CHAPTER XIV
VEGETABLE REMAINS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS
(PL. LXXIX)
BY PERCY E. NEWBERRY
Fig. 1. Fig baskets composed of leaves of the Date Palm (_Phoenix dactylifera_, L.).
Fig. 2. A. Some species of Compositae not identified. B. Leaves of the Persea tree (_Mimusops Schimperi_, Hochst.). C. Leaves of the Grape Vine (_Vitis vinifera_, L.). D. Stones of the _Balanites aegyptiaca_, Del. E. Fruit of the Persea tree (_Mimusops Schimperi_, Hochst.). F. Fruit of the Sycomore Fig (_Ficus Sycomorus_, L.). G. Young fruit of the Date Palm (_Phoenix dactylifera_, L.). H. Mature fruits of _Balanites aegyptiaca_, Del.
With the exception of the fragments of flower-stalks (Fig. 2 A) of some species of Compositae, the specimens figured here are all of well-known ancient Egyptian plants. Two of them, the _Mimusops Schimperi_ and the _Balanites aegyptiaca_, are not now known in Egypt proper.
INDEX
A
Aah-hetep, funerary statuette of, 20. called Ta-nezem, 74.
Aahmes, funerary statuette of, 20. coffin bearing name of, 84. Mayor, 32.
Aahmes-nefert-ari, mother of, 3. earliest portrait of, 2. wall of, 11, 28. bricks of, 11, 30.
Aahmes-sa-pa-ar, funerary statuette of, 20.
Abdu, contemporary of Hyksos kings, referred to, 66.
Adze, model of, 31, 40.
Ahat, 49.
Ah-hotep, letter to, 90. treasure of Queen, referred to, 37.
Ahmosi, 37.
Amen-em-ene, 92.
Amenemhat IV, name on casket, 6, 56.
Amenemhat, 29.
Amenemheb, statuette of, 75, 92.
Amenhetep I, wall of, 11, 28. bricks of, 11, 30. scarab of, 8, 72.
Amenhetep II, brick of, 50.
Amenhetep, scribe of the altar, 29.
Amenhetep-en-auf, 25.
Amen-nekht, 92.
Amen-renpet, overseer of workmen, 50.
Amenti-figures, in wax, 25.
Amphorae, buried under graves, 8, 43.
Amulet, _ka-hetep_, 87.
Amulets, Middle Kingdom, 53.
Amuletic necklaces, 60, 80, 82, 85.
Ana, mother of Kemen, 56.
Ankhu, coffin fragment bearing name of, 52.
Antef, funerary statuette of, 20.
Arrows, fragments of, 87.
Asiatics, mentioned, 36.
Assa, King, mentioned, 36.
Atef, funerary statuette of, 20.
Atef-s-senb, 63.
Auf-aa-hor, Mayor of Thebes, 49.
Auy-res, stela of, 62.
Auy-senb, 63.
Avaris, mentioned, 36.
Axe, model of, 31.
B
Bag, small linen, 76.
Bak-en-Khonsu, royal scribe, 49.
_Balanites aegyptiaca_, 28, 94.
Bangles, bead, 70, 78, 82, 84, 85, 86.
Baskets, rush-work, 72, 74, 75, 78, 84.
Batten, weaver’s, 61.
Beads, Middle Kingdom, 53, 59, 60, 71, 87. sprinkled in mummy wrappings, 70.
Bead-work upon leather, 32.
Bedstead (angarib), 51.
Beki, 92.
Birâbi, 4.
Bird-trap, 77.
Black soil, pit filled with, 63.
Bladder-stone found in mummy, 71.
Boat, model of, 51.
Bowl, alabaster, 80, 83. faience, 52, 80.
Bracelet, ivory, 81.
Brick, name of, on stone, 41.
Brick-mould, model of, 31.
Brooch, _shen_, 55.
Burials, undisturbed, 10, 23, 24, 86. concealed by officials, 65. stored in tomb, 64. in decorated rectangular coffins, 70, 78, 81, 82. in plain rectangular gable-topped coffins, 71, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86. in plain rectangular flat-topped coffins, 73, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86. in plain rectangular grid-bottomed coffins, 79, 80. in dug-out coffins, 61, 78. in _Rîshi_ coffins, 70, 71, 82, 83, 84. in plain anthropoid coffins, 70, 78, 79. in semi-decorated anthropoid coffins, 70, 83. in decorated anthropoid coffins, 73, 74, 84, 85. children’s, 26, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86. reed, 50. rush, 34, 50.
C
Campbell, Rev. Dr. Collin, 26.
Canopic box, 35; jar lid, 61.
Carnarvon Papyri, I and II, 43, 46. Tablets, I, II, III, IV, 4, 34, 36, 70, 77, 78, 90, 92.
Casket, ivory, ebony, and cedar-wood, 6, 7, 54, 55.
Castanets, ivory, 86, 87.
Chairs, 50, 72.
Chignon, 84.
Chisel, of chert, 10. model of, 31.
Circular pit, 63.
Coffins of Heq-Tau, referred to, 67. decorated rectangular, 66. rectangular with gable top, 66. with flat top, 67. with grid bottoms, 67. ‘dug-out’, 30, 61, 68. _Rîshi_, 60, 62, 68. anthropoid, plain, 68. decorated anthropoid, 25, 68. children’s, 26, 69.
Coinage, preservation of, in Upper Egypt, 44.
Coins, Ptolemaic, 8, 43, 44.
Combs, 82, 84, 85.
Cones, pottery, 10, 22, 24.
Copts, dwelling in tombs, 9, 22.
Cowroid seals, 32, 71, 78, 80, 82, 85.
Crucible, for smelting metal, model of, 36.
Cynocephalous ape, clay figure of, 76.
D
Dancers, _MW_-, 17.
Date-cakes, in amphora, 43.
Dedut-res, 63.
Demotic ostraca, 47. papyri, 8, 43, 46.
Dice, 58.
Dog, playing piece of a game, 56.
Dôm-palm nuts, 81.
Doorways closed and sealed, 23, 24, 65.
Draught-board, 36.
Dwellings for workmen, 11, 29. for embalmers, 27.
E
Earrings, gold, 80, 86.
Edgar, Mr., referred to, 42.
Epiphanes, Ptolemaios, 8, 46.
Erde-en-ptah, 63.
Erman, Prof., referred to, 26, 90.
Ethiopia, mentioned, 36.
Euergetes I, 47.
Excavations, at Birâbi, 4, 34. at Dêr el Bahari, 9, 22. near village mosque, 2.
F
Fan, handle and clasp of, 72.
Feretories for animals, 49.
Fig-baskets, 33.
Fillet of copper, 87. gold, 55. leaves, 25.
Forceps, 61, 72, 74.
Foundation deposits: Dêr el Bahari dromos, 4, 30, 33. implements placed separate, 31. of Rameses IV, 9, 48. of tomb, 28. of ‘valley’-temple, 4, 39.
Frog, steatite, glazed, 52.
Funerary statuettes, discovered in position, 3, 13, 19. as guardians to tomb, 13, 19. found in tomb of Teta-ky, 19.
G
Gaming-board, 7, 56.
Gardiner, Mr. A. H., referred to, 36.
_Gemmez_ (sycomore-fig), 11.
Girdle, bead, 85.
Glue, 56, 57.
‘Good’ festival mentioned on stone blocks, 41.
Grain in foundation deposit, 30, 38, 48.
Graver, model of, 31.
H
Hair, locks of, 72, 84. plaited, 55, 84, 85.
Hair-pin of ivory, 84.
Hammers of chert, 10.
Harmachis, King, 46.
Harmose, letter of, 90.
Hathor cow, 3, 16.
Hatshepsût, Queen, bricks stamped with her name, 40. ‘valley’-temple of, 4. tally-stone of, 40. scarab of, 8, 73. _Nebti_-name of, on deposit, 31. measured temple for Amon, 31. foundation deposits, 30, 33, 40.
Head-rests, 61, 67, 71, 81, 84.
Hent, 7.
Henut, the Lady, 55.
_Henŷt_, coffin fragment of, 87.
Hieroglyphs, mutilated, 55, 61.
Hoe, 40; model of, 31.
Hone for sharpening, 72, 83.
Hor, Priest of Amen, 49.
Hor-kheb, priest, 49.
Hor-se-Ast, Governor of Thebes, 49.
Horus, variant sign for, 85.
Hounds _contra_ jackals, the game of, 58.
Hu-uben-ef, statuette of, 75.
Hyksos scarabs, 8, 72, 79. tablet relating to expulsion of, from Egypt, 4, 37.
I
Ihŷ, stela of, 89.
Implements, models of, in deposit, 5, 30, 31, 40.
Inscriptions on stone blocks, 39, 40. on vase, 90.
Instrument of wood, 76.
Ivory, bracelet of, 81. on toilet-box, 55. gaming-board, 56. castanets, 86, 87.
J
Jackals, playing pieces, 56.
Jar-rest, model of, 31.
Jar-seals, 32.
Jewel-boxes, 53, 80, 87.
Jones, Mr. Cyril, 30.
K
_Ka-hetep_ amulet, 87.
Kamosi, King, 4, 36.
Kati-nekht, canopic box of, 35.
Kemen, ‘keeper of the food department,’ 56.
Keriba, statuette of, 29.
Kha-em-hat, bas-relief from tomb of, 10.
Khety, coffin of, 52.
Knuckle-bones, 58, 76.
Kohl-box, 72.
Kohl-pot, 72, 83, 84, 85, 87.
Kohl-stick, 72, 74, 84.
Ky-nefer, shawabti figure of, 32.
L
Leaf offerings, 11.
Linen, mended mummy-wrappings, 26.
Linen purse, 76.
Lion, fragment of, in faience, 52.
Lock of hair in basket, 84.
M
Maartu, coffin and mummy of, 24, 25.
Mallet, mason’s, 40. model of, 31.
Maspero, Sir Gaston, referred to, 10.
Mechanical toy, 78.
Memphis, 36.
Men-hetep, name on pot, 52.
Mentu-hetep, 30. stones from temple of King, 4. coffin bearing name of, 85.
Mes-per, the Lady, 49.
Mezaiu (Nubians), mentioned, 37.
Mirrors, 7, 55, 72, 84.
Mortar-bed in tomb, 71.
Mummy-wrappings, 25, 69, 70. embroidered, 25. worn and mended, 25, 26.
Musical instruments, 70. stringed, 77, 82, 87. reed-pipes, 84.
_MW_-dancers, depicted in tomb-painting, 17.
N
Nanu-nes-her, the Lady, 25.
Naville, Prof., referred to, 68.
_Nebbek_-tree, fruits of, 31, 86.
Neb-ded-ra, scarab of, 81.
Necklaces, 7, 55, 59, 60, 71, 78, 80, 81, 86.
Necropolis, Middle Kingdom and Intermediate Period, 5, 51.
Nefer-ur, shawabti figure of, 50.
Neferu-ra, scarab of Princess, 8, 80.
Nekht-ef-mut, priest, 49.
Nekhtu, funerary statuette of, 20.
Nenen, scribe of the army, 61.
Nes-Khonsu-pa-khred, 49.
Nes-ta-nebt-Asheru, the Lady, 49.
Nicol, Mr. Erskine E., 68.
O
Obsidian, 7, 55, 60, 78.
Offerings to trees, 11, 29. dates, 49. flesh and blood, 5, 30, 31. flower, 24. leaf, 11, 49. votive, 11.
Office of clerk of the works of Dêr el Bahari Temple, 29.
Ornaments for mummy-wrappings, 53.
Osiride figure, 50.
Ox, bones of, 31.
P
Pachnumis, 46.
Pa-de-Amen, coffin of, 24. genealogy of, 26.
Pa-de-khonsu, 24. coffin of, 25.
Pa-khnems, funerary statuette of, 20.
Palette, scribe’s, 52, 61, 76.
Palm-tree, in front of tomb, 27. design on gaming-board, 57.
Pan-pottery, 77.
Panel stelae, 70, 87, 89.
Paos, 46.
Papyrus, demotic, 43, 46. hieratic, 30. reeds, 78.
Pedemut, priest, 49.
Peg, model of, 31.
Pepa, 37.
Petamenophis, public notary, 46.
Petemestus, 46.
Petrie, Prof. Flinders, referred to, 68.
Philadelphos, 47.
P-ohi-n-p-mehen, 46.
Pomade (pomatum), 69, 84.
Portcullis to sarcophagus chamber, 22.
Pottery, XIth Dyn., 28. Middle Kingdom, 53, 60. Intermediate Period, 87. XVIIth Dyn., 35. XVIIIth Dyn., 31, 32.
Proverbs of Ptah-hetep, 4, 36.
Psenesis, herdsman, 46.
Ptolemaic coins, 44.
Pu-am-ra, hieratic inscriptions of, 4, 39.
Q
Quibell, Mr. J. E., referred to, 58.
R
Ra-hotep, funerary statuette of, 19, 20.
Rameses IV, colonnade, 8, 9, 48. foundation deposit, 9, 48. variants of cartouches of, 48.
Razor, copper, 78, 83.
Reed-burial, 50.
Reed-pen case, 75.
Relatives of Teta-ky, 19.
Ren-senb, coffin of, 7, 54. mirror of, 55. scarab of the herald, 69, 74.
Res, funerary statuette of, 19, 20.
Reth-ar-es, 25.
Rhind, Mr., referred to, 10.
_Rîshi_ coffins, 7, 17, 32, 60, 62, 68. model coffin like, 50.
Roast meat, the word for, in hieratic, 31.
Rope of Dôm-palm fibre, 71.
Rush-burial, 50.
S
Sacrifice, animal, 28.
Sa-Hathor, 63.
Saite burials, undisturbed, 10, 23.
Sale agreements, 46, 47.
Sandals, 28, 72.
Satin, 37.
Scarab-seals, tied on arm, 26. position when worn as ring, 70. of Middle Kingdom, 7, 53. XIIIth Dyn., 8. Amenhetep I, 72. Thothmes I, 81. Thothmes II, 81. Thothmes III, 80. Neferu-ra, 8, 80. Neb-ded-ra, 81. Ren-senb, 74. of red jasper, 73, 80. of green jasper, 72. of blue paste, 74. of green paste, 80. of steatite, glazed, 26, 53, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87. of steatite, unburnt, 74. of amethyst, 53.
Sceptre, bronze snake, 85.
Scribe’s outfit, 70, 75.
Sealed doorway in tomb, 65.
Sebek, Lord of Illahun, 7, 56.
Sebek-hetep, _Uab_-priest, 63.
Sedemt, 50.
Sena, funerary statuette of, 20.
Senba, the Lady, 15.
Senbu, funerary statuette of, 19, 20.
Senmut, name of, on stone block, 4, 41.
Sen-senb, funerary statuette of, 19, 20.
Sep-en-urdet, the Lady, 63.
Sent, the Lady, 55.
_Sent_-sign on stone blocks, 41.
Sent-nw-pw, the Lady, 63.
Serpentine wall, 30.
Sheikh Abd El Kurneh, tomb of, 11.
Shrines for animals, 49.
Sieves, models of, 31.
Sinaitic ibex, sketch of, 32.
Sites excavated, 2.
Slab for washing, 30.
Sledge, mummy depicted upon a, 17.
Smelting crucibles for metals, 31.
Snake sceptre, 85.
Sphinx, bronze, 76.
Staff, walking, 74, 81, 83.
Statuettes, 21, 23, 29, 52, 75, 87.
Stones from Dêr el Bahari temple, 9. Mentu-hetep’s temple, 4.
Stool, wicker-work, 29. wooden, 71, 72, 79.
Structure of mud brick unknown, 64.
T
Ta-aa, the Lady, 49.
Ta-bak-en-ta-Ashat-qa, 49.
Table of offerings, 21.
Tahuti, funerary statuette of, 20. coffin bearing name of, 74.
Tahutimes, funerary statuette of, 21.
Tahutŷ-aah, funerary statuette of, 21.
Ta-nezem (see Aah-hetep).
Tekenu, transport of, depicted, 17.
Teta, son of Pepa, 37.
Teta, funerary statuette of, 21.
Teta-an, funerary statuette of, 19, 21.
Teta-ankh, funerary statuette of, 21.
Teta-em-ra, funerary statuette of, 19, 21.
Teta-hemt, funerary statuette of, 21. mother of Aahmes-nefert-ari, 3, 16.
Teta-ky, tomb of, 2, 12, 14. Mayor of Thebes, 21. funerary statuettes of, 21. table of offerings of, 21.
Teta-mesu, funerary statuette of, 21.
Teta-nefer, funerary statuette of, 19, 21.
Teta-sa, funerary statuette of, 21.
Teta-senb, funerary statuette of, 21.
Thothmes I, brick of, 40. scarabs of, 8, 81. seals of, on doorway, 8, 65.
Thothmes II, scarabs, 8, 81.
Thothmes III, brick of, 50. receiving nourishment from tree, 11. scarabs of, 8, 80.
Throw-stick, 80.
Toilet-box, 55.
Tombs re-used in Intermediate Period, 6.
Torso, in limestone, 33.
Tortoise-shell, 76.
Toy, child’s, 32. mechanical, 78.
Turtle, amulet, 82.
U
Unguent vase, 48.
Unguents in foundation deposit, 5, 30.
Userhat, royal scribe, 29.
V
‘Valley’-temple, 4, 38.
Vases, alabaster, 56, 85.
Vases, black pottery, 81, 82, 85. inscribed, 81, 90.
Vaulted graves, Ptolemaic, 8, 42.
Vegetable remains, 94.
Vine leaves, 70.
Viscera boxes, 69, 73, 84.
Votive offerings, 11.
W
Walking staff, 74, 81, 83.
Weaver’s batten, 61.
Weights, 76.
Wheat, 27.
Wigs, 55, 70, 84.
Wine, 31.
Workmen’s washing slab, 30.
Wrappings, mummy, 25, 69, 70.
Wristlet, bead, 86.
Writing tablets, 70, 77, 78, 90, 92.
Y
Ŷma, funerary statuette of, 19, 20.
Ŷ-meru, 63.
Z
Zed-Aah, 49.
Zed-Amen-auf-ankh, stela of, 49.
Zed-Amen-uah-es, 49.
Zed-Khensu-auf-ankh, shawabti figure of, 32.
_Zeser-zeseru_, 4, 31, 40.
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. OPEN COURT-YARD]
[Illustration: 2. VAULTED CHAMBERS]
[Illustration: _PLAN OF THE TOMB OF TETAKY_]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. RIGHT WALL OF PAINTED NICHE]
[Illustration: 2. LEFT WALL OF PAINTED NICHE]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. CEILING DECORATION]
[Illustration: 2. CEILING DECORATION AND FRIEZE]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. _North Wall. Scenes =A= and =B=_]
[Illustration: 2. _North Wall. Scene =D=_]
[Illustration: 1. EASTERN WALL]
[Illustration: 2. WESTERN WALL]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. Southern Wall. Scene =A=]
[Illustration: 2. Southern Wall. Scene =A= (_continued_)]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. Southern Wall. Scene =A= (_continued_)]
[Illustration: 2. Southern Wall. Scene =B=]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. Southern Wall. Scene =C=]
[Illustration: 2. Southern Wall. Scenes =C= and =D=]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: 1. SHAWABTI FIGURE IN MODEL COFFIN]
[Illustration: 2. SHAWABTI FIGURE OF SEN-SENB]
TOMB OF TETA-KY
[Illustration: PLAIN WOOD MODEL COFFINS]
[Illustration: PLAIN MUD MODEL COFFINS]
[Illustration: DECORATED MUD MODEL COFFINS]
[Illustration: INSCRIBED MUD MODEL COFFINS]
[Illustration: 1. TABLE FOR OFFERINGS]
[Illustration: 2. FUNERARY STATUETTES]
[Illustration: PANORAMIC VIEW SHOWING THE SITES EXCAVATED IN THE DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: TOMB NO. 5 BEFORE OPENING]
[Illustration: TOMB NO. 5 AFTER OPENING]
[Illustration: DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
_PLAN OF TOMB 5 SCALE 1/75_ ]
[Illustration:
FIG 2. COFFINS NOS. 3 B AND 4 B FIG. 3. COFFIN NO. 1 A FIG. 1. COFFIN NO. 1 B
SERIES OF COFFINS FROM TOMB NO. 5]
[Illustration: 1. SCARAB ON MUMMY ARM. (TOMB NO. 5)]
[Illustration: 2. WREATH AND WAX AMULETS. (TOMB NO. 5)]
[Illustration: 3 COFFIN _in situ_ (TOMB No. 5)]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: 1 & 2. LIMESTONE STATUETTE. (TOMB NO. 4)]
[Illustration: 3. POTTERY FROM TOMBS NOS. 1-16]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: 1. FOUNDATIONS OF WALL OF AMENHETEP I AND AAHMES-NEFERT-ARI, AND WORKMEN’S DWELLINGS]
[Illustration: 2. OFFERINGS TO A TREE]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: 1. ‘SERPENTINE’ WALL]
[Illustration: 2. BATHING SLAB]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: 1. OFFERINGS FROM THE DROMOS DEPOSIT]
[Illustration: 2. BRICK-LINED HOLE MADE FOR THE DROMOS DEPOSIT]
DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
[Illustration: 1. POTTERY FROM THE DROMOS DEPOSIT]
[Illustration: 2. IMPLEMENTS FROM THE DROMOS DEPOSIT]
[Illustration: 1. CHILD’S TOY]
[Illustration: 2. POTTERY FROM EXCAVATIONS]
[Illustration: 3. STAMPED BRICKS OF AMENHETEP I AND AAHMES-NEFERT-ARI]
[Illustration: PANORAMIC VIEW OF DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY
=A.= SITE OF ‘VALLEY’-TEMPLE. =B= & =C.= DROMOS DEPOSITS]
TOMB NO. 9
[Illustration: 1. THREE SIDES OF A CANOPIC BOX]
[Illustration: 2. THREE CANOPIC JARS IN POTTERY]
TOMB NO. 9
[Illustration: 9.
1907-8
1]
[Illustration: 2.
POTTERY FROM TOMB NO. 9]
TOMB NO. 9
[Illustration: CARNARVON TABLET I. OBV.]
TOMB NO. 9
[Illustration: CARNARVON TABLET I. REV.]
TOMB NO. 9
[Illustration: 1. CARNARVON TABLET II. OBV.]
[Illustration: 2. CARNARVON TABLET II. REV.]
[Illustration: PLATE XXX
PLAN OF HATSHEPSÛT’S ‘VALLEY-TEMPLE AND NEIGHBOURING TOMBS]
[Illustration: 1]
[Illustration: 2
1 & 2. NORTHERN BOUNDARY WALL OF ‘VALLEY’-TEMPLE]
[Illustration: 1. TALLY-STONE OF HATSHEPSÛT]
[Illustration: 2. STAMPED BRICK OF QUEEN HATSHEPSÛT]
[Illustration: 3. WOODEN HOE]
[Illustration: 4. STAMPED BRICKS OF HATSHEPSÛT AND THOTHMES I]
PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES
[Illustration: VIEW OF PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES OVER SITE NO. 14]
[Illustration: 1. AMPHORAE BENEATH FLOOR OF VAULTED GRAVE]
[Illustration: 2. FAÇADE OF VAULTED GRAVE]
PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES
[Illustration: PAPYRUS CARNARVON I]
[Illustration: PAPYRUS CARNARVON I (_continued from_ PLATE XXXV)]
[Illustration: 1. DOCKET OF PAPYRUS]
[Illustration: 3. INSCRIBED POTSHERD]
[Illustration: 2. DOCKET OF PAPYRUS]
[Illustration: PAPYRUS CARNARVON II]
[Illustration: PAPYRUS CARNARVON II (_continued from_ PLATE XXXVIII)]
SITE NO. 40
[Illustration: FOUNDATION DEPOSIT OF RAMESES IV]
SITE NO. 14
[Illustration: XXIIND DYNASTY STELA]
[Illustration: 1. OSIRIDE FIGURE]
[Illustration: 2. MUD FERETORY OR SHRINE]
[Illustration: 3. REED BURIAL OF A MAN]
[Illustration: 4. THE UNDER-SIDE OF LID OF A WOODEN BOX WITH INSCRIPTIONS]
[Illustration: 1, 2, & 3. FUNERARY STATUETTES AND MODEL COFFINS]
TOMB 24
[Illustration: 2. MUMMY DECORATION]
[Illustration: 1. STATUETTE OF ANKHU]
[Illustration: 4. FAIENCE BOWL]
[Illustration: 5. FAIENCE BOWL]
[Illustration: 3. WOODEN DOLL]
TOMB 24
[Illustration: 1. JEWEL-BOX]
[Illustration: 2. CONTENTS OF JEWEL-BOX]
[Illustration: 3. SCRIBE’S PALETTE]
[Illustration: 1. JEWEL-BOX]
[Illustration: 2. CONTENTS OF JEWEL-BOX]
TOMB 24
[Illustration: 1 & 2. POTTERY VESSELS AND PANS]
TOMB 25
[Illustration: 1. IVORY AND EBONY TOILET-BOX]
[Illustration: 2. THE SAME WITH DRAWER AND LID OPEN]
TOMB 25
[Illustration: 1. SCENE ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT OF THE TOILET-BOX]
[Illustration: 2. INSCRIPTIONS ON LID OF TOILET-BOX]
[Illustration: 1 & 2. GAMING-BOARD AND PLAYING PIECES IN IVORY]
[Illustration: 1. BLUE FAIENCE HIPPOPOTAMUS]
[Illustration: 2. OBSIDIAN AND GOLD NECKLACE; BRONZE, EBONY AND GOLD MIRROR AND ‘SHEN’ BROOCH OF CORNELIAN AND GOLD]
TOMB 25
[Illustration: 1. ALABASTER VASES BELONGING TO THE TOILET-BOX]
[Illustration: 2. POTTERY FROM TOMB NO. 25]
[Illustration: 1. POT. (TOMB NO. 28)]
[Illustration: 2. POTTERY FROM TOMBS NOS. 31 TO 34]
[Illustration: 3. RÎSHI COFFIN. (TOMB NO. 32)]
[Illustration: 4. DUG-OUT COFFINS. (TOMB NO. 29)]
[Illustration: 5. POTTERY FROM TOMBS NOS. 29, 29A, AND 29B]
TOMBS 27 & 31
[Illustration: STELA OF THE ‘KEEPER OF THE BOW’ AUY-RES]
TOMBS 27 & 31
[Illustration: STELA OF THE ‘KEEPER OF THE BOW’ AUY-RES]
[Illustration: TOMB Nº 37.
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TOMB 37
[Illustration: CENTRAL PASSAGE SHOWING CLOSED DOORWAY OF HALL C]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: NORTH WING OF CORRIDOR SHOWING CLOSED DOORWAY OF CHAMBER A]
[Illustration: 1. SEAL IMPRESSIONS ON DOORWAY OF CHAMBER A]
[Illustration: 2. INTERIOR OF CHAMBER A]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. CHAMBER B BEFORE OPENING]
[Illustration: 2. CHAMBER B AFTER OPENING]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. DECORATED RECTANGULAR COFFINS]
[Illustration: 2. PLAIN RECTANGULAR COFFINS]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. CHILDREN’S COFFINS AND VISCERAE BOXES]
[Illustration: 2. PLAIN ANTHROPOID, ‘DUG-OUT’ AND SEMI-DECORATED ANTHROPOID COFFINS]
[Illustration: 1. RÎSHI COFFINS]
[Illustration: 2. DECORATED ANTHROPOID COFFINS OF THE NEW EMPIRE]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: DECORATED ANTHROPOID COFFIN OF THE NEW EMPIRE]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. RUSH-WORK BASKETS]
[Illustration: 2. MECHANICAL TOY BIRD AND BIRD TRAP]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. TOILET SET]
[Illustration: 2. FAN-HOLDER, KOHL-POT, &C.]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: SCRIBE’S OUTFIT]
[Illustration: 1. ELECTRUM STATUETTE]
[Illustration: 2. STATUETTES LYING IN COFFIN NO. 24]
[Illustration: 3. WOODEN STATUETTE]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. OBJECTS FROM DECORATED RECTANGULAR COFFINS]
[Illustration: 2. OBJECTS FROM PLAIN RECTANGULAR COFFINS]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. OBJECTS FROM A RECTANGULAR GABLE-TOPPED COFFIN]
[Illustration: 2. OBJECTS FROM PLAIN RECTANGULAR COFFIN]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. OBJECTS FROM RÎSHI COFFINS]
[Illustration: 2. OBJECTS FROM RÎSHI COFFINS]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 1. CHAIR AND STOOL]
[Illustration: 2. _Musical Instruments_]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: SCARABS, COWROIDS, AND RINGS]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: BEAD NECKLACES, BANGLES, AND BRACELET]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: POTTERY VESSELS]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: PANEL STELAE]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: 3. PANEL STELA]
[Illustration: 1. WRITING TABLET. NO. 28, REV.]
[Illustration: 2. WRITING TABLET. NO. 28, OBV.]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: WRITING TABLET. NO. 26, OBV.]
TOMB 37
[Illustration: WRITING TABLET. NO. 26, REV.]
[Illustration: 1. FIG BASKETS]
[Illustration: 2. BOTANICAL SPECIMENS]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Birâbi_ is the plural of _birba_, an ‘ancient temple’, but here the name is locally used more for a ‘vaulted tomb’, of which many occur in the district.
[2] Unfortunately the inscription above the lady is mutilated, but the personal name, Teta-hemt, is preceded by a [Illustration: hieroglyph] _t_ and an [Illustration: hieroglyph] _s_. The _s_, as Professor Newberry has pointed out to me, must be the 3rd pers. sing. suffix _s_ ‘her’, and he would suggest the restoration [Illustration: hieroglyph] _mt-s_, ‘her mother’. An alternative reading would be [Illustration: hieroglyph] _snt-s_, ‘her sister’, but the usual writing of this group is with [Illustration: hieroglyph] _n_: thus [Illustration: hieroglyph]. [Illustration: hieroglyph] _sat-s_, ‘her daughter’, is very improbable.
[3] Among this group are several tombs which may perhaps be referred to a slightly later date.
[4] This was demonstrated by the presence of stone chippings bearing fragments of the temple paintings that had been chipped off in refacing.
[5] The earliest inscribed specimens known bear the cartouches of Aahmes I.
[6] In Spiegelberg and Newberry’s _Theban Necropolis_ (p. 8) there is upon a stela a prayer which reads: ‘May every one love him if he is spreading water upon the leaves before my stela.’
[7] Naville, _Archaeological Report_, 1894-5, p. 37.
[8] In India the Sacred Fig (_Ficus religiosa_) is venerated by the natives, who will not allow the tree to suffer mutilation or destruction.
[9] Loret, _Le tombeau de Thoutmes III_, Pl. 6.
[10] Newberry, _Beni Hasan_, I, pp. 20, 29, 37.
[11] Carter and Newberry, _Tomb of Thoutmosis IV_, pp. 9, 10.
[12] On the early history of these Model Sarcophagi and Statuettes see Spiegelberg and Newberry’s _Theban Necropolis_, pp. 26-9.
[13] The Rev. Dr. Collin Campbell, who was with me at the time we discovered these coffins, kindly translated the formulae upon them.
[14] Erman, _A Handbook of Egyptian Religion_, p. 137.
[15] Cf. similar tazza Pl. XVIII. 12.
[16] Carter, _Tomb of Hâtshopsítû_, Chap. VI, and Carter and Newberry, _Tomb of Thoutmosis_, pp. 1-5, Nos. 46001-46035.
[17] The deposit of implements was missing in this case.
[18] Jequier, _Le Papyrus Prisse et ses variantes_ (Pap. Brit. Mus. 10371 and 10435, Tablette Carnarvon au Caire), Paris, 1910; Maspero, _Recueil_, Vol. XXXI, p. 146.
[19] The tablet is made of wood covered with stucco of fine plaster for a writing surface.
[20] Edgar, _Cat. Gen. C. M. Graeco-Egyptian Coffins_, pp. ii, iii.
[21] I hope to publish a full translation of both texts with commentary shortly.
[22] For this translation thanks are due to Professor Newberry.
[23] The translation is due to Professor Newberry.
[24] Found in second sifting.
[25] This was part of the toilet-box, Pls. XLVIII-IX.
[26] See Coffin-tomb No. 27.
[27] In the Cairo Museum eight similar vases belonging to a toilet-box bear the names of sacred oils, Nos. 18652-8.
[28] In the Cairo Museum is a wooden tray for mirror with two hollows or receptacles for materials for polishing (?) mirror face, No. 44012.
[29] Petrie, _Kahun, Gurob and Hawara_, Pl. XVI, p. 30, a similar gaming-board in pottery.
[30] For knuckle-bones see group No. 25, tomb No. 37. Cp. Quibell, _Excavations Saqqara_, p. 114, Pl. LXIII. Dice: I have found three specimens among objects from the rubbish heaps of the temple of Dêr el Bahari, and as there were no antiquities here that could be later than the XVIIIth Dynasty, one is led to suppose that the dice are of the same date. Two of the dice were of clay and one was made of limestone.
[31] For the numerical order of the holes see Fig. 14. Only one piece aside can be played at a time, as if more they might win the same hole and hence clash; and only one die used.
[32] This is known by some adhering to one another when found.
[33] See Tomb 24, Pl. XLVI, Fig. 2 G, and amulet necklace of Vth Dynasty, Petrie, _Deshasheh_, Pl. XLVI. This type of necklace seems almost a necessary adjunct to the dead in the earlier periods.
[34] See Tomb 24, Pl. XLVI. A.
[35] See example Pl. LIII. 4.
[36] See figure found in Tomb No. 54.
[37] Feathered.
[38] Poulterer (?).
[39] Opposite Tomb No. 27.
[40] 22·50 metres = 74 ft. approximate.
[41] Not numbered or excavated yet.
[42] It has been suggested that it was made for a tree, but no vegetable remains were found here, and it seems too deep for such a purpose.
[43] Maspero, _Guide C. M._, 1911, pp. 386, 510, and Lacau, _Cat. Gen. C. M._, No. 28108.
[44] _Annales_, 1903, Tome IV, p. 70. A coffin of a certain Heq-Tau. ‘The bottom of the coffin is divided into small compartments by a kind of wooden frame or trellis, each division being filled with earth, probably representing cultivated land.’
[45] An Arabic expression introduced by Vassalli.
[46] See specimen, Mariette’s _Monuments divers_, Pl. LI, coffin of Aqhor. Another specimen was found in Tomb 27 in 1910 (Pl. LIII. 3).
[47] Petrie, _Qurneh_, 1909, pp. 6-9, Pls. XXII-XXIX.
[48] Naville, _Bubastis_, 1887-9, and Petrie, _History of Egypt_, I, Figs. 142-3.
[49] My attention was drawn to this fact by Professor Spiegelberg.
[50] The three examples given in this illustration are the types found among the many necklaces belonging to the basket that was found lying in the coffin.
[51] For the actual positions of the objects refer to plan of tomb, Pl. LV.
[52] See coffin No. 23.
[53] These seeds, too far gone to be recognized, are shown in Pl. LXVI, above the figure of the ape.
[54] See No. 16.
[55] See 73.
[56] The justified dead.
[57] i.e. the god Sokaris.
[58] The god of the dead of Memphis (Saqqarah).
[59] [Illustration: hieroglyph] The familiar alternative for ‘I’. In the following it can therefore be translated by ‘I’.
[60] That is to say, ‘gods.’
[61] Probably southern Arabia.
[62] Read [Illustration: hieroglyph].
[63] The names following remain visible from the previous inscription.
[64] Possibly [Illustration: hieroglyph].