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TYPES OF GRAVES AND BURIALS IN CEM. N 500-900
Total
‘S’
‘N’
‘W’
‘NW’
‘SW’
X
Graves
Bodies
Map iii Type V A
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 tcsk
Type V B
0
0
0
0
0
I
1
0
Type V C
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 hcsk
Type v c
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2 tcsk
Type v a
2
5
1
0
0
2
IO
8 tcsk
Type v b
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2 tcsk
Type v f
4
4
0
0
1
0
9
9 (2 csk) (1 r.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
9
I
0
I
3
26
23 (i hcsk)
Total maps ii and iii—
17
20
2
I
I
26
67
4i
Percentages: Dyn. IV; types V and v:
Head ‘south’
. • 17 -
4I’5°/o
Body on left side
• • 39 -
95'i%
Head ‘north’
. 20 -
48-8
Body on right side .
• 2 -
4’9
Head ‘west’ .
. 2 -
4’9
41 -
100-0%
Head ‘north-west’ .
1 -
2-4
Body, csk + tcsk
• • 37 -
90-2%
Head ‘south-west’ •
1 -
2-4
Body, hcsk .
• • 4 -
9-8
41
ioo-o%
41
ioo-o%
A comparison of the figures, especially the percentages for the graves of Dyn. Ill and Dyn. IV, shows
clearly the essential changes which were taking place in the burial position during that time at Naga-’d-
Der. The contracted position on the left side still prevails (95-2% in Dyn. Ill and 94*9% in Dyn. IV).
The degree of contraction has altered very little, for the four graves with hcsk bodies (10-2%) were of the
later graves; but it may be said that the half-contracted position on the side had begun here in Dyn. IV.
At Giza it was completely established in the time of Sneferuw for the court burials. On the other hand,
the orientation had changed definitely towards the ‘north’. In Dyn. Ill, 84-6% of the bodies lay with
their heads ‘south’ and 3-8% with their heads ‘north’, while in Dyn. IV, 38-5% lay heads ‘south’ and
51-3 % heads ‘north’. At Giza, in Dyn. IV, the orientation ‘N’ was the regular rule (see also type vi).
The following lists give the small graves of types vi a-f (Dyn. V-VI) with their orientation and
burial position:
Type vi a. Small graves, long open pit (all but three on map iii):
735
ii I 5
hcsk
‘N’, wb
752
iii CD 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
801
ii J 8
lesk
‘N’, wb
757
iii D 1
hcsk
‘N’, wb
882
ii J 8
X
‘N-S’
759
iii D 1
hcsk
‘S’, w
914
ii I 5-6
X
‘N-S’
763
iiiD 1
hcsk
‘N’, w
600
iiiD 3
X
‘E-W’, wb
766
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
640 b
iii E 4
hcsk
‘W’
775
iiiD 3
+ hcsk
‘NE’, r
658
iii D 4
X
‘N-S’
776
iiiD 3
tcsk
‘N’, poo
721
iii D 3
X
‘N-S’
785
iii E 1
hcsk
‘N’, wb
75°
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, w
836
iii D 4
tcsk
‘N’, wb
75i
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
839
iiiD 3
X
‘N-S’
TYPES OF GRAVES AND BURIALS IN CEM. N 500-900
Total
‘S’
‘N’
‘W’
‘NW’
‘SW’
X
Graves
Bodies
Map iii Type V A
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 tcsk
Type V B
0
0
0
0
0
I
1
0
Type V C
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 hcsk
Type v c
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2 tcsk
Type v a
2
5
1
0
0
2
IO
8 tcsk
Type v b
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2 tcsk
Type v f
4
4
0
0
1
0
9
9 (2 csk) (1 r.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
9
I
0
I
3
26
23 (i hcsk)
Total maps ii and iii—
17
20
2
I
I
26
67
4i
Percentages: Dyn. IV; types V and v:
Head ‘south’
. • 17 -
4I’5°/o
Body on left side
• • 39 -
95'i%
Head ‘north’
. 20 -
48-8
Body on right side .
• 2 -
4’9
Head ‘west’ .
. 2 -
4’9
41 -
100-0%
Head ‘north-west’ .
1 -
2-4
Body, csk + tcsk
• • 37 -
90-2%
Head ‘south-west’ •
1 -
2-4
Body, hcsk .
• • 4 -
9-8
41
ioo-o%
41
ioo-o%
A comparison of the figures, especially the percentages for the graves of Dyn. Ill and Dyn. IV, shows
clearly the essential changes which were taking place in the burial position during that time at Naga-’d-
Der. The contracted position on the left side still prevails (95-2% in Dyn. Ill and 94*9% in Dyn. IV).
The degree of contraction has altered very little, for the four graves with hcsk bodies (10-2%) were of the
later graves; but it may be said that the half-contracted position on the side had begun here in Dyn. IV.
At Giza it was completely established in the time of Sneferuw for the court burials. On the other hand,
the orientation had changed definitely towards the ‘north’. In Dyn. Ill, 84-6% of the bodies lay with
their heads ‘south’ and 3-8% with their heads ‘north’, while in Dyn. IV, 38-5% lay heads ‘south’ and
51-3 % heads ‘north’. At Giza, in Dyn. IV, the orientation ‘N’ was the regular rule (see also type vi).
The following lists give the small graves of types vi a-f (Dyn. V-VI) with their orientation and
burial position:
Type vi a. Small graves, long open pit (all but three on map iii):
735
ii I 5
hcsk
‘N’, wb
752
iii CD 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
801
ii J 8
lesk
‘N’, wb
757
iii D 1
hcsk
‘N’, wb
882
ii J 8
X
‘N-S’
759
iii D 1
hcsk
‘S’, w
914
ii I 5-6
X
‘N-S’
763
iiiD 1
hcsk
‘N’, w
600
iiiD 3
X
‘E-W’, wb
766
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
640 b
iii E 4
hcsk
‘W’
775
iiiD 3
+ hcsk
‘NE’, r
658
iii D 4
X
‘N-S’
776
iiiD 3
tcsk
‘N’, poo
721
iii D 3
X
‘N-S’
785
iii E 1
hcsk
‘N’, wb
75°
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, w
836
iii D 4
tcsk
‘N’, wb
75i
iii C 2
hcsk
‘N’, wb
839
iiiD 3
X
‘N-S’