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V. Description of Tombs.
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Mud box burials'
N. 16363. The mud box referred to under 1636 a, was placed longside an earlier (?) wall. On the
south was a fragment of a contemporaneous (?) wall. Axis of box points 40° west of north.
The box contained a skeleton (middle-aged male?) in a contracted position on the left
side, head to the north (Pl. iyb).
On the skeleton was (1) a bowl of brown pottery, red painted, line polished in part with
vertical lines and in part with horizontal lines (type xxivb). At the south end of the box,
were two pots (type v).
N. 1646. A mud box alongside a wall sunk beneath the surface. This wall seems similar to the
wall alongside 1538. The box was in a hole under the line of the superstructure wall of 1514
but the superstructure had been cut away. The axis of the box points 440 east of north,—
i. e. parallel to the superstructure wall of 1514.
The box contained a disturbed skeleton (Pl. i6d) contracted on the left side, head to the east.
At the southeastern corner of the box was a rough pot (type v).
N. 1525.1. Mud box intruded into 1525, q. v.
N. 1536. Fragment of a mud box just under the present surface containing upper part of a con-
tracted burial on the left side head east. The corner of a well was also preserved, walls 12 cm
wide, all stretchers, to a length of 80 cm on south side and 25 cm on east end. Axis 450 east
of north (i. e. local east). Broken by a Coptic burial. See Pl. 18b.
Just south of the Coptic burial and belonging to 1536 was a water-worn alabaster (Pl. i8b).
N. 1602. A mud box burial wedged in among the boulders on the extreme eastern edge of the
hill where it turns NE to form the wady (see Map and
Pl. 17d). The box is scarcely under the present surface.
It was made of unbaked Nile mud, was 82 cm long by
54 wide (height indeterminable) and had walls 2 cm thick.
The skeleton was contracted but disturbed and decayed.
In the coffin was the cylindrical jar no. 1: the others were
outside, Pl. 53a.
5. N. 1602, pottery, I : IO.
1. Hard pink ware containing mud and ashes, type xvm.
2. Brown ware painted red but faded(?) to a salmon pink, line polished, type xxiv.
3. Red ware, painted red, line polished, type xxiv.
4—6. Coarse red ware, black center, smoothed wet around mouth, vertical scratches on
base, type v. Remains of mud in 4 and 5. Mud seal on mouth of 5.
Other burials.'
There were eight burials in which no trace of a coffin was found.
N. 1535. Just under the present surface (i. e. ca. 40 cm below) was the upper half of a contracted
skeleton on right side, head to local south (Pl. 18a). The outline of the pit had been destroyed.
The legs of a Coptic burial lay across the place where the waist of the older skeleton had been.
1 The pottery coffins with the exception of 1585 were found in tombs of the regular types, see 1525, 1623 and 1640. N. 1585 was
a grave of a later type.
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17
Mud box burials'
N. 16363. The mud box referred to under 1636 a, was placed longside an earlier (?) wall. On the
south was a fragment of a contemporaneous (?) wall. Axis of box points 40° west of north.
The box contained a skeleton (middle-aged male?) in a contracted position on the left
side, head to the north (Pl. iyb).
On the skeleton was (1) a bowl of brown pottery, red painted, line polished in part with
vertical lines and in part with horizontal lines (type xxivb). At the south end of the box,
were two pots (type v).
N. 1646. A mud box alongside a wall sunk beneath the surface. This wall seems similar to the
wall alongside 1538. The box was in a hole under the line of the superstructure wall of 1514
but the superstructure had been cut away. The axis of the box points 440 east of north,—
i. e. parallel to the superstructure wall of 1514.
The box contained a disturbed skeleton (Pl. i6d) contracted on the left side, head to the east.
At the southeastern corner of the box was a rough pot (type v).
N. 1525.1. Mud box intruded into 1525, q. v.
N. 1536. Fragment of a mud box just under the present surface containing upper part of a con-
tracted burial on the left side head east. The corner of a well was also preserved, walls 12 cm
wide, all stretchers, to a length of 80 cm on south side and 25 cm on east end. Axis 450 east
of north (i. e. local east). Broken by a Coptic burial. See Pl. 18b.
Just south of the Coptic burial and belonging to 1536 was a water-worn alabaster (Pl. i8b).
N. 1602. A mud box burial wedged in among the boulders on the extreme eastern edge of the
hill where it turns NE to form the wady (see Map and
Pl. 17d). The box is scarcely under the present surface.
It was made of unbaked Nile mud, was 82 cm long by
54 wide (height indeterminable) and had walls 2 cm thick.
The skeleton was contracted but disturbed and decayed.
In the coffin was the cylindrical jar no. 1: the others were
outside, Pl. 53a.
5. N. 1602, pottery, I : IO.
1. Hard pink ware containing mud and ashes, type xvm.
2. Brown ware painted red but faded(?) to a salmon pink, line polished, type xxiv.
3. Red ware, painted red, line polished, type xxiv.
4—6. Coarse red ware, black center, smoothed wet around mouth, vertical scratches on
base, type v. Remains of mud in 4 and 5. Mud seal on mouth of 5.
Other burials.'
There were eight burials in which no trace of a coffin was found.
N. 1535. Just under the present surface (i. e. ca. 40 cm below) was the upper half of a contracted
skeleton on right side, head to local south (Pl. 18a). The outline of the pit had been destroyed.
The legs of a Coptic burial lay across the place where the waist of the older skeleton had been.
1 The pottery coffins with the exception of 1585 were found in tombs of the regular types, see 1525, 1623 and 1640. N. 1585 was
a grave of a later type.
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