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Badari Tomb 5313

date: early First Intermediate Period (about 2100 BC)

undisturbed tomb of a pregnant woman

measurements: 0.66 x 1.78 x 3.58 m (shaft)
0.71 x 1.78 x 0.66 m (the chamber)

the finds

Brunton 1927: 37

There are some problems concerning the finds of the tomb and the objects in the museum. Brunton describes: 'Bracelets of tiny blue glaze beads with hands'. The amulets in the museum marked as coming from tomb 5313 are two legs.


 

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