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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: burial |
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| Location: cut into walls of Sp. 229 and B.49 |
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This appears to be an EW oriented Byzantine period burial. The skeleton is in fair to poor condition, but there are well preserved grave goods- a bronze disk above the head, a gold ? Pendant possible held in the left hand. Under the feet nests a glass vase which has been treated by the conservators, but was already broken. There is a large pile of hobnails to the right of the right foot- however these may have been confused in location during excavation. Some are still in situ.
The grave was dug within a Neolithic double wall with the feet extending across the corner of a room and into the perpendicular wall. The head and right shoulder protrude through the plaster into space 229.
A conundrum: there is plaster, perfectly aligned with the wall surfaces apparently placed back within the cut after the placing of the body. It overlies the right humerus particularly clearly and is the reason why the burial was not previously spotted. |
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| In situ Conservation: Yes |
| Lifted: Yes |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 1613, 1616 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 113 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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