Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

BANGANARTI

SUDAN

EXPLORATION OF TUMULUS TNQ1/07

An accidental discovery of the pottery
furnishings from a post-Meroitic tumulus
tomb in the village of Tanqasi, including
eight complete bowls — four qullal, a cup
and two bowls [Fig. 5] — necessitated
salvage explorations (supervised by A.
Pl^skowska). There were no traces of a
superstructure. The shaft and the burial
chamber, which was 1.70 by 0.60 m, the two
separated by a row of large stones, were
excavated 0.80 m into a hard silty ground.
A shallow cavity at the southern end
contained the skeleton of a woman aged

about 40, inhumed in a contracted position
(for anthropological examination of the
skeleton, see below, Appendix 1). The body
had been wrapped in a shroud tinted violet-
brown; apparently owing to the humidity,
the bones were discolored in effect. The
presumed position of the body is with the
head to the east. The chamber had been
blocked with sandstone; some blocks were
preserved in situ, one block even in the
blocking, 0.40-0.50 m above the bottom of
the chamber. The tomb was backfilled after
completing the exploration.

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