-S) and 0.35-0.40 m high.
The tomb consisted of a poor enclosure wall
of irregular limestone slabs standing upright
0.40 m and 0.80 m from the top of
bedrock, was apparently intended as
a dromos, but was never completed.
Neither was the northeastern part of the
structure completed. The triangular space
between the north wall and the unfinished
east one was also left unfinished in the
form of four steps, measuring from top to
bottom: 0.42 m, 0.35 m, 0.30 m and
0.30 m respectively. Several dressed
limestone blocks (each approximately 0.79
x 0.30 x 0.23 m) were found nearby upon
the floor. The fill within and above the
structure consisted of pure sand except for
a 30-cm thick uppermost layer of com-
pacted soil mixed with limestone gravel.
No potsherds were found.
G 13
around a pile of sand and small stones. The
enclosure was probably made above a trench
cut in the rock underneath, containing the
actual burial.® The grave was not explored
this year. The few sherds of amphorae found
in the sand fill around and above the grave
date to the 2nd cent. AD (Mareotis AE 3,
Dr. 2-4 (Italian or Spanish), Mau 27/28).6 7)
TOMB 27
A box-like tomb with two loculi was found
29.80 m southeast of hypogeum T 7 and
29-90 m west of hypogeum T 6. The
structure is rectangular in plan (L. 2.65 m
(E-W); W. 2.00 m (N-S)). The southern
loculus ranges from 0.47 to 0.67 m in
width, the length being 2.26 m. The
northern loculus is 2.30 m long and
0.60 m wide. Dressed limestone blocks
used for the walls are approximately 0.60-
0.65 m long, 0.35 m wide and 0.30-
0.33 m high. The tomb is preserved to
a height of 1 m (Fig. 5). It appears to have
been plundered and partly damaged in the
past. The covering blocks of the southern
loculus were found removed except for the
last one at the rear. It is not clear whether
originally there were only two loculi or
6) For other such graves, cf. W.A. Daszewski, PAM VI, Reports 1994 (1995), 28-31.
7) All amphorae from this tomb and from other structures excavated this season were examined and identified by
Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, who will be publishing this material.
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EGYPT
a depth of 2 to 3 m below ground level, the
structure lay about 23 m to the south of
Tomb 19- During the present campaign
three trenches were opened to verify the
results archaeologically. At a depth of
about 0.40-0.50 m below present ground
level, what looked in geophysical readings
like the open-air court of a large hypogeum
proved to be an unfinished rock-cut space
(Fig. 4). The bottom was excavated at
a depth of 2 to 2.20 m. The north wall
(6.15 m long) was uncovered in full and
parts of the western (2 m) and eastern
(c. 0.50 m) walls were also cleared. A recess
(3-5 m long and 1.60 m wide) hewn in the
upper middle part of the north wall, in the
form of two steps to a depth of respectively
TOMB
Another trench verifying the results of
geophysical prospection was opened some
15 m south of Tomb 25. About a meter
below present ground level, a simple "prism"
grave was revealed: 2.75 m long (E-W);
1.65 m wide (N-S) and 0.35-0.40 m high.
The tomb consisted of a poor enclosure wall
of irregular limestone slabs standing upright
0.40 m and 0.80 m from the top of
bedrock, was apparently intended as
a dromos, but was never completed.
Neither was the northeastern part of the
structure completed. The triangular space
between the north wall and the unfinished
east one was also left unfinished in the
form of four steps, measuring from top to
bottom: 0.42 m, 0.35 m, 0.30 m and
0.30 m respectively. Several dressed
limestone blocks (each approximately 0.79
x 0.30 x 0.23 m) were found nearby upon
the floor. The fill within and above the
structure consisted of pure sand except for
a 30-cm thick uppermost layer of com-
pacted soil mixed with limestone gravel.
No potsherds were found.
G 13
around a pile of sand and small stones. The
enclosure was probably made above a trench
cut in the rock underneath, containing the
actual burial.® The grave was not explored
this year. The few sherds of amphorae found
in the sand fill around and above the grave
date to the 2nd cent. AD (Mareotis AE 3,
Dr. 2-4 (Italian or Spanish), Mau 27/28).6 7)
TOMB 27
A box-like tomb with two loculi was found
29.80 m southeast of hypogeum T 7 and
29-90 m west of hypogeum T 6. The
structure is rectangular in plan (L. 2.65 m
(E-W); W. 2.00 m (N-S)). The southern
loculus ranges from 0.47 to 0.67 m in
width, the length being 2.26 m. The
northern loculus is 2.30 m long and
0.60 m wide. Dressed limestone blocks
used for the walls are approximately 0.60-
0.65 m long, 0.35 m wide and 0.30-
0.33 m high. The tomb is preserved to
a height of 1 m (Fig. 5). It appears to have
been plundered and partly damaged in the
past. The covering blocks of the southern
loculus were found removed except for the
last one at the rear. It is not clear whether
originally there were only two loculi or
6) For other such graves, cf. W.A. Daszewski, PAM VI, Reports 1994 (1995), 28-31.
7) All amphorae from this tomb and from other structures excavated this season were examined and identified by
Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, who will be publishing this material.
51