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MINOR TUMULI AND UNATTACHED GRAVES
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In this group, parts of the dark stone circle were perfectly preserved. The stones about
8X5X2 cm. were set close together on edge, radially to the center of the tumulus, row
after row, concentric, sloping slightly to follow the slope of the tumulus. Within this ring
of stones the tumulus was hollowed by the excavations of the plunderers, but the hollow
was usually filled fiat by the driftsand. In most of the graves there were bed-trenches.
K L. Plan III, Sheet D, northeast of K XLIII, northwest of K VIII.
Tumulus: single-chamber tumulus without subsidiary graves; diameter of ring of
dark stones, 29-30 m.; height of mound about 50 cm. all over, originally
higher; chamber, near center.
Grave: rectangular (slightly wider on west), 350 X 200 cm. = area of 7 sq. m.,
sunk 150 cm. in alluvium; orient., 13° south of east.
Burial: absolutely empty.
K LI. Plan V, Sheet C, sect. L-i, northwest of K L and westernmost of row made by
K LI, K XII, K III, K IV, K XV. See also Plan III.
Tumulus: single-chamber tumulus, without subsidiary graves; diameter of ring of
dark stones, about 29 m.; height of mound above alluvium, 80 cm.
(originally about 100-150 cm.); chamber, near center; large quartzite
cone, 100 X 80 cm. and 130 cm. high.
Grave: rectangular, 580 X 285 cm. = area of 16.5 sq. m., sunk 170 cm. in
alluvium (250 cm. below present top of mound); orient., 15° north of
east.
Burial: completely cleared; quartzite cone lying on debris in west end of grave.
K LIL Plan VII, Sheet F, sect. EF-m.
Tumulus: single-chamber type; diameter of dark stone ring ca. 16-17 m.; height
of mound above alluvium about 40 cm. at ring, originally much higher;
large quartzite cone in debris in the grave, 80 X 90 cm. and 130 cm.
high.
Grave: rectangular, 270 X 160 cm., = area of 4.3 sq. m., sunk 140 cm. in
alluvium; orient., 12° north of east.
Burial: cleared out, but between the quartzite block and the east wall lay a dis-
turbed body nearly complete.
Objects: i, ii, in the debris.
i. Six large ball-beads of blue faience, measuring in diameter, 47 mm.,
44 mm., 42 mm., and the other three, 26 mm.; Su 1135.
ii. Potsherds — Bkt. beakers, thin.
2. THE GRAVES IN K CEM. B
The field of unattached graves lying north of the more important tombs, the great and
the minor tumuli, was designated K Cem. B. The growth and date of this cemetery has
been explained in Chapter VI. For convenience in reference, the graves are given here in
numerical order, while the place is indicated by references to the situation on the plans. It
is to be noted that the graves on Plan VII, Sheet F are included in K Cem. B west; those
on Plan V, Sheet C, in K Cem. B middle; and those on Plan IV, Sheet A, in K Cem. B
east. A large number of graves on the northern side of Plan V, Sheet C are, however,
Nubian graves and are not listed in the following pages.
507
In this group, parts of the dark stone circle were perfectly preserved. The stones about
8X5X2 cm. were set close together on edge, radially to the center of the tumulus, row
after row, concentric, sloping slightly to follow the slope of the tumulus. Within this ring
of stones the tumulus was hollowed by the excavations of the plunderers, but the hollow
was usually filled fiat by the driftsand. In most of the graves there were bed-trenches.
K L. Plan III, Sheet D, northeast of K XLIII, northwest of K VIII.
Tumulus: single-chamber tumulus without subsidiary graves; diameter of ring of
dark stones, 29-30 m.; height of mound about 50 cm. all over, originally
higher; chamber, near center.
Grave: rectangular (slightly wider on west), 350 X 200 cm. = area of 7 sq. m.,
sunk 150 cm. in alluvium; orient., 13° south of east.
Burial: absolutely empty.
K LI. Plan V, Sheet C, sect. L-i, northwest of K L and westernmost of row made by
K LI, K XII, K III, K IV, K XV. See also Plan III.
Tumulus: single-chamber tumulus, without subsidiary graves; diameter of ring of
dark stones, about 29 m.; height of mound above alluvium, 80 cm.
(originally about 100-150 cm.); chamber, near center; large quartzite
cone, 100 X 80 cm. and 130 cm. high.
Grave: rectangular, 580 X 285 cm. = area of 16.5 sq. m., sunk 170 cm. in
alluvium (250 cm. below present top of mound); orient., 15° north of
east.
Burial: completely cleared; quartzite cone lying on debris in west end of grave.
K LIL Plan VII, Sheet F, sect. EF-m.
Tumulus: single-chamber type; diameter of dark stone ring ca. 16-17 m.; height
of mound above alluvium about 40 cm. at ring, originally much higher;
large quartzite cone in debris in the grave, 80 X 90 cm. and 130 cm.
high.
Grave: rectangular, 270 X 160 cm., = area of 4.3 sq. m., sunk 140 cm. in
alluvium; orient., 12° north of east.
Burial: cleared out, but between the quartzite block and the east wall lay a dis-
turbed body nearly complete.
Objects: i, ii, in the debris.
i. Six large ball-beads of blue faience, measuring in diameter, 47 mm.,
44 mm., 42 mm., and the other three, 26 mm.; Su 1135.
ii. Potsherds — Bkt. beakers, thin.
2. THE GRAVES IN K CEM. B
The field of unattached graves lying north of the more important tombs, the great and
the minor tumuli, was designated K Cem. B. The growth and date of this cemetery has
been explained in Chapter VI. For convenience in reference, the graves are given here in
numerical order, while the place is indicated by references to the situation on the plans. It
is to be noted that the graves on Plan VII, Sheet F are included in K Cem. B west; those
on Plan V, Sheet C, in K Cem. B middle; and those on Plan IV, Sheet A, in K Cem. B
east. A large number of graves on the northern side of Plan V, Sheet C are, however,
Nubian graves and are not listed in the following pages.