 Mud brick temple in Qaṣr eḍ-Ḍabāschīya | ||
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Qasr ed-Dabaschiya (also Qasr el-Dabaschiya, Qasr el-Dabashiya, ʿAin Tabāshīr, Arabic:قصر الضباشية, Qaṣr aḍ-Ḍabāschīya) is an archaeological site in the north of the egyptian Sink el-Chārga in the Western desert. The temple, a pigeon house (so-called columbarium (urn hall)) and graves have been preserved from the former Roman settlement.
background
The place was inhabited from ancient times until the 1950s. The water could, as in the case of ʿIzbat Muḥammad Ṭuleib or ʿAin et-Tarākwa can be obtained from wells. Qanats, these are underground aqueducts, were not necessary. But the wells in this area dried up due to new water drilling.
The ceramic finds indicated that the settlement, the temple and the dovecote from the 3rd / 4th centuries. AD century. The earliest ceramics found in a grave actually came from the period from the 27th Dynasty to the 1st century AD.
Settlement took place in antiquity at some distance from the temple. The most important settlement was about 500 meters east of the pigeon tower. In addition to the large mud brick temple, there were the remains of three other temples in its east. There were cemeteries between the temple and the pigeon tower and in the northwest of the pigeon tower.
The site has been used by British geologists John Ball (1872–1941)[1] and Hugh John Llewellyn Beadnell (1874–1944)[2] and the US Egyptologist Herbert Eustis Winlock (1884–1950)[3] known.
Since 1990 excavations have been carried out here by the Egyptian Antiquities Organization carried out. In 1994 a cemetery was found in the northwest. Dog mummies were found in grave 41. This suggests that it is similar to the recently found dog cemeteries in Deir el-Munīra[4] could have given a cult of Anubis.
Since 2004 the area has been re-examined as part of the North Kharga Oasis Survey.
getting there
One leaves el-Munīra to the north and turns off the main road from el-Chārga Asyūṭ at 1 25 ° 37 ′ 2 ″ N.30 ° 38 ′ 41 ″ E west on an asphalt road. You only stay on this asphalt road for a short time and then drive about 5 kilometers in a south-westerly direction to the archaeological site. You need an all-terrain vehicle (4 × 4) or a motorcycle for this.
mobility
The archaeological site can be explored on foot.
Tourist Attractions
In the south of the area rises the rectangular, 30 meters long and 8.3 meters wide 1 temple(25 ° 35 ′ 4 ″ N.30 ° 35 ′ 27 ″ E). The building made of adobe bricks with its 85 centimeter wide walls still consists of considerable remains. It once had stucco plastering, but no inscriptions could be made out.
It was oriented from south to north and had its entrance in the south. The entrance has a niche on its west side. The inside of the first room is 17.2 meters long and 6.5 meters wide and was once covered with a wooden flat ceiling. There were four windows on each side wall. In the north there is a smaller room with a vaulted ceiling, which is 8 by 3.6 meters and certainly represented the sanctuary. Behind it there is another, narrow room with a vaulted ceiling that is 3.6 meters wide and 0.6 meters deep and had a window in the east wall. This room was probably used for the storage of the cult device or served as a counter temple.
About 500 meters north of it there is a 2 Pigeon house(25 ° 35 ′ 31 ″ N.30 ° 35 '14 "E), which was often referred to as a columbarium (urn hall). It is not the only one in the valley, but it is certainly the best preserved. The tower, which is still around 6 to 7 meters high, has a side length of 4.5 or 5.5 meters and is now open to the north. Its entrance was in an elevated position on the west side. This position protected the pigeons from animals, but made it necessary to use a ladder to enter. There was a staircase in the central tower. There were numerous holes about 20 centimeters deep for the animals on the inner walls and in the central tower.
kitchen
There are restaurants in town el-Chārga. There is also a bakery and restaurant in el-Munīra.
accommodation
Accommodation is usually in the city el-Chārga elected.
trips
Since you need an all-terrain vehicle (4 × 4) for the journey, which is also more expensive, it makes sense to choose other destinations for which you also need such a vehicle. Possible goals are Qaṣr el-Labacha and ʿAin Umm ed-Dabādīb or Qaṣr el-Labacha and Deir el-Munira. The routes can be tackled in one day.
literature
- : North Kharga Oasis Survey 2004 Preliminary Report: Ain el-Tarakwa, Ain el-Dabashiya and Darb Ain Amur. In:Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department (MDAIK), vol.63 (2007), Pp. 167-184, plates 23 f., In particular pp. 174-177, 181, plate 23.b.
Individual evidence
- ↑: Kharga Oasis: its Topography and Geology. Cairo: National Pr. Department, 1900, Egyptian Geological Survey Report; 1899.2.
- ↑: An Egyptian Oasis: an account of the oasis of Kharga in the Libyan dessert, with special reference to its history, physical geography, and water supply. London: Murray, 1909.
- ↑: Ed Dākhleh Oasis: Journal of a camel trip made in 1908. new York: Metropolitan Museum, 1936, P. 17 f., Panel X, upper half. Winlock compares his at Tineida found temple with the local one.
- ↑: Des chiens momifiés à El-Deir: Oasis de Kharga. In:Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (BIFAO), vol.105 (2005), Pp. 75-87.
Web links
- North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS)
