DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Żurawski, Bogdan: Cemeteries 1995
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0133
In January-February 1995, large scale excavations were
conducted on a ^ J/w cemetery around the "crypts below the
portal". An area of c. 200 was dug to bedrock.
In one case the upper surface of the mastaba was found
intact. In the western section of the upper surface of the
superstructure, just below the stela-niche, carefully rendered Greek
characters preceded by a cross were modelled in the lime plaster
covering the mastaba.
Graves nos. 23, 24, 25 belong to the latest horizon (13^-
15^ cent.) and are the latest sepulchres recorded on TNWH. The
construction of the cruciform grave no. 24 required the demolition
of the brick wall screening off the much venerated grave no. 22
from the rest of the TNWH cemetery.
The mausoleum-grave no. 2 was built befbre the chapel above the
twin crypts and the northern apse were constructed. On the
contrary, the huge mausoleum-type grave no. 1 and neighbouring
grave no. 4 were built after the commemorative unit was raised.
The remaining relics of the mausoleum indicate that it was an
empty space superstructure floored with big red-bricks, apparently
without apertures in the walls. The anterior entrance was located in
front of the western wall of the grave.
In the spacious burial chamber of grave no. 1 only one body
was found (among nine vaulted graves hitherto opened on
cemeteries around Korn H only two were occupied by single
burials). It rested on its left side with the head pointing to the west
(i.e. to the entrance). A handmade Black-Ware bowl-type lamp
was found in the southwestern corner of the burial chamber.
In twin graves (Nos. 11, 12) altogether eight bodies were buried.
Six skeletons deposited in grave no. 11 were enshrouded and tied
with tapes. The body lying along the northern wall was additionally
enveloped m a baggy shroud made of dyed wool. West of the head
of this deceased a bowl-type lamp was found. Another saucer-type
lamp was placed on the pelvis of the secondary burial put on top of
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conducted on a ^ J/w cemetery around the "crypts below the
portal". An area of c. 200 was dug to bedrock.
In one case the upper surface of the mastaba was found
intact. In the western section of the upper surface of the
superstructure, just below the stela-niche, carefully rendered Greek
characters preceded by a cross were modelled in the lime plaster
covering the mastaba.
Graves nos. 23, 24, 25 belong to the latest horizon (13^-
15^ cent.) and are the latest sepulchres recorded on TNWH. The
construction of the cruciform grave no. 24 required the demolition
of the brick wall screening off the much venerated grave no. 22
from the rest of the TNWH cemetery.
The mausoleum-grave no. 2 was built befbre the chapel above the
twin crypts and the northern apse were constructed. On the
contrary, the huge mausoleum-type grave no. 1 and neighbouring
grave no. 4 were built after the commemorative unit was raised.
The remaining relics of the mausoleum indicate that it was an
empty space superstructure floored with big red-bricks, apparently
without apertures in the walls. The anterior entrance was located in
front of the western wall of the grave.
In the spacious burial chamber of grave no. 1 only one body
was found (among nine vaulted graves hitherto opened on
cemeteries around Korn H only two were occupied by single
burials). It rested on its left side with the head pointing to the west
(i.e. to the entrance). A handmade Black-Ware bowl-type lamp
was found in the southwestern corner of the burial chamber.
In twin graves (Nos. 11, 12) altogether eight bodies were buried.
Six skeletons deposited in grave no. 11 were enshrouded and tied
with tapes. The body lying along the northern wall was additionally
enveloped m a baggy shroud made of dyed wool. West of the head
of this deceased a bowl-type lamp was found. Another saucer-type
lamp was placed on the pelvis of the secondary burial put on top of
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