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GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
Body B, also wore two bead necklaces, pl. LIIL
The second necklace was composed of various
segments in which the beads differed. Some were
of alternating pairs of blue and red glass barrels
(73 m, 73 u, 801), with an occasional group of five
blue or five red. Other segments were entirely
of blue ring beads, while others were of red,
yellow or black rings (85 p, 851, 73 j, 85 a), either
in pairs or singly. The string was double with
two spacers (55 g, 55 v). There were no ear-studs,
but the strings did not run right round the neck.
At the right ear, and against the left angle of the
jaw were jasper penannular rings, not matching.
In the opening of one was organic matter.
Round the hips was a long string of blue glaze
disks (92 n — 92 o) with a bone spacer (55 x).
Probably from the left wrist come the minute blue
and a few yellow (851), with some yellow glass
spheroids. The same were at the right wrist, with
one carnelian barrel, and the double scarab.
(Pl. XLI, 53.)
The only other objects found in the grave were
a pot 43 v at the head of A, and 93 c close to the
left ear of B.
26. Tomb 277. For inscription see section 31.
Tomb 293. (Group, pl. XXL) This is dated to an
Amenhetep, almost certainly Amenhetep I, from the
polygonal backs to the plaques, which were then
made. The other scarabs agree well with this
dating.
The body, of a female, lay supine with head to
west. At the north of the head was a small trench
containing a wooden box, which served as the coffin
of an infant. This trench also contained a plain
copper pin and strips of bone carving similar to
that shewn on the same plate, no. 42.
A pot, of type 91 q, lay at the north of the feet
of the adult body; another (no. 63, type 26q) was
in the trench, and the alabaster vase lay at the head.
The only amulet with the infant was the fly-
amulet, no. 61; the remainder of the beads together
with the scarabs and amulets were found at the neck
and hands of the adult. There was no coffin with
the adult body; it was simply covered with bricks.
(Undisturbed.)
Tomb 297. (Group, pl. XXVI.) The scarab is
inscribed Amenhetep, probably the second of that
name, as the pottery is of the style of Thut-
mose III, and not as early as Amenhetep I.
Tomb 298. (Group, pl. XXL) The work of the
scarabs and the shapes of the pots point to this
being of the early XVIII th dynasty. The scarabs
were on the left hand.
Deposit 406. This was found within the inner
temple-enclosure of Thutmose III, on the axis of
the temple near the central column (pl. I.) The
group consists of a limestone bust with blue hair
and yellow face. (PL XLVIII, no. 2.) The head
and bust, broken anciently, were placed together
in a sherd, covered with an inverted saucer of
type 5t, and buried about six inches below the
surface. This bust belongs to a curious class of
figures of which several examples are known. A
smaller one was found in tomb 603, of blue glaze
with black hair. There are eleven examples of
similar figures in the collection at University College
(Petrie, Amulets, XXIX, and Sedment XIV, 136)
mostly of glaze, varying much in size, but all with-
out arms. Two very small ones were found at el
Amarna (Petrie, Tell el Amarna, XVII, 277, 278).
A stela from Abydos (Mariette, Abydos II, 60)
shows a woman watering a lotus flower and hold-
ing an incense-burner in front of an armless bust
on a stand. Another stela shows a full-faced bust
on a stand between jackals (Rosellini, Mon.
Civ. CXXX1V, 2). One of the scenes in the tomb
of Ramesses VI, with registers showing mythological
or astronomical beings, represents a row of four
busts and the inscription hez or uz medu in front
of each with the name of the four gods Osiris,
Khepera, Turn, and Re' added respectively. The
name of the god is written twice in each case.
(L. D. Ill, 224, i.) This inscription suggests that
the bust was connected in some way with the
speech of the gods, in other words that they had
an oracular purpose. But we are quite in the dark
as to the manner of their use.
Tomb 408. (Group, pl. XXV.) This group appears
to be of the time of Thutmose III, and was found
with a child’s body. The body appears to have been
disturbed. The only object in situ seems to be
the baboon, no. 21, which lay beneath the thighs.
27. Tomb 409. (Group, pl. XXVII.) From a
disturbed burial of early Ramesside date. The
yellow limestone figure, no. 26, is a ‘stock’ shabti,
a space for the name having been left, and either
never filled in, or the name was written on in ink
and has now been rubbed off.
GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
Body B, also wore two bead necklaces, pl. LIIL
The second necklace was composed of various
segments in which the beads differed. Some were
of alternating pairs of blue and red glass barrels
(73 m, 73 u, 801), with an occasional group of five
blue or five red. Other segments were entirely
of blue ring beads, while others were of red,
yellow or black rings (85 p, 851, 73 j, 85 a), either
in pairs or singly. The string was double with
two spacers (55 g, 55 v). There were no ear-studs,
but the strings did not run right round the neck.
At the right ear, and against the left angle of the
jaw were jasper penannular rings, not matching.
In the opening of one was organic matter.
Round the hips was a long string of blue glaze
disks (92 n — 92 o) with a bone spacer (55 x).
Probably from the left wrist come the minute blue
and a few yellow (851), with some yellow glass
spheroids. The same were at the right wrist, with
one carnelian barrel, and the double scarab.
(Pl. XLI, 53.)
The only other objects found in the grave were
a pot 43 v at the head of A, and 93 c close to the
left ear of B.
26. Tomb 277. For inscription see section 31.
Tomb 293. (Group, pl. XXL) This is dated to an
Amenhetep, almost certainly Amenhetep I, from the
polygonal backs to the plaques, which were then
made. The other scarabs agree well with this
dating.
The body, of a female, lay supine with head to
west. At the north of the head was a small trench
containing a wooden box, which served as the coffin
of an infant. This trench also contained a plain
copper pin and strips of bone carving similar to
that shewn on the same plate, no. 42.
A pot, of type 91 q, lay at the north of the feet
of the adult body; another (no. 63, type 26q) was
in the trench, and the alabaster vase lay at the head.
The only amulet with the infant was the fly-
amulet, no. 61; the remainder of the beads together
with the scarabs and amulets were found at the neck
and hands of the adult. There was no coffin with
the adult body; it was simply covered with bricks.
(Undisturbed.)
Tomb 297. (Group, pl. XXVI.) The scarab is
inscribed Amenhetep, probably the second of that
name, as the pottery is of the style of Thut-
mose III, and not as early as Amenhetep I.
Tomb 298. (Group, pl. XXL) The work of the
scarabs and the shapes of the pots point to this
being of the early XVIII th dynasty. The scarabs
were on the left hand.
Deposit 406. This was found within the inner
temple-enclosure of Thutmose III, on the axis of
the temple near the central column (pl. I.) The
group consists of a limestone bust with blue hair
and yellow face. (PL XLVIII, no. 2.) The head
and bust, broken anciently, were placed together
in a sherd, covered with an inverted saucer of
type 5t, and buried about six inches below the
surface. This bust belongs to a curious class of
figures of which several examples are known. A
smaller one was found in tomb 603, of blue glaze
with black hair. There are eleven examples of
similar figures in the collection at University College
(Petrie, Amulets, XXIX, and Sedment XIV, 136)
mostly of glaze, varying much in size, but all with-
out arms. Two very small ones were found at el
Amarna (Petrie, Tell el Amarna, XVII, 277, 278).
A stela from Abydos (Mariette, Abydos II, 60)
shows a woman watering a lotus flower and hold-
ing an incense-burner in front of an armless bust
on a stand. Another stela shows a full-faced bust
on a stand between jackals (Rosellini, Mon.
Civ. CXXX1V, 2). One of the scenes in the tomb
of Ramesses VI, with registers showing mythological
or astronomical beings, represents a row of four
busts and the inscription hez or uz medu in front
of each with the name of the four gods Osiris,
Khepera, Turn, and Re' added respectively. The
name of the god is written twice in each case.
(L. D. Ill, 224, i.) This inscription suggests that
the bust was connected in some way with the
speech of the gods, in other words that they had
an oracular purpose. But we are quite in the dark
as to the manner of their use.
Tomb 408. (Group, pl. XXV.) This group appears
to be of the time of Thutmose III, and was found
with a child’s body. The body appears to have been
disturbed. The only object in situ seems to be
the baboon, no. 21, which lay beneath the thighs.
27. Tomb 409. (Group, pl. XXVII.) From a
disturbed burial of early Ramesside date. The
yellow limestone figure, no. 26, is a ‘stock’ shabti,
a space for the name having been left, and either
never filled in, or the name was written on in ink
and has now been rubbed off.