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THE TUMULUS K XVI
411
K 1618. Fig. 136, K XVI (continued).
Burial:
Body B — sacrificial body, must have been just in front of bed; on right side, head
east; hands in front of face (head missing); the big ivory seal, 5, was just
under the middle of the left forearm, as if attached by a string to the
wrist; leather skirt; 6, fragments of cloth on the arms.
Objects: 4-7, in place; 1-3, on floor at foot of place of chief body.
1. Kohl-pot, blue faience with black line decoration; the base was formed by a
cut disc of pottery fitted in and cemented; the disc-lid, also faience, was
fastened with a leather cover tied at the neck of the jar; contents, black
kohl-powder; 14-2-144.
2. Lump of resin with print of basket container; 1., 8 cm.; 14-2-145.
+3. “Teapot” without spout; Blk. W. XXVIII-1; 14-2-146.
4. Small jar, F. Db. W. Ill (?); decayed and broken; 14-2-147.
5. Plaque-seal, ivory; Seals, 11-19; 51 X 37 X 10 mm., oval; 14-2-148.
6. Fragment of linen, on arms of B, probably a garment or sheet; 14-2-148b.
7. Leather skirt, on B; 14-2-148c.
i. Ivory dagger-butt; 14-2-152.
ii. Scarabaeoid, ivory; Seals, 11-16; 14-2-151.
iii. Kohl-pot, alabaster with disc-lid of Bkt., Stone Vessels, Type V-l, 33; 14-2-
158.
iv. Two wooden kohl-sticks; lengths, 7.7 cm. and 6.5 cm.; 14-2-157.
v. Paint palette, concave, haematite; rubbed with graphite on both sides;
14-2-156.
vi. Lump of resin with print of basket; 14-2-155; see 2.
vii. Beads: 14-2-150:
11 disc-beads of blue faience; diam., 9-12 mm.
— small blue ring-beads (4.8-cm. box, 1/5 full).
21 small ring-beads of white shell.
viii. Bowl, W. J. II-3; 14-2-154.
4-ix. Small jar, R. W. VII-8; 14-2-149.
411
K 1618. Fig. 136, K XVI (continued).
Burial:
Body B — sacrificial body, must have been just in front of bed; on right side, head
east; hands in front of face (head missing); the big ivory seal, 5, was just
under the middle of the left forearm, as if attached by a string to the
wrist; leather skirt; 6, fragments of cloth on the arms.
Objects: 4-7, in place; 1-3, on floor at foot of place of chief body.
1. Kohl-pot, blue faience with black line decoration; the base was formed by a
cut disc of pottery fitted in and cemented; the disc-lid, also faience, was
fastened with a leather cover tied at the neck of the jar; contents, black
kohl-powder; 14-2-144.
2. Lump of resin with print of basket container; 1., 8 cm.; 14-2-145.
+3. “Teapot” without spout; Blk. W. XXVIII-1; 14-2-146.
4. Small jar, F. Db. W. Ill (?); decayed and broken; 14-2-147.
5. Plaque-seal, ivory; Seals, 11-19; 51 X 37 X 10 mm., oval; 14-2-148.
6. Fragment of linen, on arms of B, probably a garment or sheet; 14-2-148b.
7. Leather skirt, on B; 14-2-148c.
i. Ivory dagger-butt; 14-2-152.
ii. Scarabaeoid, ivory; Seals, 11-16; 14-2-151.
iii. Kohl-pot, alabaster with disc-lid of Bkt., Stone Vessels, Type V-l, 33; 14-2-
158.
iv. Two wooden kohl-sticks; lengths, 7.7 cm. and 6.5 cm.; 14-2-157.
v. Paint palette, concave, haematite; rubbed with graphite on both sides;
14-2-156.
vi. Lump of resin with print of basket; 14-2-155; see 2.
vii. Beads: 14-2-150:
11 disc-beads of blue faience; diam., 9-12 mm.
— small blue ring-beads (4.8-cm. box, 1/5 full).
21 small ring-beads of white shell.
viii. Bowl, W. J. II-3; 14-2-154.
4-ix. Small jar, R. W. VII-8; 14-2-149.