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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
Other graves:
107. KXXLx.
108. KXXXV:x.
109. K 3501:3.
110. K 3501:x.
111. K XXXIX: 6.
112. KXL:x.
113. KXLI:x.
114a. K B 15: x.
114b. K B 28: i.
115. K B 36:1.
116. K B 80:4.
117. KB 86: 3.
118. K91:x.
119. K 105: x.
120. K 5431: 2.
121. K 5603:x.
122. K 6005:x.
123. KM9:x.
124. KM 48: 2
125. KN 26:1.
126. KN35:x.
Ivory butt.
Ivory butt.
Complete; 1., 39.5 cm.; in front of thighs of A; Photo. B 2308, 2309, No. 1.
Pl. 50, 1-1.
Complete with scabbard; 1., 24.5 cm.; probably from B; Photo. B 2308,
2309, No. 7.
Grip and butt, decayed; length of blade, 36.1 cm.; on waist of B.
Fragment of leather scabbard.
Ivory butt and bronze rivet.
Ivory butt.
Bronze dagger, wooden grip, ivory butt; in a one-piece leather scabbard,
stained red; 1., 24.5 cm.; Photo. B 2308, 2309, No. 7. Pl. 50, 1-7.
*Crescent-butt; grip decayed; length of blade, 22.8 cm.; Photo. B 2307,
No. 5.
*Crescent-butt; grip decayed; leather scabbard; length of blade, 25.5 cm.;
at thighs of body A; Photo. A 2852, No. 3.
Butt of middle form; grip decayed; in scabbard; original length, ca.
38 cm.; before waist of A; Photo. A 2852, No. 1.
Long butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt; complete; remains of scabbard; 1., 30.5 cm.; in front of
burial. Photo. A 2852, No. 2.
Blade; 1., 23.5 cm.; Photo. A 2852, No. 5.
Long ivory butt.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt; complete; tortoise-shell grip, covered with gold at top;
rivets, covered with gold; remains of scabbard; 1., 16.7 cm.; between
thighs of boy, body A; Photo. A 2852, No. 4.
*Crescent-butt; complete, in scabbard attached to girdle at front of waist
of chief and only body; 1., ca. 20 cm.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
(2) Ceremonial spear
Only one spear was found at Kerma, and that was a small ceremonial weapon buried
with a young girl, the chief body in a Nubian burial. The butt was as long as the blade,
was hollow, and still contained the end of the wooden shaft. The butt was continued as a
heavy mid-rib with diminishing oval section to the broad tip. The blade consisted of this
tapering mid-rib flanked on each side by a narrow edge. The mid-rib was decorated with
incised cross-hatched lines and the whole blade was gilded. The butt had a slit on one side.
The spear was wrought, not cast, and finished with a pointed implement.
1. K 5611: 28. Length of head, 15.5 cm.; length of wooden shaft, about 100 cm.; at 1.5 cm.
from tip, 10 X 3 mm.; at widest part, 22 X 6 mm.; just below blade,
9 X 6 mm.; diameter of end of butt, 16 mm.; diameter of shaft, 12 mm.;
shaft enters, 6.9 cm. into butt; length of slit, 5.4 cm.; small rivet fastening
shaft in butt, at 0.5 cm. from end of butt. Lying on bed in front of chief
burial, a young girl. Photo. B 2641, No. 8.
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
Other graves:
107. KXXLx.
108. KXXXV:x.
109. K 3501:3.
110. K 3501:x.
111. K XXXIX: 6.
112. KXL:x.
113. KXLI:x.
114a. K B 15: x.
114b. K B 28: i.
115. K B 36:1.
116. K B 80:4.
117. KB 86: 3.
118. K91:x.
119. K 105: x.
120. K 5431: 2.
121. K 5603:x.
122. K 6005:x.
123. KM9:x.
124. KM 48: 2
125. KN 26:1.
126. KN35:x.
Ivory butt.
Ivory butt.
Complete; 1., 39.5 cm.; in front of thighs of A; Photo. B 2308, 2309, No. 1.
Pl. 50, 1-1.
Complete with scabbard; 1., 24.5 cm.; probably from B; Photo. B 2308,
2309, No. 7.
Grip and butt, decayed; length of blade, 36.1 cm.; on waist of B.
Fragment of leather scabbard.
Ivory butt and bronze rivet.
Ivory butt.
Bronze dagger, wooden grip, ivory butt; in a one-piece leather scabbard,
stained red; 1., 24.5 cm.; Photo. B 2308, 2309, No. 7. Pl. 50, 1-7.
*Crescent-butt; grip decayed; length of blade, 22.8 cm.; Photo. B 2307,
No. 5.
*Crescent-butt; grip decayed; leather scabbard; length of blade, 25.5 cm.;
at thighs of body A; Photo. A 2852, No. 3.
Butt of middle form; grip decayed; in scabbard; original length, ca.
38 cm.; before waist of A; Photo. A 2852, No. 1.
Long butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt; complete; remains of scabbard; 1., 30.5 cm.; in front of
burial. Photo. A 2852, No. 2.
Blade; 1., 23.5 cm.; Photo. A 2852, No. 5.
Long ivory butt.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
*Crescent-butt; complete; tortoise-shell grip, covered with gold at top;
rivets, covered with gold; remains of scabbard; 1., 16.7 cm.; between
thighs of boy, body A; Photo. A 2852, No. 4.
*Crescent-butt; complete, in scabbard attached to girdle at front of waist
of chief and only body; 1., ca. 20 cm.
*Crescent-butt, ivory.
(2) Ceremonial spear
Only one spear was found at Kerma, and that was a small ceremonial weapon buried
with a young girl, the chief body in a Nubian burial. The butt was as long as the blade,
was hollow, and still contained the end of the wooden shaft. The butt was continued as a
heavy mid-rib with diminishing oval section to the broad tip. The blade consisted of this
tapering mid-rib flanked on each side by a narrow edge. The mid-rib was decorated with
incised cross-hatched lines and the whole blade was gilded. The butt had a slit on one side.
The spear was wrought, not cast, and finished with a pointed implement.
1. K 5611: 28. Length of head, 15.5 cm.; length of wooden shaft, about 100 cm.; at 1.5 cm.
from tip, 10 X 3 mm.; at widest part, 22 X 6 mm.; just below blade,
9 X 6 mm.; diameter of end of butt, 16 mm.; diameter of shaft, 12 mm.;
shaft enters, 6.9 cm. into butt; length of slit, 5.4 cm.; small rivet fastening
shaft in butt, at 0.5 cm. from end of butt. Lying on bed in front of chief
burial, a young girl. Photo. B 2641, No. 8.