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Sudan
DOI article:Lemiesz, Marek: Hagar el-Beida 1 excavations of a late/post-meroitic cemetery
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FOURTH CATARACT - HAGAR EL-BEIDA
SUDAN
typology proposed by the Gdansk Archae-
ological Museum Expedition (GAME),4 and
especially to Welsby's Type E5
Mound type 2: gravel-covered mound
with internal stone kerb, not circular but
with a ledge (generally ovaloid in shape).
Some similarities between this type and
GAME's form E36 or Welsby's Type II can
be pointed out, although it must be stressed
that in this particular case no evidence of the
kerb is visible on the surface, making it im-
possible to discern between types 1 and 2.
SUBSTRUCTURES
The substructures of the tumuli are dif-
ferentiated as well, with two main groups
having been distinguished:
Substructure type I: represented to date by
a solitary tomb HB1-T5 with a shallow,
trapezoid descent (dromos-like ramp), sloping
gently to an L-shaped rock-cut chamber
reinforced with a mud-brick construction.
Substructure type II: The most com-
mon element of this is a roughly rectan-
gular shaft, cut vertically in alluvial rock
and filled with pure sand and gravel.
Another highly distinctive feature is the
use ol massive, flat and oblong stones of
local provenience to secure the entrance to
the chamber.7 The chamber itself can be
roughly oval (variant A, as in HB1-T6) or
L-shaped (HB1-T7, HB1-T9) with an
oblong main burial niche and a kind ol
perpendicular annex.
Fig. 1. Hagar el-Beida 1. Excavations of tumuli 1 and 9/ the latter, a satellite burial of the
11royal" mound, in the foreground (Photo AI. Lemiesz)
4 H. Paner. Z. Borcowski, "Gdansk Archaeological Museum Expedition. A summary of eight season's work at the Fourth
Cataract", GAMAR 4 (2005), 110, Fig. 36.4.
5 D.A. Welsby, Survey above the Fourth Nile Cataract (London 2003), 122.
6 Paner, Borcowski, op. cit., Fig. 35,2.
7 For HB1-T9 the total weight of the measured blockage was in the whereabouts of 1.8 tons.
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SUDAN
typology proposed by the Gdansk Archae-
ological Museum Expedition (GAME),4 and
especially to Welsby's Type E5
Mound type 2: gravel-covered mound
with internal stone kerb, not circular but
with a ledge (generally ovaloid in shape).
Some similarities between this type and
GAME's form E36 or Welsby's Type II can
be pointed out, although it must be stressed
that in this particular case no evidence of the
kerb is visible on the surface, making it im-
possible to discern between types 1 and 2.
SUBSTRUCTURES
The substructures of the tumuli are dif-
ferentiated as well, with two main groups
having been distinguished:
Substructure type I: represented to date by
a solitary tomb HB1-T5 with a shallow,
trapezoid descent (dromos-like ramp), sloping
gently to an L-shaped rock-cut chamber
reinforced with a mud-brick construction.
Substructure type II: The most com-
mon element of this is a roughly rectan-
gular shaft, cut vertically in alluvial rock
and filled with pure sand and gravel.
Another highly distinctive feature is the
use ol massive, flat and oblong stones of
local provenience to secure the entrance to
the chamber.7 The chamber itself can be
roughly oval (variant A, as in HB1-T6) or
L-shaped (HB1-T7, HB1-T9) with an
oblong main burial niche and a kind ol
perpendicular annex.
Fig. 1. Hagar el-Beida 1. Excavations of tumuli 1 and 9/ the latter, a satellite burial of the
11royal" mound, in the foreground (Photo AI. Lemiesz)
4 H. Paner. Z. Borcowski, "Gdansk Archaeological Museum Expedition. A summary of eight season's work at the Fourth
Cataract", GAMAR 4 (2005), 110, Fig. 36.4.
5 D.A. Welsby, Survey above the Fourth Nile Cataract (London 2003), 122.
6 Paner, Borcowski, op. cit., Fig. 35,2.
7 For HB1-T9 the total weight of the measured blockage was in the whereabouts of 1.8 tons.
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