DOI Heft:
Egypt
DOI Artikel:Chłodnicki, Marek; Ciałowicz, Krzysztof M.: Tell el Farkha (Ghazala): interim report, 2000
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41368#0098
TELL EL LARKHA
EGYPT
CENTRAL KOM
A trench 22.5 by 22.5 m was traced on
the summit of the central kom. This was
the place where in 1990 the Ligabue
Research and Study Center from Venice
(Italy) had excavated a 20 by 20 m pit.
The maximum depth reached then was
1.2 m, not exceeding, however, 0.5 m
over most of the area. The discoveries
then included architecture of the Old
Kingdom and some settlement remains
that could be dated to the Early Dynastic
period (Nagada III).
The first step this season was to clear
the old trench down to the unexplored
layers and to identify the architecture
uncovered by the Italian expedition in
order to be able to continue the
investigations in relation to the previous
findings. The architecture in the trench
consisted of much destroyed mudbrick
structures with walls oriented NE-SW.
The occupational layers yielded
potsherds in quantity, animal bones and
stone and flint tools. The best preserved
structures were located in the northern
part of the trench and this was where the
excavations were concentrated this year.
The trench, which was narrowed down to
7.5 by 22.5 m, revealed mudbrick
structures that could be interpreted at
least in part as stores {Fig. 11). These
rooms contained big storage vessels (a
bowl and jars), as well as bread moulds,
bowls {Fig. 12, top left) and numerous
small quern stones. The objects that
deserve particular attention among all
the small finds are fragments of bifacial
flint knives {Fig. 12, bottom left),
ceramic nails {Fig. 12, bottom right) and
the impression of a cylindrical seal
bearing a number of hieroglyphic signs
{Fig. 12, top right).
Fig. 11. Central Kom. Early Dynastic structures.
Circles indicate position of vessels
{Drawing E. Mrowiec)
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EGYPT
CENTRAL KOM
A trench 22.5 by 22.5 m was traced on
the summit of the central kom. This was
the place where in 1990 the Ligabue
Research and Study Center from Venice
(Italy) had excavated a 20 by 20 m pit.
The maximum depth reached then was
1.2 m, not exceeding, however, 0.5 m
over most of the area. The discoveries
then included architecture of the Old
Kingdom and some settlement remains
that could be dated to the Early Dynastic
period (Nagada III).
The first step this season was to clear
the old trench down to the unexplored
layers and to identify the architecture
uncovered by the Italian expedition in
order to be able to continue the
investigations in relation to the previous
findings. The architecture in the trench
consisted of much destroyed mudbrick
structures with walls oriented NE-SW.
The occupational layers yielded
potsherds in quantity, animal bones and
stone and flint tools. The best preserved
structures were located in the northern
part of the trench and this was where the
excavations were concentrated this year.
The trench, which was narrowed down to
7.5 by 22.5 m, revealed mudbrick
structures that could be interpreted at
least in part as stores {Fig. 11). These
rooms contained big storage vessels (a
bowl and jars), as well as bread moulds,
bowls {Fig. 12, top left) and numerous
small quern stones. The objects that
deserve particular attention among all
the small finds are fragments of bifacial
flint knives {Fig. 12, bottom left),
ceramic nails {Fig. 12, bottom right) and
the impression of a cylindrical seal
bearing a number of hieroglyphic signs
{Fig. 12, top right).
Fig. 11. Central Kom. Early Dynastic structures.
Circles indicate position of vessels
{Drawing E. Mrowiec)
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