Chapter XIII
, by Dr. Möller).
55. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Two adult and one child’s mummy. Like the coffin they were very much broken. Among the remains were bone and cornelian beads, and an ivory bracelet (Pl. LXXIII. 55, on the plate incorrectly 85).
56. _Rectangular child’s coffin._ Similar to No. 80.
Contents:--Mummy of an infant.
57. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Three adult mummies, which, like the coffin, were broken. With them was a wooden head-rest (Pl. LXVIII. 57); a round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 57); and a few stray beads of cornelian, faience, and bone.
58. _Rectangular dug-out coffin._ The lid was tied on with rope (Pl. LXI. 58).
Contents:--Mummy of a man.
59. _Decorated rectangular coffin._ The colouring is similar to that of No. 7, except that instead of the two goddesses at either end there are geometrical drawings (Pl. LX. 59).
Contents:--Four mummies covered with a large shroud. At the head end of the coffin, and resting on the mummies, there were: (1) a black pottery vase; (2) a red pottery biangular bowl; (3) a wooden head-rest; (4) a basket containing four dôm nuts, and a vase which had in it a piece of crystal, and a round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXVIII. 59 and Pl. LXXII. 59).
The four mummies, packed head to feet, were as follows:--
(_a_) Mummy of a woman with a scarab necklace (Pl. LXXII. 59 A); a bead necklace (Pl. LXXIII. 59); and some bead-bangles of bone and cornelian (for examples see No. 78, Pl. LXXIII). One of the scarabs upon the necklace bears the nomen of Thothmes I.
(_b_) Mummy of a child.
(_c_) Mummy of a man wrapped in very coarse linen.
(_d_) Mummy of an adult (sex difficult to ascertain).
With the mummy there was a walking-staff; in the abdomen were some dôm nuts, and a group of scarabs (Pl. LXXII. 59 D), which appear, from the string that some were still threaded upon, to have once formed a necklace. In the wrappings near the neck of the mummy were some faience and bone beads. One of the scarabs bore upon its bezel [Illustration: hieroglyph] Neb-ded-Ra, encircled by a coil pattern (cp. Scarab, B.M., No. 37730); another had the prenomen of Thothmes II, above a crouching jackal; and a third one has the _Hor-nub_ name of Thothmes I.
_Chamber (E)._
60. _Rîshi coffin._ Similar to No. 11, but of very rough workmanship.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman scantily wrapped in coarse linen.
61. _Rectangular child’s coffin._ Similar to No. 80.
Contents:--Mummy of an infant.
62. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ The outer surface of this coffin is covered with a thin paint of pinky hue. The lid is slanting on either side, has a longitudinal beam in the centre, and an upright head and foot piece on its ends (Pl. LX. 62).
Contents:--Three mummies: two were of adults lying side by side, the third of a child placed at their feet. The child’s mummy had upon its neck an amuletic necklace composed of round and barrel faience beads of red and green colour with pendant amulets of the same material, and in the centre a brown stone turtle; on the arms were bead-bangles composed of bone and faience beads; and lying near the hands, tied upon a piece of string, were two scarabs and a cowroid seal (Pl. LXXII. 62 A). One of the adult mummies had round its neck a cornelian bead necklace (Pl. LXXIII. 62); and upon the third finger of the left hand a green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 62 B).
63. _Decorated rectangular coffin._ The coloration of the detail, painted upon a strawberry-coloured ground, is similar to No. 7. On the end panels, the goddesses _Isis_ and _Nephthys_ are standing with the arms upheld (Pl. LX. 63).
Contents:--Two mummies of a man and a woman, lying side by side, and covered with a shroud. Beside the head of the woman were two grey pottery vases, and a larger one in black pottery; a dark blue faience bowl, and a wooden kohl-pot (Pl. LXVIII. 63). The woman had within the wrappings of the head a broken ivory comb (Pl. LXVIII. 63); and near the hands, lying loosely, were two cowroid seals (Pl. LXXII. 63 A). The man had no ornament upon him.
63 A. _A four-stringed musical instrument_ (Pl. LXXI. 63 A). The _neck_, _back_, and _belly_ are made of one piece of sycomore wood. The _belly_ is hollowed out like a trough, and has its two sides curved slightly inwards at the middle, thus forming a kind of waist (this was probably due to the tension of the strained skin that covered it). Across the _belly_, longitudinally, is the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ to which the lower fixed ends of the strings are attached: the tapering end of this combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ was inserted into a socket at the juncture where the _belly_ and _neck_ join, and its lower and broader end was bound to a protuberance, made for the purpose, at the extreme end of the _belly_. Near the top end of the _neck_, and into the back of it, the four _key-pegs_ for receiving the strings are inserted. The strings themselves (their lower ends being fixed to the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_), which were passed along the side of the _neck_ and twisted round the _key-pegs_, had their upper ends brought over the _neck_ and slipped under the tightened portion of the strings which pressed against the side of the _neck_ (see Fig. 92, Pl. LXXI). For a _sounding-board_, skin was stretched over the whole of the _belly_, with an aperture left at the juncture of the _belly_ and _neck_ to allow the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ to be inserted into its socket. The total length of the instrument is 1·37 metres. This particular specimen I believe to have been an actual instrument, while the others, Nos. 27, 28, and 92, were merely small models. With these models there are slight variations in the construction, but as the main idea is the same it is unnecessary to describe them.
64. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but has no traces of colour upon it.
Contents:--Mummy of a man sewn up in a shroud. Near the head a wooden head-rest; by the side a walking-staff; and under the head, wrapped in a piece of linen, were (1) a wooden kohl-pot of trefoil section, (2) a bronze razor and granular stone hone,[54] (3) a cord belt and loin cloth (Pl. LXIX. 64). On the third finger of the left hand was a blue glazed steatite scarab, mounted on gold funda: this was tied with string (Pl. LXXII. 64).
65. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but with no traces of colour.
Contents:--Two mummies of a man and woman, lying head to feet, and covered by a shroud. The mummy of the woman had a broken alabaster bowl (Pl. LXIX. 65) lying at the feet. The mummy of the man appeared to be re-wrapped, and had nothing on it.
66. _Rîshi coffin._ Shell--cut out of a tree trunk, and painted with black, red, and white bands. Lid--the detailed feather-decoration is painted in red, green, and dark blue on a white and yellow ground. The face is yellow. The longitudinal band down the centre has no inscription (Pl. LXII. 66).
Contents:--Mummy of a man.
67. _Rectangular child’s coffin._ This coffin had been enlarged, and the lid, which was made of old boards, was tied to pegs at either end of the shell.
Contents:--Mummy of a child, with knees bent.
_Chamber (A)._
68. _Semi-decorated anthropoid coffin._ Similar to No. 6 (Pl. LVIII. 68).
Contents:--A skeleton of a young man with hardly any traces of mummification visible.
69. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62 (Pl. LVIII. 69).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman much decayed.
70. _Rîshi coffin._ Similar to No. 66. The longitudinal band down the front has the _de hetep seten_ formula, but bears no name: space for the name has been left blank (Pl. LVIII. 70).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman lying flat on her back, with head turned towards the left. In front of the face, a wooden head-rest; under the cheek, a large bronze mirror. On the head was a wig of plaited hair (Pl. LXX. 70).
71. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62. The bottom of the coffin was not in place, and was lying on the floor, only partly under it.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman covered with a mat with long pile. On her right side, a wooden cylinder covered with leather and containing six musical reeds. These reeds were (1) 36·5 cms. long, with four notes; (2) 36·5 cms. long, with three notes; (3) 30·5 cms. long, with two notes; (4) 28 cms. long, with four notes on one side (three were intentionally blocked up with resinous material), and on the other side there was a hole or note; (5) 25 cms. long, with five notes (a crack mended with resinous material); (6) 23·5 cms. long, with five notes. The reeds average 12 mms. in thickness. Under the woman’s legs was a basket containing two flints, two lumps of clay, a reed kohl-pot and two wooden kohl-sticks, a piece of a wooden comb,[55] a splinter of wood, some bone and faience bead-bangles, and a small plaited lock of hair. In the womb were traces of an embryonic skeleton (Pl. LXIX. 71).
72. _Viscera box._ Similar to No. 20, with rounded lid (Pl. LXI. 72). No inscriptions.
Contents like Nos. 19 and 20.
73. _Decorated anthropoid coffin of the New Empire._ Similar in fashion to No. 23, but rougher in detail and finish (Pls. LVIII. and LXII. 73). The lid was fixed in place by wooden pegs, and it bore the name [Illustration: hieroglyph] Aahmes.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman covered with a shroud. On the right side of the head was a broken kohl-pot; and at the top of the head, rolled in linen, a chignon, a pottery vase containing a kind of pomade which bore prints of the ancient fingers, and an ebony comb and bone hair-pin (Pl. LXX. 73). The mummy was sewn up in a sheet, which, when removed, exposed transverse bindings which continued down to the bitumenized body. The arms were crossed over the abdomen. On the head, over the natural hair, a plaited wig much decayed.
74. _Decorated anthropoid coffin of the New Empire._ This coffin (Pl. LVIII. 74) is fully illustrated by Plate LXIII, Figs. 1, 2. It bears the name of [Illustration: hieroglyph] Mentu-hetep, and, among the religious formulae written upon it, gives the variant [Illustration: hieroglyph] for _Horus_.
Contents:--Mummy of a man covered with a shroud. Under the shroud, and resting upon the mummy, was a long (164 cms.) bronze snake sceptre; and on the third finger of the left hand a round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 74) tied with string.
75. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Lid and shell made of planks of wood, with upright head and foot pieces upon the ends of lid (Pls. LVIII., LX. 75).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman with plaited hair. Round the waist was a girdle composed of two twisted strings of bone beads.
76. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman. Hair plaited; on wrists, bangles of double strings of bone and cornelian beads; on third finger of left hand a scarab (Pl. LXXII. 76), and few beads strung on thread; and tied round the fourth finger of the same hand was a small cornelian pendant drop.
_Chamber (B)._
77. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 77). Similar to No. 62.
Contents:--Three mummies covered with a shroud: one was of a man, and the other two of children. The children’s mummies were bitumenized and bound in knotted and twisted linen. The mummy of the man (bearded) had on the third finger of the left hand a scarab mounted upon a silver ring (Pl. LXXII. 77 C). The scarab, made of steatite (brown), bore an ornamental Hathor design.
78. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 78). Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman covered with a shroud. Under the head a basket containing a dark brown stone kohl-pot, an alabaster vase, and a cedar-wood comb. Near the basket were two black pottery long-necked vases (Pl. LXVIII. 78). Lying on the breast, and under the wrappings, was a small basket (Pl. LXVIII. 78) containing bone and cornelian bead-bangles (Pl. LXXIII. 78), and three scarabs and two cowroids. On the neck an amuletic necklace; and on the third finger of the left hand two gold-mounted cowroids. The scarabs were two of glazed steatite mounted in gold fundi, and one of cornelian; the cowroids were three of glass mounted in gold, and one of steatite mounted in gold (Pl. LXXII. 78). The amuletic necklace was composed of lapis-lazuli, gold, cornelian, and garnet beads, strung more or less haphazard between gold amulets (Pl. LXXIII. 78).
79. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 79). Similar to No. 75 (head and foot pieces missing and lid partly open).
Contents:--Mummy of a young woman, which appeared to have been re-wrapped. On the neck a necklace (Pl. LXXIII. 79) composed of gold, lapis-lazuli, and cornelian beads.
80. _Rectangular child’s coffin_. Square box, oblong in form, made of wooden planks. The lid had upright head and foot pieces (Pls. LIX. and LXI. 80).
Contents:--Mummy of an infant.
_South Wing._
81. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_. Similar to No. 75. This coffin was open, its lid lying by its side, and was empty.
_North Wing._
82. _Two ivory castanets._ The ends shaped like human hands, and curved. They were lying in the débris of the corridor of the tomb.
_Niche (G)._
83. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but of small size and thinly coated with white paint. Upon the top of the coffin was a decayed mummy of a person of immature age, and with it were three gold earrings (Pl. LXIX. 83). The contents of the coffin were two children’s mummies lying one upon the other, and resting upon the top one was a small round basket (Pl. LXIX. 83) containing: (1) a wristlet of bone and cornelian beads (Pl. LXXIII. 83); (2) a necklace of bone beads (for example see 53, Pl. LXXIII.); and (3) a necklace of violet faience beads. Upon the lower mummy were two small bundles of linen containing fruit of the _nebek_-tree, which were bound together with a string of blue faience beads. This mummy had upon its left wrist(?) a bangle of bone and faience beads (Pl. LXXIII. 83).
Behind the coffin were three pots (Pl. LXXIV. G) leaning against the back wall of the niche. The niche (_G_) seems to have been specially made for these burials, which were covered up by the stone chippings made in its excavation. These burials appear to have been made in the tomb when left open after its destruction, but before it was used as a storehouse.
_Passage (L)._
84. _Dug-out anthropoid child’s coffin_. The shell, cut out of a tree stem, was very roughly made. The lid was missing.
Contents:--Mummy of an infant decayed, and among the débris were minute blue faience and gold beads (Pl. LXXIII. 84).
_Central Passage._
85. _An ivory castanet._ Burnt, and with end shaped like a human hand; it differed from No. 82 by being straight. This was found in the layer of rubbish that covered the floor of the passage. It appears to belong to the original interment of the tomb.
_Hall (C)._
86. _A wooden statuette and fragment of a wooden coffin of the Middle Kingdom._ The statuette, broken, is covered with stucco and painted, and is of exceedingly coarse workmanship. It represents a woman carrying upon her head a linen basket. The fragment of coffin bore an inscription reading [Illustration: hieroglyph] _perkheru_-offerings for the devoted one _Henŷt_. These antiquities were found in the layer of rubbish that covered the floor, and probably belong to the original interment of the tomb (some parts of the statuette came from the small chamber _F_).
87. _A wooden jewel-box._ This is similar to the box found in tomb No. 24 (Pl. XLVI).
Contents:--A _ka-hetep_ amulet and necklace of blue faience (Pl. LXXIII. 87); a necklace of white and violet cylindrical faience beads (Pl. LXXIII. 87); a blue glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 87); a blue glazed steatite kohl-pot, made to imitate matrix of turquoise; a reel of white faience; and a copper fillet for the hair (see tomb No. 25, p. 55). These objects are all of the Middle Kingdom period, and were discovered in the layer of rubbish covering the floor of the chamber. They probably belonged to the original interment.
_Pit (D)._
88. _Panel stela._ Covered with white stucco and painted. It measures 45 × 27 cms. (see Chapter XIII , by Dr. Möller).
89. _Panel stela._ Similar to No. 88, and measures 57 × 22 cms. (see Chapter XIII , by Dr. Möller).
90. _Panel stela._ Similar to Nos. 88 and 89, but of much thicker wood, and badly broken (see