DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Witkowski, Maciej G.: Funerary complex of Amir Kebir Qurqumas: from May 31 to December 31, 1995
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0037
revealed the foundations to be of irregular limestone fragments in a
strong mud-lime mortar (the same as in the case of the basin-like
structure described above). Several courses of ashlar masonry
observed against the eastern wall of the foundations of pillar 4 bear
testimony to a tomb structure which existed here prior to the
construction of the <2<3-sv itself (like the other tombs in this area)/
3. Trial pits excavated inside the ATymiYM/V of the and
Mausoleum befbre installation of new pavements revealed that
originally the floors were made of a thin cement-hard layer of
mud-lime pugging, covering a c. 5 cm thick limestone . A
20-cm thick layer of humus mixed with organic remains testifies to
intensive animal husbandry in these units.
4. The possible adaptation of the southern room of the so-called
Mill as a carpenter's workshop necessitated the excavation of trial
pits in its interior and along the outside of the eastern wall in order
to check the condition of the foundations. It was found that the 2m
deep foundations were constructed in essentially the same
technique as the walls themselves (mostly of small irregular
limestones in mortar). The upper stratum inside the room
(ca. 1.3 m thick) was rich in organic remains (humus, remains of
straw, broken pieces of wood, animal bones). Large quantities of
excavated pottery represented a typical assemblage (cf. below).
The stratum served as a foundation for a secondary pavement
made of reused(?) limestone blocks.
5. The pavements in unit 3 of the were analyzed
from the architectural and archaeological point of view befbre
dismantling for restoration purposes and were fbund to be a
secondary installation, made of reused wall ashlars which were
extracted from some neighbouring ruined construction (most
probably from the eastern wall of the northern room of the "Mill"
which is located just opposite the complex). If this was the case,
T 1 and T 2 - cf. J.Brzozowski and J. Kania, Etaboration of the
Excavations on the Northern Court of the Qasr 1987-1988, Cairo 1988,
pis. 13-14.
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strong mud-lime mortar (the same as in the case of the basin-like
structure described above). Several courses of ashlar masonry
observed against the eastern wall of the foundations of pillar 4 bear
testimony to a tomb structure which existed here prior to the
construction of the <2<3-sv itself (like the other tombs in this area)/
3. Trial pits excavated inside the ATymiYM/V of the and
Mausoleum befbre installation of new pavements revealed that
originally the floors were made of a thin cement-hard layer of
mud-lime pugging, covering a c. 5 cm thick limestone . A
20-cm thick layer of humus mixed with organic remains testifies to
intensive animal husbandry in these units.
4. The possible adaptation of the southern room of the so-called
Mill as a carpenter's workshop necessitated the excavation of trial
pits in its interior and along the outside of the eastern wall in order
to check the condition of the foundations. It was found that the 2m
deep foundations were constructed in essentially the same
technique as the walls themselves (mostly of small irregular
limestones in mortar). The upper stratum inside the room
(ca. 1.3 m thick) was rich in organic remains (humus, remains of
straw, broken pieces of wood, animal bones). Large quantities of
excavated pottery represented a typical assemblage (cf. below).
The stratum served as a foundation for a secondary pavement
made of reused(?) limestone blocks.
5. The pavements in unit 3 of the were analyzed
from the architectural and archaeological point of view befbre
dismantling for restoration purposes and were fbund to be a
secondary installation, made of reused wall ashlars which were
extracted from some neighbouring ruined construction (most
probably from the eastern wall of the northern room of the "Mill"
which is located just opposite the complex). If this was the case,
T 1 and T 2 - cf. J.Brzozowski and J. Kania, Etaboration of the
Excavations on the Northern Court of the Qasr 1987-1988, Cairo 1988,
pis. 13-14.
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