DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.50106#0073
56
Later Tombs.
standing almost directly on its head, with its feet against the side of the pit. Presumably the
burial was a hasty one and the coffin was allowed to slide down from one end of the pit
instead of being lowered with ropes.
3. Objects found.
The objects found in these later tombs are shewn on plates 56 and 57. Most of them
come from the rock-cut tomb 4746.
Stone cylinder- $6a. The stone cylinder-seal, of which three views and a cast are shewn, was found in one
of the small lateral chambers of 4746. The roof of the chamber was broken, and the burial
of 4547, a III dyn. tomb, had fallen through so that from its position the cylinder might have
belonged to either of these two tombs. From its general style, however, and the similarity
of its designs to those of the well-known class of button-seals, there is very little doubt that
it belongs to the later period.
Beads, $6^. The unnumbered carnelian beads (VI—IX ?) and glaze seal (XVIII ?) were found
amulets etc. |oose -n jn t}ie upper part of the cemetery. They were probably thrown out from
one of the rock-cut tombs.
The carnelian leg amulet came from a plundered VI—IX dyn. pit.
The remainder of the objects came from 4746. Of these the two glaze scaraboids and
the bronze ring came from the XVIII dyn. intrusive burial, and the rest — carnelian and glaze
beads, and shells—belong to the original burial.
Limestone 5^c- Limestone painted stela, found in position with two ring-stands before it (pl. 41 e),
stela. in the curious superstructure (4748) described on page 51. The stela, a very roughly executed
piece of work, is dedicated to The priestess of Hathor, the Hnt-l l>mt, Setek, whose good
name was Mer-it’.
Spear-heads. $6d. The two long bronze spear-heads were found in the filling of one of the interior
pits (c) of 4746 (see plan on page 52).
Of the shorter spear-heads one (4536) was found in the filling of a plundered pit. The
other (4904) was found in position over an unplundered pit. This spear, which with its shaft
measured 330 cm. in length, was placed over the pit on ground level, and was covered by the
stone superstructure (see pl. 41b). The shaft was badly worm-eaten and decayed: it had measured
roughly 5 cm. in diameter at the end, and 3.5 cm by the blade. Both of these types of spear-
head were found in other VI—IX dyn. tombs of the site.
The bronze model-table was found in the filling of a plundered pit. A similar table was
found in the debris near 5103.
5de- contains various remains from tomb 4746:2 alabaster kohl pots, a pottery kohl pot, a
wooden chair-leg and a piece of a stone offering table, from the original burial; a broken
glaze vase with a painted net pattern, and a piece of a small glaze dish, from the XVIII dyn.
reburial; and an iron arrow-head, of much later date?
56f. Remains of two or three limestone stelae from 4746. The largest piece gives the
name of the wife ?
Later Tombs.
standing almost directly on its head, with its feet against the side of the pit. Presumably the
burial was a hasty one and the coffin was allowed to slide down from one end of the pit
instead of being lowered with ropes.
3. Objects found.
The objects found in these later tombs are shewn on plates 56 and 57. Most of them
come from the rock-cut tomb 4746.
Stone cylinder- $6a. The stone cylinder-seal, of which three views and a cast are shewn, was found in one
of the small lateral chambers of 4746. The roof of the chamber was broken, and the burial
of 4547, a III dyn. tomb, had fallen through so that from its position the cylinder might have
belonged to either of these two tombs. From its general style, however, and the similarity
of its designs to those of the well-known class of button-seals, there is very little doubt that
it belongs to the later period.
Beads, $6^. The unnumbered carnelian beads (VI—IX ?) and glaze seal (XVIII ?) were found
amulets etc. |oose -n jn t}ie upper part of the cemetery. They were probably thrown out from
one of the rock-cut tombs.
The carnelian leg amulet came from a plundered VI—IX dyn. pit.
The remainder of the objects came from 4746. Of these the two glaze scaraboids and
the bronze ring came from the XVIII dyn. intrusive burial, and the rest — carnelian and glaze
beads, and shells—belong to the original burial.
Limestone 5^c- Limestone painted stela, found in position with two ring-stands before it (pl. 41 e),
stela. in the curious superstructure (4748) described on page 51. The stela, a very roughly executed
piece of work, is dedicated to The priestess of Hathor, the Hnt-l l>mt, Setek, whose good
name was Mer-it’.
Spear-heads. $6d. The two long bronze spear-heads were found in the filling of one of the interior
pits (c) of 4746 (see plan on page 52).
Of the shorter spear-heads one (4536) was found in the filling of a plundered pit. The
other (4904) was found in position over an unplundered pit. This spear, which with its shaft
measured 330 cm. in length, was placed over the pit on ground level, and was covered by the
stone superstructure (see pl. 41b). The shaft was badly worm-eaten and decayed: it had measured
roughly 5 cm. in diameter at the end, and 3.5 cm by the blade. Both of these types of spear-
head were found in other VI—IX dyn. tombs of the site.
The bronze model-table was found in the filling of a plundered pit. A similar table was
found in the debris near 5103.
5de- contains various remains from tomb 4746:2 alabaster kohl pots, a pottery kohl pot, a
wooden chair-leg and a piece of a stone offering table, from the original burial; a broken
glaze vase with a painted net pattern, and a piece of a small glaze dish, from the XVIII dyn.
reburial; and an iron arrow-head, of much later date?
56f. Remains of two or three limestone stelae from 4746. The largest piece gives the
name of the wife ?