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Description of Tombs.
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The body (adult, female) was on L side, head S, face W.
4337 was lined with flat stones. The pit was not filled, but was covered with a rough N. 4337.
arch of mixed brick and stone. With the burial there were two rough pots, and above the
grave there were two more (pl. 51a).
The body (adult, male) was on L side, head S, face W.
5303 was lined with flat stones and had the usual stone filling. The burial was plundered. N. 3303.
5301 had no lining walls. The burial had been plundered, so that there was no evidence N. 3301.
as to filling. One niche—the southern—was preserved in the superstructure j it was covered
with the usual limestone flake lintel, but for some reason the niching was continued above
to the top of the wall (pl. 8d). The burial was plundered.
5114, 5109, 5108 and 5106 were all plundered graves. In none of them was there any trace N.3114,
of a lining wall, nor could the nature of the filling be ascertained. ^£^3106
Fig. 65. N. 4702. Ground-plan. I : 50.
Fig. 66. Section a ... b. 1 : 50.
4702 (pl. 27) had no lining. The actual burial was covered with sand. Above this there N. 4302.
was a single large slab of stone, which ran north and south and covered almost the whole
area of the pit. Above this again there was a filling of rough stones, which was carried right
up to the top of the superstructure walls. The side walls of the superstructure were built
with a slight inward overlapping of the courses of bricks. In the filling there was a broken
alabaster dish (pl. 45 cn).
The body (sex ?, aetat. circ. 18) was on L side, head S, face W.
5105 had no lining walls. The filling had been removed. Like the last grave the bricks N. 3103.
of the side walls were built with overlapping courses. With the burial there were two rough
pots (pl. 53a). The body (adult, male) was on L side, head S, face W.
4136 (pl. 23) belongs either to this group or to the next. The pit was lined with brick on N- 4136.
the north side only, but this wall may have been built to support the pottery rather than to
act as a lining. There was the usual covering of rough stones, and above these the grave
was filled with sand and stones to the top of the superstructure walls. The superstructure
walls were built with a slight inward lean. At the north end there seemed to be traces of
a rough arching over the superstructure, but it is possible that this was mere fallen brick.
Under the covering stones and resting on the brick lining wall, there were ten rough
pots (pl. $4a).
The body (adult, sex?) was on L side, head S, face W.
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The body (adult, female) was on L side, head S, face W.
4337 was lined with flat stones. The pit was not filled, but was covered with a rough N. 4337.
arch of mixed brick and stone. With the burial there were two rough pots, and above the
grave there were two more (pl. 51a).
The body (adult, male) was on L side, head S, face W.
5303 was lined with flat stones and had the usual stone filling. The burial was plundered. N. 3303.
5301 had no lining walls. The burial had been plundered, so that there was no evidence N. 3301.
as to filling. One niche—the southern—was preserved in the superstructure j it was covered
with the usual limestone flake lintel, but for some reason the niching was continued above
to the top of the wall (pl. 8d). The burial was plundered.
5114, 5109, 5108 and 5106 were all plundered graves. In none of them was there any trace N.3114,
of a lining wall, nor could the nature of the filling be ascertained. ^£^3106
Fig. 65. N. 4702. Ground-plan. I : 50.
Fig. 66. Section a ... b. 1 : 50.
4702 (pl. 27) had no lining. The actual burial was covered with sand. Above this there N. 4302.
was a single large slab of stone, which ran north and south and covered almost the whole
area of the pit. Above this again there was a filling of rough stones, which was carried right
up to the top of the superstructure walls. The side walls of the superstructure were built
with a slight inward overlapping of the courses of bricks. In the filling there was a broken
alabaster dish (pl. 45 cn).
The body (sex ?, aetat. circ. 18) was on L side, head S, face W.
5105 had no lining walls. The filling had been removed. Like the last grave the bricks N. 3103.
of the side walls were built with overlapping courses. With the burial there were two rough
pots (pl. 53a). The body (adult, male) was on L side, head S, face W.
4136 (pl. 23) belongs either to this group or to the next. The pit was lined with brick on N- 4136.
the north side only, but this wall may have been built to support the pottery rather than to
act as a lining. There was the usual covering of rough stones, and above these the grave
was filled with sand and stones to the top of the superstructure walls. The superstructure
walls were built with a slight inward lean. At the north end there seemed to be traces of
a rough arching over the superstructure, but it is possible that this was mere fallen brick.
Under the covering stones and resting on the brick lining wall, there were ten rough
pots (pl. $4a).
The body (adult, sex?) was on L side, head S, face W.