Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards
Omeka ID: | 5466 |
Transcription: |
Pg 1237 B
The 'dibs' press lies 360 above - floor
level of pg 1237: it rests an raised mud broick
& brick [sketch (section)] [sketch (section: building)] [distance between above section:building and below plan: building "press": 260] [drawing (plan: partial building, labelled "press")] [distance between "press" and floor: 085] 1-Division Lot- 2 pits was walled up w regular bricking, mud brick w matting but - corners o heavy layers o mud mortar |
Omeka Label: | Royal Cemetary Notes 1130-1237_p264 |
BM Page Number: | 264 |
BM Volume: | 14 |
Media Title: | Woolley's Field Note Cards |
Page Number: | 264 |
BM PG Number: | PG1237 |
BM Archive Number: | 194 |
Omeka Tags: | PG1237, plan, Royal Cemetery |
Omeka Type: | 28 |
Grave # Range: | 1130-1237 |
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Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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PG/1237 | Woolley called this the 'Great Death Pit' because it is the largest of all the death pits in the royal cemetery. He found 74 bodies within but did not find a built chamber, an aspect he believed essential to royal tombs. Woolley declared the chamber must have been completely looted away and pointed to small amounts of rubble as evidence of this, but in fact the large size of this death pit and the particular wealth displayed by Body 61 may indicate that the primary burial was among the attendants in this case. | (none) |
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