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Recent
history of
the tomb
Its location
The exterior
TWO RAMESSIDE TOMBS
painted fragments came to light, most of which must have come from
the tomb. This involved me in an immense amount of labor, most of
which has been very unproductive, for very few of the fragments came
from the existing scenes or could be fitted into new ones. The thieves
who cut out the most attractive pieces of the upper parts of the walls
had evidently removed them more or less bodily, and only one group has
ever appeared in the market, so far as I know. The fragments retrieved
by me do, however, enable us to divine something of the character of the
scenes which perished long ago and add exact knowledge of the colora-
tion both of these parts and of those of which the French publication has
given some account. The most interesting of the former will be found
on Plates XL-XLII and will be dealt with on pp. 72-76.
The tomb (Plate XX) is one of a series cut in the slope of the hill
beyond the temple of Deir el Medineh, just under the crest. Immediately
to the south of it is another well-shaped tomb,1 but for some distance after
that only remains of insignificant sepulchers now exist on this level. To
the north the courts are contiguous, each being on a higher level, following
the rising ground, and each somewhat later in date than that to the south
of it, for each courtyard has had to take in a burial place thrown out to
the north from the court of the tomb below. The forecourts are enclosed,
the entrance being in the middle of the front wall, which thickens in the
middle to form a portal or pylon. A path, common to the tier of tombs,
must have passed outside and connected them; this has fallen away as
tombs were excavated below them, so that the front walls now hang on
the edge of a declivity. (For plan and section, see Plate XXI.)
The court of Apy is enclosed on all three sides by walls of rubble
faced with mud plaster; the fagade and side walls have a slight batter.
Besides the main entrance there is a narrow side opening on the north.
The court seems to have been formed at the same time as that next to
it on the north (Tombs 266, 267), as the party wall is set against a wider
1 This tomb consists of two chambers, the first vaulted in brick axially, the second transversely. Its walls
were stripped, but I excavated it to the floor and planned it. There was no clear proof that it had been painted.
This and all the tombs to the north have since been cleared thoroughly by M. Bruyere for the Institut Frangais,
and the results of his excellent work are being published yearly in its Rapports.
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history of
the tomb
Its location
The exterior
TWO RAMESSIDE TOMBS
painted fragments came to light, most of which must have come from
the tomb. This involved me in an immense amount of labor, most of
which has been very unproductive, for very few of the fragments came
from the existing scenes or could be fitted into new ones. The thieves
who cut out the most attractive pieces of the upper parts of the walls
had evidently removed them more or less bodily, and only one group has
ever appeared in the market, so far as I know. The fragments retrieved
by me do, however, enable us to divine something of the character of the
scenes which perished long ago and add exact knowledge of the colora-
tion both of these parts and of those of which the French publication has
given some account. The most interesting of the former will be found
on Plates XL-XLII and will be dealt with on pp. 72-76.
The tomb (Plate XX) is one of a series cut in the slope of the hill
beyond the temple of Deir el Medineh, just under the crest. Immediately
to the south of it is another well-shaped tomb,1 but for some distance after
that only remains of insignificant sepulchers now exist on this level. To
the north the courts are contiguous, each being on a higher level, following
the rising ground, and each somewhat later in date than that to the south
of it, for each courtyard has had to take in a burial place thrown out to
the north from the court of the tomb below. The forecourts are enclosed,
the entrance being in the middle of the front wall, which thickens in the
middle to form a portal or pylon. A path, common to the tier of tombs,
must have passed outside and connected them; this has fallen away as
tombs were excavated below them, so that the front walls now hang on
the edge of a declivity. (For plan and section, see Plate XXI.)
The court of Apy is enclosed on all three sides by walls of rubble
faced with mud plaster; the fagade and side walls have a slight batter.
Besides the main entrance there is a narrow side opening on the north.
The court seems to have been formed at the same time as that next to
it on the north (Tombs 266, 267), as the party wall is set against a wider
1 This tomb consists of two chambers, the first vaulted in brick axially, the second transversely. Its walls
were stripped, but I excavated it to the floor and planned it. There was no clear proof that it had been painted.
This and all the tombs to the north have since been cleared thoroughly by M. Bruyere for the Institut Frangais,
and the results of his excellent work are being published yearly in its Rapports.
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