El-Kurru

Sudan • Human
Tooth enamel

Site & Context

Country / Region
Sudan
Site Name
El-Kurru
Cemetery / Specific Area
El-Kurru
Grave / Feature
22-1-534r (El-Kurru)
Relative Time Period
Latitude (DDM)
18.409231
Longitude (DDM)
31.771003
Elevation (m)
259

Material & Specimen

Material Type
Human
Material Specified
Tooth enamel
Bone Element
Element Side

Individual Profile

Individual Detail
22-1-534r
Sex / Species
Age (Text)
Age Category
Burial Type

Dentition

Tooth Number
I1
Tooth Side
Tooth Arch
Dental Code Abbrev.
Permanent Dentition Code
Deciduous Dentition Code
Dental Code System

Radiocarbon Dating

¹⁴C Material
¹⁴C BP
¹⁴C Cal 95%
¹⁴C Lab Name
¹⁴C Lab ID
pMC
C Amount

Oxygen & Carbon Isotopes

δ¹⁸O (carb, VPDB) ‰
δ¹⁸O (carb, VSMOW) ‰
δ¹⁸O (phos, VSMOW) ‰
δ¹⁸O (drinking water) ‰
δ¹³C (enamel apatite, VPDB) ‰
δ¹³C (bone apatite, VPDB) ‰

Strontium & Chemistry

⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr
0.707822 ± 1.4E-5
Concentration Index (CI)
Calcium (mg/L)
Strontium (mg/L)

Collagen & Composition

δ¹³C (collagen) ‰
δ¹⁵N (collagen) ‰
%C
%N
C/N Ratio
Collagen Yield (%)

Record Metadata

Source
Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, I. (2020). Isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating of human remains from El-Zuma. In M. El-Tayeb & E. Czy?ewska-Zalewska (Eds.), Early Makuria research project. El-Zuma cemetery (Vol. 1, pp. 220-227). Leiden, Brill.
Created By
System
Updated By
Created At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Updated At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Record ID
37