Chapter 9

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PLATE XLVI

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Tomb 24

PLATE XLVII

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Tomb 25

PLATE XLVIII

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Tomb 25

PLATE XLIX

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PLATE L

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PLATE LI

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Tomb 25

PLATE LII

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Image not available: 2. Pottery from Tomb No. 252. Pottery from Tomb No. 25

PLATE LIII

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Image not available: 2. Pottery from Tombs Nos. 31 to 342. Pottery from Tombs Nos. 31 to 34

Image not available: 3. Rîshi Coffin. (Tomb No. 32)3. Rîshi Coffin. (Tomb No. 32)

Image not available: 4. Dug-out Coffins. (Tomb No. 29)4. Dug-out Coffins. (Tomb No. 29)

Image not available: 5. Pottery from Tombs Nos. 29, 29a, and 29b5. Pottery from Tombs Nos. 29, 29a, and 29b

Tombs 27 & 31

PLATE LIV

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PLATE LV

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PLATE LVI

Tomb 37

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Tomb 37

PLATE LVII

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PLATE LVIII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LIX

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Tomb 37

PLATE LX

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXI

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PLATE LXII

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Image not available: 2. Decorated Anthropoid Coffins of the New Empire2. Decorated Anthropoid Coffins of the New Empire

Tomb 37

PLATE LXIII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXIV

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXV

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Image not available: 2. Fan-holder, Kohl-pot, &c.2. Fan-holder, Kohl-pot, &c.

Tomb 37

PLATE LXVI

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PLATE LXVII

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Image not available: 2. Statuettes lying in Coffin No. 242. Statuettes lying in Coffin No. 24

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXVIII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXIX

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXX

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXI

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXIII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXIV

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXV

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXVI

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXVII

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Tomb 37

PLATE LXXVIII

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PLATE LXXIX

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FOOTNOTES:[1]Birâbiis the plural ofbirba, 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 aImage not available: hieroglyphtand anImage not available: hieroglyphs. Thes, as Professor Newberry has pointed out to me, must be the 3rd pers. sing. suffixs‘her’, and he would suggest the restorationImage not available: hieroglyphmt-s, ‘her mother’. An alternative reading would beImage not available: hieroglyphsnt-s, ‘her sister’, but the usual writing of this group is withImage not available: hieroglyphn: thusImage not available: hieroglyphImage not available: hieroglyphsat-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’sTheban 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’sTheban 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 tazzaPl. 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 seeFig. 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 examplePl. 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’sMonuments 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 inPl. 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]Image not available: hieroglyphThe 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]ReadImage not available: hieroglyph.[63]The names following remain visible from the previous inscription.[64]PossiblyImage not available: hieroglyph.

FOOTNOTES:

[1]Birâbiis the plural ofbirba, an ‘ancient temple’, but here the name is locally used more for a ‘vaulted tomb’, of which many occur in the district.

[1]Birâbiis the plural ofbirba, 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 aImage not available: hieroglyphtand anImage not available: hieroglyphs. Thes, as Professor Newberry has pointed out to me, must be the 3rd pers. sing. suffixs‘her’, and he would suggest the restorationImage not available: hieroglyphmt-s, ‘her mother’. An alternative reading would beImage not available: hieroglyphsnt-s, ‘her sister’, but the usual writing of this group is withImage not available: hieroglyphn: thusImage not available: hieroglyphImage not available: hieroglyphsat-s, ‘her daughter’, is very improbable.

[2]Unfortunately the inscription above the lady is mutilated, but the personal name, Teta-hemt, is preceded by aImage not available: hieroglyphtand anImage not available: hieroglyphs. Thes, as Professor Newberry has pointed out to me, must be the 3rd pers. sing. suffixs‘her’, and he would suggest the restorationImage not available: hieroglyphmt-s, ‘her mother’. An alternative reading would beImage not available: hieroglyphsnt-s, ‘her sister’, but the usual writing of this group is withImage not available: hieroglyphn: thusImage not available: hieroglyphImage not available: hieroglyphsat-s, ‘her daughter’, is very improbable.

[3]Among this group are several tombs which may perhaps be referred to a slightly later date.

[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.

[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.

[5]The earliest inscribed specimens known bear the cartouches of Aahmes I.

[6]In Spiegelberg and Newberry’sTheban 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.’

[6]In Spiegelberg and Newberry’sTheban 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.

[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.

[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.

[9]Loret,Le tombeau de Thoutmes III, Pl. 6.

[10]Newberry,Beni Hasan, I, pp. 20, 29, 37.

[10]Newberry,Beni Hasan, I, pp. 20, 29, 37.

[11]Carter and Newberry,Tomb of Thoutmosis IV, pp. 9, 10.

[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’sTheban Necropolis, pp. 26-9.

[12]On the early history of these Model Sarcophagi and Statuettes see Spiegelberg and Newberry’sTheban 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.

[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.

[14]Erman,A Handbook of Egyptian Religion, p. 137.

[15]Cf. similar tazzaPl. XVIII. 12.

[15]Cf. similar tazzaPl. XVIII. 12.

[16]Carter,Tomb of Hâtshopsítû, Chap. VI, and Carter and Newberry,Tomb of Thoutmosis, pp. 1-5, Nos. 46001-46035.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[21]I hope to publish a full translation of both texts with commentary shortly.

[22]For this translation thanks are due to Professor Newberry.

[22]For this translation thanks are due to Professor Newberry.

[23]The translation is due to Professor Newberry.

[23]The translation is due to Professor Newberry.

[24]Found in second sifting.

[24]Found in second sifting.

[25]This was part of the toilet-box, Pls. XLVIII-IX.

[25]This was part of the toilet-box, Pls. XLVIII-IX.

[26]See Coffin-tomb No. 27.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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 seeFig. 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.

[31]For the numerical order of the holes seeFig. 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.

[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.

[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.

[34]See Tomb 24,Pl. XLVI. A.

[35]See examplePl. LIII. 4.

[35]See examplePl. LIII. 4.

[36]See figure found in Tomb No. 54.

[36]See figure found in Tomb No. 54.

[37]Feathered.

[37]Feathered.

[38]Poulterer (?).

[38]Poulterer (?).

[39]Opposite Tomb No. 27.

[39]Opposite Tomb No. 27.

[40]22·50 metres = 74 ft. approximate.

[40]22·50 metres = 74 ft. approximate.

[41]Not numbered or excavated yet.

[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.

[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.

[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.’

[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.

[45]An Arabic expression introduced by Vassalli.

[46]See specimen, Mariette’sMonuments divers,Pl. LI, coffin of Aqhor. Another specimen was found in Tomb 27 in 1910 (Pl. LIII. 3).

[46]See specimen, Mariette’sMonuments 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.

[47]Petrie,Qurneh, 1909, pp. 6-9, Pls. XXII-XXIX.

[48]Naville,Bubastis, 1887-9, and Petrie,History of Egypt, I, Figs. 142-3.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[51]For the actual positions of the objects refer to plan of tomb,Pl. LV.

[52]See coffin No. 23.

[52]See coffin No. 23.

[53]These seeds, too far gone to be recognized, are shown inPl. LXVI, above the figure of the ape.

[53]These seeds, too far gone to be recognized, are shown inPl. LXVI, above the figure of the ape.

[54]See No. 16.

[54]See No. 16.

[55]See 73.

[55]See 73.

[56]The justified dead.

[56]The justified dead.

[57]i.e. the god Sokaris.

[57]i.e. the god Sokaris.

[58]The god of the dead of Memphis (Saqqarah).

[58]The god of the dead of Memphis (Saqqarah).

[59]Image not available: hieroglyphThe familiar alternative for ‘I’. In the following it can therefore be translated by ‘I’.

[59]Image not available: hieroglyphThe familiar alternative for ‘I’. In the following it can therefore be translated by ‘I’.

[60]That is to say, ‘gods.’

[60]That is to say, ‘gods.’

[61]Probably southern Arabia.

[61]Probably southern Arabia.

[62]ReadImage not available: hieroglyph.

[62]ReadImage not available: hieroglyph.

[63]The names following remain visible from the previous inscription.

[63]The names following remain visible from the previous inscription.

[64]PossiblyImage not available: hieroglyph.

[64]PossiblyImage not available: hieroglyph.


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