Brunton, Guy; Engelbach, Reginald; British School of Archaeology in Egypt: British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Band 41): Gurob (London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1927)

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MISCELLANEOUS. NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS

PL XIII, 7. Wooden case and cover of unknown
use, found loose near point D. The original
measures 13| inches long. The lid is 12 inches
long and is pegged at one end so as to turn on
a swivel: a hole at the other end may be for a
catch to hold it closed.
Pl. XIII, 8. Limestone spindle-whorl on original
stick. The stick has an oblique cut at the thick
end so that the thread may be hitched up while
it is whirling. The group included fragments of
red slippers, a top, and some netting. (Grave 11.)
Pl. XLVI, 1. See section 25.
Pl. XLVI, 2. Sherd found near point T. The
inscription is in black ink and reads “The gardener
Antef(?)”. The name is doubtful.
Pl. XLVI, 3. Inscription on shabtis of blue
glaze from a robbed grave (no. 608) near point W.
The inscription reads: “Osiris, Kay; Right (of
Speech).” With it were found the two pieces of
sculpture shewn on pl. I, nos. 5, 6 and 12. No. 6
is inscribed with the name “Ipay”.
Pl. XLVI, 4. Shabti from a robbed pottery-coffin
burial of the Ramesside period. It is in red pottery,
the wig being painted blue over an original black
coat. The face, chest and front panel are yellow,
the hands and toes red, the necklace and bracelets
blue, and the hieroglyphs black. This is a “stock”
shabti, having a space left blank for the name.
This has not been filled in, but a hieratic scrawl
on the back may be the name. At any rate we
cannot read it. (Grave 499.)
Pl. XLVI, 5. Sherd inscribed in hieratic charac-
ters found near point Z. It reads “The scribe,
la . . . ”. (Tomb 277.)
Pl. XLVI, 6. Inscription on four coarse red
pottery shabtis found together near point R. The
inscription is in black on a ground-colour of
white. Each bears the name “Isis”, while figure D,
the overseer, has the inscription “The major-
domo of Isis” and a phrase of which the sense
is not clear.
Pl. XLVI, 7. Bracelet of blue glazed ware from
grave 295. (See tomb registers, pl. XVI.)
Pl. XLVI, 8—15. Marks on pottery. The grave
number is placed in the lower left-hand corner; if the
sherd was found loose, the nearest cairn is here
indicated. No. 8, 11, 12, 13 are potters’ marks,
i. e. put on before firing the pot; the remainder
are owners’ marks put on after the firing.

Pl. XLVI, 16. Alabaster stud (ear plug?), from
grave 438. (See registers, pl. XVII.)
Pl. XLVI, 17. One of a pair of wooden dancing
clappers from a pottery-coffin burial, probably of
Ramesside date. (See registers, pl. XVI, grave 255.)
Pl. XLVI, 18. Copper razor from a robbed
grave (no. 261.), cf. Engelbach, Riqqeh, pl. X,
no. 13.
Pl. XLVI, 19. Two wooden fire-drills, found
in the filling of the Old Kingdom contracted burial
no. 553 (see pl. VI.) It is more probably of the
New Kingdom, and has therefore been included
here. The method of use is to pass a bowstring
round the waist A, and holding the handle B in
the left hand and pressing hard downwards (i. e.
to the left in the figure,), on to a suitable piece
of wood, to make the part A rotate by working
the bow backward and forward, fire being ob-
tained through the friction. The handle in this
specimen is provided with a loose sleeve C in two
halves, between the revolving pivot and the inside
of the handle. We cannot see that anything is
gained by this in steadiness except that it saves wear
on the inside of the handle. When the peg D is
worn out, it can be knocked out by striking it a
blow with a punch through the slot E. The shaft,
A, is nine-sided in one case, and circular in the
others.
32. Pl. XLVII. Black limestone amulet from near
point C 2. This rather resembles three found in
middle predynastic graves.
Pl. XLVII, 2—13. Objects found mostly on the
surface near the points indicated in the bottom
left-hand corner. They all date between the reign
of Thutmose III and Ramesses II; it is hardly
possible to be more precise.
Pl. XLVII, 14. Mirror handle in coarse glazed
ware.
Pl. XLVII, 15. Wooden toy horse from an infant’s
burial of Roman date, from near point P.
Pl. XLVIII, 1. Impression on a mud brick from the
west wall of the inner enclosure of the temple area
of Thutmose III.
Pl. XLVIII, 2. See section 26.
Pl. XLIII, 3. Sculpture in plaster; probably part of
a patch in defective stone. The details of the head-
dress and clothing are unusual, and seem to be
of the Middle Kingdom. From the temple area.
Pl. XLVIII, 4. See section 6.