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THE HOUSES AND SMALL REMAINS
Cuthites we are to understand Samaritans, whose
idol was the image of a dove . . . (see Chulin fol. 6a) "
(Hershon, Treasures of the Talmud, p. 188) ; hence
it was natural for " the dove " to be a religious name.
How far this is linked with the earlier dove worship
in Cyprus, the emblem of a dove for the Holy Spirit
in primitive Christianity, and the present Syrian
worship of El-Tauz—the bird, is beyond our present
subject.
CHAPTER XIV
THE HOUSES AND SMALL REMAINS.
75. The minor objects found in the work at
Memphis will be here described in the order of the
plates.
PI. xxxiii, 1. A small capital in limestone,
scale 1 : 3, thin, alike on two opposite sides, probably
belonging to a balustrade. (Univ. Coll.)
2 to 11. Lamps of new types, which will be in-
cluded in the account of the burnt houses. Scale 1 : 3.
12. Leaden model dish with design of animals, and
base ring below, both sides struck from dies, scale 5 : 3.
Other leaden model trays were discovered before
{Palace of Apries, xv), which were thought to be only
toys ; but the fine work of this dish, struck from dies,
points to its being a pattern. Probably such lead
models were made for the silversmiths to carry with
them, both for taking orders and for scaling out their
work. The style of this is more Persian than Greek,
the lions and gryphons being quite Oriental. It
therefore probably dates.about 400 B.C. (Cairo.) 13
has been described, sect. 70.
14 is a limestone head-rest of the usual outline,
but with a small shrine cut in the side of it. This
was doubtless to contain an image of a god, in order
to guide the dreams of the sleeper. (Univ. Coll.)
Such a custom of putting an amulet under the pillow
is still followed in Upper Egypt, as my friend
Mr. Somers Clarke has observed.
15 is a false door (scale 1 :6) of good work, but
probably Ptolemaic. (Rochdale.) A larger one, broken
up, was found at the south side of the great burnt
house, south of the pottery kilns. On the northern
side of that house we found, lying on the ground-
level, many bronze corners of shutters, both hinges
and fore-corners, with the bushes for the pivots to
work in, and a bronze bolt. (Carlsberg, Manchester,
Rochdale, Brighton, and Boston.) These had fallen
out in the burning of the house, which must have
been an immense conflagration. All of the walls
have been denuded away, and some weeks of work
here only disclosed the solid block of raised base-
ment, and the flight of stone steps for access to the
house itself.
PI. xxxvii. The upper objects on this plate have
been described in sect. 74. The black pottery of the
lower part of the plate was all found together, as
a heap of fragments from a factory north-east of the
glazing kilns. Nothing was complete, but by sorting all
the pieces I could restore the forms given here. The
ware is thin, hard, black or dark bistre brown, occa-
sionally orange where air has been admitted in firing.
It is probably early Roman by the style, but none
was found in the burnt houses of 50 A.D. The
influence of leather work is seen upon 56, and in
some other details.
j6. PI. xxxviii, 1. The iron crowbar (scale I : 5)
was found on the north-eastern side of the city, close
to the cultivation, and so far below the field-level that
it is probably of the Roman age. The iron splitting
wedge was in the bottom of the fosse, left behind
when the palace was quarried for stone. (Univ. Coll.)
2 has been described, sect. 70.
3 are gold earrings (scale 5 : 3), found with another
pair in a broken jar-neck, on the floor of a house
which had been heaped over with wasters from the
glazing kilns. Their date is probably late Ptolemaic,
and they shew how skilfully granulated work was
done then. (Manchester 2, Liverpool, New York.)
4 is a necklace of red coral and hollow gold
beads, with three hollow gold earrings. The thin
gold is backed with plaster. It is seldom so much
coral is found. This was to the east of the Proteus
temple. (Univ. Coll.) 5 has been described, sect. 70.
6 is a trial piece of a model in limestone, to
practise the details of windows and openings used
in a fort. Compare the piece of a fort model in
Mempliis I, xxxiii. (Univ. Coll.)
PI. xxxix, 1 is a small cubical altar (scale 2 : 3)
with figures of a uraeus and a vulture ; inscription
Neiphor . . . ; a palm tree ; and a bust of Bes, or a
warrior, with palm branches. (Ashmolean.)
2 are examples of grinders made of quartzite, for
grinding out stone vases; a large quantity was found
by a native digger, evidently from a factory; the
best set is at University College, and others in five
museums. 3 is described already, sect. 70.
4, small alabaster vases in course of manufacture.
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 have all been drilled too deeply; 3 was
split; 8 was for a compound vase like 14; 9 to 13
THE HOUSES AND SMALL REMAINS
Cuthites we are to understand Samaritans, whose
idol was the image of a dove . . . (see Chulin fol. 6a) "
(Hershon, Treasures of the Talmud, p. 188) ; hence
it was natural for " the dove " to be a religious name.
How far this is linked with the earlier dove worship
in Cyprus, the emblem of a dove for the Holy Spirit
in primitive Christianity, and the present Syrian
worship of El-Tauz—the bird, is beyond our present
subject.
CHAPTER XIV
THE HOUSES AND SMALL REMAINS.
75. The minor objects found in the work at
Memphis will be here described in the order of the
plates.
PI. xxxiii, 1. A small capital in limestone,
scale 1 : 3, thin, alike on two opposite sides, probably
belonging to a balustrade. (Univ. Coll.)
2 to 11. Lamps of new types, which will be in-
cluded in the account of the burnt houses. Scale 1 : 3.
12. Leaden model dish with design of animals, and
base ring below, both sides struck from dies, scale 5 : 3.
Other leaden model trays were discovered before
{Palace of Apries, xv), which were thought to be only
toys ; but the fine work of this dish, struck from dies,
points to its being a pattern. Probably such lead
models were made for the silversmiths to carry with
them, both for taking orders and for scaling out their
work. The style of this is more Persian than Greek,
the lions and gryphons being quite Oriental. It
therefore probably dates.about 400 B.C. (Cairo.) 13
has been described, sect. 70.
14 is a limestone head-rest of the usual outline,
but with a small shrine cut in the side of it. This
was doubtless to contain an image of a god, in order
to guide the dreams of the sleeper. (Univ. Coll.)
Such a custom of putting an amulet under the pillow
is still followed in Upper Egypt, as my friend
Mr. Somers Clarke has observed.
15 is a false door (scale 1 :6) of good work, but
probably Ptolemaic. (Rochdale.) A larger one, broken
up, was found at the south side of the great burnt
house, south of the pottery kilns. On the northern
side of that house we found, lying on the ground-
level, many bronze corners of shutters, both hinges
and fore-corners, with the bushes for the pivots to
work in, and a bronze bolt. (Carlsberg, Manchester,
Rochdale, Brighton, and Boston.) These had fallen
out in the burning of the house, which must have
been an immense conflagration. All of the walls
have been denuded away, and some weeks of work
here only disclosed the solid block of raised base-
ment, and the flight of stone steps for access to the
house itself.
PI. xxxvii. The upper objects on this plate have
been described in sect. 74. The black pottery of the
lower part of the plate was all found together, as
a heap of fragments from a factory north-east of the
glazing kilns. Nothing was complete, but by sorting all
the pieces I could restore the forms given here. The
ware is thin, hard, black or dark bistre brown, occa-
sionally orange where air has been admitted in firing.
It is probably early Roman by the style, but none
was found in the burnt houses of 50 A.D. The
influence of leather work is seen upon 56, and in
some other details.
j6. PI. xxxviii, 1. The iron crowbar (scale I : 5)
was found on the north-eastern side of the city, close
to the cultivation, and so far below the field-level that
it is probably of the Roman age. The iron splitting
wedge was in the bottom of the fosse, left behind
when the palace was quarried for stone. (Univ. Coll.)
2 has been described, sect. 70.
3 are gold earrings (scale 5 : 3), found with another
pair in a broken jar-neck, on the floor of a house
which had been heaped over with wasters from the
glazing kilns. Their date is probably late Ptolemaic,
and they shew how skilfully granulated work was
done then. (Manchester 2, Liverpool, New York.)
4 is a necklace of red coral and hollow gold
beads, with three hollow gold earrings. The thin
gold is backed with plaster. It is seldom so much
coral is found. This was to the east of the Proteus
temple. (Univ. Coll.) 5 has been described, sect. 70.
6 is a trial piece of a model in limestone, to
practise the details of windows and openings used
in a fort. Compare the piece of a fort model in
Mempliis I, xxxiii. (Univ. Coll.)
PI. xxxix, 1 is a small cubical altar (scale 2 : 3)
with figures of a uraeus and a vulture ; inscription
Neiphor . . . ; a palm tree ; and a bust of Bes, or a
warrior, with palm branches. (Ashmolean.)
2 are examples of grinders made of quartzite, for
grinding out stone vases; a large quantity was found
by a native digger, evidently from a factory; the
best set is at University College, and others in five
museums. 3 is described already, sect. 70.
4, small alabaster vases in course of manufacture.
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 have all been drilled too deeply; 3 was
split; 8 was for a compound vase like 14; 9 to 13