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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
About 26 meters south of K XXXVIII, the men going to work on that tumulus noticed
the top of a large jar showing on the surface and were allowed to clear the grave which is
numbered K3801 on the map. This was rectangular, 265 X 150cm. = 4 sq.m., sunk 60
cm. in the alluvium (i. e. denuded), and contained an ordinary bed-burial with one human
sacrifice and one ram. The bed, of the usual form with foot-board, the pottery, and other
objects are within the range of K XVI—XVIII—XIX.
(6) The eastern end of the Egyptian cemetery, the minor tumuli, kxxi, kxxii,
K XXXIX, AND KXL
At the eastern end of the Egyptian Cemetery, the long row of tombs of the viceroys
ends in an irregular group of four tumuli. The mounds of all four are of considerable size;
larger than K XX, but with smaller burial chambers:
Diam. of
tumulus
Area of
chamber
Remarks
m.
sq. m.
K XX.
. 22
151.9
KXXI.
. 28
16.5
KXXII.
. 30
15.3
K XXXIX.
. 45
19.3
One subsidiary grave, circular.
KXL .
. 30
19.9
The measurements are much like those of the minor tumuli, such as K XV, K XIV,
and K XIII; and mainly for this reason I have excluded these four tumuli from the con-
sideration of the chief tombs. In numbering the tumuli of the southern row, before any of
the graves beyond K X had been opened (Jan. 8, 1914), I included K XXI and K XXII
in that row, passing by K XXXIX, which lies farther north. By the relative positions,
K XXI would be later than K XX but still continuing the southern row; K XXXIX, and
perhaps KXL also, would have been in place before KXXI was built; and K XXII
would be the last of the group, aligned with K XX and K XXI.
Unfortunately, K XXI, K XXII, and K XL had been completely cleared out, and only
K XXXIX contained satisfactory material for determining the date.
(a) The minor tumulus, K XXXIX:
The mound, K XXXIX, 45 meters in diameter, is exceeded in size only by K III,
K IV, K X, and K XVI and by the minor tumulus K VIII. It is actually larger than the
chief tumuli, K XVIII, KXIX, and KXX; but the area of the burial chamber is only
19.3 sq. m., about one-seventh the size of the least of the chief tumuli and well within the
range of the chambers of the minor tumuli:
Chamber areas of minor tumuli and graves compared with K XXXIX.
Older minor tumuli
Largest subsid. grave
sq. m.
Ledge grave tumulus
sq. m.
Circular grave tumuli
sq. m.
sq. m.
V
109
Ill
5
XXXVIII 52
LV
222
VIII
52
(14)
LIV
87
XIII
24
IV
15
XXXVII
63
XXXIX
19
X
13
XXXV
60
IX
19
XVI
10
LIX
28
XII
17
XVIII
6
B 71
25
XV
12
Largest grave in
KCem. B
B22/6
22
XIV
11
B 21 10 sq. m.
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
About 26 meters south of K XXXVIII, the men going to work on that tumulus noticed
the top of a large jar showing on the surface and were allowed to clear the grave which is
numbered K3801 on the map. This was rectangular, 265 X 150cm. = 4 sq.m., sunk 60
cm. in the alluvium (i. e. denuded), and contained an ordinary bed-burial with one human
sacrifice and one ram. The bed, of the usual form with foot-board, the pottery, and other
objects are within the range of K XVI—XVIII—XIX.
(6) The eastern end of the Egyptian cemetery, the minor tumuli, kxxi, kxxii,
K XXXIX, AND KXL
At the eastern end of the Egyptian Cemetery, the long row of tombs of the viceroys
ends in an irregular group of four tumuli. The mounds of all four are of considerable size;
larger than K XX, but with smaller burial chambers:
Diam. of
tumulus
Area of
chamber
Remarks
m.
sq. m.
K XX.
. 22
151.9
KXXI.
. 28
16.5
KXXII.
. 30
15.3
K XXXIX.
. 45
19.3
One subsidiary grave, circular.
KXL .
. 30
19.9
The measurements are much like those of the minor tumuli, such as K XV, K XIV,
and K XIII; and mainly for this reason I have excluded these four tumuli from the con-
sideration of the chief tombs. In numbering the tumuli of the southern row, before any of
the graves beyond K X had been opened (Jan. 8, 1914), I included K XXI and K XXII
in that row, passing by K XXXIX, which lies farther north. By the relative positions,
K XXI would be later than K XX but still continuing the southern row; K XXXIX, and
perhaps KXL also, would have been in place before KXXI was built; and K XXII
would be the last of the group, aligned with K XX and K XXI.
Unfortunately, K XXI, K XXII, and K XL had been completely cleared out, and only
K XXXIX contained satisfactory material for determining the date.
(a) The minor tumulus, K XXXIX:
The mound, K XXXIX, 45 meters in diameter, is exceeded in size only by K III,
K IV, K X, and K XVI and by the minor tumulus K VIII. It is actually larger than the
chief tumuli, K XVIII, KXIX, and KXX; but the area of the burial chamber is only
19.3 sq. m., about one-seventh the size of the least of the chief tumuli and well within the
range of the chambers of the minor tumuli:
Chamber areas of minor tumuli and graves compared with K XXXIX.
Older minor tumuli
Largest subsid. grave
sq. m.
Ledge grave tumulus
sq. m.
Circular grave tumuli
sq. m.
sq. m.
V
109
Ill
5
XXXVIII 52
LV
222
VIII
52
(14)
LIV
87
XIII
24
IV
15
XXXVII
63
XXXIX
19
X
13
XXXV
60
IX
19
XVI
10
LIX
28
XII
17
XVIII
6
B 71
25
XV
12
Largest grave in
KCem. B
B22/6
22
XIV
11
B 21 10 sq. m.