J. F. Daniel, Bamboula VII Mar.–May 1939John Franklin Daniel

TOMB 12

29.3.39 Mi 151 | 1. | Gold ear-ring, leech-shaped. Complete. l. 0.0253 , w. 0.025 24k., 20.5 gr. East, 0.80 below surface (N. group)

30.3.39 Not cat. M 1042 | 2. | Bronze tweezers. Broken. N. group Not cat. M 1044 | 3. | double ring. Bronze, broken. N. group Mi 173 | 4. | Ivory object consisting of 2 superimposed discs, one 0.05³⁹ 0.05 one 0.044 in diam. N-W center, under bones running toward west skull (N. or W. group) M 216 | 5. | Bronze chisel. West center, just E. of Wh. Sh. II bowls + of trefoil jug. On stone, with S.E. skeletons. Mi 176 | 6.a | steatite spindle whorl. E., below level of skulls. Diam. 0.0155 Mi 177 | 6b. | Do. do. With 6a. Diam 0.0183 Mi 178 | 7. | bone disc. diam. 0.0169. East group.

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Tomb 12 lies 0.80 m. south of Tomb 9. Bed-rock (sand) is found 0.25 m below the surface, and pottery begins to appear 0.25 m. below (0.50 below surface) in the west.

29.3.39| In the east burnt earth, a patch only, appears 0.80 below the surface. The gold ear-ring, p. 52, #1, is found at this level.

31.3.39 We have made some progress in clearing Tomb 12, which is apparently completely unplundered. Two skeletons are found stretched out at length in the S-E part of the tomb. These seem to be the latest burials in the tomb. One Wh. Sh. II, one B.R., and one plain pot seem to belong with them (# 11, 12, 13).

In the west there + bones is a large mass of pottery, including L.H. III A. This seems to be the remnant of early burials, swept away to make room for later ones.

In the N and N-E part of the tomb is another group of objects, partly fusing with the W. group. It seems to be of L.C. I date.

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