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THE PROTO-DYNASTIC CEMETERY
5
The beads have been arranged in corpus form
and unified, in precisely the same way as the
pottery, with the volume of Harageh. It is difficult,
in many cases, to distinguish between a bead and
an amulet, one kind passing into the other; what
we have done here is to include all rare forms
in the groups, while the remainder have been classed
under the various bead headings.
The following is a list of the classes of beads
found in the cemeteries of Harageh and Gurob.
Human 1
Ape '. 2
Duck 3
Hawk 5
Cat 6
Jackal 7 (Har. only)
Hippopotamus 9
Lion 10 (Har. only)
Double lion-head 11 (Har. only)
Hare.12
Crocodile .13
Uraeus 14
Turtle 15
Frog 17
Fish 19
Fly 22
Beetle 24 (Har. only)
Heart 26
Hand 28 (Har. only)
Leg.30
Shells (flat) 32
Shells (cowry) 34 (Har. only)
Shells (spiral).36
Bolt 37 (Har. only)
Uzat 38
Lotus 39
Degraded forms, bored lengthways. 41
Degraded forms, pendant 42
Pendants 44
Pendants 45
Pendants 46
Ribbed beads 47
Crumb beads 50
Cartonnage “stick-on” beads 52 (Har. only)
Boss beads.54
Multiple beads (spacers) 55
Multiple beads 56
Buttons 57
Miscellaneous 58
Flail beads, “lashes”.
Flail beads, “knots”.
Collar beads (spacers).
Collar beads (ends).
.60 (Har. only)
.61 (Har. only)
.63
.64 (Har. only)
Cylinders.
.68
Drops.
.70
Barrels.
.72
Barrels.
.73
Flattened barrels .
.74
Axled barrels.
.75 (Har. only)
Lipped barrels.
.76 (Har. only)
Spheroids.
.79
Flattened spheroids.
.80
Ring beads.
.85
Ridged beads.
.86
Wafer beads.
.87
Disc beads.
.92
Penannular hair rings.
.96
It is admitted that some of the names are not
very happy, and many of the distinctions rather
vague, but this only pretends to be a tentative
arrangement, while awaiting a general classification
of all beads hitherto known. Up till now, except
in the case of prehistoric cemeteries, beads
have not been published in such detail, unless
found in place in important burials. The actual
classing of the pots, also, leaves much to be desired
for the same reason as the beads. In the arrange-
ment of the pots this year new types occasion-
ally appeared forming a link between two sets with
widely separated numbers, however it seemed to
be preferable to keep to the present provisional
corpus owing to the importance of unifying the
three volumes of Riqqeh, Harageh and Gurob.
The present bead and pottery corpora will do for
a few more years until someone takes on the
rather thankless task of examining and arranging all
published material into a new and more perfect
corpus. The rather fine distinctions in these corpora
can then be done away with.
CHAPTER IV
THE PROTO-DYNASTIC CEMETERY
11. Although we frequently heard from the
natives hereabouts of past finds of black-topped
pottery, finely-flaked flint knives (one with an
5
The beads have been arranged in corpus form
and unified, in precisely the same way as the
pottery, with the volume of Harageh. It is difficult,
in many cases, to distinguish between a bead and
an amulet, one kind passing into the other; what
we have done here is to include all rare forms
in the groups, while the remainder have been classed
under the various bead headings.
The following is a list of the classes of beads
found in the cemeteries of Harageh and Gurob.
Human 1
Ape '. 2
Duck 3
Hawk 5
Cat 6
Jackal 7 (Har. only)
Hippopotamus 9
Lion 10 (Har. only)
Double lion-head 11 (Har. only)
Hare.12
Crocodile .13
Uraeus 14
Turtle 15
Frog 17
Fish 19
Fly 22
Beetle 24 (Har. only)
Heart 26
Hand 28 (Har. only)
Leg.30
Shells (flat) 32
Shells (cowry) 34 (Har. only)
Shells (spiral).36
Bolt 37 (Har. only)
Uzat 38
Lotus 39
Degraded forms, bored lengthways. 41
Degraded forms, pendant 42
Pendants 44
Pendants 45
Pendants 46
Ribbed beads 47
Crumb beads 50
Cartonnage “stick-on” beads 52 (Har. only)
Boss beads.54
Multiple beads (spacers) 55
Multiple beads 56
Buttons 57
Miscellaneous 58
Flail beads, “lashes”.
Flail beads, “knots”.
Collar beads (spacers).
Collar beads (ends).
.60 (Har. only)
.61 (Har. only)
.63
.64 (Har. only)
Cylinders.
.68
Drops.
.70
Barrels.
.72
Barrels.
.73
Flattened barrels .
.74
Axled barrels.
.75 (Har. only)
Lipped barrels.
.76 (Har. only)
Spheroids.
.79
Flattened spheroids.
.80
Ring beads.
.85
Ridged beads.
.86
Wafer beads.
.87
Disc beads.
.92
Penannular hair rings.
.96
It is admitted that some of the names are not
very happy, and many of the distinctions rather
vague, but this only pretends to be a tentative
arrangement, while awaiting a general classification
of all beads hitherto known. Up till now, except
in the case of prehistoric cemeteries, beads
have not been published in such detail, unless
found in place in important burials. The actual
classing of the pots, also, leaves much to be desired
for the same reason as the beads. In the arrange-
ment of the pots this year new types occasion-
ally appeared forming a link between two sets with
widely separated numbers, however it seemed to
be preferable to keep to the present provisional
corpus owing to the importance of unifying the
three volumes of Riqqeh, Harageh and Gurob.
The present bead and pottery corpora will do for
a few more years until someone takes on the
rather thankless task of examining and arranging all
published material into a new and more perfect
corpus. The rather fine distinctions in these corpora
can then be done away with.
CHAPTER IV
THE PROTO-DYNASTIC CEMETERY
11. Although we frequently heard from the
natives hereabouts of past finds of black-topped
pottery, finely-flaked flint knives (one with an