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OPERATIONS CARRIED OX AT GIZEII.
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had been sufficiently forced out of its place to allow of an
entrance; it was afterwards entirely removed, that the
sand might be cleared out, and the sepulchral chamber
closely examined. Tbis apartment extended from north
to south, and had been lined with square slabs laid in
cement. The pavement had been taken up in many
places. A space of some width had been cut out of the
plaster near the ceiling, and another near the floor, round
all the sides of the chamber except the southern, appar-
ently for a border; but none of it remained ; although in
many places the remains of a stripe of brown paint were
visible. The sarcophagus appeared to me to have been
originally placed upon the pavement, along the southern
side, where the lid had been left, together with a consi-
derable quantity of decayed wood, probably the remains
°f a mummy-board completely reduced to dust; but Mr.
Perring was of opinion that it had been placed, north and
south, in the centre: we found it near the western side.
It was composed of granite, was quite plain, and resembled
that in the Fifth Pyramid, but was of smaller dimensions.
The dovetail for the lid was rounded (like that in the
Third Pyramid); and the holes for the pins were deep.
^ contained a few bones, a small jaw-bone with remark-
ably good teeth, apparently that of a young woman, some
dust, and a few pieces of decayed wood, in the same state
as that near the lid.9 No hieroglyphics or sculptures of
any kind were found on the sarcophagus or on its lid, or
upon any stone in either chamber, with the exception of
the two characters above mentioned. The walls also of
1 Mr. Perring mentions that some mummy cloth made of linen was
found, but I did not myself observe any.
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had been sufficiently forced out of its place to allow of an
entrance; it was afterwards entirely removed, that the
sand might be cleared out, and the sepulchral chamber
closely examined. Tbis apartment extended from north
to south, and had been lined with square slabs laid in
cement. The pavement had been taken up in many
places. A space of some width had been cut out of the
plaster near the ceiling, and another near the floor, round
all the sides of the chamber except the southern, appar-
ently for a border; but none of it remained ; although in
many places the remains of a stripe of brown paint were
visible. The sarcophagus appeared to me to have been
originally placed upon the pavement, along the southern
side, where the lid had been left, together with a consi-
derable quantity of decayed wood, probably the remains
°f a mummy-board completely reduced to dust; but Mr.
Perring was of opinion that it had been placed, north and
south, in the centre: we found it near the western side.
It was composed of granite, was quite plain, and resembled
that in the Fifth Pyramid, but was of smaller dimensions.
The dovetail for the lid was rounded (like that in the
Third Pyramid); and the holes for the pins were deep.
^ contained a few bones, a small jaw-bone with remark-
ably good teeth, apparently that of a young woman, some
dust, and a few pieces of decayed wood, in the same state
as that near the lid.9 No hieroglyphics or sculptures of
any kind were found on the sarcophagus or on its lid, or
upon any stone in either chamber, with the exception of
the two characters above mentioned. The walls also of
1 Mr. Perring mentions that some mummy cloth made of linen was
found, but I did not myself observe any.