Bamboula, Tombs (extracted from McFadden's notebooks)

NB VII, pp. 63 ff

31 March 1939Tomb 16 lies immediately east of Tomb 12. 0.65 below the surface we begin to find many pieces of mud brick. Bones and pottery, mostly L.C. III, are found scattered through it, hardly in situ.

The presence here, as also in Tombs 2 and 9, of large quantities of mud-brick indicates that these tombs, sunk in soft sandstone, had a brick superstructure, perhaps covered with a mound of earth.

1 April1.00 below the surface find bones and various ancient objects lying scattered among fragments of brick.

Photos Bam. '39, 39-41, at 1.00.

3 AprilRemove objects from and above floor. Nos. 1, 8-15, 19-22 were over the 1.00 floor; 2?07, 16-18 on it. In the southwest corner objects reached 0.65 below the surface.

4 AprilA lower level, at which all sherds and bones stop, is found at 1.20.

The tomb is intercepted on the east by a Roman (?) voupha, and clearly disturbed.

Dig below 1.20 and find the rock at 1.40. While some whole pots were found gradually toward the east. While there was nothing truly in situ. The tomb was almost certainly disturbed by the builders of the voupha. This later cuts the rock floor of the tomb.

Contents

1 April 1939× Mi 107 1. Ivory duck's head. L. 0.057. On upper level.

3 April×× Mi 112 2. Cylindrical ivory object. Floor. ×× Mi 109 3. Head of ivory pin. In screen. ×× Mi 116 4. Blue paste scarab. Floor. ×× Mi 117 5. Ditto. Floor.