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428 HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
are marked “la?” and “1?” Indeed, I consider it probable that all the graves contained
one or two beds, except the last eight (preceding K 1628). The hide covering was rarely
found, but this again I attribute to the conditions unfavorable to its preservation, and I
assume that all the burials had been covered with hides.
(3) The objects found in k xvi
In attempting to reconstruct the archaeological group of K XVI, the condition of plun-
dering and the bad preservation of the contents of the graves and chambers must be given
full weight. The similarity in character of the objects found in the sacrificial Room C and
in the subsidiary graves, and the impossibility of determining the exact provenience of the
objects found in the tumbled debris, make it imperative to group all objects, except those
distinctly assigned to K XVI A. Thus in the following list I omit only the statuettes,
large stone vessels, and faience vessels found in the debris and assigned above to the main
burial. The objects from K XXXIIIA are discussed in Chapter XVI.
Explanation of signs:
* occurs in K III.
t occurs in K IV.
y occurs in K X
n occurs in K XVI.
Unmarked occurs in all four tumuli.
Daggers: in K XVI C, 4, 27, 35 (butt), xxxii (five butts), xxxiii (blade); in K XVI B, vi
(butt); total, 10 (?) examples.
Graves — K 1601 (rivets), K 1604 (one and a second butt), K 1615 (butt),
K 1618 (butt), K 1620, K 1621 (one and a second butt), K 1623, K 1625
(two butts), K 1630 (blade), K 1631 (two butts) — 14 examples.
N. B. The list includes six complete daggers, two bare blades and fifteen
extra dagger-butts. Thus the blades of thirteen daggers have either been re-
moved from the tumulus or else have utterly decayed. The latter appears absurd
in view of the preservation of the ivory butts.
n Dagger, with crescent butt: K 1628 (ivory butt, only).
* Mirror: none.
*y Razers, Type I: K 1611 (with wooden case), K 1622.
n Type III: K 1609.
Razor-cases: K 1621 (cf. K 1622), K 1628 (bone), K XVI C, xlvi (two; wood).
N. B. Three razors (worn) and five razor-cases. Two of the razor-cases may
belong to two of the razors, leaving three cases from which the razors have dis-
appeared.
* “Cutting-out knives”: none.
*t 11 Scissors”: K XVI C, 10 (body H); the prong-part only.
*t Tweezers: none.
*y Knives: K XVI C, 56, xxxix (a model); K 1622, K 1625.
n Needle: K 1620.
* Earring (coiled metal type): none.
y Earring (plain metal): none.
*fy Earring (shell or ivory): none.
Armlets, ivory: K XVI C, xxxi; K 1622, K 1631.
are marked “la?” and “1?” Indeed, I consider it probable that all the graves contained
one or two beds, except the last eight (preceding K 1628). The hide covering was rarely
found, but this again I attribute to the conditions unfavorable to its preservation, and I
assume that all the burials had been covered with hides.
(3) The objects found in k xvi
In attempting to reconstruct the archaeological group of K XVI, the condition of plun-
dering and the bad preservation of the contents of the graves and chambers must be given
full weight. The similarity in character of the objects found in the sacrificial Room C and
in the subsidiary graves, and the impossibility of determining the exact provenience of the
objects found in the tumbled debris, make it imperative to group all objects, except those
distinctly assigned to K XVI A. Thus in the following list I omit only the statuettes,
large stone vessels, and faience vessels found in the debris and assigned above to the main
burial. The objects from K XXXIIIA are discussed in Chapter XVI.
Explanation of signs:
* occurs in K III.
t occurs in K IV.
y occurs in K X
n occurs in K XVI.
Unmarked occurs in all four tumuli.
Daggers: in K XVI C, 4, 27, 35 (butt), xxxii (five butts), xxxiii (blade); in K XVI B, vi
(butt); total, 10 (?) examples.
Graves — K 1601 (rivets), K 1604 (one and a second butt), K 1615 (butt),
K 1618 (butt), K 1620, K 1621 (one and a second butt), K 1623, K 1625
(two butts), K 1630 (blade), K 1631 (two butts) — 14 examples.
N. B. The list includes six complete daggers, two bare blades and fifteen
extra dagger-butts. Thus the blades of thirteen daggers have either been re-
moved from the tumulus or else have utterly decayed. The latter appears absurd
in view of the preservation of the ivory butts.
n Dagger, with crescent butt: K 1628 (ivory butt, only).
* Mirror: none.
*y Razers, Type I: K 1611 (with wooden case), K 1622.
n Type III: K 1609.
Razor-cases: K 1621 (cf. K 1622), K 1628 (bone), K XVI C, xlvi (two; wood).
N. B. Three razors (worn) and five razor-cases. Two of the razor-cases may
belong to two of the razors, leaving three cases from which the razors have dis-
appeared.
* “Cutting-out knives”: none.
*t 11 Scissors”: K XVI C, 10 (body H); the prong-part only.
*t Tweezers: none.
*y Knives: K XVI C, 56, xxxix (a model); K 1622, K 1625.
n Needle: K 1620.
* Earring (coiled metal type): none.
y Earring (plain metal): none.
*fy Earring (shell or ivory): none.
Armlets, ivory: K XVI C, xxxi; K 1622, K 1631.