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A fourth grave 5 m. NE of 6 B had been totally destroyed by the action of
weather, except some pieces of human bones lying at the side of a bunch of brush-
wood.

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All the three coffins were almost completely exposed, and it could not be ascer-
tained whether they had been buried in pits in the ground or covered by some super-
structures. It is not likely that the coffin type Fig. 26 was dug down in the
ground , it more probably stood in some kind of hut. STEIN found some evidence of
such burials (Stein 1928, L. H.).

*Enclosure near grave 6 B.*

About 20 m. to the north of Grave 6 B there were traces of a rectangular
enclosure, 6×7.5 m., lying in the same direction as the coffins. The "walls" were
marked by pieces of logs about 0.6 m. in length and lying in a row as if they had
fallen down.
Digging inside this enclosure we came across four more or less fragmentary
wooden cups of a roughly semi-globular shape and with a ring handle. They are
coarsely made and of the same type as Pl. 19: 5—6, though smaller. At that time I
was of the opinion that I was dealing with a small dwelling, but it may as well have
been a grave where everything interred save the cups had been destroyed.

LIST OF ANTIQUITIES FROM BURIAL PLACE 6

Grave 6 A.

6. A: 1. Cape of silk, fragmentary. Three
pieces preserved: back and two front
parts. Final shape somewhat unsure. The plain
part of the cape is of undyed taffeta. On
both lateral edges of the back and on the edges
of the front part towards the back there are broad
bands of prune-coloured taffeta, forming points
downwards. At the lower edge of the back a broad
straight lozenge border of taffeta in various col-
ours. From left: bluish-green, deep red, green,
prune, natural, yellowish-red (discoloured), green
and brown. The lozenges are separated by a nar-
row edging of brown rep. The border is edged at
the bottom with similar brown rep. Between the
lozenge border and the undyed silk of the cape
there runs a band in coarse warp-rib weave. This
band has red edges and in the middle is a buff
and faded green pattern, consisting of repeated
fields of checks alternating with ornamental fig-

ures of various shapes, one in each interspace (de-
tail Pl. 16: 5).
The front parts of the cape terminate at the
bottom in a border of the same kind as the back.
The finish towards the front of the border of both
parts is frayed, indefinite. The woven silk band
on the left side runs 5 cm. outside the border, on
the other side both band and border are cut off.
Towards each side of the front, corresponding to
the prune-coloured bands, are two hanging pointed
lappets, each edged on the one side with green, on
the other side with red taffeta. Cf. Fig. 22.

In the back part the full width of the fabric is
about 47 cm.

6. A: 2. Shirt of silk, consisting of back, two
front pieces and long sleeves. Bodice
of undyed, yellowish taffeta, ornamented with red
taffeta and woven red and white borders. The up-
per part of the sleeves is of the same undyed silk
as in the bodice, the lower part being of red

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