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THE TOMB OF APY
coated with twofold linen to hold it together, and this again overlaid with
white stucco, molded in detail and painted. All that now remains in
situ are the two feet of the northern figure (Apy), but the discoverers
must have seen much more. I found many fragments of these statues
in the out-throw and thus gained some idea of their appearance. Apy
stood with his hands laid flat against his pleated and projecting skirt,
on which was incised the familiar prayer for "all the offerings on the al-
tar [of the god]." His figure seems to have been entirely white, for the
hands and hair certainly were. The figure of the lady, however, was
colored. Her red arm showed faintly through her dress, and her long
hair was black with a colored fillet. One hand may have been on the
bosom, the other pendent. The supports of the statues were colored
yellow to throw up the figures. These monuments were probably
quite presentable, and their creator did not hesitate to make this treach-
erous material overhang, as if it had been stone.
The passage that leads from the chapel to the undecorated rooms
beyond is a brick vault resting on walls of rock eked out with rubble.
It is paved for a short distance and then opens into a slightly wider and
higher passage (No. II, Plate XXI), the brick arch of which lies under a
larger vault of treacherous rock. At the end of this a short passage
leads into a flat-roofed continuation of the corridor (No. Ill), termi-
nating in a brick wall, which conceals the fact that the thoroughfare
continues on the other side. Farther progress is provided for by a
lined pit in the floor, which, by a drop of five feet, admits again to the
blocked corridor and presently to a somewhat large room (No. IV) on the
left, a recess on the right, and the small doorway to a final room (No. VII)
directly in front. Room IV is on a slightly higher level than the pas-
sageway and its floor ascends towards the back. Here side chambers
are found, one (No. V) a mere burial gallery, the other (No. VI) a roughly
shaped room, the larger part of which had not been quarried down to
floor level. At the end of the first passage a chamber (No. IX), roughly
hewn in the rock, opens out to the north; but only the entrance now
gives signs of having been shaped and faced. From this there is access
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The interior
The inner
rooms
coated with twofold linen to hold it together, and this again overlaid with
white stucco, molded in detail and painted. All that now remains in
situ are the two feet of the northern figure (Apy), but the discoverers
must have seen much more. I found many fragments of these statues
in the out-throw and thus gained some idea of their appearance. Apy
stood with his hands laid flat against his pleated and projecting skirt,
on which was incised the familiar prayer for "all the offerings on the al-
tar [of the god]." His figure seems to have been entirely white, for the
hands and hair certainly were. The figure of the lady, however, was
colored. Her red arm showed faintly through her dress, and her long
hair was black with a colored fillet. One hand may have been on the
bosom, the other pendent. The supports of the statues were colored
yellow to throw up the figures. These monuments were probably
quite presentable, and their creator did not hesitate to make this treach-
erous material overhang, as if it had been stone.
The passage that leads from the chapel to the undecorated rooms
beyond is a brick vault resting on walls of rock eked out with rubble.
It is paved for a short distance and then opens into a slightly wider and
higher passage (No. II, Plate XXI), the brick arch of which lies under a
larger vault of treacherous rock. At the end of this a short passage
leads into a flat-roofed continuation of the corridor (No. Ill), termi-
nating in a brick wall, which conceals the fact that the thoroughfare
continues on the other side. Farther progress is provided for by a
lined pit in the floor, which, by a drop of five feet, admits again to the
blocked corridor and presently to a somewhat large room (No. IV) on the
left, a recess on the right, and the small doorway to a final room (No. VII)
directly in front. Room IV is on a slightly higher level than the pas-
sageway and its floor ascends towards the back. Here side chambers
are found, one (No. V) a mere burial gallery, the other (No. VI) a roughly
shaped room, the larger part of which had not been quarried down to
floor level. At the end of the first passage a chamber (No. IX), roughly
hewn in the rock, opens out to the north; but only the entrance now
gives signs of having been shaped and faced. From this there is access
37
The interior
The inner
rooms