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#0038
then the secondary room arrangement inside the
complex must have preceded repairs to the "Mill" and not been
contemporary, as once believed.
A ca. 20-cm thick layer of earth below the pavement yielded
a deposit of broken, but otherwise nearly complete ceramic vessels:
glazed (mostly green and yellow-green) dishes and bowls, two
gulla-necks (thin-walled with scratched decoration introduced
before firing) and some common kitchen ware used for water
storage to judge by the heavy salt efflorescences on their surface.
Finds also comprised some small (4 x 6 x 12 cm) and badly fired
loose bricks, as well as one elaborate fragment of a Turkish pipe
bowl. The assemblage is spectacular to some extent, but the
composition of the deposit renders it useless for dating purposes
(cf. below). The layers situated immediately below this stratum
were completely sterile.
6. The ventilation and sewage system shaffs of the Mausoleum
(already excavated in 1987 and now cleared in order to finish work
m this part of the complex) proved to be devoid of any materials of
archaeological interest.
7. Clearing work done in various areas in preparation for
restoration brought a variety of finds, mainly pottery (kitchen
wares and small, mostly unidentifiable fragments of glazed Mamluk
ceramics), porcelain (both original Chinese and European
imitations of 16^-20^ cent, date) and faience (20^ cent.). The most
interesting, but relatively rare finds include fragments of a local
clay, faience imitations of porcelain of unidentified date and a
variety of fragmentary preserved "Turkish pipe" bowls. The finds
are practically useless for dating purposes, mainly because of a lack
of archaeological context (with the exception of the deposit found
under the pavement of unit 3 m the Moreover,
there do not seem to be any differences m the proportional make-
up of the assemblage from different parts of the area (with the few
exceptions of closed deposits).
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complex must have preceded repairs to the "Mill" and not been
contemporary, as once believed.
A ca. 20-cm thick layer of earth below the pavement yielded
a deposit of broken, but otherwise nearly complete ceramic vessels:
glazed (mostly green and yellow-green) dishes and bowls, two
gulla-necks (thin-walled with scratched decoration introduced
before firing) and some common kitchen ware used for water
storage to judge by the heavy salt efflorescences on their surface.
Finds also comprised some small (4 x 6 x 12 cm) and badly fired
loose bricks, as well as one elaborate fragment of a Turkish pipe
bowl. The assemblage is spectacular to some extent, but the
composition of the deposit renders it useless for dating purposes
(cf. below). The layers situated immediately below this stratum
were completely sterile.
6. The ventilation and sewage system shaffs of the Mausoleum
(already excavated in 1987 and now cleared in order to finish work
m this part of the complex) proved to be devoid of any materials of
archaeological interest.
7. Clearing work done in various areas in preparation for
restoration brought a variety of finds, mainly pottery (kitchen
wares and small, mostly unidentifiable fragments of glazed Mamluk
ceramics), porcelain (both original Chinese and European
imitations of 16^-20^ cent, date) and faience (20^ cent.). The most
interesting, but relatively rare finds include fragments of a local
clay, faience imitations of porcelain of unidentified date and a
variety of fragmentary preserved "Turkish pipe" bowls. The finds
are practically useless for dating purposes, mainly because of a lack
of archaeological context (with the exception of the deposit found
under the pavement of unit 3 m the Moreover,
there do not seem to be any differences m the proportional make-
up of the assemblage from different parts of the area (with the few
exceptions of closed deposits).
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