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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
byMoslemcemeteries.Gravesoftheupper
Islamicnecropolisclearedimmediately
belowthepresenttopsoil(c.9.20-8.50m
abovesealevel)werefoundtobequitewell
preserved(Fig.1).InkeepingwithMuslim
tradition,thetombswereoriented
SW-NE,thebodieslaidwithheadsfacing
theqibla.Altogethersome12tombswere
clearedwithinthetrenchlimits(Fig.2).
Typologically,theyfallintotwocategories
thathavealreadybeenrecognizedelse-
whereonthesite.3)Onetype,undoubted-
lyearlierasotherstructuresarefound
apparentlyoverlyingtombsofthiskind,
consistedofsimpleopenboxesmadeof
slabsmountedonend(nos.M251,M259,
M261).Tombsofthesecondtypewere
builtofsmalllimestoneblocksandplas-
tered(nos.M253,M258,M260,M264).
Inbothcases,slabsformedthecovering,
eitherflatorgable-roofed,ofthestonebur-
ialcysts.Thelatterusuallyaccommodated
multipleburials,rangingfromtwotofour
bodiesinasinglegrave(Fig.3).
Fig.2.SectorMX.UpperNecropolis
(DrawingM.Łukowska)
3)
W
.Kubiak,"LesfouillespolonaisesàKomel-Dicken1963et1964",BSAA42(1967),47-80;L.Dąbrowski,"Two
ArabNecroplesdiscoveredatKomel-Dikka,Alexandria",ETI(1966),171-180.
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