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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
K 435. Plan XVII, K IV, comp. 3/3—4/3; compartment wall intact over middle west of grave,
but the wall over east end is cut away. Pl. 15, 3-4, and Fig. 78.
Grave: rectangular, 280 X 155 cm., 120 cm. below foot of walls; orient., due east, under
hide.
Burial: bed-burial with three sacrificial bodies and a ram; bed decayed, but cast is com-
plete (170 X 70 cm.; plain foot-board). The eastern end and body D have been
completely plundered by thieves who entered where wall is cut away; the rest of
the grave is intact; note the significant positions of B and C.
N. B. The facts are certain. A number of explanations might be offered for
the failure of the thieves to proceed further with the plundering; but it is clear
that their act was after the building of the tumulus walls and therefore some time
after the burial.
Body A — chief body, negroid (kinky hair), female (?); on bed covered with a hide
the edges of which were turned under the sides of the bed; hide appears
not to have covered sacrificial bodies; chief body, on right side, head east,
legs bent sharply at knees; right hand under right cheek; left hand on
right jaw; palms open and towards face; on the head, 15, a four-strand
bead circlet over which was, 14, a leather cap with mica ornaments.
Body B — sacrificial body, on ground at head of bed, facing chief burial; contracted,
on left side, head south, but right shoulder fallen forward breast down;
right arm doubled, bringing right hand on lower part of throat (or upper
part of breast); left arm bent so that left hand was under stomach; bead
circlet, 16, on head.
Body C — sacrificial body, on ground at foot of bed, facing chief burial (cf. B, above);
contracted on right side, head south, body between end of bed and west
end of grave; right hand on face; left hand between thighs.
Body D — left humerus, lying east of head of B with elbow on left shoulder of B;
probably in place; indicates that D lay just behind B, and was on left side,
head south; other bones in debris of plunderers.
Ram — under the bed, on right side, head west.
Objects: 1-16, in position (14-15 on head of A; 16 on head of B); 3, fan and sandals, in
usual place on foot of bed; i-viii, in the debris of east end.
+1. Wide pot, Bkt. XVII-20; 14-1-104.
2. Large wide pot, Bkt. XVII-18; 14-1-105.
3a. Ostrich-feather fan; 14-1-106.
3b. Remains of decayed leather sandals (Type I), decorated over whole upper
surface with pattern of dotted lines (rocked); length, 25 ± cm., small size
for sandals; 14-1-107.
4. Best preserved leg of bed; 14-1-108.
4-5. Small jar, R. W. V-3 (with white wash over top half); 14-1-109; under bed.
6-9. Stack of four beakers; 14-1-110 to 113.
Bkt. HI-13 (two); II-2/2 (two).
10-13. Stack of four beakers; 14-1-114 to 117.
Bkt. III-7; 11-40; 1-5.
4-Bkt. 11—41.
14. Leather cap with set of mica ornaments in place; two forehead pieces and a
row of winged giraffes, 14-1-118.
15. Bead circlet around head under cap; four strands of blue ring-beads; 14—1—
119.
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
K 435. Plan XVII, K IV, comp. 3/3—4/3; compartment wall intact over middle west of grave,
but the wall over east end is cut away. Pl. 15, 3-4, and Fig. 78.
Grave: rectangular, 280 X 155 cm., 120 cm. below foot of walls; orient., due east, under
hide.
Burial: bed-burial with three sacrificial bodies and a ram; bed decayed, but cast is com-
plete (170 X 70 cm.; plain foot-board). The eastern end and body D have been
completely plundered by thieves who entered where wall is cut away; the rest of
the grave is intact; note the significant positions of B and C.
N. B. The facts are certain. A number of explanations might be offered for
the failure of the thieves to proceed further with the plundering; but it is clear
that their act was after the building of the tumulus walls and therefore some time
after the burial.
Body A — chief body, negroid (kinky hair), female (?); on bed covered with a hide
the edges of which were turned under the sides of the bed; hide appears
not to have covered sacrificial bodies; chief body, on right side, head east,
legs bent sharply at knees; right hand under right cheek; left hand on
right jaw; palms open and towards face; on the head, 15, a four-strand
bead circlet over which was, 14, a leather cap with mica ornaments.
Body B — sacrificial body, on ground at head of bed, facing chief burial; contracted,
on left side, head south, but right shoulder fallen forward breast down;
right arm doubled, bringing right hand on lower part of throat (or upper
part of breast); left arm bent so that left hand was under stomach; bead
circlet, 16, on head.
Body C — sacrificial body, on ground at foot of bed, facing chief burial (cf. B, above);
contracted on right side, head south, body between end of bed and west
end of grave; right hand on face; left hand between thighs.
Body D — left humerus, lying east of head of B with elbow on left shoulder of B;
probably in place; indicates that D lay just behind B, and was on left side,
head south; other bones in debris of plunderers.
Ram — under the bed, on right side, head west.
Objects: 1-16, in position (14-15 on head of A; 16 on head of B); 3, fan and sandals, in
usual place on foot of bed; i-viii, in the debris of east end.
+1. Wide pot, Bkt. XVII-20; 14-1-104.
2. Large wide pot, Bkt. XVII-18; 14-1-105.
3a. Ostrich-feather fan; 14-1-106.
3b. Remains of decayed leather sandals (Type I), decorated over whole upper
surface with pattern of dotted lines (rocked); length, 25 ± cm., small size
for sandals; 14-1-107.
4. Best preserved leg of bed; 14-1-108.
4-5. Small jar, R. W. V-3 (with white wash over top half); 14-1-109; under bed.
6-9. Stack of four beakers; 14-1-110 to 113.
Bkt. HI-13 (two); II-2/2 (two).
10-13. Stack of four beakers; 14-1-114 to 117.
Bkt. III-7; 11-40; 1-5.
4-Bkt. 11—41.
14. Leather cap with set of mica ornaments in place; two forehead pieces and a
row of winged giraffes, 14-1-118.
15. Bead circlet around head under cap; four strands of blue ring-beads; 14—1—
119.