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MINOR TUMULI AND UNATTACHED GRAVES
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K XXXIX. Plan IV (continued).
Objects:
In the debris:
+xii. Bowl, B. P. XVII-1; 14-3-959.
xiii. Small pot, distorted, Blk. W. XVII-3; 14-3-961a.
+xiv. Small pot, Blk. W. XVII-3; 14-3-1269.
+xv. Wide pot, B. C. R. J. XXI-1; 14-3-1268.
Subsidiary Grave: K 3902, a circular pit at SW corner of main grave; diam., 270 cm.,
sunk about 50 cm. in alluvium; empty.
Comment: it is quite clear from the objects (Bkt. ware and forms, dagger, beads,
bed-inlay, statuette, and faience fragments, closely related toKX; and
large jars, related to K XVI, etc.) that K XXXIX should be placed be-
tween K X and K XVI. It is extremely improbable that there was a
multiple ram-sacrifice as bones would surely have been found. The
empty space at the foot of the bed, completely plundered, may well have
contained statuettes, stone vessels, faience vessels, and other valuable
offerings.
K XL. Plan IV, Sheet A, sect. B-e.
Tumulus: single-grave type; diameter of stone circle, ca. 30 m.; height of mound
above alluvium, 30 cm.; grave in SW sector of mound; construction as
K XXI, etc.
Grave: rectangular, 505 X 395 cm. = area of 19.9+ sq. m., sunk 190 cm. in
alluvium; orient., 2° south of east.
Burial: completely cleared out.
Objects: all found in the debris.
i. Scarab, green glazed steatite; Seals 11-65; 14-2-1105.
ii. Scarab, ivory; Seals, 94; 14-3-895.
iii. Fragments of alabaster vessels; 14-3-892.
a. Large pear-shaped, Type 1-1.
b. Small cylindrical, Type III—1.
iv. Fragment leather dagger-scabbard; 14-3-893.
v. Pair of rawhide sandals, decorated with dotted lines; 1., 27.4 cm. (man’s
size); 14-3-891.
vi. Bone awl, fragment; L, 4.2+ cm.; 14-3-894.
vii. Lump of red mineral color; 14-3-896.
viii. Beads: 73 disc-beads of white shell.
ix. Potsherds — Bkt., R. W., K. W., and Blk. W.
Comment: about date of K XXXIX, perhaps earlier; adjacent on the east and
northeast and perhaps related are the small tumuli K B 33/1 and
K B 33/2.
K XLI. Plan VII, Sheet F, sect. C-k, quite close to eastern edge of K V.
Tumulus: single-chamber type; diam., 8-9 m., denuded on south, covered with
sand on north; height of mound above alluvium, 90 cm. (not much less
than original height).
Grave: rectangular, 335 X 290cm. = area of 9.7 sq.m.; the depth measure-
ment was not written down, by an oversight, but was from memory,
about 120-150 cm. in the alluvium; orient., 10° north of east.
Burial: entirely cleared out.
505
K XXXIX. Plan IV (continued).
Objects:
In the debris:
+xii. Bowl, B. P. XVII-1; 14-3-959.
xiii. Small pot, distorted, Blk. W. XVII-3; 14-3-961a.
+xiv. Small pot, Blk. W. XVII-3; 14-3-1269.
+xv. Wide pot, B. C. R. J. XXI-1; 14-3-1268.
Subsidiary Grave: K 3902, a circular pit at SW corner of main grave; diam., 270 cm.,
sunk about 50 cm. in alluvium; empty.
Comment: it is quite clear from the objects (Bkt. ware and forms, dagger, beads,
bed-inlay, statuette, and faience fragments, closely related toKX; and
large jars, related to K XVI, etc.) that K XXXIX should be placed be-
tween K X and K XVI. It is extremely improbable that there was a
multiple ram-sacrifice as bones would surely have been found. The
empty space at the foot of the bed, completely plundered, may well have
contained statuettes, stone vessels, faience vessels, and other valuable
offerings.
K XL. Plan IV, Sheet A, sect. B-e.
Tumulus: single-grave type; diameter of stone circle, ca. 30 m.; height of mound
above alluvium, 30 cm.; grave in SW sector of mound; construction as
K XXI, etc.
Grave: rectangular, 505 X 395 cm. = area of 19.9+ sq. m., sunk 190 cm. in
alluvium; orient., 2° south of east.
Burial: completely cleared out.
Objects: all found in the debris.
i. Scarab, green glazed steatite; Seals 11-65; 14-2-1105.
ii. Scarab, ivory; Seals, 94; 14-3-895.
iii. Fragments of alabaster vessels; 14-3-892.
a. Large pear-shaped, Type 1-1.
b. Small cylindrical, Type III—1.
iv. Fragment leather dagger-scabbard; 14-3-893.
v. Pair of rawhide sandals, decorated with dotted lines; 1., 27.4 cm. (man’s
size); 14-3-891.
vi. Bone awl, fragment; L, 4.2+ cm.; 14-3-894.
vii. Lump of red mineral color; 14-3-896.
viii. Beads: 73 disc-beads of white shell.
ix. Potsherds — Bkt., R. W., K. W., and Blk. W.
Comment: about date of K XXXIX, perhaps earlier; adjacent on the east and
northeast and perhaps related are the small tumuli K B 33/1 and
K B 33/2.
K XLI. Plan VII, Sheet F, sect. C-k, quite close to eastern edge of K V.
Tumulus: single-chamber type; diam., 8-9 m., denuded on south, covered with
sand on north; height of mound above alluvium, 90 cm. (not much less
than original height).
Grave: rectangular, 335 X 290cm. = area of 9.7 sq.m.; the depth measure-
ment was not written down, by an oversight, but was from memory,
about 120-150 cm. in the alluvium; orient., 10° north of east.
Burial: entirely cleared out.