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78 GRAVES SUBSIDIARY TO THE ROYAL TOMBS OF DYNASTY I AT ABYDOS
f. North of e: 28 graves.
g. On east of main grave: 63 graves.
h. On east, north of g: 40 graves.
Total number of graves: 318.
Taking these graves in order of the lettering, which is quite arbitrary, I describe them as follows:
Group:
Zer a: on south of main structure: solid rectangle of 20 graves, in two rows; a trench lined with c.b.
walls, 0-46 m. thick, divided by an E-W wall, 0-4 m. thick. The northern row of 8 E-W graves
and the 12 N-S graves of the southern row are separated by walls, 0-25 m. thick. The only
practical sizes are those given by the inside measurements.
N row: 8 E-W graves with a mean of:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
i-2 m.
1-69 m.
1/1-4
2-22 sq. m.
S row: 12 N-S
graves with a mean of:
i-75 m-
i-o m.
i/i75
175 sq-m-
Zer b: single row running from east to west, north of tomb, and turning south along west side; on
north, lined trench of 12 N-S graves made from east to west with the last compartment open on
the west and closed by the N-S arm. The N-S arm on the west consists of two parts: (1) 5 E-W
graves in a slanting trench, and (2) 4 graves added separately between the end of the north arm
and the five on the west; total 21 graves.
N row of 12 N-S graves; lining walls 0-45-0-5 m. thick; dividing walls of 0-4 m. thick; the
12th grave is smaller, having been closed by the northern grave of the western arm. The
11 graves present a mean of:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
2-15 m. i-2 m. 1/1-95 2-58 sq. m.
W row (1): trench of 5 graves; lining walls 0-5-0-56 m. thick; and dividing walls of 0-4 m.
thick. The southern grave is much larger:
r-6 m. 2-4 m. 1/1-5 3-84 sq. m.
The mean of the other 4 is:
i-i m. 2-4 m. 1/2-2 2-64 sq. m.
Row W (2): four of the E-W graves apparently made separately; mean:
i-o m. 2-4 m. 1/2-4 2-4 sq. m.
Zer c: north of b; an E-W trench with two rows of N-S graves made from the east and with additional
graves added on the west; the lining walls of trench have a thickness of 0-5 m. (not built on
west end); the dividing wall is 0-38 m. thick, and the separating walls between the graves, 0-23 m.
thick. The 34 N-S graves (17 in each row) have a mean of:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
1-7 m. i-o m. 1/1-7 1-7 sq. m.
For addition see after group d.
Zer d: north of c; long E-W trench, begun on east and unfinished on west; two rows of 20 N-S graves
of which 19 in each row are alike and 1 at the end of each row is of abnormal size; thickness of
f. North of e: 28 graves.
g. On east of main grave: 63 graves.
h. On east, north of g: 40 graves.
Total number of graves: 318.
Taking these graves in order of the lettering, which is quite arbitrary, I describe them as follows:
Group:
Zer a: on south of main structure: solid rectangle of 20 graves, in two rows; a trench lined with c.b.
walls, 0-46 m. thick, divided by an E-W wall, 0-4 m. thick. The northern row of 8 E-W graves
and the 12 N-S graves of the southern row are separated by walls, 0-25 m. thick. The only
practical sizes are those given by the inside measurements.
N row: 8 E-W graves with a mean of:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
i-2 m.
1-69 m.
1/1-4
2-22 sq. m.
S row: 12 N-S
graves with a mean of:
i-75 m-
i-o m.
i/i75
175 sq-m-
Zer b: single row running from east to west, north of tomb, and turning south along west side; on
north, lined trench of 12 N-S graves made from east to west with the last compartment open on
the west and closed by the N-S arm. The N-S arm on the west consists of two parts: (1) 5 E-W
graves in a slanting trench, and (2) 4 graves added separately between the end of the north arm
and the five on the west; total 21 graves.
N row of 12 N-S graves; lining walls 0-45-0-5 m. thick; dividing walls of 0-4 m. thick; the
12th grave is smaller, having been closed by the northern grave of the western arm. The
11 graves present a mean of:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
2-15 m. i-2 m. 1/1-95 2-58 sq. m.
W row (1): trench of 5 graves; lining walls 0-5-0-56 m. thick; and dividing walls of 0-4 m.
thick. The southern grave is much larger:
r-6 m. 2-4 m. 1/1-5 3-84 sq. m.
The mean of the other 4 is:
i-i m. 2-4 m. 1/2-2 2-64 sq. m.
Row W (2): four of the E-W graves apparently made separately; mean:
i-o m. 2-4 m. 1/2-4 2-4 sq. m.
Zer c: north of b; an E-W trench with two rows of N-S graves made from the east and with additional
graves added on the west; the lining walls of trench have a thickness of 0-5 m. (not built on
west end); the dividing wall is 0-38 m. thick, and the separating walls between the graves, 0-23 m.
thick. The 34 N-S graves (17 in each row) have a mean of:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
1-7 m. i-o m. 1/1-7 1-7 sq. m.
For addition see after group d.
Zer d: north of c; long E-W trench, begun on east and unfinished on west; two rows of 20 N-S graves
of which 19 in each row are alike and 1 at the end of each row is of abnormal size; thickness of