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DOI Artikel:Šíp, Michal; Chłodnicki, Marek; Longa, Anna; Lemiesz, Marek; Osypiński, Piotr: Fourth cataract: excavations at Es-Sadda and Hagar el-Beida, survey between Es-Sadda and Shemkhiya: two seasons of work in 2005
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42091#0342
FOURTH CATARACT - SURVEY
SUDAN
ES-SADDA
SITE GAZETTEER
The survey in Sadda valley was completed in
2005. Two small, partly destroyed box-
grave cemeteries located one in a small wadi
and the other at the mouth of Khor Umm
Ghizlan, close to the modern Nile valley
(Es-Sadda 13-14 respectively) merit
attention, both being apparently family
burial grounds. Not far from these
cemeteries is a camp located between a com-
plex of rocks on the Nile bank (Es-Sadda
22). Nothing more from Christian times has
been preserved in the vicinity, with the
possible exception of a drywall enclosure
built in the desert at the mouth of a small
wadi (Es-Sadda 31). The wall is about 1 m
thick and outlined a unit 8 by 5 m with an
entrance located between two huge blocks
of stone.
Another tumuli burial field from Post-
Meroitic times was found in the Sadda
valley (Es-Sadda 24). The tumuli are about
6 m across on average, some with a clear
kerb around their base, others covered with
mounds of stones and silt. Remains of a camp
located in the Khor Umm Ghizlan are
probably attributable to this horizon (Es-
Sadda 20); finds included potsherds,
grinding stones and remains of a stone
construction.
Four new sites of the Kerma-horizon
were mapped (Es-Sadda 15, 16, 17, 33).
These hilltop cemeteries comprised from
one to nine tumuli. Some graves were
located at the foot of the hill. The
chronology of stone rings located on
elevations between the khors (Es-Sadda 18,
30, 32) is difficult to establish. A geometric
geoglyph made by removing stones from
the surface was found on the slope of one of
the hills (Es-Sadda 19).
On the hills between the valleys of Sadda
and the Nile, as well as at the edge of the
desert several Neolithic sites were located.
All were rather small (camps) and located in
elevated places providing a good view of the
surroundings, looking either to the Nile or
to the Sadda valley, or at the mouths of
wadis. From most sites modest collections
(less than 10) were recovered, the one
exception being site Es-Sadda 28, which
was located on a hilltop close to the river
bank.
SITE NO.
SITE TYPE
REMARKS
PRELIMINARY
PERIODIZATION
GPS
COORDINATES
Es-Sadda 11
Settlement
Scattered pottery
and flint artifacts
Neolithic
N19°16'46.4"
E32°45'49.6"
Es-Sadda 12
Settlement
Scattered pottery, grinders,
flints, two stone rings
Neolithic
N19°16'59.2"
E32°45'36.9"
Es-Sadda 13
Cemetery
17 box-graves
Christian
N19°16'21.6"
E32°43'01.0"
Es-Sadda 14
Cemetery
13 box-graves,
partly destroyed
Christian
N19°16'16.6"
E32°42,57.2"
Es-Sadda 15
Cemetery
3 tumuli
Kerma horizon?
N19°17'23.5"
E32°43'54.2m
338
SUDAN
ES-SADDA
SITE GAZETTEER
The survey in Sadda valley was completed in
2005. Two small, partly destroyed box-
grave cemeteries located one in a small wadi
and the other at the mouth of Khor Umm
Ghizlan, close to the modern Nile valley
(Es-Sadda 13-14 respectively) merit
attention, both being apparently family
burial grounds. Not far from these
cemeteries is a camp located between a com-
plex of rocks on the Nile bank (Es-Sadda
22). Nothing more from Christian times has
been preserved in the vicinity, with the
possible exception of a drywall enclosure
built in the desert at the mouth of a small
wadi (Es-Sadda 31). The wall is about 1 m
thick and outlined a unit 8 by 5 m with an
entrance located between two huge blocks
of stone.
Another tumuli burial field from Post-
Meroitic times was found in the Sadda
valley (Es-Sadda 24). The tumuli are about
6 m across on average, some with a clear
kerb around their base, others covered with
mounds of stones and silt. Remains of a camp
located in the Khor Umm Ghizlan are
probably attributable to this horizon (Es-
Sadda 20); finds included potsherds,
grinding stones and remains of a stone
construction.
Four new sites of the Kerma-horizon
were mapped (Es-Sadda 15, 16, 17, 33).
These hilltop cemeteries comprised from
one to nine tumuli. Some graves were
located at the foot of the hill. The
chronology of stone rings located on
elevations between the khors (Es-Sadda 18,
30, 32) is difficult to establish. A geometric
geoglyph made by removing stones from
the surface was found on the slope of one of
the hills (Es-Sadda 19).
On the hills between the valleys of Sadda
and the Nile, as well as at the edge of the
desert several Neolithic sites were located.
All were rather small (camps) and located in
elevated places providing a good view of the
surroundings, looking either to the Nile or
to the Sadda valley, or at the mouths of
wadis. From most sites modest collections
(less than 10) were recovered, the one
exception being site Es-Sadda 28, which
was located on a hilltop close to the river
bank.
SITE NO.
SITE TYPE
REMARKS
PRELIMINARY
PERIODIZATION
GPS
COORDINATES
Es-Sadda 11
Settlement
Scattered pottery
and flint artifacts
Neolithic
N19°16'46.4"
E32°45'49.6"
Es-Sadda 12
Settlement
Scattered pottery, grinders,
flints, two stone rings
Neolithic
N19°16'59.2"
E32°45'36.9"
Es-Sadda 13
Cemetery
17 box-graves
Christian
N19°16'21.6"
E32°43'01.0"
Es-Sadda 14
Cemetery
13 box-graves,
partly destroyed
Christian
N19°16'16.6"
E32°42,57.2"
Es-Sadda 15
Cemetery
3 tumuli
Kerma horizon?
N19°17'23.5"
E32°43'54.2m
338