DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Kulicka, Emanuela: Moslem cemetery in areas CW and L on Kom el-Dikka: (excavations in the 2005/2006 season)
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0048
ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
the oldest kind of grave built in the
Upper Necropolis.
The superstructures of 33 graves
measured 2.00 m by 1.30 m and were
constructed of small dressed stones which
were plastered along with the floor inside
the walls. Limestone slabs covered the
cases in graves CW 4a, 6, 12, 12a, 18, 24,
26, 28, 30, 34a and 52, while graves CW
3, 4, 5, 7, 9a, 10, 14, 17, 19, 32, 33, 34,
36, 44, 60 and 67 had pitched roofs. CW
36 was the only grave in the construction
of which mortar was used instead of the
internal plastering which was the rule.
The third group includes superstruc-
tures of the same kind as already
described, but much richer in form, with
the plasterwork featuring a mihrab (CW
11, 13, 15, 25, 27 and 63). These
superstructures were furnished with run-
off channels draining fluids from the
grave. The burial chamber accompanying
this kind of superstructure was usually
covered with a pitched roof of limestone
slabs.
Most of the graves in the Upper
Necropolis were multiple burials. Secondary
internments were made through a special
Fig. 1. Plan of the Upper Necropolis in Area CW
(A. Pisarzewski)
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EGYPT
the oldest kind of grave built in the
Upper Necropolis.
The superstructures of 33 graves
measured 2.00 m by 1.30 m and were
constructed of small dressed stones which
were plastered along with the floor inside
the walls. Limestone slabs covered the
cases in graves CW 4a, 6, 12, 12a, 18, 24,
26, 28, 30, 34a and 52, while graves CW
3, 4, 5, 7, 9a, 10, 14, 17, 19, 32, 33, 34,
36, 44, 60 and 67 had pitched roofs. CW
36 was the only grave in the construction
of which mortar was used instead of the
internal plastering which was the rule.
The third group includes superstruc-
tures of the same kind as already
described, but much richer in form, with
the plasterwork featuring a mihrab (CW
11, 13, 15, 25, 27 and 63). These
superstructures were furnished with run-
off channels draining fluids from the
grave. The burial chamber accompanying
this kind of superstructure was usually
covered with a pitched roof of limestone
slabs.
Most of the graves in the Upper
Necropolis were multiple burials. Secondary
internments were made through a special
Fig. 1. Plan of the Upper Necropolis in Area CW
(A. Pisarzewski)
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