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GRAVES SUBSIDIARY TO THE ROYAL TOMBS OF DYNASTY I AT ABYDOS
79
Prop.
m. also, but the cross walls in the other two rows
at the southern end:
This row was probably constructed from, and certainly occupied, from south to north.
lining walls, 0-5 m. (on E, N, S); long wall in middle, 0-38 m.; dividing walls, 0-25 m. The
mean of the normal graves, 19 in each row, is:
See add. c + d.
Zer add. c + d: an irregular group which connects the unfinished end of group d with c and extends
southwards from the west end of c. These graves are of various sizes, some larger and some
smaller than the normal graves of groups c and d. It seems clear that groups c and d were
begun on the east and were built up westwards and still unfinished when the process was begun
of adding additional graves, some in small groups and some one by one.
Zer e: north of d; a solid rectangle, complete on all sides, with three E-W rows of graves. I conclude
that the original rectangle consisted of the south and the middle rows inside one lining wall, and
that the north row was added to this original complex; thickness of lining of original rectangle
and of added row, 0-4 m.; thickness of long wall between south and middle rows, and of the
short cross walls, about 0-25 m. There are 13 E-W graves in the south row, 19 N-S in each of
the other two rows. The mean of the 13 E-W graves in the south row is:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
o-8 m. i-6 m. 1/2 1-28 sq. m.
Mean of middle and north rows: 19 graves each (total 38 graves):
1-56 m. i-om. 1/1'65 1-65 sq. m.
The separating walls between the compartments of the middle and north rows are not exactly
opposite.
Zerf: north of e; a solid rectangle (complete) with two E-W rows of 14 N-S graves in each row;
dividing walls of graves are opposite in the two rows; thickness of trench lining, about 0-4 m.;
long dividing wall, 0-36 m.; cross walls, 0-25 m. The long wall slants so that the south row is
i-6 m. on east and 1-7 m. on west, while the north row is 1-7 m. on east and i-6 m. on west.
The mean of the 28 N-S graves is:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
1-65 m. i-o m. 1/1'65 1-65 sq. m.
Zer g: east of main tomb and extending northwards; a long narrow N-S trench with 3 N-S rows of
nearly square graves; the largest graves in the cemetery. The trench appears to have been
constructed from the north from an end lining which has been cut into by the south end of
group h (q.v.). Thickness of lining and of two long walls, about 0-5 m. The cross walls in
the west row (large graves) are about 0-5
(small graves) average about 0-4 m.
W row: 17 large graves, the six largest are
S row: N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
1-9 m.
it m.
i/i'73
2-09 sq. m.
N row:
1-7 m.
it m.
I/I'54
1-87 sq. m.
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
2-3 m.
2-2 m.
1/1-05
5-13 sq. m.
North of these,
11 graves with a mean of:
2-o m.
2-2 m.
i/i-i
4-4 sq. m.
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Prop.
m. also, but the cross walls in the other two rows
at the southern end:
This row was probably constructed from, and certainly occupied, from south to north.
lining walls, 0-5 m. (on E, N, S); long wall in middle, 0-38 m.; dividing walls, 0-25 m. The
mean of the normal graves, 19 in each row, is:
See add. c + d.
Zer add. c + d: an irregular group which connects the unfinished end of group d with c and extends
southwards from the west end of c. These graves are of various sizes, some larger and some
smaller than the normal graves of groups c and d. It seems clear that groups c and d were
begun on the east and were built up westwards and still unfinished when the process was begun
of adding additional graves, some in small groups and some one by one.
Zer e: north of d; a solid rectangle, complete on all sides, with three E-W rows of graves. I conclude
that the original rectangle consisted of the south and the middle rows inside one lining wall, and
that the north row was added to this original complex; thickness of lining of original rectangle
and of added row, 0-4 m.; thickness of long wall between south and middle rows, and of the
short cross walls, about 0-25 m. There are 13 E-W graves in the south row, 19 N-S in each of
the other two rows. The mean of the 13 E-W graves in the south row is:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
o-8 m. i-6 m. 1/2 1-28 sq. m.
Mean of middle and north rows: 19 graves each (total 38 graves):
1-56 m. i-om. 1/1'65 1-65 sq. m.
The separating walls between the compartments of the middle and north rows are not exactly
opposite.
Zerf: north of e; a solid rectangle (complete) with two E-W rows of 14 N-S graves in each row;
dividing walls of graves are opposite in the two rows; thickness of trench lining, about 0-4 m.;
long dividing wall, 0-36 m.; cross walls, 0-25 m. The long wall slants so that the south row is
i-6 m. on east and 1-7 m. on west, while the north row is 1-7 m. on east and i-6 m. on west.
The mean of the 28 N-S graves is:
N-S E-W Prop. Area
1-65 m. i-o m. 1/1'65 1-65 sq. m.
Zer g: east of main tomb and extending northwards; a long narrow N-S trench with 3 N-S rows of
nearly square graves; the largest graves in the cemetery. The trench appears to have been
constructed from the north from an end lining which has been cut into by the south end of
group h (q.v.). Thickness of lining and of two long walls, about 0-5 m. The cross walls in
the west row (large graves) are about 0-5
(small graves) average about 0-4 m.
W row: 17 large graves, the six largest are
S row: N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
1-9 m.
it m.
i/i'73
2-09 sq. m.
N row:
1-7 m.
it m.
I/I'54
1-87 sq. m.
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
2-3 m.
2-2 m.
1/1-05
5-13 sq. m.
North of these,
11 graves with a mean of:
2-o m.
2-2 m.
i/i-i
4-4 sq. m.