Tombs

Tomb 27:

           Tomb 27 is a horizontal chamber with no features.  Length is 2,910 mm, width is 2,930 mm, and height is 2,050 mm.  It is a robbed-out tomb, but with sufficient scattered skeletal fragments to indicate a male occupant aged 20 to 30 years.  The tomb contained 2 glass shards as well as modern trash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomb 28:

           Tomb 28 is a horizontal shaft tomb, with a stone cut grave in the floor.  Length is 890 mm, width is 620 mm, and height is 1,190 mm.  Skeletal fragments indicate a child aged 8 to 11 years.  The tomb contained no artifacts but did contain modern trash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomb 29:

           Tomb 29 is a horizontal shaft tomb that is 2,000 mm long, 700 mm wide, and 1,000 mm in height.  The tomb was robbed-out but did contain skeletal fragments, 2 glass shards, and modern trash.

Text Box: University of Arkansas Department of Anthropology


Yarmouk University Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology


The Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan











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