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List of Plates.

Plate 8. N. 1532, beads.
1. Carnelian tubular and barrel-shaped beads. 2. Middle bead is of haematite;
and the others are of carnelian. 3. Middle bead is a short barrel-shaped bead
of haematite; and the other three beads are of carnelian. 4. From left to right,
beryl (?), amethyst and carnelian. 5. Faded blue glazed paste beads (fayence).
6, 7. Soft grey stone and white shell (or limestone) beads. 8. Light green
stone, tubular beads, very short. 9. Dark green stone, tubular beads, short.
10,11. Garnet beads. 12. Faded blue glazed beads (fayence). 13—id. Carnelian beads.
Plate 9. N. 1532, flint, slate, gold and copper bracelets, seal cylinder &c.
a. Reverse of Pl. d, nos. 1, 2 and 3.
b. Gold rings, shown also in d.
c. Gold seal cylinder and case shown also in d. (see p. 31).
d. Gold wire, seal cylinder and case. Gold circlet or head band. From the left,
a flint bracelet, a slate bracelet, a gold bracelet and a broad copper bracelet in
which are wedged two more gold bracelets, Beneath are two finger rings (see b.).
Plate 10. Large tombs of the wood-roofed type without stairway.
a. N. 1533. View of substructure, looking down from the north end.
b. N. i$od. Logs of second, or upper, roof seen from above (see Pl. nc). Meter staff.
c. N. i5od. Substructure, seen from the northern end looking down. Symbolic
doorway marked by incised line in mud plaster, visible on northern face of
southern cross wall. Meter staff
Plate 11. Large tombs of the wood-roofed type without stairway.
a. N. 1506". Traces of superstructure from the southwest, see map pl. 77. The
meter staff lies east and west in the doorway.
b. N. 150b, superstructure. Nearer view. Meter staff lies east and west in the
doorway.
c. N. i$od. The second, or upper, roof lies just above the white i, see Pl. 10b.
Meter staff.
d. N. 1621. Natural strata and filling debris at the south end. Meter staff.
Plate 12. Large tombs of the wood-roofed type, without stairway.
a. N. 1624, substructure from the north, looking down.
b. N. 1624, substructure from the south. Additional chambers in the north end
with symbolic door marked in the plaster.
c. N. 1608, substructure from the north looking down. Broken by plunderers.
d. N. 1608, substructure. Wooden roofing beam at the north end marked with
a t, seen from the south.
Plate 13. Small wood-roofed tombs with a single chamber, without stairway.
a. N. idod from the east, showing the wooden roofing logs on top the walls.
Traces of mud-brick cover are visible just above meter. On the left is a
Coptic burial extended on the back, head west.
b. N. 1606. Brickwork on west side, stripped of its plaster.