Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA

EGYPT

PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON THE
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATERIAL FROM
TOMB 1152 IN SHEIKH ABD EL-GURNA
Eliza Szpakowska

Excavations in 2005 in the hermitage at
Sheikh Abd el-Gurna concentrated on
clearing the fill from the corridor of Tomb
1152. This rock-cut tomb, which was
reused by the Coptic monks, represents
corridor type II B1 [cf. Fig. 1 on p. 264

above) and is dated to the Middle King-
dom, presumably the turn of the 11th and
beginning of the 12th Dynasty.2
The corridor, measuring 22 x 2.50 x
4.75 m, was filled with rubble. The fill was
1.50 m high by the entrance, rising to


Fig. 1. The fill in the corridor of Tomb 1152 in Sheikh Abd El-Gurna (Photo E. Szpakowska)

1 According to D. Arnold, Grabungen in Assasif 1963-1970, Das Grab des Jnj-jtj.f, Die Architektur (Mainz 1971), 46-
47, PI. XX. He uses the neighboring smaller tomb MMA 1151, identical in plan to our tomb, as an example.
2 The oldest potsherds found in the excavations are dated to this period, cl. T. Rzeuska, M. Orzechowska, "Pharaonic
Pottery from Sheikh Abd El-Gurna", PAM XVI. Reports 2004 (2005), 248-256.

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