NOWOŻYTNY CMENTARZ CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKI NA STANOWISKU A/ E W DEIR AN-NAQLUN (EGIPT) (PL. 51-53 )

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iowo-wschodniej części Oazy Fajum, w odległości ok. 16 km na południe od Madinat al-Fajum, na pustyni, ok. 2 km od granicy pól uprawnych. Już w późnej starożytności i średniowieczu funkcjonował tu duży klasztor Neklone, złożony ze zwartego zespołu monastycznego na komie oraz eremów, wykutych w skałach pobliskiego gebla.<br>MODERN CHRISTIAN CEMETERY AT THE A / E SITE IN DEIR AN-AAQLUN (EGYPT). During archaeological excavations on the kom in Deir an-Naqlun, in the center of the site, in sectors A and E a fragment of a medieval and modern cemetery of Christian inhabitants of the Oasis was discovered. The oldest graves with gravestones in the form of three-stepped mastabas and tumby are concentrated around the ruins of a church from 10th or 10th/11th centuries. Owing to pieces of fabric found in one of the graves, they can be dated to the second half of 12 th century. At that time the church together with the monastery were still in use. The latest burials were in the ruins of the church. Again, thanks to the presence of fabric they can be dated to 19th/20th centuries. The body of the dead was wrapped in a shroud and laid in coffins made of wooden planks or palm leaves or directly on the ground. The graves were furnished with burial goods: glass bottles, plants and sometimes objects of everyday use - writing utensils, a tablet, clay bowl, palm leaves case.