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TEXTILES AND MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
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smaller pendants of mother-of-pearl, which were also related to the C-group. In the
Egyptian Cemetery, the use of mother-of-pearl and similar shell was confined to the open
rings, described in Chapter XXIX, p. 28.
Natural shells were found used as a substitute for beads and pendants and these were
of the Red Sea species usual in the Nubian graves of the C-group.1 The cowrie (Cypraea)
was relatively rare.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
K III, debris (13-12-306). One nerita.
K 414:x.
KXB:20.
KX B:28.
K XB -.42.
KXB:57.
KX B: 224.
K X B:297.
KXB:312.
KXB:377.
KXB:380.
KXB:382.
One oliva (ancillaria); 1., 28 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 22.
Two nerita.
Two conus; 1., 30 mm. Photo. A 2140, Nos. 20, 21.
Six cypraea.
Thirteen conus; 1., 9-12 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 25.
One mamma; small.
Eight nerita; 1., 13-20 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 26.
One oliva; 1., 28 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 23.
One mamma; 1., 30 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 24.
Two nerita; small.
One nerita.
13.
14.
15.
K 1095.
K XIX: 28.
K XXVII: v.
Two mamma; 1., about 37 mm.
One mamma; 1., about 52 mm.
Half of large mussel-shell (mutela).
In the Nubian Cemetery, there were several long necklaces entirely of nm’ta-shells; conus,
mamma, and cypraea also occurred.
8. VEGETABLE REMAINS
The conditions in which the original offerings of food were placed in the graves at Kerma
militated against their preservation. Although the jars in which they were usually placed
had been originally closed with disc-lids, they had in general become filled with earth, as
a result of the plundering, and by the seepage of rain-water subjected to moisture which
had been retained by the vessel. Thus in most cases, the original contents were discernible
merely as decayed organic matter. Samples of all these have been carefully preserved, but
it may well be doubted whether many of them can ever be identified. A few appeared to
be husks of grain (K 1088, inside 9). In the debris, one small dried fruit (K III comp. 4/1)
and a few date seeds were found, but it was impossible to determine whether they were in-
trusive or not. Otherwise, the only definitely identified remains were two kernels of the
fruit of the ddm-palm (K 1043: v; Photo. A 1004, No. 5, PL- 67, 1, No. 5), and a third
kernel perhaps also of the dom, but a little smaller and more slender (K308:x; Photo.
A 2179, No. 10, Pl. 66, 2, No. 10).
See Juncker, Kubanieh, p. 99.
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smaller pendants of mother-of-pearl, which were also related to the C-group. In the
Egyptian Cemetery, the use of mother-of-pearl and similar shell was confined to the open
rings, described in Chapter XXIX, p. 28.
Natural shells were found used as a substitute for beads and pendants and these were
of the Red Sea species usual in the Nubian graves of the C-group.1 The cowrie (Cypraea)
was relatively rare.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
K III, debris (13-12-306). One nerita.
K 414:x.
KXB:20.
KX B:28.
K XB -.42.
KXB:57.
KX B: 224.
K X B:297.
KXB:312.
KXB:377.
KXB:380.
KXB:382.
One oliva (ancillaria); 1., 28 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 22.
Two nerita.
Two conus; 1., 30 mm. Photo. A 2140, Nos. 20, 21.
Six cypraea.
Thirteen conus; 1., 9-12 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 25.
One mamma; small.
Eight nerita; 1., 13-20 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 26.
One oliva; 1., 28 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 23.
One mamma; 1., 30 mm. Photo. A 2140, No. 24.
Two nerita; small.
One nerita.
13.
14.
15.
K 1095.
K XIX: 28.
K XXVII: v.
Two mamma; 1., about 37 mm.
One mamma; 1., about 52 mm.
Half of large mussel-shell (mutela).
In the Nubian Cemetery, there were several long necklaces entirely of nm’ta-shells; conus,
mamma, and cypraea also occurred.
8. VEGETABLE REMAINS
The conditions in which the original offerings of food were placed in the graves at Kerma
militated against their preservation. Although the jars in which they were usually placed
had been originally closed with disc-lids, they had in general become filled with earth, as
a result of the plundering, and by the seepage of rain-water subjected to moisture which
had been retained by the vessel. Thus in most cases, the original contents were discernible
merely as decayed organic matter. Samples of all these have been carefully preserved, but
it may well be doubted whether many of them can ever be identified. A few appeared to
be husks of grain (K 1088, inside 9). In the debris, one small dried fruit (K III comp. 4/1)
and a few date seeds were found, but it was impossible to determine whether they were in-
trusive or not. Otherwise, the only definitely identified remains were two kernels of the
fruit of the ddm-palm (K 1043: v; Photo. A 1004, No. 5, PL- 67, 1, No. 5), and a third
kernel perhaps also of the dom, but a little smaller and more slender (K308:x; Photo.
A 2179, No. 10, Pl. 66, 2, No. 10).
See Juncker, Kubanieh, p. 99.