Reisner, George Andrew: The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr (Band 3): A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age, Naga-ed-Der (Oxford: University Press by John Johnson, 1932)

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TYPES OF GRAVES AND BURIALS IN CEM. N 500-900

pit: Dyn. III-IV:
Map i—

Type iv b. Small pit grave
, with rubble or sunk well or well of upright limestone slabs, roofed with
and mud, Dyn. Ill to IV:
limestone slabs
Map i
Map ii
Map
iii
501 a
i C 8 x pob
504 a
ii A 4
‘S’
*618
iii E 4.
‘S’
501 b
i C 8 x poc
5X9
ii A 3-4
‘S’
638
iii E 4.
‘S’,bd
502
i C 7-8 ‘S’
54°
ii A 6-7
X
64o a
iii E 4.
‘S’
512
iC7 ‘S’, si
549
iiC5
X
*662
iii E 3
‘S’, si poo
525
i BC 5 ‘S’
565
ii B 1
X
691
iii C 4.
‘SE’
529
iC6 ‘N’
594
ii B 2
‘S’
692
iii B 4.
‘W’, bd
532
iB4 ‘S’
596
iiB 3
‘N’
*742
iii E 3-4
‘S’, wb
536
iD5 ‘S’
613
iiA3
‘S’
*743
iii E 4.
‘S’, mub
537
iD5 ‘S’
621
iiB 3
‘S’
872
iiiF 3
‘W’
539
iD5 ‘S’
622
iiB 3
‘S’
873
iiiF 3
x, ‘NW-SE’
544
iB3 ‘S’
623
ii A 2
‘S’
*874
iiiF 3
‘S’
545
iD4 ‘S’
624.
ii A 1
‘NW’, bd
876
iiiF 3
x, ‘NE-SW’
553
i E 4 x
634
ii A 5
‘S’
*877
iiiF 3
‘S’,sl,bd
561 a
i C 2 x
642
iiB 5
X
878
iiiF 3
‘W’, bd muo
605
iD8 ‘S’
644
ii B 6-7
‘S’, poo
880
iiiF 3
X
Senes (a), 76 graves
650
11 C 5
‘S’, pob
Total:
15 graves;
12 bodies
Total:
91 graves
Series
(a), 54 graves
8 ‘S’; 3 ‘W’; 1 ‘SE’
11 bodies
Total:
70 graves
; 12 bodies
10 ‘S’; 1 ‘N’
10 ‘S’; 1
‘N’; 1 ‘NW’
Total of type iv b: 176 graves; 35 bodies, 28 ‘S’
, 2 ‘N’, 3 ‘W’, 1
‘NW’,
1 ‘SE’.
Abbreviations: si — slab well; bd = beside boulder;
wb — wooden box; mub
= mud box;
pob = pottery box;
poo = oval pottery cist; poc -
circular pottery cist; muo = oval mud cist;
p-m -
pit mastaba.
Type iv c.
Small pit grave,
a degenerate form of
type iv b, without well
or roof but with gravel-filled

Series (a): 13 graves; no bodies.

Map ii-
Map ii
(cont.)—
Map ii (cont.)—
55°
ii D 4
x, pob
a 20
HF5
x, poc
a 117
ii C 8
x, poc
554 a
ii D 4
X
a 25
iiD 3
X
a 121
ii B 7
x, square
575
iiEs
X
a 27
ii D 3-4
X
a 122
ii BC 7
x, square
588
iiEs
x, poo
a 28
ii D 3- 4
x, poo
a 123
ii C 7
x, square
589
ii F 6
‘W’, csk
a 4o
ii D 4-5
X
a 124.
ii C 7
x, square
633
ii A 5
x, poc
a 4.1
ii CD 4-5
X
a 125
ii C 7
x, square
725
ii E 5-6
X
a 4.2
ii CD 5
X
a 129
ii B 7
x, square
726
ii EF6
‘S’
a 54
ii C 4.
X
a 132
ii B 7
x, square
a 10
ii F 5
X
a 55
ii BC 1
X
a 134
ii B 6-7
X
a 11
BF5
x, poc
a 63
iiB 1
x, poc
a 138 (a)
ii A 7
x, poc
a 12
ii F 5-6
X
a 81
iiE.5
x, poo
a 14.1
ii A 6
x, square poc
a i4
iiEs
X
a 82
iiFs
X
a 143
ii A 7
x, mast
a 15
ii F 6
X
a 83
ii F 4-5
X
a 144
ii A 7
X
a 16
ii F 6
X
a 101
iiD 6
x, poc
a 145
ii A 7
x, shoe cist
a 17
ii E 6
X
a 104.
ii CD 6-7
X
a 147
ii A 7
x, square poc
a 18
ii E 6
X
a 105
ii C 6
X
a 14.8 (a)
ii A6
x, square poc
a 19
ii F 6
X
a 106
ii C 6
X

Total: 50 graves; 2 bodies, 1 ‘S’ and 1 ‘W’.
Total of type iv c: 63 graves; 2 bodies, 1 ‘S’ and 1 ‘W’.