DOI article:
Firth, C. M.: The archaeological survey of Nubia
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Cemetery 118 : Qurta, on the edge of the upper desert.
Period:—C-group. This cemetery had, like Cemetery 101, of
season 1909-1910, been intruded on one of the Early Dynas-
tic period, and outside one C-group superstructure were a
number of pots, actually taken from an early grave and re-
used as offerings.
Cemeteries 119-120 : West bank.
Period:—New Empire. The graves were found scattered at
various points in the alluvial ground behind the cultivation.
Cemetery 121: Qurta, at edge of upper desert.
Period:—Croup of B-group, late New Empire and Ptolemaic
graves.
Cemeteries 122 : Qurta.
Period :—X-group intruded on New Empire.
Cemetery 123 : Qurta.
Period :—New Empire and Ptolemaic-Roman.
Cemetery 124, 125: Uffedunia, scattered groups of plundered graves.
Period:—Early Dynastic and New Empire.
Cemetery 126: West of Uffedunia temple.
Period:—C-group and New Empire (communal burial-places).
Below, Ptolemaic-Roman graves, contemporary with the
temple.
Cemetery 127 : East bank, opposite south end of island of Zarar
(Tacompso).
Period:—C-group, with circular stone superstructures.
Cemetery 128: About 500 metres south of Cemetery 127.
Period :—New Empire. Craves and communal or family burial-
places.
Cemetery 129: East bank, south of Naga Abu Zana.
Period:—Ptolemaic-Roman and X-group.
Cemetery 130: Between Naga Abu Zana and Arabi Hilla.
Period :—New Empire.
Cemetery 131: On a high alluvial mound behind the village of Garba,
just north of Naga el Sheikh Sharaf.
Period:—New Empire tombs with shaft and end-chambers. In
the mouth of the shaft of Crave 1, was a burial accompanied
by bronze vessels, iron spears, and fine scarabs and amulets,
all apparently of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, or early Meroitic
Cemetery 118 : Qurta, on the edge of the upper desert.
Period:—C-group. This cemetery had, like Cemetery 101, of
season 1909-1910, been intruded on one of the Early Dynas-
tic period, and outside one C-group superstructure were a
number of pots, actually taken from an early grave and re-
used as offerings.
Cemeteries 119-120 : West bank.
Period:—New Empire. The graves were found scattered at
various points in the alluvial ground behind the cultivation.
Cemetery 121: Qurta, at edge of upper desert.
Period:—Croup of B-group, late New Empire and Ptolemaic
graves.
Cemeteries 122 : Qurta.
Period :—X-group intruded on New Empire.
Cemetery 123 : Qurta.
Period :—New Empire and Ptolemaic-Roman.
Cemetery 124, 125: Uffedunia, scattered groups of plundered graves.
Period:—Early Dynastic and New Empire.
Cemetery 126: West of Uffedunia temple.
Period:—C-group and New Empire (communal burial-places).
Below, Ptolemaic-Roman graves, contemporary with the
temple.
Cemetery 127 : East bank, opposite south end of island of Zarar
(Tacompso).
Period:—C-group, with circular stone superstructures.
Cemetery 128: About 500 metres south of Cemetery 127.
Period :—New Empire. Craves and communal or family burial-
places.
Cemetery 129: East bank, south of Naga Abu Zana.
Period:—Ptolemaic-Roman and X-group.
Cemetery 130: Between Naga Abu Zana and Arabi Hilla.
Period :—New Empire.
Cemetery 131: On a high alluvial mound behind the village of Garba,
just north of Naga el Sheikh Sharaf.
Period:—New Empire tombs with shaft and end-chambers. In
the mouth of the shaft of Crave 1, was a burial accompanied
by bronze vessels, iron spears, and fine scarabs and amulets,
all apparently of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, or early Meroitic