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MISCELLANEOUS NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS
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This however is not clear: and he adds, in his
description, “it also appears to have been passed
through a hole in the skin, and not to have been
merely nipped on.” The finding of three rings by
one ear has been brought up as evidence against
this; but this is not in the least impossible, knowing
as we do to what immense sizes the hole in the
ear lobe can be stretched to accommodate orna-
ments, amongst the Kikuyu for example in East
Africa. The width of the slit in the ring is the
difficulty: it is hard to see how, in some extreme
cases, the skin of the lobe could have passed
through it. The more commonly accepted explanation
is that these rings were used on tresses of hair,
the hair being gradually passed through the slit.
It would seem simpler however to thread the ring
on the tress or plait in the ordinary way, unless
the end was engaged in some fashion. I am informed
that similar hair-rings are used at the present
time in Malta. The period in which they were
worn in ancient Egypt is a very limited one;
and I know of no painting or sculpture in which
they are shown. Some rings have a little loop or
eye on the edge, 90 degrees from the slit, presumably
to hang a string of beads from. This recalls the
way in which the necklace was looped over the
ear-plug in tomb 276.
Tomb 606 was close to 605, and similar to it. One
side of the chamber was, however, lined with brick
to a height of 5 feet. Resting on the bricks and
on a ledge in the opposite side, were five rough
poles, forming a support for a roof of some material
such as matting. The deceased, a very old man,
had been buried in an anthropoid coffin of wood,
beardless, plastered, and painted black with white
inscriptions, in vertical bands alternating with figures
of deities. The lid had one vertical band with three
cross bands of hieroglyphs. The name was left blank.
At the head of the coffin was a pottery dish 2v
painted white inside, with red rim. Inside the coffin
was the head rest, 31, part on each side of the head;
a long stick lying along the right side; two wooden
shabtis wrapped in linen; and, at the feet, the carved
toilet box, hemi-cylindrical with a flat sliding lid.
There is no doubt that the burial is of the same
date as 605, namely Ramesses II.
30. Tomb 609. Arched chamber on west, shaft
and chamber both bricked. The pot contained
five pottery shabtis, one of them an overseer.
Tomb 611. Shallow shaft with chamber on west.
The only object found was the wooden boat on
wheels, pl. LII, and this was in fragments. Pro-
fessor Petrie has reconstructed this in his drawing
which also shows the colouring in red, blue and yellow.
The short pegs, of which eight of the twelve remain,
are loose and fit the holes in the deck. The tall
poles, six in number, are broken off, leaving their
stumps in the deck. The awnings are cut out so
as to pass between the tall poles. The gap between
the awnings is to allow entering over the side. The
figure of a man has been drawn in to show the
relative size. It would seem to be the model of a
war-galley with a ram(?) and projection at the prow
for boarding other vessels. The circles along the
sides are doubtless meant for oars.
Tomb 613. (Group pl. XXIV.) Two chambers to
the south and north, but plundered. In the south
were pottery dishes, and six other pots, all shewn
on the plate; dom fruit; pieces of at least two
walking sticks; mud beads on fringe, and the
scarabs 31, 34 and plaque 33. From the northern
chamber come the mirror, 40; the scarabs 32, 37;
one blue glaze and two carnelian scarabs, all plain;
6 jasper penannular rings; part of a sard vase;
and a few sard beads. As to date, the black band
pot, 42, and the collar neck, 38, cannot be later
than Thutmose III, nor the scarab, 31, earlier than
that reign.
CHAPTER VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS
(Plates XIII, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII.)
31. Pl. XIII, 1—3. See section 21. Tomb 37.
Pl. XIII, 4. See section 24. Tomb 245.
Pl. XIII, 5. See group on pl. XXIX and section 29.
Pl. XIII, 6. Limestone figure from the grave of
a child about 12 years old (no. 428). The figure
is coloured light red, wig black with red and black
decoration, black tatu marks, and is flanked by
two plants painted blue, and at the bottom right
hand corner is a nude male dancing figure in black.
Framing the whole are two serpents, yellow and
black with heads facing at the top. The group
includes a basket containing mud beads, also three
earrings and a scarab. (Pl. XLI, 101.) It is pro-
bably of the XVIII th dynasty.
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This however is not clear: and he adds, in his
description, “it also appears to have been passed
through a hole in the skin, and not to have been
merely nipped on.” The finding of three rings by
one ear has been brought up as evidence against
this; but this is not in the least impossible, knowing
as we do to what immense sizes the hole in the
ear lobe can be stretched to accommodate orna-
ments, amongst the Kikuyu for example in East
Africa. The width of the slit in the ring is the
difficulty: it is hard to see how, in some extreme
cases, the skin of the lobe could have passed
through it. The more commonly accepted explanation
is that these rings were used on tresses of hair,
the hair being gradually passed through the slit.
It would seem simpler however to thread the ring
on the tress or plait in the ordinary way, unless
the end was engaged in some fashion. I am informed
that similar hair-rings are used at the present
time in Malta. The period in which they were
worn in ancient Egypt is a very limited one;
and I know of no painting or sculpture in which
they are shown. Some rings have a little loop or
eye on the edge, 90 degrees from the slit, presumably
to hang a string of beads from. This recalls the
way in which the necklace was looped over the
ear-plug in tomb 276.
Tomb 606 was close to 605, and similar to it. One
side of the chamber was, however, lined with brick
to a height of 5 feet. Resting on the bricks and
on a ledge in the opposite side, were five rough
poles, forming a support for a roof of some material
such as matting. The deceased, a very old man,
had been buried in an anthropoid coffin of wood,
beardless, plastered, and painted black with white
inscriptions, in vertical bands alternating with figures
of deities. The lid had one vertical band with three
cross bands of hieroglyphs. The name was left blank.
At the head of the coffin was a pottery dish 2v
painted white inside, with red rim. Inside the coffin
was the head rest, 31, part on each side of the head;
a long stick lying along the right side; two wooden
shabtis wrapped in linen; and, at the feet, the carved
toilet box, hemi-cylindrical with a flat sliding lid.
There is no doubt that the burial is of the same
date as 605, namely Ramesses II.
30. Tomb 609. Arched chamber on west, shaft
and chamber both bricked. The pot contained
five pottery shabtis, one of them an overseer.
Tomb 611. Shallow shaft with chamber on west.
The only object found was the wooden boat on
wheels, pl. LII, and this was in fragments. Pro-
fessor Petrie has reconstructed this in his drawing
which also shows the colouring in red, blue and yellow.
The short pegs, of which eight of the twelve remain,
are loose and fit the holes in the deck. The tall
poles, six in number, are broken off, leaving their
stumps in the deck. The awnings are cut out so
as to pass between the tall poles. The gap between
the awnings is to allow entering over the side. The
figure of a man has been drawn in to show the
relative size. It would seem to be the model of a
war-galley with a ram(?) and projection at the prow
for boarding other vessels. The circles along the
sides are doubtless meant for oars.
Tomb 613. (Group pl. XXIV.) Two chambers to
the south and north, but plundered. In the south
were pottery dishes, and six other pots, all shewn
on the plate; dom fruit; pieces of at least two
walking sticks; mud beads on fringe, and the
scarabs 31, 34 and plaque 33. From the northern
chamber come the mirror, 40; the scarabs 32, 37;
one blue glaze and two carnelian scarabs, all plain;
6 jasper penannular rings; part of a sard vase;
and a few sard beads. As to date, the black band
pot, 42, and the collar neck, 38, cannot be later
than Thutmose III, nor the scarab, 31, earlier than
that reign.
CHAPTER VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS
(Plates XIII, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII.)
31. Pl. XIII, 1—3. See section 21. Tomb 37.
Pl. XIII, 4. See section 24. Tomb 245.
Pl. XIII, 5. See group on pl. XXIX and section 29.
Pl. XIII, 6. Limestone figure from the grave of
a child about 12 years old (no. 428). The figure
is coloured light red, wig black with red and black
decoration, black tatu marks, and is flanked by
two plants painted blue, and at the bottom right
hand corner is a nude male dancing figure in black.
Framing the whole are two serpents, yellow and
black with heads facing at the top. The group
includes a basket containing mud beads, also three
earrings and a scarab. (Pl. XLI, 101.) It is pro-
bably of the XVIII th dynasty.