The University of Pisa worked at Dra Abu el-Naga from 6 until 27 November 2006, in the new tomb MIDAN.05 found in 2004, west of TT 14. The aim of the November season was to complete the excavation of the corridor “c” and to clear the funerary shaft “f” discovered during the previous season. The west end of “c”, closed by a wall partially demolished by robbers in the 19th century, was investigated: archaeological evidence allows to understand that, in the original project, the wall was meant to close up and conceal the western end of “c”, too irregularly cut out, serving as its rear wall. A first re-use of that part was made by ancient robbers, who burnt there mummies buried elsewhere in the tomb. After the plundering by ancient robbers, in the Late Period the space was re-used for hosting there the jars with the remains of mummification. The scarcity of funerary equipment, the complete absence of wood or meaningful quantities of ash, and the narrow available room suggest to exclude the hypothesis of secondary burials. The shaft - about 4.50 m deep – was found filled with sand, deriving from many flood events, through which modern robbers dug out their way. Four chambers, each for side, are on its bottom. Only the eastern chamber (“h”) has been completely cleared. It is a small almost squared room, whose walls were not plastered. It could belong to a later re-use phase of the tomb. Traces of a Late Period burial were still in site: a big amount of small shabti moulded figures, in clay, were found all together in the south-western corner of the chamber, amidst wooden fragments partly burnt, which probably composed once a shabti box. The topographical survey of the two tombs was completed by means of a Total Station Leica TCR 307. 3D scanning of selected finds to place in the 3D interactive model of TT 14 was carried out in the SCA storerooms in Gurna.
MIDAN – Italian Archaeological Mission to Dra Abu el-Naga (Luxor – Egypt). Campaign VI (November 2006)
BETRO', MARIA CARMELA
2009-01-01
Abstract
The University of Pisa worked at Dra Abu el-Naga from 6 until 27 November 2006, in the new tomb MIDAN.05 found in 2004, west of TT 14. The aim of the November season was to complete the excavation of the corridor “c” and to clear the funerary shaft “f” discovered during the previous season. The west end of “c”, closed by a wall partially demolished by robbers in the 19th century, was investigated: archaeological evidence allows to understand that, in the original project, the wall was meant to close up and conceal the western end of “c”, too irregularly cut out, serving as its rear wall. A first re-use of that part was made by ancient robbers, who burnt there mummies buried elsewhere in the tomb. After the plundering by ancient robbers, in the Late Period the space was re-used for hosting there the jars with the remains of mummification. The scarcity of funerary equipment, the complete absence of wood or meaningful quantities of ash, and the narrow available room suggest to exclude the hypothesis of secondary burials. The shaft - about 4.50 m deep – was found filled with sand, deriving from many flood events, through which modern robbers dug out their way. Four chambers, each for side, are on its bottom. Only the eastern chamber (“h”) has been completely cleared. It is a small almost squared room, whose walls were not plastered. It could belong to a later re-use phase of the tomb. Traces of a Late Period burial were still in site: a big amount of small shabti moulded figures, in clay, were found all together in the south-western corner of the chamber, amidst wooden fragments partly burnt, which probably composed once a shabti box. The topographical survey of the two tombs was completed by means of a Total Station Leica TCR 307. 3D scanning of selected finds to place in the 3D interactive model of TT 14 was carried out in the SCA storerooms in Gurna.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
