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byn. xv.-xtii. COFFIN OF QUEEN AAH-HOTEP 117
King Taa III., surnamed ' the brave,' a predecessor
of Aahmes, the conqueror of Avaris, built a Nile
flotilla for the purpose of one day attacking the town,
which lay in the watery lowlands of the Delta.
His successor, named Kajies, u ffj p, seems to have
reigned but a short time. He was the husband of the
much-venerated Queen Aah-hotep, -—-n , whose coffin
with the golden ornaments on her body was discovered
by some Theban peasants in 1860 in the ancient necro-
polis of No, buried only a few feet below the surface
•of the ground.
The cover of the coffin has the shape of a mummy,
and is gilt from top to bottom. The urseus decks the
brow. The eyelids are gilt. The whites of the eyes are
quartz, and the pupils black glass. A rich imitation-
necklace covers the breast and shoulders ; the urseus
and the vulture—the sacred symbols of sovereignty
over the Upper and Lower land of Kamit—lie below
the necklace. A pair of closed wings seems to protect
the rest of the body. Beneath the feet stand the
statues of the mourning goddesses Isis and Nephthys.
The inscription gives the name of the queen, Aah-
hotep, that is, ' delight of the moon.'
When the coffin was opened there were found in it
daggers, a golden axe, a chain with three large golden
bees, and a breastplate, while a golden chain with a
scarabseus attached, a fillet for the brow, armlets, and
other objects were on the body. Two little ships in
gold and silver, bronze axes, and great anklets lay
immediately upon the wood of the coffin. The golden
barque and the bronze axes exhibited the cartouche of
Karnes, but the most valuable of the ornaments bore
that of Aahmes with the surname of Nekht, ' the vic-
torious.'
King Taa III., surnamed ' the brave,' a predecessor
of Aahmes, the conqueror of Avaris, built a Nile
flotilla for the purpose of one day attacking the town,
which lay in the watery lowlands of the Delta.
His successor, named Kajies, u ffj p, seems to have
reigned but a short time. He was the husband of the
much-venerated Queen Aah-hotep, -—-n , whose coffin
with the golden ornaments on her body was discovered
by some Theban peasants in 1860 in the ancient necro-
polis of No, buried only a few feet below the surface
•of the ground.
The cover of the coffin has the shape of a mummy,
and is gilt from top to bottom. The urseus decks the
brow. The eyelids are gilt. The whites of the eyes are
quartz, and the pupils black glass. A rich imitation-
necklace covers the breast and shoulders ; the urseus
and the vulture—the sacred symbols of sovereignty
over the Upper and Lower land of Kamit—lie below
the necklace. A pair of closed wings seems to protect
the rest of the body. Beneath the feet stand the
statues of the mourning goddesses Isis and Nephthys.
The inscription gives the name of the queen, Aah-
hotep, that is, ' delight of the moon.'
When the coffin was opened there were found in it
daggers, a golden axe, a chain with three large golden
bees, and a breastplate, while a golden chain with a
scarabseus attached, a fillet for the brow, armlets, and
other objects were on the body. Two little ships in
gold and silver, bronze axes, and great anklets lay
immediately upon the wood of the coffin. The golden
barque and the bronze axes exhibited the cartouche of
Karnes, but the most valuable of the ornaments bore
that of Aahmes with the surname of Nekht, ' the vic-
torious.'