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GRAVES OF THE NEW KINGDOM
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The Ritual of the Shabti, chap. VI of the Book
of the Dead, is here given nearly in full. There are
several errors, but no important variations from
known texts:
The translation is: (vertical,) May be glorified
Osiris ... (1) Saith he: O thou shabti, detailed
(2) to me, if I am ordered for the doing of any
(3) work such as is to be done in the Underworld
in the matter of tilling the (4) fields, filling the
water-courses or (5) going to and fro carrying
sand (6) from the East to the West . . .
Tomb 442. (Group, pl. XXV.) Scarab and pot
dated to Thutmose III. (Undisturbed.) The body was
male. It has been suggested that scarabs were only
worn or buried with females: this burial is evi-
dence to the contrary. Other male burials with
scarabs are 88, 239 (right hand), 270 (left hand),
281, and 297, 298 (both left hand). The scarab
was also on the left hand in this case. Probably
the more frequent occurrence of scarabs with
females is due to the fact that they were often
employed as amulets, and amulets are almost always
with women. When found with men, they are
probably to be considered as seals: but this is
merely a supposition.
Tomb 443. (Group, pl. XXVI.) The name on the
scarab looks like that of Thutmose III, but we are
inclined to think, by the shape of the pot, that
it may be a badly written prenomen of Amen-
hetep II. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 445. (Group, pl. XXXI.) The date of this
group is certainly Ramesside, the pot, no. 21,
type 36n, never occurring in the XVIIIth dynasty.
(Undisturbed.)
Tomb 453. (Group, pl. XXVI.) This grave had
probably been disturbed; the body was bricked
over and the Bes-pot lay at the foot, outside the
bricks. This contained five rough red pottery
shabtis each inscribed, as in no. 1 on the plate.
They read “Osiris, Ptah-pa-qed” i. e. ‘Ptah, the
Builder.’ The group might be of about the time
of Amenhetep III.
Tomb 458. (Group, pl. XXVI.) From the style
of the plaque and the shape of the pot, the grave
may well be of the date of Amenhetep III. (Un-
disturbed.)
28. Tomb 465 A. (Group, pl. XXVI.) This tomb
consisted of the usual shaft and chamber (on
west). The brick walling-up was intact, and the
robbers had entered through the roof, which had
been of brickwork, and had collapsed. Only the
pottery shown on the plate comes from the
chamber or the filling: the scarabs, gold ring, beads
and copper mirror were found in a rough niche
40 inches down the shaft. There was nothing to
indicate whether they had been placed there by
the robbers of this or another tomb. The types
of pots from the chamber are late XVIII th dynasty.
The blue bands on the jars 9 and 11 cannot be
before Amenhetep II, while the white band 10 is
a relic of earlier style. The decorated fragment
(12) came, with 13, from the filling. The heavy
gold ring is engraved with a head of Hathor (?)
between two uraei; but the design has been almost
worn away by constant use.
Tomb 466. (Group, pl. XXVII.) The grouping
of the gods on the ring suggests a Ramesside date.
Tomb 473. (Group, pl. XXVII.) From one of the
large tombs near point W. The contents shewed
signs of burning, both sculpture and beads being
calcined. There is not much evidence of date.
Prof. Petrie considers that the jar (5) is too clumsy
to be before Amenhetep IV. The sculpture of
Thutmose III, pl. XLIX, 4 almost certainly came
from his temple, and the tomb must be considerably
kter. The limestone pottery canopic jars, and the
pots (12, 13) suggest a Ramesside date. The stele
is almost certainly XIXth dynasty work.
Tomb 474. (Group, pl. XXVIII.) Another large
tomb near point W. with a number of separate
chambers. From its size we may judge that it was
intended for a long succession of burials; and
as the objects found came almost entirely from
the first room, it may be supposed that the robbers
sorted their loot there, and a mixture of dates is
to be expected. Prof. Petrie believes the group
to be of the close of the XVIII th dynasty and
that the key-pattern prism is probably an early
piece re-used. The sherd, 11, mentions “the house
of Thutmose IV,” giving a maximum date. The
alabaster fragment, 14, reads “the tomb:” while the
name on the pottery shabti, 10, is “Lady of Hues
(Heracleopolis)”. On the limestone shabti, 23, the
name has never been filled in; of the other objects
the fine pottery plaque, 9, with the fan-bearers,
the small figure of Horus eating snakes, and the
stirrup-vase, 17, with unusual decoration of squares
in red paint, are noteworthy. The ivory carving of
15
The Ritual of the Shabti, chap. VI of the Book
of the Dead, is here given nearly in full. There are
several errors, but no important variations from
known texts:
The translation is: (vertical,) May be glorified
Osiris ... (1) Saith he: O thou shabti, detailed
(2) to me, if I am ordered for the doing of any
(3) work such as is to be done in the Underworld
in the matter of tilling the (4) fields, filling the
water-courses or (5) going to and fro carrying
sand (6) from the East to the West . . .
Tomb 442. (Group, pl. XXV.) Scarab and pot
dated to Thutmose III. (Undisturbed.) The body was
male. It has been suggested that scarabs were only
worn or buried with females: this burial is evi-
dence to the contrary. Other male burials with
scarabs are 88, 239 (right hand), 270 (left hand),
281, and 297, 298 (both left hand). The scarab
was also on the left hand in this case. Probably
the more frequent occurrence of scarabs with
females is due to the fact that they were often
employed as amulets, and amulets are almost always
with women. When found with men, they are
probably to be considered as seals: but this is
merely a supposition.
Tomb 443. (Group, pl. XXVI.) The name on the
scarab looks like that of Thutmose III, but we are
inclined to think, by the shape of the pot, that
it may be a badly written prenomen of Amen-
hetep II. (Undisturbed.)
Tomb 445. (Group, pl. XXXI.) The date of this
group is certainly Ramesside, the pot, no. 21,
type 36n, never occurring in the XVIIIth dynasty.
(Undisturbed.)
Tomb 453. (Group, pl. XXVI.) This grave had
probably been disturbed; the body was bricked
over and the Bes-pot lay at the foot, outside the
bricks. This contained five rough red pottery
shabtis each inscribed, as in no. 1 on the plate.
They read “Osiris, Ptah-pa-qed” i. e. ‘Ptah, the
Builder.’ The group might be of about the time
of Amenhetep III.
Tomb 458. (Group, pl. XXVI.) From the style
of the plaque and the shape of the pot, the grave
may well be of the date of Amenhetep III. (Un-
disturbed.)
28. Tomb 465 A. (Group, pl. XXVI.) This tomb
consisted of the usual shaft and chamber (on
west). The brick walling-up was intact, and the
robbers had entered through the roof, which had
been of brickwork, and had collapsed. Only the
pottery shown on the plate comes from the
chamber or the filling: the scarabs, gold ring, beads
and copper mirror were found in a rough niche
40 inches down the shaft. There was nothing to
indicate whether they had been placed there by
the robbers of this or another tomb. The types
of pots from the chamber are late XVIII th dynasty.
The blue bands on the jars 9 and 11 cannot be
before Amenhetep II, while the white band 10 is
a relic of earlier style. The decorated fragment
(12) came, with 13, from the filling. The heavy
gold ring is engraved with a head of Hathor (?)
between two uraei; but the design has been almost
worn away by constant use.
Tomb 466. (Group, pl. XXVII.) The grouping
of the gods on the ring suggests a Ramesside date.
Tomb 473. (Group, pl. XXVII.) From one of the
large tombs near point W. The contents shewed
signs of burning, both sculpture and beads being
calcined. There is not much evidence of date.
Prof. Petrie considers that the jar (5) is too clumsy
to be before Amenhetep IV. The sculpture of
Thutmose III, pl. XLIX, 4 almost certainly came
from his temple, and the tomb must be considerably
kter. The limestone pottery canopic jars, and the
pots (12, 13) suggest a Ramesside date. The stele
is almost certainly XIXth dynasty work.
Tomb 474. (Group, pl. XXVIII.) Another large
tomb near point W. with a number of separate
chambers. From its size we may judge that it was
intended for a long succession of burials; and
as the objects found came almost entirely from
the first room, it may be supposed that the robbers
sorted their loot there, and a mixture of dates is
to be expected. Prof. Petrie believes the group
to be of the close of the XVIII th dynasty and
that the key-pattern prism is probably an early
piece re-used. The sherd, 11, mentions “the house
of Thutmose IV,” giving a maximum date. The
alabaster fragment, 14, reads “the tomb:” while the
name on the pottery shabti, 10, is “Lady of Hues
(Heracleopolis)”. On the limestone shabti, 23, the
name has never been filled in; of the other objects
the fine pottery plaque, 9, with the fan-bearers,
the small figure of Horus eating snakes, and the
stirrup-vase, 17, with unusual decoration of squares
in red paint, are noteworthy. The ivory carving of