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2io SOUTH-EAST POLYCHROME DEPOSIT AT KNOSSOS
Cylinder
of Senu-
sert.
Cretan
workmen
for his
Pyramid.
expressed on the subject,1 the development of that of Senusert II is given
in Fig. 118. Though the engraving is
roughly executed, the names Kha-Kheper-
ra-Sen-usert are clearly traceable.
In addition to the Abydos vase,
the discovery has already been men-
tioned 2 of numerous sherds of mature
M. M. II fabric from the workmen's settle-
ment in the Fayum at Kahun near the
Pyramid built by Senusert II. These
settlements were undoubtedly designed as
the quarters for the workmen engaged in
the construction of his Pyramid, but they
seem to have continued in existence for
some time after its completion. These
sherds, which certainly point to the presence
of Cretan workmen and skilled artisans,
have now been more fully published by Abydos 10MB-
Mr. Forsdyke in the first volume of the
British Museum Vase Catalogue, and it is possible to arrive at a more
intimate knowledge of their fabric and associations.3 As a whole they belong
Fig. 118. Impression of Cylinder
with Cartouche of Senusert II:
1 Professor von Bissing's attempt to refer,
in part at least, to a New Empire date the
objects found in the tomb is at variance with
the evidence of their discoverer. Professor
Garstang, a careful observer, notes that, though
the tomb was divided into six sections, the
contents were of a uniform Twelfth Dynasty
character (Liv. Anns., ii (1913), p. 108). The
turquoise tint of the faience objects and beads
is of the usual Twelfth Dynasty tone and the
objects themselves can be seen from an exami-
nation of the Petrie collection in the University
College Museum, including the hedgehog and
the gourd with constricted neck, are of forms that
occur at that epoch. See, too, O. Rubensohn
(Aih. Mitth, xlii (1917), p. 91 and Fig. 103).
Professor von Bissing, however, whose objec-
jections to the Twelfth Dynasty dating of the
find (Der Antheil der agyptischen Kunst am
Kunstleben der Vbiker) had been sufficiently
refuted by Dr. H. R. Hall (Joum. of Egypt.
Arch., i, p. 228), returns to the charge with the
gratuitous suggestion that the cylinders, being
' amulets', might have been placed in a
later interment (quoted by Dr. G. Karo,
Orient. Literatur-Zeitung, 1922, p. 388).
Egyptologists specially competent in this
matter, such as Professors Petrie and New-
berry, assure me that cylinders are never
found in later graves. The latter writes, ' I do
not know of any case of Twelfth Dynasty
cylinder seals being imitated at a later date
and placed as amulets in later graves'. Dr.
Pieper (cited in Ath. Mitth., loc. cit., p. 32)
corroborates this statement, contrasting the
case of cylinders with that of scarabs.
2 P. of M., i, p. 290, and pp. 266, 267,
Fig. 198, c.
3 See Mr. E. J. Forsdyke's observations,
op', cit., pp. 91-4 and Fig. 113.
Cylinder
of Senu-
sert.
Cretan
workmen
for his
Pyramid.
expressed on the subject,1 the development of that of Senusert II is given
in Fig. 118. Though the engraving is
roughly executed, the names Kha-Kheper-
ra-Sen-usert are clearly traceable.
In addition to the Abydos vase,
the discovery has already been men-
tioned 2 of numerous sherds of mature
M. M. II fabric from the workmen's settle-
ment in the Fayum at Kahun near the
Pyramid built by Senusert II. These
settlements were undoubtedly designed as
the quarters for the workmen engaged in
the construction of his Pyramid, but they
seem to have continued in existence for
some time after its completion. These
sherds, which certainly point to the presence
of Cretan workmen and skilled artisans,
have now been more fully published by Abydos 10MB-
Mr. Forsdyke in the first volume of the
British Museum Vase Catalogue, and it is possible to arrive at a more
intimate knowledge of their fabric and associations.3 As a whole they belong
Fig. 118. Impression of Cylinder
with Cartouche of Senusert II:
1 Professor von Bissing's attempt to refer,
in part at least, to a New Empire date the
objects found in the tomb is at variance with
the evidence of their discoverer. Professor
Garstang, a careful observer, notes that, though
the tomb was divided into six sections, the
contents were of a uniform Twelfth Dynasty
character (Liv. Anns., ii (1913), p. 108). The
turquoise tint of the faience objects and beads
is of the usual Twelfth Dynasty tone and the
objects themselves can be seen from an exami-
nation of the Petrie collection in the University
College Museum, including the hedgehog and
the gourd with constricted neck, are of forms that
occur at that epoch. See, too, O. Rubensohn
(Aih. Mitth, xlii (1917), p. 91 and Fig. 103).
Professor von Bissing, however, whose objec-
jections to the Twelfth Dynasty dating of the
find (Der Antheil der agyptischen Kunst am
Kunstleben der Vbiker) had been sufficiently
refuted by Dr. H. R. Hall (Joum. of Egypt.
Arch., i, p. 228), returns to the charge with the
gratuitous suggestion that the cylinders, being
' amulets', might have been placed in a
later interment (quoted by Dr. G. Karo,
Orient. Literatur-Zeitung, 1922, p. 388).
Egyptologists specially competent in this
matter, such as Professors Petrie and New-
berry, assure me that cylinders are never
found in later graves. The latter writes, ' I do
not know of any case of Twelfth Dynasty
cylinder seals being imitated at a later date
and placed as amulets in later graves'. Dr.
Pieper (cited in Ath. Mitth., loc. cit., p. 32)
corroborates this statement, contrasting the
case of cylinders with that of scarabs.
2 P. of M., i, p. 290, and pp. 266, 267,
Fig. 198, c.
3 See Mr. E. J. Forsdyke's observations,
op', cit., pp. 91-4 and Fig. 113.