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

Grave 7595 ilustrated in Lythgoe & Dunham (1965).
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Cemetery N7000: Grave 7595
GRAVE:	7595	GRID SQUARE:	C-5	SPATIAL CLUSTER:	2	TIME PHASE:	2
# BURIALS:	2	GRAVE SHAPE:	Ovoid	AZIMUTH:	13 W	LENGTH:	1
WIDTH:	0.8	GRAVE ARCHITECTURE:	Twig lined walls	CERAMICS:	In situ	PALETTE:	None found
OTHER:	In situ	COMMENTS:	Flint knives; bone tool. 4 boulders on top.
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Burials in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Number	Age	Sex	Age / Sex by	Burial Position	Disturbance Location	Upper Matting	Lower Matting	Ceramics	Palette	Other Artifacts	Comments
7595	A		Adult	Unknown/unrecorded	Podzorski/n.s.	Fetal, left side	Head/neck/arms	Unidentified	Unidentified	In situ	None found	In situ	Flint knives, bone rubbing implement, stone jar blanks.
7595	B		Adult	Unknown/unrecorded	Podzorski/n.s.	Fetal, left side	Not recorded	Unidentified	Unidentified	In situ	None found	In situ	Basket. Record incomplete. May be contemporary with A.

C¹⁴ Samples from Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	Item Description	Sample #	Raw Date	1 Σ Calibrated	2 Σ Calibrated	Confidence	Action
7595	A	Grain Cakes.	AA36031				N/A	Full Record

Animal Bone in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Count	Item Description	Offering	Location	Record Status	Length	Width	Comments
7595		6-12116			Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Horn dagger	Y	Uncertain			L.M.A. Card calls this a spike horn offering. Field notes missing from this grave.
7595		6-12117			Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	7	Spike horn and leg bones	Y	Uncertain			No item number. The spike horn is probably a duplicate of 6-12116. Leg bones shown in 176a.
7595		6-4260			Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Bone implement	N	Uncertain	10.0	4.0	Cut piece of rib. Probably some kind of rubbing implement.
7595		6-4261			Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Bone implement	N	Uncertain	9.0	1.0	Slightly curved piece.
7595		6-4262			Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	7	Bone implement	N	Uncertain			Worked. One or possibly two of the four pieces in figure 176d. These may be rubbing tools.

Ceramics in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	Corpus Form	Item Description	Location	Shape	Ware Type	Rim Diam.	Max Diam.	Base Diam.	Height
7595			7595-i	7595-i	No catalog card ever made at UCLMA.	R91A	Rough BrW jar	Fill	Restricted mouth jar/bottle	R		14.5		26
7595			7595-ii	7595-ii	No catalog card ever made at UCLMA.		BkT jar	Fill	Open mouth jar	B		9.5		11.5
7595		6-4266	7595-3	7595-iii	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	B1F	Red dish	Fill	Bowl, dish, or cup	P		12		6
7595		6-4267	7595-4	7595-iv	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	B35H	BkT jar	Fill	Open mouth jar	B	9	11
7595		6-4270	7595-5	7595-v	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	P65A	Red jar	Unspecified	Unknown/unrecorded	P

Chipped Stone Artifacts in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	# Pcs.	Item Description	Location	Lgth	Illustration	Comments
7595		6-4257	7595	7595-12	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Flint knife	W side of grave	12.0	175b	1 of 2 flint knives visible on photo, but not listed in the incomplete field record.
7595		6-4259	7595	7595-13	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Flint knife	W side of grave	14.0	175b	Curved. Well flaked. Found associated with another flint knife, a coiled basket and a grain cake.

Groundstone Artifacts in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	# Pcs.	Item Description	Location	Rim Diam.	Max Diam.	Height	Illustration	Comments
7595			7595-vii	7595-vii	No catalog card ever made at UCLMA.	1	Pink granite grinder (or jar blank)	Fill
7595			7595-vii	7595-xxi	No catalog card ever made at UCLMA.	1	Limestone jar blank (or grinder)	Fill					Possibly a stone vessel blank.
7595		6-4263	7595-vii	7595-xviii	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Stone jar blank (or grinder)	W side					UCLMA card describes as 'Limestone, piece shaped but not boned [bored?] for jar, broken.' 1 of 3.
7595		6-4264	7595-vii	7595-xix	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	1	Stone jar blank (or grinder)	W side			11.0

Organic Artifacts in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	Item Description	Location	Illustration	Comments
7595		6-12120	7595	7595-10	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	Grain cakes	W side of grave(?)	176a, c	Found near the spike horn, in the remains of a basket.
7595		6-12121	7595	7595-11	Descriptions and numbers in L&D and UCLMA match.	Bark	Uncertain		Long, triangular strip of bark and two smaller ones. Part of bark lining from this grave?

Shell Artifacts in Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	Quantity	Genus species	Description	Location	Length	Comments
7595			7595-vi	7595-vi	No catalog card ever made at UCLMA.	2		Clam shells	Fill

Stones/Pebbles from Grave 7595
Grave	Burial	UCLMA Card #	Original Item #	Adjusted Item #	Record Status	# Pcs.	Item Description	Location	Comments
7595		6-4268	7595	7595-17		1	Sanding stone(?)	Uncertain	Piece of light weight yellowish stone, like pumice. This is not mentioned by L&D, but the record for this grave is incomplete. It may be a tool for smoothing the groundstone jars.