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
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Element Side
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Individual Profile

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

Dentition

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

¹⁴C Material
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¹⁴C BP
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¹⁴C Cal 95%
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¹⁴C Lab Name
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¹⁴C Lab ID
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pMC
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C Amount
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Oxygen & Carbon Isotopes

δ¹⁸O (carb, VPDB) ‰
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δ¹⁸O (carb, VSMOW) ‰
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δ¹⁸O (phos, VSMOW) ‰
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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) ‰
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δ¹⁵N (collagen) ‰
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%C
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%N
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C/N Ratio
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Collagen Yield (%)
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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
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Created At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Updated At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Record ID
37