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THE TUMULUS K XIX
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body but made a great difference to the living person who was to be smothered by the earth
filling. These are facts as far as could be observed, and I can think of but one alternative
to the conclusion that K XIX A was the main chamber. That is, K XVI A, K XVIII A,
and K XIX B had never contained burials at all, but had been filled solely with the funerary
furniture — an alternative which approaches a reductio ad absurdum.
2. THE OBJECTS FOUND IN K XIX
At the other tumuli, certain classes of objects were marked out by their character and
quality as having been part of the burial furniture of the chief personage. Others were
recorded in connection with sacrificial bodies or in the subsidiary graves, and were treated
separately. At K XIX, subsidiary graves are entirely lacking, but the same two groups
of objects are discernible in the contents of the chambers, objects which might have be-
longed to the chief person and objects which appear to correspond with those found in the
sacrificial chambers elsewhere.
(1) Objects assigned to the chief burial, k xix a
No fragments of statuettes were found in K XIX. There were, however, thirty-two
fragments of alabaster vessels, all registered under the number, 14-1-1069.
(a) Alabaster vessels:
i. Pear-shaped jar, Type I—1, at least two of medium size.
ii. Pear-shaped, with flat bottom, Type 1-2, one example.
iii. Spherical jar with short neck, Type II-2, one example; diam., 11=*= cm.
iv. Kohl-pot, shoulder type, Type V-3, two examples; h., 7.2 cm. and 6 cm.
v. Canopic jar, Type VI-2; diam., 18=*= cm.
vi. Various indeterminable fragments of alabaster vessels.
(b) Faience:
Fragments of faience vessels were registered under the numbers, 14-1-596, 597, 1058
to 1067.
vii. Faience vessels, as follows. See Chapter XXV, Faience, Catalogue of vessels:1
Vessels Vessels
Total—at least, 12 vessels.
No.
Type
No.
Type
9
1-1
101
X
39
II-2
124
XIV
48
V-l
125
XIV
49
V-l
126
XIV
56
V-3
129
XV
62
VI-3
152
XVII-3
viii. Faience plaque (not an inlay); blue-glazed equally on both sides and edges; rectangular, a
fragment of one corner measuring 9 X 7.4 X 1.6 cm.; 14-1-1069.
(c) Necklace:
A magnificent gold and carnelian necklace was found in the southern room in the debris
about 90 cm. above the floor, which I herewith assign to the chief burial, although it might
have belonged to the principal sacrifice. It lay in a small round covered basket of about
1 Vol. VI, pp. 156-160, passim.
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body but made a great difference to the living person who was to be smothered by the earth
filling. These are facts as far as could be observed, and I can think of but one alternative
to the conclusion that K XIX A was the main chamber. That is, K XVI A, K XVIII A,
and K XIX B had never contained burials at all, but had been filled solely with the funerary
furniture — an alternative which approaches a reductio ad absurdum.
2. THE OBJECTS FOUND IN K XIX
At the other tumuli, certain classes of objects were marked out by their character and
quality as having been part of the burial furniture of the chief personage. Others were
recorded in connection with sacrificial bodies or in the subsidiary graves, and were treated
separately. At K XIX, subsidiary graves are entirely lacking, but the same two groups
of objects are discernible in the contents of the chambers, objects which might have be-
longed to the chief person and objects which appear to correspond with those found in the
sacrificial chambers elsewhere.
(1) Objects assigned to the chief burial, k xix a
No fragments of statuettes were found in K XIX. There were, however, thirty-two
fragments of alabaster vessels, all registered under the number, 14-1-1069.
(a) Alabaster vessels:
i. Pear-shaped jar, Type I—1, at least two of medium size.
ii. Pear-shaped, with flat bottom, Type 1-2, one example.
iii. Spherical jar with short neck, Type II-2, one example; diam., 11=*= cm.
iv. Kohl-pot, shoulder type, Type V-3, two examples; h., 7.2 cm. and 6 cm.
v. Canopic jar, Type VI-2; diam., 18=*= cm.
vi. Various indeterminable fragments of alabaster vessels.
(b) Faience:
Fragments of faience vessels were registered under the numbers, 14-1-596, 597, 1058
to 1067.
vii. Faience vessels, as follows. See Chapter XXV, Faience, Catalogue of vessels:1
Vessels Vessels
Total—at least, 12 vessels.
No.
Type
No.
Type
9
1-1
101
X
39
II-2
124
XIV
48
V-l
125
XIV
49
V-l
126
XIV
56
V-3
129
XV
62
VI-3
152
XVII-3
viii. Faience plaque (not an inlay); blue-glazed equally on both sides and edges; rectangular, a
fragment of one corner measuring 9 X 7.4 X 1.6 cm.; 14-1-1069.
(c) Necklace:
A magnificent gold and carnelian necklace was found in the southern room in the debris
about 90 cm. above the floor, which I herewith assign to the chief burial, although it might
have belonged to the principal sacrifice. It lay in a small round covered basket of about
1 Vol. VI, pp. 156-160, passim.