DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Jakobielski, Stefan; Martens-Czarnecka, Małgorzata: Old Dongola: fieldwork seasons 2005/2006 and 2006
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42092#0336
OLD DONGOLA
SUDAN
so far) pertains to a time when the interior
was remodeled. In this phase it comprised
four narrow compartments (each 0.50 to
1.10 m wide), divided by walls of various
thickness (ranging from 1.00 to 0.15 m)
and opening into a transversal passage.
Remains of a floor made of compact mud
were found in this passage, some 1.60 m
below the preserved tops of walls. Remnants
of three subsequent coats of whitewash were
observed on these walls, as well as faint
traces of decoration in red paint on the
middle coat.
The southernmost compartment (SW-
E.16A-B) comprised two small rectangular
rooms (1.10 x 1.00 and 1.10 x 0.75 m)
delimited by thin walls, only one brick
wide, which were incorporated from the
original structure when it was rebuilt. The
westernmost of these contained at this level
a pile of Terminal Christian pottery, among
which there were several terracotta pipes of
different types and two toilet seats, one
evidently brand-new [Figs 7, 8} This
material seems to have been thrown in
there on purpose during an episode of
cleaning or rebuilding. However, the
chamber itself seems to have been designed
much deeper than the rest of the
compartments and its bottom has yet to be
reached.4 Some 1.20 m below the pile of
pottery, in fill composed of sand and
sebbakh, remains of a collapsed and defaced
wooden construction were found.
Fig. 8. Examples of the hydraulic installations found in SW-E. 16 A: ceramic toilet (top right) and
various types of terracotta pipes, the most common type being the one at bottom right
(Photo S. Jakobielski)
4 Similarly in the two northern compartments, where no floor has been found; excavations were stopped in sand on a level
corresponding to the mud floor of the transversal passage.
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SUDAN
so far) pertains to a time when the interior
was remodeled. In this phase it comprised
four narrow compartments (each 0.50 to
1.10 m wide), divided by walls of various
thickness (ranging from 1.00 to 0.15 m)
and opening into a transversal passage.
Remains of a floor made of compact mud
were found in this passage, some 1.60 m
below the preserved tops of walls. Remnants
of three subsequent coats of whitewash were
observed on these walls, as well as faint
traces of decoration in red paint on the
middle coat.
The southernmost compartment (SW-
E.16A-B) comprised two small rectangular
rooms (1.10 x 1.00 and 1.10 x 0.75 m)
delimited by thin walls, only one brick
wide, which were incorporated from the
original structure when it was rebuilt. The
westernmost of these contained at this level
a pile of Terminal Christian pottery, among
which there were several terracotta pipes of
different types and two toilet seats, one
evidently brand-new [Figs 7, 8} This
material seems to have been thrown in
there on purpose during an episode of
cleaning or rebuilding. However, the
chamber itself seems to have been designed
much deeper than the rest of the
compartments and its bottom has yet to be
reached.4 Some 1.20 m below the pile of
pottery, in fill composed of sand and
sebbakh, remains of a collapsed and defaced
wooden construction were found.
Fig. 8. Examples of the hydraulic installations found in SW-E. 16 A: ceramic toilet (top right) and
various types of terracotta pipes, the most common type being the one at bottom right
(Photo S. Jakobielski)
4 Similarly in the two northern compartments, where no floor has been found; excavations were stopped in sand on a level
corresponding to the mud floor of the transversal passage.
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