Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

TELL EL-LARKHA

EGYPT

end was exposed and a human skull placed
in a bowl next to a jug lying on its side was
discovered in the southeastern corner.
Grave 23 comprised a single chamber
burial, built rather crookedly, measuring
2.50 x 1.26 x 0.76 m, surrounded by
a single row of mud-bricks laid end-to-
end. It contained a double burial: of a fe-
male (20-30 years old) and a juvenile (15-
18 years old). The skeletal material was so
poorly preserved that it was difficult to
ascertain even what position the bodies had
been laid in, presumably the typical flexed
position on the right side with head to the
south. Grave goods consisted of eight
pottery vessels, one of them containing

a dozen-or-so steatite beads. A badly cor-
roded fragment of a copper object,
probably a pendant of some kind, was
found on top of the human remains. The
two largest vessels, both of which had had
simple pot-marks incised on them after
firing, were placed by the south wall of the
grave. Five smaller vessels were found next
to the north wall. A red-burnished bowl
had been placed on top of one of the skulls.
Grave 27 was again a single chamber
burial measuring 1.50 x 0.86 x 0.38 m,
surrounded by a single row of mud-bricks
laid end-to-end. The body of an adult male
was positioned on its left side with the
head pointing south. The bones, however,


Fig. 12. Eastern Kom. Grave 32
(Photo R. Slabohski)

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