Salvage excavations in the Berber-Abidiya Region, 1999: a post-Meroitic single descendary, two-entrance tomb in el-Fereikha
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Anderson, Julie
Bashir, Mahmoud Suliman
Ahmed, Salah Mohammed
Date published
2022
Abstract
Rescue excavations undertaken in el-Fereikha Sudan revealed a post-Meroitic tomb (4th-5th c AD) with a large oval burial chamber with two entrances reached by a single descendary. Few tombs of this type have been documented and their use seems restricted to the region between Meroe and Berber-Abidiya. Little organic material was preserved but the grave goods accompanying the deceased, though fragmentary, suggest that this had been a well-endowed elite burial.
Project(s)
The Berber-Abidiya Archaeological Project, Dangeil Sudan
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project | QSAP 19 |
Institute of Bioarchaeology | |
Journal title
Sudan & Nubia
Volume
26
Publisher
Sudan Archaeological Research Society
Place of publication
London
Official URL
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