Reisner, George Andrew: Excavations at Kerma (Dongola-Provinz) (Band 1): Parts I - III (Cambridge, Mass., 1923)

THE TUMULUS K IV

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K 451. Plan XVII, K IV, comp. 19/3-20/3. Fig. 88.
Grave: parallel sides with rounded ends, 225 X 110 cm., 120 cm. below foot of walls;
orient., 25° north of east.
Burial: bed-burial with one sacrificial body and ram; plundered, but body B nearly
intact.
Body A — chief body, on bed; half extended, on right side, head east (ENE); skull
and arms removed by thieves; sunk down to level of B.
Body B — sacrificial, in NE quarter, partly under bed; contracted on right side,
head east; left hand on mouth; right hand under waist.
Ram — body broken up, but bones under pots, 7-11.

Fig. 88


Fig. 89


Objects: 1-5, nearly in place; 6-11, disturbed; 12, in place; ii, in pot 7.
1-5. Stack of one bowl and five beakers; 14-3-912 to 916.
Bkt. XII-3.
Bkt. II-3/3; HI-13; II-3; 11-31.
6. Large wide pot, Bkt. XXII-3; 14-3-917.
7. Beaker, Bkt. II-3/3; 14-3-918.
8. Beaker, Bkt. II-6 (6); 14-3-919.
+9. Small jar, R. P. XVI-1; 14-3-920.
10. Beaker, Bkt. II-2/3; 14-3-921.
11. Beaker, Bkt. II-3; 14-3-922.
i. Fragment of mica ornament, a giraffe; 14-3-976.
ii. Fragment of ostrich-feather fan; in 7; 14-3-976a.
iii. Bone awl; length, 10.6 cm.; 14-3-925.
iv. One ball-bead, blue faience; 14-3-924.
K 452. Plan XVII, K IV, comp. 14/2-15/2.
Grave: rectangular, 215 X 115 cm., 70 cm. below foot of walls; orient., 14° north of east.
Burial: completely plundered except for few pots in SW corner; three skulls and other
human bones in debris; probably bed-burial with at least two sacrificial bodies.