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

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K 1026.

K 1027.


K 1028.

HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
Plan XXI, K X (continued).
Objects.
3. Beaker, Bkt. II—1; Su 694.
4a. Circlet, double strand of small blue ring-beads; Su 695.
4b. Two earrings (?) of shell; Su 695b.
5. Pair of rawhide sandals, on feet of B; Su 695c.
6. Six bone awls; Su 1107.
7. Ostrich-feather fan; Su 1155.
+i. Bulging jar, W. S. R. XVI-3; Su 1162.
On surface, from K X B (?):
ii. A large number of fragments of statuettes; see p. 276; Su 696.
Plan XXI, K X, south, just south of K 1026.
Grave: two oval graves, one cutting into the other; the eastern is 220 X 160 cm.; fcthe
western is 145 X 120 cm.; both about 100 cm. deep; orient., 10° north of east.


Fig. 97


Burial: the western grave was empty; the eastern had the remains of one body (prob-
ably sacrificial) at the west end; fortuitously covered with a fragment of ox-hide.
Body B — on right side, head east; half contracted; left hand on upper side of
pelvis; left arm and skull removed.
Objects: two pots, 1 on floor, 2 on debris near B.
+1. Egyptian beaker, R. W. XXII-2; Su 697.
+2. Unusually large beaker, Bkt. XVI-1; Su 698.
Plan XXI, K X, NE quarter, outer row.
Grave: rounded rectangular; at top 310 X 210 cm.; at bottom, 210 X 190 cm.; slop-
ing sides, plastered with mud; depth, 170-190cm.; sunk 25cm. into the
alluvium; 10 cm. of old sand shows between top of alluvium and bottom of
filling of tumulus, so that the depth of the filling here is from 135-155 cm.;
bed-trenches; orient., 45° north of east.
 
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