Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

FOURTH CATARACT

SUDAN

thighs. Two bead bracelets were found by the
feet. The beads on one string were made of
blue-colored faience, those on the other of
ostrich eggshell. A cylindrical stone pendant
was discovered next to the upper part of the
skeleton.
The small superstructure of grave 8 (El-Ar
Pl/8) marked the burial of a child [Fig. 4\.
The body was encircled by an extra stone ring
inside the grave pit [Fig. 5]. It lay on its left
side, aligned E-W, the head to the east and
facing north. The position was constricted
with bent legs. The left arm lay alongside the
body with the hand flush with the knees. The
right arm was bent at the elbow, the hand
resting against the face. No grave furnishings
were noted.
The next grave in the southern part of the
investigated area (El-Ar Pl/9) had a relatively
large superstructure covering a large but
shallow grave pit, in the southwestern part of
which a child burial was discovered [Fig. 6\.


Fig. 5. Grave El-ArP 1/8 during exploration
(Photo M. Jaivornicki)


Fig. 4. View of the eastern part of the site with
grave El-Ar Pl/8 in the foreground
(Photo M. Jaivornicki)

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