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K X, subsidiary graves
K X-XVI
K XVI graves
K XXXII
K XXXIII
B502
K XXXIV
B 501
B 22/10
B 62
B 30
B32
B30
B34
B31
B 73
B 27/20
B33
B 60
B 27/19
B 27/18
B 27/12
All these graves, except three, are rectangular. The three exceptions are circular, B 22/2,
B 27 /3, and B 22/4 (subsidiary to B 34); and these may be slightly later. But still farther
north among the Nubian graves subsidiary to K LV are several graves (see K 5526 and
K 5541) which appear to belong to the period of K X—XVI.
Thus the conclusion seems justified that the middle part of K Cem. B grew by inter-
spersion over the field north of K XI and was separated from it by the secondary line of
honor containing the minor tumuli, K XV, K XIV, and K XIII, in the same way as that
in which K Cem. B, west, grew to the north of the earlier chapel, KII.
(b) The part of K Cem. B lying north of K XVI—XVIII, with the minor tumuli KXXXV
and K XVII:
Directly north of K XVI, lies the large tumulus with circular chamber, K LIV, flanked
on the southeast by the similar tumulus K XXXVII and on the northwest by the most
important of the tumult with circular chambers, K LV. Each of these tumuli has one or
two subsidiary graves in the mound and a field of exterior graves, mostly circular, which
also appear to be subsidiary of these tumuli. Just to the west of K XXXVII is a single-cell
chapel, similar to those noted at K XV, K XIV, K XVI, and K XXXIII, but larger in
size. In front of it, one or two trees appear to have stood at some time.
Intervening between the area containing these three tumuli, and K XVI itself, lie small
tumuli, K 22/6, K 22/7, K 22/8, and K 22/9. K 22/7 was empty; K 22/8 was never ex-
cavated; K 22/6 and K 22/9 contained a number of pottery vessels and were without any
doubt contemporary with the subsidiary cemetery in K XVI. K 22/6, alone, had a cir-
cular chamber and a floor area of 22 sq. m. The rest were rectangular — K 22/7 having
an area of 2 sq. m. and K 22/9, an area of 4.5 sq. m. K 22/6 was clearly an important
grave of about the period of K XVI and proves that the circular grave was then coming
into use for the minor tumuli.
Immediately east of K XVI is the small tumulus K XVII, on the western slope of the
water channel between K XVI and K XVIII. By its contents, it is about contemporary
with K XVI (subsidiary).
Returning to the tumulus K XXXVII with the circular chamber, it is seen that
K XXXV lies about 20 meters to the southeast and has a chamber of irregular form, a
rounded triangle perhaps intended for a circle and distorted by some accidental softness in
the alluvium. This tumulus has two subsidiary graves of rectangular form, K 3501, and
K 3502; and around its southern half lies a field of small graves of which we have exca-
vated about fifteen. The significant facts in regard to this tumulus are the following:
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K X, subsidiary graves
K X-XVI
K XVI graves
K XXXII
K XXXIII
B502
K XXXIV
B 501
B 22/10
B 62
B 30
B32
B30
B34
B31
B 73
B 27/20
B33
B 60
B 27/19
B 27/18
B 27/12
All these graves, except three, are rectangular. The three exceptions are circular, B 22/2,
B 27 /3, and B 22/4 (subsidiary to B 34); and these may be slightly later. But still farther
north among the Nubian graves subsidiary to K LV are several graves (see K 5526 and
K 5541) which appear to belong to the period of K X—XVI.
Thus the conclusion seems justified that the middle part of K Cem. B grew by inter-
spersion over the field north of K XI and was separated from it by the secondary line of
honor containing the minor tumuli, K XV, K XIV, and K XIII, in the same way as that
in which K Cem. B, west, grew to the north of the earlier chapel, KII.
(b) The part of K Cem. B lying north of K XVI—XVIII, with the minor tumuli KXXXV
and K XVII:
Directly north of K XVI, lies the large tumulus with circular chamber, K LIV, flanked
on the southeast by the similar tumulus K XXXVII and on the northwest by the most
important of the tumult with circular chambers, K LV. Each of these tumuli has one or
two subsidiary graves in the mound and a field of exterior graves, mostly circular, which
also appear to be subsidiary of these tumuli. Just to the west of K XXXVII is a single-cell
chapel, similar to those noted at K XV, K XIV, K XVI, and K XXXIII, but larger in
size. In front of it, one or two trees appear to have stood at some time.
Intervening between the area containing these three tumuli, and K XVI itself, lie small
tumuli, K 22/6, K 22/7, K 22/8, and K 22/9. K 22/7 was empty; K 22/8 was never ex-
cavated; K 22/6 and K 22/9 contained a number of pottery vessels and were without any
doubt contemporary with the subsidiary cemetery in K XVI. K 22/6, alone, had a cir-
cular chamber and a floor area of 22 sq. m. The rest were rectangular — K 22/7 having
an area of 2 sq. m. and K 22/9, an area of 4.5 sq. m. K 22/6 was clearly an important
grave of about the period of K XVI and proves that the circular grave was then coming
into use for the minor tumuli.
Immediately east of K XVI is the small tumulus K XVII, on the western slope of the
water channel between K XVI and K XVIII. By its contents, it is about contemporary
with K XVI (subsidiary).
Returning to the tumulus K XXXVII with the circular chamber, it is seen that
K XXXV lies about 20 meters to the southeast and has a chamber of irregular form, a
rounded triangle perhaps intended for a circle and distorted by some accidental softness in
the alluvium. This tumulus has two subsidiary graves of rectangular form, K 3501, and
K 3502; and around its southern half lies a field of small graves of which we have exca-
vated about fifteen. The significant facts in regard to this tumulus are the following: