Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists Abstracts of Papers

XICE – Abstract of Papers
store shipping ropes. The analysis of the study of the cordage is in progress, but we
are nevertheless able to present the first results.
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The Old Kingdom Tombs at Dayr Al Barshā: Overview of the Pottery Corpus
from Zone 07
Stefanie Vereecken
The archaeological mission of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven working at the site
of Dayr Al Barshā, Middle Egypt, has excavated a number of Old Kingdom rock-cut
tombs during the last few years (H. WILLEMS et al. 2006. ‘Preliminary Report of the
2003 Campaign of the Belgian Mission to Deir al-Barsha’, MDAIK 62: 307-340).
These tombs are situated on the southern hill of the Wādī Nakhla (zone 07) on the
East bank of the Nile and even though they are clearly visible and quite easily
accessible, they were never investigated before. The tombs comprise a small rockchamber,
with in the floor one or more square shafts. In some of the chambers,
remains of carved out statues can still be seen, protruding from the back of the walls.
Even though the tombs have been robbed and reused within time, some remarkable
archaeological objects were retrieved, belonging to the original tomb contents. One of
the tombs, tomb 15j15A, even contented one of the original burials, complete with
skeleton in situ. Funerary offering gifts, like a copper mirror, alabaster jar and pieces
of jewellery were found lying next to the body. The majority of the finds of these
tombs consisted of pottery fragments and sherds. Since the tombs were flooded
several times by the Wadi-floods, most of the sherds had suffered a lot and were
sometimes much eroded and fairly poorly preserved. However, carefully studying and
puzzling has lead to the reconstruction of quite a number of vessels. After close
examination, different types of pottery could be distinguished that represent a basic
assemblage for the Late Old Kingdom.
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