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ALEXANDRIA

EGYPT

Upper Necropolis that these markers would
have been made of small stones arranged as a
rectangle sporting a plaster finish inside,
either plain or bearing mihrab decoration.
The chambers were devoid of any grave
goods placed there intentionally. Finds from

the layer are innumerous: some potsherds,
lamp fragments, glass vessels and weights, as
well as bronze coins. In this situation, it has
to be presumed that any objects inside the
burial chambers must have gotten there by
coincidence.

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Kulicka, E.
2007 The Moslem cemeteries on Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Excavation season 2004/2005,
PAMXVII [-Reports 2005], 35-39
Majcherek, G.
2004 Alexandria, Kom el-Dikka. Excavations and preservation work, 2002/2003, PARί XV
[=Reports 2003], 25-34
2007 Alexandria, Kom el-Dikka. Excavation and preservation work. Preliminary report,
2005/2005, PAMXVII [=Reports 2005], 21-39
Majcherek, G., Kol^taj, W.
2003 Alexandria, Excavations and preservation work, 2001/2002, ATV/XIV [=Reports 2002],
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