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io6 NAGA-ED-DER IV — THE PREDYNASTIC CEMETERY N 7000
N 7183. Map D-6. Figure 43 i,j.
GRAVE: 75X55-50 cm. Figure 43 i.
BURIAL: Adult (sex?) on left side, plundered. Figure 43 j.
GRAVE GOODS: None.
Left humerus in position, rest of arm bones and skull missing. Body lying well over on back.
Intestinal matter. Flesh dried upon ribs and vertebrae. Under matting well preserved, Type II,
lengthwise.
N 7184. Map C-6. Figure 43 k.
GRAVE: 80X60-50 cm. Figure 43 k.
BURIAL: Adult male (E. S.) on right side, head south, plundered.
GRAVE GOODS: None.
Only three lower vertebrae, pelvis and legs remain. This burial was lying, exceptionally, on right
side, face east. Tinder matting preserved at pelvis, Type II, lengthwise.
N 7185. Map C-6. Figure 44 a-j.
GRAVE: 155X 190-80 cm. Figure 44 a.
BURIALS: Four bodies in a wooden box, heavily plundered. Figure 44 b.
GRAVE GOODS: All displaced from original positions.
At west end, inside box:
1. Worked flint. L. ca. 10 cm. Figure 44 g 1.
2. Worked flint. L. ca. 12 cm. Figure 44 g 2.
At west end, outside box:
3. Rough BrW. basin. H. 6.5, D. 20.0 cm. Figure 444 1.
4. Smooth RW. jar, plum wash. H. 21.0, D. 14.0 cm. Figure 444 2.
In debris under skull D:
v. Butt of a reed arrow. L. 7.0, D. 0.6 cm. Figure 44 h.
vi. Half of a black barrel-bead, material not stated. Not measured. Not illustrated.
In debris at east end of box:
vii. Copper chisel or drill. L. 2.9, 0.2 cm. square. Figiire 44 i. UCLMA 6-3196-3201.
The wooden box contained the scattered remains of four burials, none in original position. The
four skulls are marked A, B, C and D on Figure 44 a. Fragments of under matting of Type II,
laid crosswise of box.
The box is shown on Figure 44 b, c. The corners were not jointed, and the sides and ends
were held in place by vertical posts driven into the ground outside the box, the walls of which
were bound to the posts. Traces of these posts and their binding are shown on Figure 44 d-f.
N 7186. Map C-6. Figure 45 a.
GRAVE: 90X55-70 cm. Axis 30° W. of N. (No diagram.)
BURIAL: Adult (sex?) on left side, plundered. Figure 43 a.
GRAVE GOODS: None.
N 7183. Map D-6. Figure 43 i,j.
GRAVE: 75X55-50 cm. Figure 43 i.
BURIAL: Adult (sex?) on left side, plundered. Figure 43 j.
GRAVE GOODS: None.
Left humerus in position, rest of arm bones and skull missing. Body lying well over on back.
Intestinal matter. Flesh dried upon ribs and vertebrae. Under matting well preserved, Type II,
lengthwise.
N 7184. Map C-6. Figure 43 k.
GRAVE: 80X60-50 cm. Figure 43 k.
BURIAL: Adult male (E. S.) on right side, head south, plundered.
GRAVE GOODS: None.
Only three lower vertebrae, pelvis and legs remain. This burial was lying, exceptionally, on right
side, face east. Tinder matting preserved at pelvis, Type II, lengthwise.
N 7185. Map C-6. Figure 44 a-j.
GRAVE: 155X 190-80 cm. Figure 44 a.
BURIALS: Four bodies in a wooden box, heavily plundered. Figure 44 b.
GRAVE GOODS: All displaced from original positions.
At west end, inside box:
1. Worked flint. L. ca. 10 cm. Figure 44 g 1.
2. Worked flint. L. ca. 12 cm. Figure 44 g 2.
At west end, outside box:
3. Rough BrW. basin. H. 6.5, D. 20.0 cm. Figure 444 1.
4. Smooth RW. jar, plum wash. H. 21.0, D. 14.0 cm. Figure 444 2.
In debris under skull D:
v. Butt of a reed arrow. L. 7.0, D. 0.6 cm. Figure 44 h.
vi. Half of a black barrel-bead, material not stated. Not measured. Not illustrated.
In debris at east end of box:
vii. Copper chisel or drill. L. 2.9, 0.2 cm. square. Figiire 44 i. UCLMA 6-3196-3201.
The wooden box contained the scattered remains of four burials, none in original position. The
four skulls are marked A, B, C and D on Figure 44 a. Fragments of under matting of Type II,
laid crosswise of box.
The box is shown on Figure 44 b, c. The corners were not jointed, and the sides and ends
were held in place by vertical posts driven into the ground outside the box, the walls of which
were bound to the posts. Traces of these posts and their binding are shown on Figure 44 d-f.
N 7186. Map C-6. Figure 45 a.
GRAVE: 90X55-70 cm. Axis 30° W. of N. (No diagram.)
BURIAL: Adult (sex?) on left side, plundered. Figure 43 a.
GRAVE GOODS: None.