DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavation and preservation work, 2005/2006
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0034
ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
the superstructures were constructed of
small regular stones, very often lined with
lime plaster and featuring some rudimen-
tary decoration consisting of diagonal
hatchings. The burial chambers were closed
either with flat slabs or a pitched covering.
Much smaller graves made of slabs set up
vertically (CW 7-9, 34, 38-39), apparently
belonging to the earlier phase of the
cemetery, were found packed in tightly
among the later graves. Cases of simple
internment were also recorded between the
built tombs with the bodies being buried
in shallow trenches without any protective
structure whatsoever.
Finds from associated layers demon-
strated the usual breadth of category, from
glazed pottery to lamps and glass weights.
Most of the collected pottery fragments,
both imported and local, belong to the
10th-12th century horizon. The Egyptian
Fig. 3- Middle Necropolis Grave in Area CW
(Photo G. Majcherek)
ceramic industry was represented by
a variety of Fatimid and Ayyubid glazed
pottery, including Fatimid Luster Ware
bearing potter's marks on the base.
Fig. 4- Area CW. Moslem burial ground, seen at the beginning of the season
(Photo G. Majcherek)
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EGYPT
the superstructures were constructed of
small regular stones, very often lined with
lime plaster and featuring some rudimen-
tary decoration consisting of diagonal
hatchings. The burial chambers were closed
either with flat slabs or a pitched covering.
Much smaller graves made of slabs set up
vertically (CW 7-9, 34, 38-39), apparently
belonging to the earlier phase of the
cemetery, were found packed in tightly
among the later graves. Cases of simple
internment were also recorded between the
built tombs with the bodies being buried
in shallow trenches without any protective
structure whatsoever.
Finds from associated layers demon-
strated the usual breadth of category, from
glazed pottery to lamps and glass weights.
Most of the collected pottery fragments,
both imported and local, belong to the
10th-12th century horizon. The Egyptian
Fig. 3- Middle Necropolis Grave in Area CW
(Photo G. Majcherek)
ceramic industry was represented by
a variety of Fatimid and Ayyubid glazed
pottery, including Fatimid Luster Ware
bearing potter's marks on the base.
Fig. 4- Area CW. Moslem burial ground, seen at the beginning of the season
(Photo G. Majcherek)
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