DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Osypiński, Piotr: Excavations on two kerma horizon cemeteries in el-Gamamiya
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42093#0408
FOURTH CATARACT
SUDAN
(FCOlb). Single beads were the sole grave
goods, although in one case there were also
two poorly-fired pots.
The bodies were laid on the right side
with flexed legs and arms in various positions.
Traces of red ochre were observed around
the bodies and in one case also relics of
palm-leaf matting were found covering an
infant’s body.
Looters missed only two burials — an
adult male from T.l 1 and an infant from T.5
— but the inconsistent and unplanned
Fig 2. General plan of the excavated area on the level of the grave superstructures
(Drawing M. Osypmska and P. Osypmski)
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
SUDAN
(FCOlb). Single beads were the sole grave
goods, although in one case there were also
two poorly-fired pots.
The bodies were laid on the right side
with flexed legs and arms in various positions.
Traces of red ochre were observed around
the bodies and in one case also relics of
palm-leaf matting were found covering an
infant’s body.
Looters missed only two burials — an
adult male from T.l 1 and an infant from T.5
— but the inconsistent and unplanned
Fig 2. General plan of the excavated area on the level of the grave superstructures
(Drawing M. Osypmska and P. Osypmski)
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007