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Burial customs from late Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate
Period (about 1850 - 1550 BC)
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At the end of the Twelfth Dynasty burial customs again changed dramatically. Many previously typical burial goods disappear, while others come into use.
Notably, coffin texts and wooden models disappear.
There are now two main types of burials:
1. Court-type burials: these are burials of the highest officials and members of the court
2. Other burials, also with new features, but no standard set of burial goods
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a disturbed tomb; some faience
figures might have a magical function
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a disturbed tomb; religious texts were found written
on jars
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a disturbed court type burial, with royal insignia
(mace head, flagellum),
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the 'tomb of the two brothers'; burial ensemble with
anthropo-morphic
and box coffins |
burial with golden pendants in the shape of fish,
a popular amulet in elite burials
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examples of burials from different places; the main
burial goods are pottery, jewellery and stone vessels
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