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Figure 3. Ground plan and cross-section of the Macedonian tomb in Ohrid (produced by A. Boyadzieva
and K. Denkovski, elaborated by M. Blečić Kavur).
tion due to time constraints and the difficult ter- ber there are traces of two burial beds (klinai) on
rain. Therefore, a laser distance measurer was em- which the deceased were placed. The tomb was
ployed to determine the dimensions of the tomb. built from massive hewn limestone blocks, and
In addition, numerous photographs were taken no binding material was used in its construction.
with a DSLR camera, which were necessary for The limestone blocks are arranged in four rows
the creation of 2D drawings and 3D models of in the opus quadratum technique, while the fifth
detailed geometric documentation. row of stone slabs is slightly inclined towards the
dromos to support the roof beams (fig. 3–6). Be-
The last analysis in 2021 documented that tween the antechamber and the chamber there
the ground plan of the tomb consisted of a dro- is a trapezoidal door with typically made stone
mos (2.3×0.83 m), an antechamber (1.65×2.8 m) jambs rising diagonally and supporting a lin-
and a chamber (3.95×3.11 m) (fig. 3). The ante- tel that overhangs them (fig. 5, 6; Битракова
chamber and the main chamber are covered by Грозданова and Кузман 1999). The floor of the
a continuous barrel-vaulted roof. In the cham-
hereditati
Figure 3. Ground plan and cross-section of the Macedonian tomb in Ohrid (produced by A. Boyadzieva
and K. Denkovski, elaborated by M. Blečić Kavur).
tion due to time constraints and the difficult ter- ber there are traces of two burial beds (klinai) on
rain. Therefore, a laser distance measurer was em- which the deceased were placed. The tomb was
ployed to determine the dimensions of the tomb. built from massive hewn limestone blocks, and
In addition, numerous photographs were taken no binding material was used in its construction.
with a DSLR camera, which were necessary for The limestone blocks are arranged in four rows
the creation of 2D drawings and 3D models of in the opus quadratum technique, while the fifth
detailed geometric documentation. row of stone slabs is slightly inclined towards the
dromos to support the roof beams (fig. 3–6). Be-
The last analysis in 2021 documented that tween the antechamber and the chamber there
the ground plan of the tomb consisted of a dro- is a trapezoidal door with typically made stone
mos (2.3×0.83 m), an antechamber (1.65×2.8 m) jambs rising diagonally and supporting a lin-
and a chamber (3.95×3.11 m) (fig. 3). The ante- tel that overhangs them (fig. 5, 6; Битракова
chamber and the main chamber are covered by Грозданова and Кузман 1999). The floor of the
a continuous barrel-vaulted roof. In the cham-
