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GRAVES SUBSIDIARY TO THE ROYAL TOMBS OF DYNASTY I AT ABYDOS
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Thus, counting the 13 square N-S graves as N-S, we have 54 N-S graves in the complex, and it is
obvious that the N-S direction is the dominant feature of the orientation. Of these 54 N-S graves,
the situation brings 10 in group a and 24 in group c (total 34) at right angles to the main tomb, while
the 6 large N-S graves in b and the 14 small N-S graves in d are parallel to the main tomb. There
remain the 12 E-W graves. Ten of these are medium-sized graves in group b, and 2 are small graves
in d. These 12 are at right angles to the main tomb.
k. The Subsidiary Graves of Qay-'a
The tomb of Qay-'a presents a distinct advance on the tomb of Semerkhet. The main tomb
consists not of one great wooden-lined chamber, but of such a chamber with additions—2 rooms on
each side of the stairway, a long empty compartment on the east, south, and west of the main chamber,
and two other empty compartments north of the four extra rooms. To this nucleus a long trench was
added on the east, divided by cross walls into four unequal spaces of which three had been used as
magazines for offerings. I include this trench in the nucleus structure, and thus the subsidiary graves
are reduced to a single row on the east, south, and west, which as in the Semerkhet tomb were close
against the nucleus part of the substructure (see Map i).
Group a: on the south; 7 graves numbered from the east.
Group b: on the east; 10 graves numbered from the south.
Group c: wanting (?).
Group d: on the west; 10 graves numbered from the south.
Group a; numbered from the east:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
S 1. E-W
i-6 m.
2-7 m.
1/1-69
4-32 sq. m.
S 2. E-W
1-7 m.
2-05 m.
l/l-2
3-48 sq. m.
S 3. E-W, square .
i-8 m.
2-o m.
l/l-II
3-6 sq. m.
S 4. N-S, square
i-8 m.
173 m.
1/UO4
3-12 sq. m.
S 5. Square .
i-8 m.
1-8 m.
I/I
3-24 sq. m.
S 6. E-W
i-8 m.
2-2 m.
l/l-22
3-96 sq. m.
S7. E-W
i-6 m.
2-0 m.
I/I-25
3-2 sq. m.
Total: 7; 3 square, 4 E-W.
Group b; on east; 9 graves and 1 long empty compartment :
E 1. N-S, square
1-9 m.
1-72 m.
r/r-r
3-27 sq. m.
E 2. N-S, square
1-85 m.
1-72 m.
l/l-02
3-18 sq. m.
E 3. E-W, square .
• 1’45 m.
1-72 m.
l/l-I2
2-49 sq. m.
E 4. E-W, square .
i-6 m.
1-72 m.
t/l-07
2-75 sq. m.
E5. N-S
2-62 m.
1-72 m.
1/1-63
4’5 sq- m-
E 6. N-S, square
1-98 m.
1-72 m.
Ti-G
3-31 sq. m.
E7. N-S
i-8 m.
1-42 m.
1/1-27
2-66 sq. m.
E8. N-S
1-7 m.
1-42 m.
l/l-2
2-41 sq. m.
E 9. N-S, square
1-65 m.
1-42 m.
I/I-O9
2-14 sq. m.
E 10. N-S .
• 3'35 m-
1-5 m.
l/2-2
5-01 sq. m.
empty compartment
Total: 9 graves and a compartment; 6 square (4 square N-S, 2 square E-W), 3 N-S.
99
Thus, counting the 13 square N-S graves as N-S, we have 54 N-S graves in the complex, and it is
obvious that the N-S direction is the dominant feature of the orientation. Of these 54 N-S graves,
the situation brings 10 in group a and 24 in group c (total 34) at right angles to the main tomb, while
the 6 large N-S graves in b and the 14 small N-S graves in d are parallel to the main tomb. There
remain the 12 E-W graves. Ten of these are medium-sized graves in group b, and 2 are small graves
in d. These 12 are at right angles to the main tomb.
k. The Subsidiary Graves of Qay-'a
The tomb of Qay-'a presents a distinct advance on the tomb of Semerkhet. The main tomb
consists not of one great wooden-lined chamber, but of such a chamber with additions—2 rooms on
each side of the stairway, a long empty compartment on the east, south, and west of the main chamber,
and two other empty compartments north of the four extra rooms. To this nucleus a long trench was
added on the east, divided by cross walls into four unequal spaces of which three had been used as
magazines for offerings. I include this trench in the nucleus structure, and thus the subsidiary graves
are reduced to a single row on the east, south, and west, which as in the Semerkhet tomb were close
against the nucleus part of the substructure (see Map i).
Group a: on the south; 7 graves numbered from the east.
Group b: on the east; 10 graves numbered from the south.
Group c: wanting (?).
Group d: on the west; 10 graves numbered from the south.
Group a; numbered from the east:
N-S
E-W
Prop.
Area
S 1. E-W
i-6 m.
2-7 m.
1/1-69
4-32 sq. m.
S 2. E-W
1-7 m.
2-05 m.
l/l-2
3-48 sq. m.
S 3. E-W, square .
i-8 m.
2-o m.
l/l-II
3-6 sq. m.
S 4. N-S, square
i-8 m.
173 m.
1/UO4
3-12 sq. m.
S 5. Square .
i-8 m.
1-8 m.
I/I
3-24 sq. m.
S 6. E-W
i-8 m.
2-2 m.
l/l-22
3-96 sq. m.
S7. E-W
i-6 m.
2-0 m.
I/I-25
3-2 sq. m.
Total: 7; 3 square, 4 E-W.
Group b; on east; 9 graves and 1 long empty compartment :
E 1. N-S, square
1-9 m.
1-72 m.
r/r-r
3-27 sq. m.
E 2. N-S, square
1-85 m.
1-72 m.
l/l-02
3-18 sq. m.
E 3. E-W, square .
• 1’45 m.
1-72 m.
l/l-I2
2-49 sq. m.
E 4. E-W, square .
i-6 m.
1-72 m.
t/l-07
2-75 sq. m.
E5. N-S
2-62 m.
1-72 m.
1/1-63
4’5 sq- m-
E 6. N-S, square
1-98 m.
1-72 m.
Ti-G
3-31 sq. m.
E7. N-S
i-8 m.
1-42 m.
1/1-27
2-66 sq. m.
E8. N-S
1-7 m.
1-42 m.
l/l-2
2-41 sq. m.
E 9. N-S, square
1-65 m.
1-42 m.
I/I-O9
2-14 sq. m.
E 10. N-S .
• 3'35 m-
1-5 m.
l/2-2
5-01 sq. m.
empty compartment
Total: 9 graves and a compartment; 6 square (4 square N-S, 2 square E-W), 3 N-S.