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THE MÄSTABA OF PTAHHETEP ARB AKHETHETEP.
48. NOTES ON THE PLATES.'
Frontispiece. I am indebted for this photo-
graph to the kindness of Chas. Lord, Esq., of
Manchester. It is not from the original, but
from a cast taken from a tin-foil squeeze. The
head is that drawn on PL vi.
Plate I. Plan. For the sake of appearance
the outline of the mastaba is given in unbroken
lines, although the outer walls were laid bare
only at the entrance and corners, and in such
other places as suggested irregularity or were
specially easy of access. The outer (base) line
is of course calculated from the batter of the
walls. The' fallen stela, which formed the end
wall of the T-Chamber, has been restored (so
in PL iL). The coarser hatching represents
rough walls. The remaining architraves of
the pillared hall have been added for con-
venience. At the N.W. corner the S. wall of
the next mastaba is indicated.
Plate IL Sections, de. The mastaba was
probably somewhat higher, possibly much
higher, than the minimum given here. The
dotted line shows the depth of the excavation
on the section. The pavement level was
reached in the S. chapel and its antechamber,
in the passage from the W. chapel to the N.
Chamber, and in the corridor.
1 I have myself prepared the -whole of the drawings for
the lithographer, in the hope of securing the greatest
possible aecuraey for the reproduetions.
Plate III. (1) The entrance to the mastaba.
(2) Gaule on the threshing-floor, from the W.
wall of the corridor; the finest work in the
tomb. See PL viii.
Plate IV. Key-plate to the corridor walls,
comprising Pls. v. to ix. on the W., and Pls. x.
and xi. on the E. wall.
Plate V. The " servants of the ha" bring
the produce of the marsh lands. The last six
figures in the two lower registers are not
moulded, but only roughly cut out round the
ink design.
Plate VI. The Vizier Alchethetej) and his
son reeeiving offerings. The first four lines of
Ptahhetep's titles are roughly cut.
Plate VII. Harvest scenes : rea/ping, carry-
ing and winnoiuing. The vertical column and
the third register are in ink only. Coarser
work.
Plate VIII. (1) Harvest sceves : threshing
and stacläng. The vertical column and lower
register are in ink only. Above the figures at
either end only the first ass's head and the
drove of cows are finished work, but the latter
is about as perfect a piece of delicate sculpture
in low relief as Egyptian art affords.
(2) The fowler's net. Servants. Two ink
designs. For their places see PL iv.
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THE MÄSTABA OF PTAHHETEP ARB AKHETHETEP.
48. NOTES ON THE PLATES.'
Frontispiece. I am indebted for this photo-
graph to the kindness of Chas. Lord, Esq., of
Manchester. It is not from the original, but
from a cast taken from a tin-foil squeeze. The
head is that drawn on PL vi.
Plate I. Plan. For the sake of appearance
the outline of the mastaba is given in unbroken
lines, although the outer walls were laid bare
only at the entrance and corners, and in such
other places as suggested irregularity or were
specially easy of access. The outer (base) line
is of course calculated from the batter of the
walls. The' fallen stela, which formed the end
wall of the T-Chamber, has been restored (so
in PL iL). The coarser hatching represents
rough walls. The remaining architraves of
the pillared hall have been added for con-
venience. At the N.W. corner the S. wall of
the next mastaba is indicated.
Plate IL Sections, de. The mastaba was
probably somewhat higher, possibly much
higher, than the minimum given here. The
dotted line shows the depth of the excavation
on the section. The pavement level was
reached in the S. chapel and its antechamber,
in the passage from the W. chapel to the N.
Chamber, and in the corridor.
1 I have myself prepared the -whole of the drawings for
the lithographer, in the hope of securing the greatest
possible aecuraey for the reproduetions.
Plate III. (1) The entrance to the mastaba.
(2) Gaule on the threshing-floor, from the W.
wall of the corridor; the finest work in the
tomb. See PL viii.
Plate IV. Key-plate to the corridor walls,
comprising Pls. v. to ix. on the W., and Pls. x.
and xi. on the E. wall.
Plate V. The " servants of the ha" bring
the produce of the marsh lands. The last six
figures in the two lower registers are not
moulded, but only roughly cut out round the
ink design.
Plate VI. The Vizier Alchethetej) and his
son reeeiving offerings. The first four lines of
Ptahhetep's titles are roughly cut.
Plate VII. Harvest scenes : rea/ping, carry-
ing and winnoiuing. The vertical column and
the third register are in ink only. Coarser
work.
Plate VIII. (1) Harvest sceves : threshing
and stacläng. The vertical column and lower
register are in ink only. Above the figures at
either end only the first ass's head and the
drove of cows are finished work, but the latter
is about as perfect a piece of delicate sculpture
in low relief as Egyptian art affords.
(2) The fowler's net. Servants. Two ink
designs. For their places see PL iv.
x
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