DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Zych, Iwona: Cemetery C in Naqlun: preliminary report on the excavation in 2006
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0239
NAQLUN
EGYPT
the western end appears to have been
intentional, adapting the chamber to
accommodate two burials deposited side by
side. The eastern end generally sloped down
at the end {Fig. 3].
The entrance in this chamber tomb, as
in many of the others, was narrowed as
much as possible to facilitate later sealing of
the opening while not encumbering the
introduction of the mummy-cartonnages.
Hence the “lintel” observed at the top and
the “step” in the floor of the shaft. The shaft
itself was rounded in section, gradually
narrowing toward the bottom, but deep and
Fig. 6. Successive stages in the uncovering of the entrance blocking in tomb C.T.13 (counterclockwise
from top left) (Photo I. Zych)
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EGYPT
the western end appears to have been
intentional, adapting the chamber to
accommodate two burials deposited side by
side. The eastern end generally sloped down
at the end {Fig. 3].
The entrance in this chamber tomb, as
in many of the others, was narrowed as
much as possible to facilitate later sealing of
the opening while not encumbering the
introduction of the mummy-cartonnages.
Hence the “lintel” observed at the top and
the “step” in the floor of the shaft. The shaft
itself was rounded in section, gradually
narrowing toward the bottom, but deep and
Fig. 6. Successive stages in the uncovering of the entrance blocking in tomb C.T.13 (counterclockwise
from top left) (Photo I. Zych)
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