Predynastic Cemetery, N7000

The Predynastic Cemetery, N7000, at Naga-ed-Dêr, Egypt


Grave 7068 ilustrated in Lythgoe & Dunham (1965).
Lower case letters are L&D figure numbers, not burials.
Cemetery N7000: Grave 7068.1
GRAVE: 7068.1 GRID SQUARE: D-4 SPATIAL CLUSTER: 2 TIME PHASE: 0
# BURIALS: 4 GRAVE SHAPE: Irregular AZIMUTH: 10 E LENGTH: 1.2
WIDTH: 0.8 GRAVE ARCHITECTURE: None CERAMICS: None found PALETTE: None found
OTHER: In situ COMMENTS: 3 burial episodes.
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Burials in Grave 7068.1
Grave Burial UCLMA
Number
Age Sex Age / Sex by Burial Position Disturbance
Location
Upper
Matting
Lower
Matting
Ceramics Palette Other
Artifacts
Comments
7068.1 A Adult Male A. Lythgoe Flexed, left side Upper body Not present. Type I None found None found In situ Leather pouch and steatite beads. Earlier than B-C.
7068.1 B 12-4930 Adult Female A. Lythgoe Flexed, left side Intact Not present. Type I None found None found None found Contemp. with C; later than A. Sex not positive.
7068.1 C Sub-adult Female A. Lythgoe Flexed, left side Intact Not present. Type I None found None found None found Contemporary with B; malachite stained skull. Sex not positive.
7068.1 D Sub-adult Unknown/unrecorded Lythgoe/n.s. Flexed, left side Intact Not present. Not present. None found None found None found Later than B and C (and A).

Beads/Amulets from Grave 7068.1
Grave Burial UCLMA
Card #
Original
Item #
Adjusted
Item #
Record Status Count Material Shape Location
in Grave
L&D 1965
Illustration
Comments
7068.1 A No catalog card ever made at UCLMA. 15 Steatite Lozenge Neck 15g, h2/1,2 Card lists 2 carnelian beads.