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GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
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p. 66. It suggests that the paste and glaze of all
handled pots which we are accustomed to call
Syrian, Mykenaean, &c., should be carefully examin-
ed and compared with the Egyptian varieties
before we describe them as imported.
Tomb 224. (Group, pl. XXIV.) From the scarab
and the pot, we put this grave at the beginning of
the XVIII th dynasty. The scarab suggests that it
may be even earlier. The pot was found below the
feet of the man, who lay on his back fully extended,
and the scarab was on his left hand; we could
not determine whether on a finger or round the
wrist. No beads were found with it. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 227. (Group, pl. XXV.) This group is
fixed to the time of Thutmose, by the pottery as
well as the scarabs. (Disturbed.)
24. Tomb 245. (Group, pl. XXIV; Cretan pot.,
pl. XIII, 4; beads in original order, pl. XLV.) This
grave was in fairly loose sandy soil. Two bodies lay
one over the other in a brick trough which was
lined with wood on the north, south and west
sides. Both bodies lay supine, the male body below,
lying head to east, and the young female(?) head to
west. The male was very old. The two scarabs lay
at the left (?) hand of the upper body, and the
three-handled pot at the head. This pot is of light
brown pottery, with design in black on a yellowish
brown slip, and resembles that found at Gurob
in 1904 (see Loat [Saqqarah Mastabas and] Gurob,
pl. XVII, 5 c, and Hall, Aegean Archaeology,
giving a vase of similar shape dated to late Minoan III
on pl. XXI, 2). At the neck of the upper body were
the remains of plain silver rings. Both bodies had
beads at the neck. We could only recover the original
order of some of the beads of the lower body.
At the west end of the brick trough, and level
with this lower body, was one pot of type 26j.
The trough was covered with a plank and some
loose bricks, and two more pots lay on the bricks
at the west end of the grave. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 258. (Group, pl. XXL) This group may
be of the early XVIIIth dynasty, though the
scarab appears to be slightly earlier. The scarab
lay at the hands with a large quantity of beads.
There were also beads at the neck, but their order
could not be recovered. The pots, two of type 25 p
and one of type 51, were at the head of the body,
which appeared to be that of a young female. One
of the 25 p pots contained barley.
The coffin was of wood and rectangular in
shape. The wood was 1 inch thick, and the joint
was simply let in, without dovetail. There was
no lid, the cover being simply of bricks. Two
shells of the Nerita crasselabrum were found in
the filling. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 264. (Group, pl. XXIV.) An uncharac-
teristic group found just below the surface in a
disturbed grave. It may date to Thutmose III.
Tomb 270. (Group, pl. XXIV.) From a brick-
coffin burial, probably of the time of Thutmose III.
The scarab lay by the left hand, and both the
pots at the head.
25. Tomb 276. Two bodies (A and B) of young
females lying extended and supine, side by side,
heads to the east, hands over pelvis, A being to
the north of B. No well-marked grave in the
sand, and no sign of bricking over bodies, or of
coffins. Matting was observed tinder them, and
they may have been wrapped in it. The bones
were covered with the usual remains of bandages,
in a black powdery mass. A quantity of beads
were found with the bodies; the arrangement of
these is shown in plate LIII.
Body A was found to have two different neck-
laces. The second necklace formed a double string
looped over the bone ear-studs at each side of
the head. The beads were in position round one
stud, but it could not be seen how the stud was
worn. Probably round the hips were the strings
of blue glaze rings or disks varying from 92 n to
92 o, 97 f and 73 f, a few 85 a, a very few carnelian
barrels 73 u, many small beads ranging between
85 p and 85 t, a very few jasper spheroids 80 1,
one yellow and blue eye-bead 73 m, two blue glass
58 v, and one yellow glass spheroid 79 m; also
strings of the finer blue glaze 851, a few yellow
glaze 85 t, one five-fold 56 n, and one small Conus
shell. It is possible that the last two came from
the left wrist.
The beads which were taken from the left wrist
were four disks 92 n or 92 o, four yellow glass
barrels 73 u, one carnelian barrel 73 u, one yellow
glass spheroid 79 k, two yellow spherical 79 n, eight
blue spherical 79 n, one minute blue 851, one
yellow barrel 73 z, carnelian eye 46j, carnelian duck
(XLI, 61) and two blue glaze scarabs (pl. XLI 57, 58).
The beads at the right wrist could be seen in their
original order in parts (pl. LIII), bracelets IL 4.
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p. 66. It suggests that the paste and glaze of all
handled pots which we are accustomed to call
Syrian, Mykenaean, &c., should be carefully examin-
ed and compared with the Egyptian varieties
before we describe them as imported.
Tomb 224. (Group, pl. XXIV.) From the scarab
and the pot, we put this grave at the beginning of
the XVIII th dynasty. The scarab suggests that it
may be even earlier. The pot was found below the
feet of the man, who lay on his back fully extended,
and the scarab was on his left hand; we could
not determine whether on a finger or round the
wrist. No beads were found with it. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 227. (Group, pl. XXV.) This group is
fixed to the time of Thutmose, by the pottery as
well as the scarabs. (Disturbed.)
24. Tomb 245. (Group, pl. XXIV; Cretan pot.,
pl. XIII, 4; beads in original order, pl. XLV.) This
grave was in fairly loose sandy soil. Two bodies lay
one over the other in a brick trough which was
lined with wood on the north, south and west
sides. Both bodies lay supine, the male body below,
lying head to east, and the young female(?) head to
west. The male was very old. The two scarabs lay
at the left (?) hand of the upper body, and the
three-handled pot at the head. This pot is of light
brown pottery, with design in black on a yellowish
brown slip, and resembles that found at Gurob
in 1904 (see Loat [Saqqarah Mastabas and] Gurob,
pl. XVII, 5 c, and Hall, Aegean Archaeology,
giving a vase of similar shape dated to late Minoan III
on pl. XXI, 2). At the neck of the upper body were
the remains of plain silver rings. Both bodies had
beads at the neck. We could only recover the original
order of some of the beads of the lower body.
At the west end of the brick trough, and level
with this lower body, was one pot of type 26j.
The trough was covered with a plank and some
loose bricks, and two more pots lay on the bricks
at the west end of the grave. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 258. (Group, pl. XXL) This group may
be of the early XVIIIth dynasty, though the
scarab appears to be slightly earlier. The scarab
lay at the hands with a large quantity of beads.
There were also beads at the neck, but their order
could not be recovered. The pots, two of type 25 p
and one of type 51, were at the head of the body,
which appeared to be that of a young female. One
of the 25 p pots contained barley.
The coffin was of wood and rectangular in
shape. The wood was 1 inch thick, and the joint
was simply let in, without dovetail. There was
no lid, the cover being simply of bricks. Two
shells of the Nerita crasselabrum were found in
the filling. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 264. (Group, pl. XXIV.) An uncharac-
teristic group found just below the surface in a
disturbed grave. It may date to Thutmose III.
Tomb 270. (Group, pl. XXIV.) From a brick-
coffin burial, probably of the time of Thutmose III.
The scarab lay by the left hand, and both the
pots at the head.
25. Tomb 276. Two bodies (A and B) of young
females lying extended and supine, side by side,
heads to the east, hands over pelvis, A being to
the north of B. No well-marked grave in the
sand, and no sign of bricking over bodies, or of
coffins. Matting was observed tinder them, and
they may have been wrapped in it. The bones
were covered with the usual remains of bandages,
in a black powdery mass. A quantity of beads
were found with the bodies; the arrangement of
these is shown in plate LIII.
Body A was found to have two different neck-
laces. The second necklace formed a double string
looped over the bone ear-studs at each side of
the head. The beads were in position round one
stud, but it could not be seen how the stud was
worn. Probably round the hips were the strings
of blue glaze rings or disks varying from 92 n to
92 o, 97 f and 73 f, a few 85 a, a very few carnelian
barrels 73 u, many small beads ranging between
85 p and 85 t, a very few jasper spheroids 80 1,
one yellow and blue eye-bead 73 m, two blue glass
58 v, and one yellow glass spheroid 79 m; also
strings of the finer blue glaze 851, a few yellow
glaze 85 t, one five-fold 56 n, and one small Conus
shell. It is possible that the last two came from
the left wrist.
The beads which were taken from the left wrist
were four disks 92 n or 92 o, four yellow glass
barrels 73 u, one carnelian barrel 73 u, one yellow
glass spheroid 79 k, two yellow spherical 79 n, eight
blue spherical 79 n, one minute blue 851, one
yellow barrel 73 z, carnelian eye 46j, carnelian duck
(XLI, 61) and two blue glaze scarabs (pl. XLI 57, 58).
The beads at the right wrist could be seen in their
original order in parts (pl. LIII), bracelets IL 4.