Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (14.2002(2003))

WEST SAQQARA

EGYPT

Table 1., cont.

Item
Burial no.
Age category
Description *
23.
183
infans II, c. 10 yrs
single burial; mummy wrapped carefully in bandages; only skeleton
preserved; head badly damaged
24.
185
infans II, c. 12 yrs
single burial; mummy wrapped with great care; skeleton well preserved
25.
189
infans I, 2-3 yrs
single burial; poor mummification; bones moderately preserved
26.
206
infans I, 4-5 yrs
single burial; poor mummification; bones well preserved; skull damaged
27.
218
juvenis, 16-18 yrs
double burial with adult; body mummified, poor state of preservation
28.
229
child, age unknown
burial damaged; skeleton destroyed; bones fragmented
29.
230
child, age unknown
no traces of mummification; skeleton destroyed; only some fragments of
bones preserved
30.
244
infans II, c. 7 yrs
single burial; traces of mummification; poor preservation of skeleton; first
permanent molar erupted
31.
249
child, age unknown
traces of mummification; burial completely destroyed; some fragments of
bones preserved
32.
254
infans I, 5-6 yrs
single burial; body mummified; bones well preserved
33.
261
child, age unknown
burial mummified; skeleton destroyed; single bones well preserved
34.
262
infans II, c. 7 yrs
single burial; traces of mummification; skeleton destroyed; single bones
preserved
35.
277
child, age unknown
single burial; traces of mummification; very poor state of preservation; only
single bones preserved
.36.
318
infans II, 12-14 yrs
single burial; mummy prepared and wrapped very carefully; bones well
preserved
37.
320
infans I, c. 6 yrs
multiple burial with other children and adults; body mummified; bones well
preserved
38.
321
child, age unknown
multiple burial with other children and adults; body mummified but
decomposed; bones very poorly preserved
39.
322
infans II, 7-8 yrs
multiple burial with other children and adults; body mummified but
decomposed; bones in poor state of preservation
40.
329
juvenis, c. 18 yrs
multiple burial with adults; body mummified; bones very well preserved
41.
337
juvenis, 14-18 yrs
single burial; no traces of mummification; poor state of preservation
42.
339
juvenis, c. 18 yrs
single burial; body mummified; bones very well preserved
43.
347
infans II, 9-10 yrs
single burial; body mummified with great care; bones well preserved
44.
352
infans II, c. 7 yrs
probably double burial with male adult; no traces of mummification; skeleton
destroyed; only mandible with deciduous teeth and first permanent molar

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