| Daily notes about recovery of elements |
2002-09-18 |
aP |
Yesterday while digging the fill of the presumed pot smash i114 and i115, we found that is was another burial labeled as a20. The pot smash belongs to a single jar as we can argue from the ware and from the thickness. Inside the jar we discovered a human body, belonging to a baby, of female sex (presence of earrings). The position is not fetal, the legs are open and the arms go down along the hips so it seems that the baby is sleeping. On the right and on the left ear lie small ring shaped bronze earrings. The bones, except for the skull are in a good state of preservation (we also found the metacarpals/fingers). Below the left foot, attached to the jar, are small salt crystals. The funerary set consisted of a pair of bronze earrings i124 and i137. No jars or bowls were found except for the jar in which the body was deposed i114. This burial may be associated with another burial that is emerging below this burial. [Input: M917AP.j] |