DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Maślak, Szymon: Hermitage 85 in Naqlun: materials and construction
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0215
NAQLUN
EGYPT
between Rooms 11 and 7). In the narrower
doorways, which most probably were fitted
with doors to be closed, wooden thresholds
were the rule. The entrance from Room 11
to Room 10, measuring 48 cm in width,
had a palm-wood beam (28 cm wide at the
base) with the ends set into the jambs on
either side, plastered with gray mud mortar
containing chaff In turn, the passage from
the kitchen (no. 10) into the oratory (no. 1),
55 cm wide, had a flat wooden beam, 60 cm
long and 2.5 cm thick, in the threshold.
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EGYPT
between Rooms 11 and 7). In the narrower
doorways, which most probably were fitted
with doors to be closed, wooden thresholds
were the rule. The entrance from Room 11
to Room 10, measuring 48 cm in width,
had a palm-wood beam (28 cm wide at the
base) with the ends set into the jambs on
either side, plastered with gray mud mortar
containing chaff In turn, the passage from
the kitchen (no. 10) into the oratory (no. 1),
55 cm wide, had a flat wooden beam, 60 cm
long and 2.5 cm thick, in the threshold.
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