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Figure 1. — Design index of black-on-white paneled burial urn covers. 



closed with a typical undecorated lid. Sherd collections of similar 

 fragments indicate other urns of the same type were present but rare. 

 A further burial vessel was uncovered bearing a striking double 

 lizard design in raised red ware (pi. 12 and fig. 12). This particular 

 ware is typical of the site and will be discussed in greater detail 

 below. In size and shape the vessel was thought to represent second- 

 ary use of a cracked water- or grain-storage jar for burial. It con- 

 tained a poorly preserved infant skeleton but no offerings, and it 



