DOI article:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina el-Alamein 1994
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0035
pushed aside to make room for the second body. Tomb T12 was
also destroyed by an earthquake. The blocks of the pillar fell
southeast upon yet another tomb - T 12 A - which had the form of
a parallelepiped (L. 2.57 m, W. 1.23 m, H. 1.70 m) with flat roof
and two burials inside, set on two levels one above the other.^
Both were completely destroyed.
On the north slope of the plateau facing the sea, tomb Til,
identified during the past seasons was excavated (Fig. 4). The tomb
represents a new type in Marina funerary architecture. The
construction consisted of two parts. A large, almost square box
(W2.21 m, H. 4.50 m, L. 3.30 m) with two superimposed rows
each of three loculi was built into the slope and surrounded with a
wall set close to the sides of the box. On the front the wall
enclosed an open court 4.50 m long and 3.20 m large. A door in
the north part of the wall gave access to the court the floor of
which was reinforced with lime mortar, especially well preserved
in the northwest corner. In the south of the court two offering slabs
were found on floor level. In the sand fill above them two more
slabs set upon different levels were uncovered during excavations,
indicating that they had been added when the original floor level
had risen due to inblown sand. Pottery sherds and oil lamps found
on the lowest level inside the court suggest a date in the
T' century A.D. for the construction of the tomb, while fragments
of amphorae of Mau 27-28 and Dressel 2 types as well as
amphorae from the Mareotis region indicate that the tomb remained
in use, possibly well into the 3^ century A.D.
Work continued on the hypogeum T 10 A uncovered during
previous seasons.^ The tomb is a large complex consisting of an
aboveground heroon and a long corridor-staircase leading
underground to an open court and three funerary chambers with
^ W.A.Daszewski, 46, 1990, pp. 30-31, pi. 16 a,b.
6 P/W V, pp. 31-32, Fig.5.
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also destroyed by an earthquake. The blocks of the pillar fell
southeast upon yet another tomb - T 12 A - which had the form of
a parallelepiped (L. 2.57 m, W. 1.23 m, H. 1.70 m) with flat roof
and two burials inside, set on two levels one above the other.^
Both were completely destroyed.
On the north slope of the plateau facing the sea, tomb Til,
identified during the past seasons was excavated (Fig. 4). The tomb
represents a new type in Marina funerary architecture. The
construction consisted of two parts. A large, almost square box
(W2.21 m, H. 4.50 m, L. 3.30 m) with two superimposed rows
each of three loculi was built into the slope and surrounded with a
wall set close to the sides of the box. On the front the wall
enclosed an open court 4.50 m long and 3.20 m large. A door in
the north part of the wall gave access to the court the floor of
which was reinforced with lime mortar, especially well preserved
in the northwest corner. In the south of the court two offering slabs
were found on floor level. In the sand fill above them two more
slabs set upon different levels were uncovered during excavations,
indicating that they had been added when the original floor level
had risen due to inblown sand. Pottery sherds and oil lamps found
on the lowest level inside the court suggest a date in the
T' century A.D. for the construction of the tomb, while fragments
of amphorae of Mau 27-28 and Dressel 2 types as well as
amphorae from the Mareotis region indicate that the tomb remained
in use, possibly well into the 3^ century A.D.
Work continued on the hypogeum T 10 A uncovered during
previous seasons.^ The tomb is a large complex consisting of an
aboveground heroon and a long corridor-staircase leading
underground to an open court and three funerary chambers with
^ W.A.Daszewski, 46, 1990, pp. 30-31, pi. 16 a,b.
6 P/W V, pp. 31-32, Fig.5.
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