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Tarkhan Tomb 315 (plan and section)

Dating: Dynasty 0 or early First Dynasty (about 3000 BC)

Finds: Pottery, jar with a king's name, stone vases, a bull's horn in the middle of the tomb, a gazelle skull in the corner

(for the pottery click on the plan)

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Petrie 1913: 8, pl. LX

Further reading:
Wilkinson 1996: 72 (mentioned that Tarkhan tomb 315 belonged to a person of high status)

Measurements of the tomb: 152 x 304 x 139 (depth) cm

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