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CHARACTERISTICS AND DATE OF THE EASTERN CEMETERY 111
i. By position, K XXXV should be later than K XVI, and later than the small graves on its
southern side.
ii. The main chamber in K XXXV contained in the debris a certain number of objects which
appear to have belonged to the main burial.
(а) Fragments of alabaster jars — pear-shaped, small cylindrical, large shoulder jar,
flat-bottomed jar.
(б) Fragments of at least three faience vessels, and a plaque.
(c) Dagger-butt, razor-case, and bronze knife.
(d) Wooden comb, bone threader, ivory game-piece.
(e) Bowl W. J. 1-2; and misc. potsherds.
iii. The tumulus was extended to the east of the main chamber to allow room for subsidiary
burials (as at K XVIII) and actually contained two such burials, both rectangular.
iv. The tumulus has a diameter of 32-33 m. (area, ca. 755 sq. m.); and the circular grave, a
floor area of about 60 sq. m. (cf. K XXXVII, 63 sq. m.; and K LIV, 87 sq. m.).
v. The two subsidiary graves are rectangular, with areas of 4.9 sq. m. and 5.2 sq. m.
K 3501 has a double bed-burial with beds of Type 1-2 (panelled foot-board) and II-2
(plain angareeb-type), two human sacrifices, and two rams.
K 3502 was probably a bed-burial, with one or more human sacrifices and three rams.
The objects include dagger, fan, razor (Type III), plaited leather thong.
The pottery includes large baggy jars (C. R. IX and B. C. R. IX), jars (R. W. IV), wide
pots (Bkt. XX and B. M. VIII-2, Bkt. beaker, etc.).
From the contents, it is clear that both the main and the subsidiary graves are later
than K XVI, main burial. The only other bed with panelled foot-board was in K XVI A.
The angareeb-type of bed occurs elsewhere only in K 1802 (and K 1803). Thus the tumulus
would appear to be of about the same date as K XVIII, but might be anywhere between
K XVI and K XX.
Around the southern edge of K XXXV lie thirteen smaller graves close together, and
on the west two small tumuli-graves (B 24/1 and B 24/2). These graves, KB 24/1 to
24/13, K B 26, 28, and 29, were with three exceptions entirely empty. The three exceptions
are K B 26, 28, and 29, which yielded a few pottery vessels, a dagger, and a few scattered
bones, human and ovine. The pottery included the large baggy jars, C. R. IX and B. C. R.
IX, and other vessels similar to K XVI. K B 26 might be of a date immediately after
KXVI, main burial. In no case do any of the peculiar forms of the Nubian Cemetery
occur and it is therefore probable that this group is an extension towards the east of K Cem.
B, middle, and earlier than K XXXV.
(c) The minor tumuli, K XXXVI and K XXXVIII:
East of K XXXV lies tumulus K XXXVI which appeared to have been made after
K XXXV and to be of much the same date as K XXXVII. Farther east behind K XVIII
and K XIX, the field is covered with small tumuli as yet unexcavated. The field extends
to the north for about 1500 meters, as already stated. The largest tumulus in this area
shown on Sheet A (Plan IV) was K XXXVIII, and this we excavated. The tumulus had
a diameter of 28 m. with a ledge-chamber such as occurs in two or three small graves on
Sheet C (Plan V). The ledge on the northern side of the grave is 80 cm. below the surface
of the alluvium, while the southern part of the floor is 65 cm. lower still. Each of the two
parts had about 26 sq. m. of area, making a total of 52.3 sq. m. The burial must have been
in the deeper southern half. A very small quartzite disc about 15 cm. high was found in the
debris. The few fragments of objects found indicate a date not far from K XVIII—XIX.
i. By position, K XXXV should be later than K XVI, and later than the small graves on its
southern side.
ii. The main chamber in K XXXV contained in the debris a certain number of objects which
appear to have belonged to the main burial.
(а) Fragments of alabaster jars — pear-shaped, small cylindrical, large shoulder jar,
flat-bottomed jar.
(б) Fragments of at least three faience vessels, and a plaque.
(c) Dagger-butt, razor-case, and bronze knife.
(d) Wooden comb, bone threader, ivory game-piece.
(e) Bowl W. J. 1-2; and misc. potsherds.
iii. The tumulus was extended to the east of the main chamber to allow room for subsidiary
burials (as at K XVIII) and actually contained two such burials, both rectangular.
iv. The tumulus has a diameter of 32-33 m. (area, ca. 755 sq. m.); and the circular grave, a
floor area of about 60 sq. m. (cf. K XXXVII, 63 sq. m.; and K LIV, 87 sq. m.).
v. The two subsidiary graves are rectangular, with areas of 4.9 sq. m. and 5.2 sq. m.
K 3501 has a double bed-burial with beds of Type 1-2 (panelled foot-board) and II-2
(plain angareeb-type), two human sacrifices, and two rams.
K 3502 was probably a bed-burial, with one or more human sacrifices and three rams.
The objects include dagger, fan, razor (Type III), plaited leather thong.
The pottery includes large baggy jars (C. R. IX and B. C. R. IX), jars (R. W. IV), wide
pots (Bkt. XX and B. M. VIII-2, Bkt. beaker, etc.).
From the contents, it is clear that both the main and the subsidiary graves are later
than K XVI, main burial. The only other bed with panelled foot-board was in K XVI A.
The angareeb-type of bed occurs elsewhere only in K 1802 (and K 1803). Thus the tumulus
would appear to be of about the same date as K XVIII, but might be anywhere between
K XVI and K XX.
Around the southern edge of K XXXV lie thirteen smaller graves close together, and
on the west two small tumuli-graves (B 24/1 and B 24/2). These graves, KB 24/1 to
24/13, K B 26, 28, and 29, were with three exceptions entirely empty. The three exceptions
are K B 26, 28, and 29, which yielded a few pottery vessels, a dagger, and a few scattered
bones, human and ovine. The pottery included the large baggy jars, C. R. IX and B. C. R.
IX, and other vessels similar to K XVI. K B 26 might be of a date immediately after
KXVI, main burial. In no case do any of the peculiar forms of the Nubian Cemetery
occur and it is therefore probable that this group is an extension towards the east of K Cem.
B, middle, and earlier than K XXXV.
(c) The minor tumuli, K XXXVI and K XXXVIII:
East of K XXXV lies tumulus K XXXVI which appeared to have been made after
K XXXV and to be of much the same date as K XXXVII. Farther east behind K XVIII
and K XIX, the field is covered with small tumuli as yet unexcavated. The field extends
to the north for about 1500 meters, as already stated. The largest tumulus in this area
shown on Sheet A (Plan IV) was K XXXVIII, and this we excavated. The tumulus had
a diameter of 28 m. with a ledge-chamber such as occurs in two or three small graves on
Sheet C (Plan V). The ledge on the northern side of the grave is 80 cm. below the surface
of the alluvium, while the southern part of the floor is 65 cm. lower still. Each of the two
parts had about 26 sq. m. of area, making a total of 52.3 sq. m. The burial must have been
in the deeper southern half. A very small quartzite disc about 15 cm. high was found in the
debris. The few fragments of objects found indicate a date not far from K XVIII—XIX.