DOI article:
Godlewski, Włodzimierz: Archaeological research in Naqlun in 1991
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26426#0052
second kitchen to be found in this complex and it is evidently
earlier than the other one uncovered in 1989 on the opposite side
of the complex. The entire space of the newly found kitchen was
filled with vessels and a fill consisting of sand and sebakh. The
most numerous among the vessels 3 were cooking pots (16),
representing a variety of types dated to the second half of the 7*
century. Of some interest is a vessel reused in the construction of
the fumace and dated to the same period. It has a cylindrical body
and a convex bottom on three supports in the foim of handles
(carinated bowl); the decoration consists of painted and plastic
omaments. Numerous pieces of papyms were retrieved from the
fill overlying the fumace and filling the room itself. They were
found to come from the leaves of two codices measuring
respectively 25 x 18 cm and 26 x 19.8 cm. Written in two different
hands, the codices appear to be a Coptic calendar taken down in
the Bohairic dialect. The larger of the two codices contains notices
for 30 subsequent days of the month; the smaller one is missing
the beginning. On palaeographic grounds the two codices can be
dated to the 11 th or 12 th century.
On site D on the kom excavations continued in what ,vas
apparently part of a habitation complex. The extent of the building
has not been determined as yet; it is quite clearly not a
homogeneous construction, but one that was developed gradually.
Although only the ground floor has been preserved, it was
evidently a storeyed construction once. The present season saw the
clearing of two rooms D.9 and D.20, which tumed out to have
different functions. D.9 was probably a part of the living quarters;
its vault was constructed without scaffolding and it had a niche
with a conch vault in its eastem wall. D.10 on the other hand was
a kind of corridor facilitating communication inside the building.
5 Mr. Tomasz G6recki is responsible for the publication of pottery from
Naqlun.
50
earlier than the other one uncovered in 1989 on the opposite side
of the complex. The entire space of the newly found kitchen was
filled with vessels and a fill consisting of sand and sebakh. The
most numerous among the vessels 3 were cooking pots (16),
representing a variety of types dated to the second half of the 7*
century. Of some interest is a vessel reused in the construction of
the fumace and dated to the same period. It has a cylindrical body
and a convex bottom on three supports in the foim of handles
(carinated bowl); the decoration consists of painted and plastic
omaments. Numerous pieces of papyms were retrieved from the
fill overlying the fumace and filling the room itself. They were
found to come from the leaves of two codices measuring
respectively 25 x 18 cm and 26 x 19.8 cm. Written in two different
hands, the codices appear to be a Coptic calendar taken down in
the Bohairic dialect. The larger of the two codices contains notices
for 30 subsequent days of the month; the smaller one is missing
the beginning. On palaeographic grounds the two codices can be
dated to the 11 th or 12 th century.
On site D on the kom excavations continued in what ,vas
apparently part of a habitation complex. The extent of the building
has not been determined as yet; it is quite clearly not a
homogeneous construction, but one that was developed gradually.
Although only the ground floor has been preserved, it was
evidently a storeyed construction once. The present season saw the
clearing of two rooms D.9 and D.20, which tumed out to have
different functions. D.9 was probably a part of the living quarters;
its vault was constructed without scaffolding and it had a niche
with a conch vault in its eastem wall. D.10 on the other hand was
a kind of corridor facilitating communication inside the building.
5 Mr. Tomasz G6recki is responsible for the publication of pottery from
Naqlun.
50