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Again, the presence of mummies
was confirmed in both tombs (remains of
resinated or bitumized bandages).
Offerings included a few sherds of
tableware, two terracotta oil lamps
(fig. 4), three small thin leaves of gold of
the type usually placed on the mouth of
the deceased. Numerous bronze nails and
pieces of wooden beams and planks
testify to the presence of wooden coffins
(biers ?). In the main loculus (no. 3), in
the western chamber of Tomb 13,
a hollow molded figurine of lime mortar
was discovered in the context of
a male burial (fig. 5). It represented
a standing woman in a long robe, with
low neckline, fastened on the shoulders.
Several dozens of small balls made of
lime mortar (dia. 0.45-1 cm) were
uncovered nearby. Yet another figurine
of lime mortar of a standing naked
female ("bride of the dead") was found in
loculus no. 1 of the tomb's southern
chamber, also accompanied by a few
lime mortar balls. Upon completing the
investigations, the funerary chambers in
both tombs were closed.


Fig. 5. A hollow molded
figurine of lime mortar.
Drawing by T. Witczak.

PILLAR TOMB AREA
Further excavations were carried out in the area of the pillar
tombs in the eastern sector of the Western Necropolis. Yet another
pillar tomb (Tomb 17) was uncovered a few meters to the north of
Tomb 12 ( 1). To judge by the position of the two loculi, this newly
discovered tomb (3.10 x 2.60 m at the base) seems to have been

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