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)

APPENDIX B

3i8
Burial: half-contracted skeleton on left side with knees slightly bent; head broken off, rest little disturbed;
head ‘north’; traces of wooden coffin.
Objects: none.
N 822. Map, iii C 3; type, vi d; fig. 342.
Long rectangular pit, 200 x 100 cm. and 250 cm. deep; with long end chamber, 210 X 100 cm. and 90 cm. high;
axis, 6o° west of north.
Burial: mixed bones after decay of skeleton; probably leg-contracted on left side; head ‘north’. Traces of
wooden coffin.
Objects: in the debris one red ware shoulder jar, type V a, upside down.


N 823. Map, iii CD 3; type, vi d; fig. 343.
Long rectangular pit, 200 x 90 cm. and 200 cm. deep; with long end chamber, 200 x 90 cm. and 80 cm. high;
axis, 6o° west of north.
Burial: half-contracted skeleton on left side with knees slightly bent; head ‘north’. Traces of wooden coffin,
50 cm. wide and 60 cm. high; boards, c. 5 cm. thick; mitre-joint.
Objects: none.
N 824. Map, iii D 3; type, vi d w; fig. 344.
Long open pit, 200 x 80 cm. and 230 cm. deep; axis, 60° west of north; with wide end chamber, 210 x 135 cm.
and 80 cm. high; blocked with stones; thieves hole in the roof; two burials, A and B:
Burial A: disturbed skeleton, bones mixed up; head ‘north’.
Burial B: leg-contracted skeleton on left side with heels at hips; head disconnected, left hand missing; head
‘north’.
Objects: in the debris and close to the skeleton A, a red ware shoulder jar; type III a; h. 40 cm.
N 825. Map, iii D 3; type, vi d.
Long open pit with long end chamber, unfinished, total length, 280 cm.; width, 90 cm.; depth, 130 cm.;
axis, 50° west of north.