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b) Figured weft-rib, 2-ply. Figure warp. Ground
beige-yellow. Pattern red and white, indistinct.
c) Figured weft-rib, 2-ply, figure warp. Weft
twisted or untwisted. Ground beige. Pattern
red, indistinct.
d) Figured weft-rib, 2-ply, figure warp. Ground
beige. Pattern red, indistinct. Western origin.
e) Patterned warp-rib, selvage. Ground grey; pat-
tern red, bluish green, black, indistinct. One
Chinese character interwoven.
f) Small separate strip. Figure warp-rib, selvage.
Ground deep blue. Pattern white, red, bluish
green. Chinese origin.
Pl. 18: 1.

7. A: 7-8. Two stoppers, which were inserted in
the mummy's nostrils. Made of felt
wound round with red silk. L. about 5 cm. Pl.
25: 9—10.

Grave 7 B.

7. B: 1. Fragments of white felt from coat,
slightly rugged, edged with strip of
figured silk, weft-rib, red and grey. Folded edg-
ing around corners. Shape and pattern indistinct.

7. B: 2. Fragm. of greyish yellow woollen
fabric in plain weave, from trousers.

7. B: 3. Strip, composed of two pieces of red
silk taffeta sewn together, with two
strips of undyed silk taffeta attached.

7. B: 4. Piece of undyed slippery silk, in plain
weave, of a kind often used as lining.
(Cf. 7. A: 1).

7. B: 5. Piece of dark-red, loosely woven silk
in plain weave, sewn together in corn-
et shape. Was lying near corpse's head. H. 18.5
cm. W. about 10 cm.

7. B: 6. Human hair, dark brown and grey,
partly tied with red silk taffeta, sewn
together with undyed silk taffeta, the latter wider
towards the free end.

7. B: 7-8. Two small stoppers from corpse's
nostrils. Wound round with red silk
in plain weave and undyed thread. L. about 3 cm.
Pl. 25: 7—8.

7. B: 9. String of hemp or grass, tied in a loop.

Find during excavation among
poles erected on burial place 7.

7. C: 1. Two joined potsherds from rim of
small jug. Marked rim and short neck.
Light reddish-yellow ware intermixed with finely
grained sand. Diam. of mouth 12 cm. Fig. 35: 9.

I. BURIAL PLACE 6.

This burial place is also situated on the western side of The Small River, only
1800 m. from Burial place No. 7, and 6 km. SW of No. 5. It is surrounded by sand
and dry tamarisk mounds in a landscape of the utmost barrenness, Pl. XII a. I first
came across this site on my way to Burial place 5 when I brought away some of the
contents of Grave 6 A, but only after having completed the examination of the other
graves in the region did I undertake the principal survey.

Grave 6 A.

The richest grave, 6 A, lies between 6 B and 6 C. The coffin was exposed in the
sand, and was made of half a hollowed out poplar trunk, 2.1×0.65 m., with nearly
oval end-boards and a lid of one or two long boards that had been covered with
brushwood. On Pl. XII b a part of the emptied coffin is seen on the extreme left.
The situation of the coffin was S 80°W —N 80°E, the head being placed in the
eastern end.

The corpse was that of a woman, as seen from the dress and the accessories. The
skull has been handed over to Prof. Backman for examination. Very little remained
of the corpse save the skeleton.

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