Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards

Omeka ID:	2926

Transcription:	2) Pg 777 seemed to continue to expand on - SW side, so it [?] new - shaft had not been carried down below stone level = apparently - upper part had been cut back and then a shaft left here along part o - side. Why - stonework projected we could not determine from - upper surface. On - dotted line th was a change in - site o - shaft : the shaded part was firm & fairly clean clay, the unshaded showed the sloped strata o - SW face, & th was a sharp line o division between them continuing below - floor level o - shaft & visible for more than 200 above it. - stonework o - grave had been built against - soft [?] & [?] o - unshaded part & both - east o - wall & - projected had been built up apart o - hard stuff, so that both antedated - building. T - division was artificial was certain : the meaning of it not sure, but it looked as if a cutting w [?] sides made in - soft stratified side had been filled in w stiff clay before - grave 777 was constructed.

Location	Context Title	Context Description	Description (Modern)
	PG/777	A built chamber tomb with a collapsed dome, it had been robbed in antiquity but some artifacts remained along the walls. The collapsed roof of this tomb was first seen in Trial Trench E but the grave was fully excavated after the trial trenches had been opened into a larger area. This led to the discovery of a small trenched area next to the chamber that contained three skeletons, and an approach or dromos that contained another. These Woolley took to be the guards of the tomb in a small 'death pit'. There were two chambers inside the tomb, and the outer held the remains of four more people, possibly servants, while the inner may have held the royal personage.	(none)