Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

GURNA

EGYPT

STRUCTURE C

A structure of domestic use (C) was cleared
between the tower (B) and the tomb en-
trance. Mud-brick walls, oriented like the
presumed tower, had been erected against
the vertical cliff wall, constituting the back,
west wall of the unit. The entrance led
from the north {Fig. 2], There were evi-
dently two phases of occupation: a later one,
marked by a mud floor, and an earlier one
with a floor made of thin fired bricks, mud
bricks and limestone tiles.
Below the original floor, an oblong pit
was discovered (c. 2.50 m long, 1.00 m
wide, 2.40 m deep) [Fig. 3). Its east and
west walls were faced with mud brick and
stone blocks, but only in the lowermost
parts. Most likely a storage bin from the
Coptic period, it could have made use ori-
ginally of some earlier pit (perhaps un-
finished burial shaft?) from Pharaonic
times.
The structure was in all likelihood
domestic rather than residential in nature.



Fig. 2. Entrance to structure C from the
north (Photo T. Gorecki)


Fig. 3- Storage bin under the floor in structure C
(Photo T. Gorecki)

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