TELL EL-LARKHA


Grave 6. Brick-built. Dimensions: 345
x 256 x 146 cm (one chamber). Grave
goods: 20 vessels, stone bead necklace,
animal bones. Flexed skeleton lying on its
left side with head pointing northeast.
Burial of a girl aged 10-12 years.
Grave 7. Brick-built. Dimensions: 368
x 174 x 74 cm (one chamber). Grave goods:
38 vessels, 4 stone beads, animal bones.
Flexed skeleton lying on its left side with
head pointing northeast. Double burial of a
woman aged over 20 years and a child aged
8-9 years.
Grave 8. Oval, brick-lined pit: 90 x
130 cm. No grave goods. This burial was
that of a man aged 20+ years. The skeleton
lay on its left side in a tightly flexed
position. The bones of the forearms were
tucked between the thigh bones suggesting

that the individual in question had been
very tightly bound, either whilst still alive
or immediately after death. The absence of
grave goods could suggest a connection
with one of the other graves in the
immediate vicinity (no. 5 or 7); it may have
been a human sacrifice.
Grave 10. This grave had massive walls
exceeding one meter in width. Only the
southeast corner was now explored, and it
yielded four vessels. The remainder of this
tomb lies beneath graves 2 and 3 (excavated
last year) and graves 6 and 7. Other than its
thick walls, this tomb also has a huge
superstructure (over 1 m thick) covering it
from the top. The part of it which was
exposed this year was covered over and
safeguarded, and excavation of the grave
will continue next season.


Fig. 10. Eastern Kom. Circular building with a tiled brick floor
(Drawing E. Kuciewicz)

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