Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

NAQLUN

EGYPT

The oasis population must have had its
share of over-size adults, as indicated by one
case of an extra-long coffin (243 cm in length).
Most coffins were a standard c. 40-50 cm
wide by c. 30-40 cm high (c. 30 cm by 20-
25 cm respectively in the case of children's
coffins) and an effort was made to give the
box a trapezoid form reflecting body shape,

meaning that the coffin was widest at the
shoulders and visibly narrowing in width
and height towards the feet. The trapezoid
plan in the horizontal plane was not ref-
lected in the vertical crosswise, cut, which
was more or less rectangular [Fig. 2:A].
A series of coffins presented lids in the
form of gable roofs (T. 290, T. 292, T. 298,




Fig. 3. Example of adult-size box coffins T. 341 (top) and T.304
(Photo I. Zych)

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