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Human skeletal remains

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: G 2331

Fragmentary crania and post crania

Details

  • ID
    PMAE_59289
  • Department
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Classification
    Human remains
  • Findspot
    G 2331 Y?
  • Material
    Human remains
  • Credit Line
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology number
    14-2-50/59289.0
  • Field Number
    H25
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Object owned by
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
  • Notes
    3 distal humeri ends. Packing list page HUMFA_PL1428 lists two skeletons from G 2331 Y (H13 = PMAE_59276 and H25 = PMAE_52989 + PMAE_52990?). Only one skeleton is visible in photo HUMFA_C3294_NS; it is unclear whether additional skeletal remains were found in this shaft, or if the provenance given on the packing list is in error. Peabody Museum record for PMAE_52989 indicate it contains remains of more than one individual.
  • Remarks
    RELATED SITES: G 2331; RELATED CONSTITUENTS: George A Reisner
  • Demography
    Sex (MNI) : Multiple Individuals
    Age : Adult
  • Completeness
    Cranial : Fragmentary
    Dental : Fragmentary
    Axial : Fragmentary
    Appendicular : Fragmentary
    Extremities : Fragmentary
  • Pathology
    Cranial : No
    Dental : No
    Axial : No
    Appendicular : No
    Extremities : No

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2331

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Institutions 1