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GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
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CHAPTER VII
GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
18. It is to be understood that the following
notes are supplementary to the details given in
the tomb registers, pls. XIV—XVIII.
Tomb 5. see chapter IX.
Tomb 6. (Plan, pl. XIX, 6; group, pl. XXIX);
Sculptures, pl. XL, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12;
steles, pl. L, 3 and 4.
The tomb had been very thoroughly robbed in
ancient times, and all the objects were found in the
filling. The only names found were on a shabti
of decayed blue-glazed ware which mentions the
name Mersen (pl. XXIX, 16), also the end of a
name . . . men written in black ink on a buff sherd,
shown in no. 22 of the same plate, and the names
of three women on one of the steles. It is difficult
to say if it is a family group or if there is an
intruded burial. We consider that all the objects
could well belong to the early XIX th dynasty.
The two most interesting objects from this group
are the fragment of black-on-buff ‘Aegean’ false
necked vase (no. 15,) the fine piece of glass inlay
representing a vulture from some piece of funeral
furniture, and the skull of a monkey.
The two steles are of very coarse work in lime-
stone and neither is complete. No. 3 has three
women on it in sunk relief called Ta, Ta-ur-m . . .,
and Ta-ur-.... -tp. No. 4 is of even coarser work
and is without inscription.
In the filling of the shaft we found a considerable
number of pieces of limestone inscribed in large
characters. The only one which is at all conse-
cutive is no. 3 (pl. XL) which reads: ‘(Prince of)
Heliopolis Lord of the Two Lands.’ It is almost
certain that all these come from the sculptures of
the temple of Thutmose III, as they are far too
large for a private tomb. The skull of a monkey
found in this tomb has been identified at the
Natural History Museum, S. Kensington, as Cerco-
pithecus griseoviridis.
Tomb 7. (Group, pl. XXIV.) This undisturbed
burial was found in loose sand at a depth of 65
inches near point D. The body, which was of a
mature female, was lying supine at full length with
head to E., but had been badly crushed owing
to the collapse of the coffin-lid. The foot of a large
wooden headrest was found in position. The
coffin was of wood, rounded at the head, and had
once been inscribed, but only small traces of in-
scription were recovered. The coffin had been
bricked over.
Three very fine electrum-mounted scarabs were
found in the coffin near the hands, but it was not
possible to determine on which hand they had
been worn.
At the head were three pots, one of no. 14 and
two of no. 15. The latter each contained 14 very
rough wooden shabtis and one overseer, which
had once been painted yellow and inscribed in
hieratic.
Above the grave, in the filling, was a dish (no. 18).
In spite of the name of Thutmose III occurring
on one of the scarabs it is almost certain that the
group should be dated to about the time of
Ramesses II.
Tomb 20. (Plan pl. XX, 7; group pl. XXIII,
1—18.) This tomb lies near point Q, and is en-
tered by a sloping descent 80 inches long, and
30 inches wide, the threshold of the door being
55 inches deep. The plan of the tomb is shown to
a scale of The roof of the chamber was
arched, and the height to the top of the arch was
40 inches. The tomb was brick lined, and the walls
had apparently once been plastered. The tomb
contained a male, a female and three children, all
wrapped, but in very bad condition: no coffins
could be seen, but the depth of dust round the
bodies of the adults seems to indicate that there
must have been coffins, or at least wooden boards
below the bodies.
The objects in the tomb lay in the positions
shown in the plan, but the scarabs and beads had
all fallen to the bottom of the dust and were only
recovered after sifting.
The scarabs (nos. 1, 2, and 3) could well be
pre-XVIIIth dynasty, and a wooden dish similar
to no. 12 has been found in a Second Intermediate
cemetery at Mayanah by Prof. Petrie in 1921. The
pots, however, are almost certainly of the early
XVIII th dynasty, cf. Petrie, Gizeh and Rif eh,
pl. XXVIID, 69; XXVIIE, 82. We therefore date the
tomb to somewhere about the time of Amenhetep I.
The wooden spoon (no. 10) was probably in the
form of a duck whose head lay back alongside of
the bowl. (Undisturbed.)
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CHAPTER VII
GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
18. It is to be understood that the following
notes are supplementary to the details given in
the tomb registers, pls. XIV—XVIII.
Tomb 5. see chapter IX.
Tomb 6. (Plan, pl. XIX, 6; group, pl. XXIX);
Sculptures, pl. XL, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12;
steles, pl. L, 3 and 4.
The tomb had been very thoroughly robbed in
ancient times, and all the objects were found in the
filling. The only names found were on a shabti
of decayed blue-glazed ware which mentions the
name Mersen (pl. XXIX, 16), also the end of a
name . . . men written in black ink on a buff sherd,
shown in no. 22 of the same plate, and the names
of three women on one of the steles. It is difficult
to say if it is a family group or if there is an
intruded burial. We consider that all the objects
could well belong to the early XIX th dynasty.
The two most interesting objects from this group
are the fragment of black-on-buff ‘Aegean’ false
necked vase (no. 15,) the fine piece of glass inlay
representing a vulture from some piece of funeral
furniture, and the skull of a monkey.
The two steles are of very coarse work in lime-
stone and neither is complete. No. 3 has three
women on it in sunk relief called Ta, Ta-ur-m . . .,
and Ta-ur-.... -tp. No. 4 is of even coarser work
and is without inscription.
In the filling of the shaft we found a considerable
number of pieces of limestone inscribed in large
characters. The only one which is at all conse-
cutive is no. 3 (pl. XL) which reads: ‘(Prince of)
Heliopolis Lord of the Two Lands.’ It is almost
certain that all these come from the sculptures of
the temple of Thutmose III, as they are far too
large for a private tomb. The skull of a monkey
found in this tomb has been identified at the
Natural History Museum, S. Kensington, as Cerco-
pithecus griseoviridis.
Tomb 7. (Group, pl. XXIV.) This undisturbed
burial was found in loose sand at a depth of 65
inches near point D. The body, which was of a
mature female, was lying supine at full length with
head to E., but had been badly crushed owing
to the collapse of the coffin-lid. The foot of a large
wooden headrest was found in position. The
coffin was of wood, rounded at the head, and had
once been inscribed, but only small traces of in-
scription were recovered. The coffin had been
bricked over.
Three very fine electrum-mounted scarabs were
found in the coffin near the hands, but it was not
possible to determine on which hand they had
been worn.
At the head were three pots, one of no. 14 and
two of no. 15. The latter each contained 14 very
rough wooden shabtis and one overseer, which
had once been painted yellow and inscribed in
hieratic.
Above the grave, in the filling, was a dish (no. 18).
In spite of the name of Thutmose III occurring
on one of the scarabs it is almost certain that the
group should be dated to about the time of
Ramesses II.
Tomb 20. (Plan pl. XX, 7; group pl. XXIII,
1—18.) This tomb lies near point Q, and is en-
tered by a sloping descent 80 inches long, and
30 inches wide, the threshold of the door being
55 inches deep. The plan of the tomb is shown to
a scale of The roof of the chamber was
arched, and the height to the top of the arch was
40 inches. The tomb was brick lined, and the walls
had apparently once been plastered. The tomb
contained a male, a female and three children, all
wrapped, but in very bad condition: no coffins
could be seen, but the depth of dust round the
bodies of the adults seems to indicate that there
must have been coffins, or at least wooden boards
below the bodies.
The objects in the tomb lay in the positions
shown in the plan, but the scarabs and beads had
all fallen to the bottom of the dust and were only
recovered after sifting.
The scarabs (nos. 1, 2, and 3) could well be
pre-XVIIIth dynasty, and a wooden dish similar
to no. 12 has been found in a Second Intermediate
cemetery at Mayanah by Prof. Petrie in 1921. The
pots, however, are almost certainly of the early
XVIII th dynasty, cf. Petrie, Gizeh and Rif eh,
pl. XXVIID, 69; XXVIIE, 82. We therefore date the
tomb to somewhere about the time of Amenhetep I.
The wooden spoon (no. 10) was probably in the
form of a duck whose head lay back alongside of
the bowl. (Undisturbed.)