DOI Artikel:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina el-Alamein 1991
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26426#0034
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Fig. 2. A terracotta lamp found between tombs TIB and TIC.
About 1.5-2 m to the west and north of tomb T1 two other
tombs were discovered. The tomb on the north, TIF, was
preserved only as the bottom box-like structure with loculi; the
monument once adoming it has long since disappeared. In the case
of tomb Tll the superstructure has been preserved, although in
ruins. It proved exceptionally interesting. A pillar about 4 m high
stood on a three-step stylobate on top of the box-like structure
containing loculi. Crowning the pillar were two capitals, one on
top of the other, the bottom one of huge proportions, the upper one
smaller in size. In style both capitals recalled so-called "Nabatean"
examples.
The loculus tombs (aboveground structures) of this part of the
necropolis exhibit a surprising variety of forms, admirable not only
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Fig. 2. A terracotta lamp found between tombs TIB and TIC.
About 1.5-2 m to the west and north of tomb T1 two other
tombs were discovered. The tomb on the north, TIF, was
preserved only as the bottom box-like structure with loculi; the
monument once adoming it has long since disappeared. In the case
of tomb Tll the superstructure has been preserved, although in
ruins. It proved exceptionally interesting. A pillar about 4 m high
stood on a three-step stylobate on top of the box-like structure
containing loculi. Crowning the pillar were two capitals, one on
top of the other, the bottom one of huge proportions, the upper one
smaller in size. In style both capitals recalled so-called "Nabatean"
examples.
The loculus tombs (aboveground structures) of this part of the
necropolis exhibit a surprising variety of forms, admirable not only
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