Not more than two skeletons have ever been found under a single cover; and in these cases they were the skeletons of a male and a female.

Children were interred separately, under covers about half the size of those for adults.

Tombs of this kind commonly occur at some considerable depth.

None were discovered at Mugheir nearer the surface than seven or eight feet.
The third kind of tomb, common both at Mugheir and at Telel-Lahm, is almost as eccentric as the preceding.

Two large open-mouthed jars (a and b), shaped like the largest of the water-jars at present in use at Baghdad, are taken, and the body is disposed inside them with the usual accompaniments of dishes, vases, and ornaments.