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Reisner, George Andrew
Excavations at Kerma (Dongola-Provinz) (Band 1): Parts I - III — Cambridge, Mass., 1923

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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49516#0371
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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES

Eastern end: Meters
Burial level: Older massive wall ca. 228.10
Middle, 3 meters east of wall 227.98
Middle, at ends of walls 228.02
Foot of end of N wall 228.08
Foot of end of S wall 228.00
At outside of black ring, alluvium 227.00 ±
At outside of black ring, present surface 227.76
In K X B east, in NW corner beside older wall:
Foot of older wall = alluvium 227.98
Foot of N wall of corridor 228.59
InKXB east, opposite last level, above:
Foot of S wall of corridor 228.09
Older mass of brickwork, north side:
Foot of older mass = alluvium 227.80
Foot of compartment wall = old surface 228.06
Top of older mass, highest point 230.42
Highest point in corridor wall, N 230:05

Highest point in corridor wall, S. 230.24
KXA:
Alluvium near NW corner 227.95
Foot of wall, NW corner of K X A 227.79
Alluvium one meter east of doorway 227.88
Top of stone threshold in doorway 228.18
Plastered floor inside doorway 228.18
Top of doorway = bottom of lintel 229.71
Top of vault at west end 230.12
Highest point in walls of K X A 230.18
Present surface:
East of black ring 227.76
West of black ring 228.75
North of black ring 229.26
Present alluvium surface outside mound, S 227.19
Highest point of surface on mound 230.73
Highest point on filling of tumulus 230.32

The measurements of the corridor are as follows:

Total 500.8
Deduct projecting part of K X A 11.3

Length in meters
Mean
length
Width meters
Mean
width
Area
sq. m.
north
south
west
east
K X B east
29.0
7.0
9.6
8.3
240.7
K X B west
28.5
31.4
29.9
8.5
8.9
8.7
260.1

Total 500.8
Deduct projecting part of K X A 11.3

Net area of K X B 489.5
K X B, massive wall across middle, 8x8 m., less part of chapel 54.0
Net area of K X B including massive wall 543.5
K X A, external measurements, 5.7 X 3.79 m. (mean) yield area 21.3

Total area of K X B and A, main burial apartments

564.8
 
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