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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
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there is a drawing on Pl. XVI also, is of copper,
with a decorated wooden handle.
[For somewhat similar bird-pendants of gold, see
No. 30468 in the Egyptian Room of the British
Museum.]
E. 45-
The jewellery on the right hand, and the
statuettes shown on Pl. Ill, are the
deposits mainly from three undisturbed burials found
in the large northern chamber of a pit tomb ; these
will be described with more detail in Chapter IV.
The disc is of gold, and the pendants on either side
of it of electrum. The beads, taken in order from
the right hand, are : green glaze, amethyst, carnelian
(with a large pendant of the same), garnet, and
(arranged horizontally) a string of large amethysts.
The dark-coloured vessels are of serpentine, and the
taller vase on the left of alabaster. The copper
mirror, which concludes the group, was found
wrapped in cloth, part of which still adheres. The
statuettes found with the same deposits are pictured
on Pl. III.
Plate III.
The photographs in the upper row of this
4J> plate represent the two statuettes found with
the jewels last described ; both are of basalt.
The group of two figures, on the left, is of good work,
the hair and features being clearly chiselled ; it
possibly represents the deceased and his ka, but it
is not inscribed. The statuette on the right, shown
both in front and in profile, represents Mut-Sent
seated, with hands on knees. The head-dress well
accords with the type prevailing towards the end of
the Xllth dynasty, but the profile of the face is not
so usual. The seat is inscribed on all sides with a
formula to Osiris for the ka of Mut-Sent (for which
see Pl. XV, and Mr. Newberry's note in Chapter V).
This group of beads, statuette, and alabaster
vessels was recovered from a disturbed pit-
tomb near to E. 108. It is conspicuous for the
quality and artistic forms of the small objects which
it comprises. The globular beads of green glaze,
shown at the top of the photograph, are each capped
around the threading-holes with thin shells of gold.
The pendant in their centre is in the form of the
hieroglyph shenu, which somewhat resembles the
cartouche-oval, but is not clearly defined. Its central
disc of carnelian is surrounded by a border of small
pieces of green inlay, each set in a slender division of
gold. The work is minute, and its effect harmonious.
The alabaster vessels are of the finest quality of stone,
with light veins running through symmetrically, and
are worked down to translucency, with a rich polish
of surface which is still retained. Five of them are
of globular form, with lids, while the sixth is moulded
to the more usual pattern of kohl vessels. The
serpentine figure, by contrast, appears rather ponderous,
being of the nature of an early ushabti figure ; it
bears the name of Nekht, Superintendent of the
North Land, in a short inscription given on Pl. XV.
The remainder of the group includes two eyes,
originally inlayed in the coffin, and a few long tube
beads of green glaze, which suggest an early date in
the Xllth dynasty.
E. 108.
The burial group of Hor, of which this
statuette is a part, is described under PL. I.
Plate IV, with references to Pls. X, XI.
The objects pictured on this plate were all found
in tombs that had been previously disturbed.
The first to be described is the cylindrical
' 3' ivory box figured on the left of the upper row
of photographs. It stands upon four short legs ; and
seems to have been originally provided with a swivel
lid, but both that and its bottom are missing. The
decoration, which may be better seen from the
unrolled drawing on Pl. XI, consists in the main of
three incised panels, enclosing figures of an ape,
uraeus, and Bes. It was found in one of a row of
similar pits, with some small objects that resemble in
type the deposits from several undisturbed burials
found in the adjoining tombs, which may with some
degree of probability be dated to the Xlllth dynasty.
(See PL. X and Chapter III.)
E. 282.
The central photograph of this plate contains
an object equally unusual. It is a compound
bead of seven cylinders, bound together by a uniform
design, around the whole, after the manner of the
clustered lotus column. It is made of green glazed
schist ; and a threading hole runs through a central
cylinder which the seven enclose. As may be seen
from the extended drawing on PL. XI, it is decorated
with three royal names inscribed symmetrically down
the cylinders ; that of Usertesen I occurs once, while
5
there is a drawing on Pl. XVI also, is of copper,
with a decorated wooden handle.
[For somewhat similar bird-pendants of gold, see
No. 30468 in the Egyptian Room of the British
Museum.]
E. 45-
The jewellery on the right hand, and the
statuettes shown on Pl. Ill, are the
deposits mainly from three undisturbed burials found
in the large northern chamber of a pit tomb ; these
will be described with more detail in Chapter IV.
The disc is of gold, and the pendants on either side
of it of electrum. The beads, taken in order from
the right hand, are : green glaze, amethyst, carnelian
(with a large pendant of the same), garnet, and
(arranged horizontally) a string of large amethysts.
The dark-coloured vessels are of serpentine, and the
taller vase on the left of alabaster. The copper
mirror, which concludes the group, was found
wrapped in cloth, part of which still adheres. The
statuettes found with the same deposits are pictured
on Pl. III.
Plate III.
The photographs in the upper row of this
4J> plate represent the two statuettes found with
the jewels last described ; both are of basalt.
The group of two figures, on the left, is of good work,
the hair and features being clearly chiselled ; it
possibly represents the deceased and his ka, but it
is not inscribed. The statuette on the right, shown
both in front and in profile, represents Mut-Sent
seated, with hands on knees. The head-dress well
accords with the type prevailing towards the end of
the Xllth dynasty, but the profile of the face is not
so usual. The seat is inscribed on all sides with a
formula to Osiris for the ka of Mut-Sent (for which
see Pl. XV, and Mr. Newberry's note in Chapter V).
This group of beads, statuette, and alabaster
vessels was recovered from a disturbed pit-
tomb near to E. 108. It is conspicuous for the
quality and artistic forms of the small objects which
it comprises. The globular beads of green glaze,
shown at the top of the photograph, are each capped
around the threading-holes with thin shells of gold.
The pendant in their centre is in the form of the
hieroglyph shenu, which somewhat resembles the
cartouche-oval, but is not clearly defined. Its central
disc of carnelian is surrounded by a border of small
pieces of green inlay, each set in a slender division of
gold. The work is minute, and its effect harmonious.
The alabaster vessels are of the finest quality of stone,
with light veins running through symmetrically, and
are worked down to translucency, with a rich polish
of surface which is still retained. Five of them are
of globular form, with lids, while the sixth is moulded
to the more usual pattern of kohl vessels. The
serpentine figure, by contrast, appears rather ponderous,
being of the nature of an early ushabti figure ; it
bears the name of Nekht, Superintendent of the
North Land, in a short inscription given on Pl. XV.
The remainder of the group includes two eyes,
originally inlayed in the coffin, and a few long tube
beads of green glaze, which suggest an early date in
the Xllth dynasty.
E. 108.
The burial group of Hor, of which this
statuette is a part, is described under PL. I.
Plate IV, with references to Pls. X, XI.
The objects pictured on this plate were all found
in tombs that had been previously disturbed.
The first to be described is the cylindrical
' 3' ivory box figured on the left of the upper row
of photographs. It stands upon four short legs ; and
seems to have been originally provided with a swivel
lid, but both that and its bottom are missing. The
decoration, which may be better seen from the
unrolled drawing on Pl. XI, consists in the main of
three incised panels, enclosing figures of an ape,
uraeus, and Bes. It was found in one of a row of
similar pits, with some small objects that resemble in
type the deposits from several undisturbed burials
found in the adjoining tombs, which may with some
degree of probability be dated to the Xlllth dynasty.
(See PL. X and Chapter III.)
E. 282.
The central photograph of this plate contains
an object equally unusual. It is a compound
bead of seven cylinders, bound together by a uniform
design, around the whole, after the manner of the
clustered lotus column. It is made of green glazed
schist ; and a threading hole runs through a central
cylinder which the seven enclose. As may be seen
from the extended drawing on PL. XI, it is decorated
with three royal names inscribed symmetrically down
the cylinders ; that of Usertesen I occurs once, while