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OBJECTS FOUND IN CEM. N 500-900
At Giza there are practically no small mastabas of Dyn. IV, because in that dynasty the royal
cemeteries with their large mastabas arranged in streets were being constructed; and the smaller tombs
of the funerary priests did not begin until near the end of Dyn. IV. But even in the large mastabas of
Dyn. IV the use of the old traditional forms of stone vessels was in its last stages. The provincial com-
munity of Cem. N 500-900 appears to have held to the old traditions for some time longer than the
capital. Vessels of the older types, introduced by Khasekhemuwy, were deposited in unusual profusion
in the tombs and graves of Dyn. II—III, but their manufacture was nearly ended at the close of Dyn. IV.
Nevertheless sporadic examples still occurred in Cem. N 500-900 during Dyn. V-VI, when a new series
of forms had come into use (see following section).
2. The Later Group of Stone Vessels in Cem. N. 500-900, Dyn. V-VI
The graves in Naga-’d-Der Cem. N 500 which follow immediately after those of Dyn. IV contain a
series of stone vessels of which a few are of older forms but the majority of an entirely new group. The
two chief forms of the new group both have a tapering body with pointed or small flat base, but differ
in the shape of the neck and mouth. One form has a collar-neck of characteristic outline while the other
has a tall conical (inverted cone) neck with well-defined rim. These two chief types have been recorded
elsewhere with other types as follows:
(1) Cemetery of Mahasna: see Garstang, Mahdsna and Bet Khalldf, pp. 28-36, pls. II (map),
xxxiv-xliii. Same series of grave types as later part of N 500-900; about 500 graves.
(2) Two graves at Dendereh: see Petrie, Dendereh, pp. 8 and 25, pl. XXI, 2 and XX, tomb 524.
(3) Cemetery Y at Hu and a few scattered examples in Cem. D, N, and W: see Petrie, Diospolis parva,
pp. 37-41, and pl. XXVIII.
(4) Cemetery at Zaraby: see Petrie, Gizeh and Rif eh, p. 10, pl. VII E.
(5) Abydos cemetery, grave E 101: see Peet, Cemeteries of Abydos, I, pl. IV, 8.
(6) Badari: see Brunton, (Qau and Badari, I, pp. 53 a to 54 b, pls. XXVII-XXX.
It is generally agreed that these types are of Dyn. VI-VI I and range perhaps from Dyn. V to VIII.
The only examples dated by association with inscriptions are from Dyn. VI. Owing to the small number
of examples I have considered it necessary to draw on all vessels reported in the above publications
(except Badari, I, which was not available).
As stated above, the corpus contains a small number of vessels of older forms as well as new forms
and may therefore be subdivided into two groups—O.K. vessels of older forms and O.K. vessels of new
forms.
a. O.K. Vessels of Older Forms.
[N.B.—Examples with * are drawn in the figures indicated.]
Type I. Cylindrical jar: always of the splay-foot type but varying from the ordinary slightly splayed
forms of Dyn. IV to the form of Dyn. XII with a nearly flat rim around the base :
c. Without any indication of string around neck.
i. Poor forms.
Examples (fig. 23, Nos. 1 and 2; fig. 24, No. 1):
*1. N 898 : 3 . . grave type vi d, map iii E 2.
*2. N 752 : 5 . . grave type vi a, map iii CE 2.
*3. Zaraby, Z 34 (tomb type not reported).
OBJECTS FOUND IN CEM. N 500-900
At Giza there are practically no small mastabas of Dyn. IV, because in that dynasty the royal
cemeteries with their large mastabas arranged in streets were being constructed; and the smaller tombs
of the funerary priests did not begin until near the end of Dyn. IV. But even in the large mastabas of
Dyn. IV the use of the old traditional forms of stone vessels was in its last stages. The provincial com-
munity of Cem. N 500-900 appears to have held to the old traditions for some time longer than the
capital. Vessels of the older types, introduced by Khasekhemuwy, were deposited in unusual profusion
in the tombs and graves of Dyn. II—III, but their manufacture was nearly ended at the close of Dyn. IV.
Nevertheless sporadic examples still occurred in Cem. N 500-900 during Dyn. V-VI, when a new series
of forms had come into use (see following section).
2. The Later Group of Stone Vessels in Cem. N. 500-900, Dyn. V-VI
The graves in Naga-’d-Der Cem. N 500 which follow immediately after those of Dyn. IV contain a
series of stone vessels of which a few are of older forms but the majority of an entirely new group. The
two chief forms of the new group both have a tapering body with pointed or small flat base, but differ
in the shape of the neck and mouth. One form has a collar-neck of characteristic outline while the other
has a tall conical (inverted cone) neck with well-defined rim. These two chief types have been recorded
elsewhere with other types as follows:
(1) Cemetery of Mahasna: see Garstang, Mahdsna and Bet Khalldf, pp. 28-36, pls. II (map),
xxxiv-xliii. Same series of grave types as later part of N 500-900; about 500 graves.
(2) Two graves at Dendereh: see Petrie, Dendereh, pp. 8 and 25, pl. XXI, 2 and XX, tomb 524.
(3) Cemetery Y at Hu and a few scattered examples in Cem. D, N, and W: see Petrie, Diospolis parva,
pp. 37-41, and pl. XXVIII.
(4) Cemetery at Zaraby: see Petrie, Gizeh and Rif eh, p. 10, pl. VII E.
(5) Abydos cemetery, grave E 101: see Peet, Cemeteries of Abydos, I, pl. IV, 8.
(6) Badari: see Brunton, (Qau and Badari, I, pp. 53 a to 54 b, pls. XXVII-XXX.
It is generally agreed that these types are of Dyn. VI-VI I and range perhaps from Dyn. V to VIII.
The only examples dated by association with inscriptions are from Dyn. VI. Owing to the small number
of examples I have considered it necessary to draw on all vessels reported in the above publications
(except Badari, I, which was not available).
As stated above, the corpus contains a small number of vessels of older forms as well as new forms
and may therefore be subdivided into two groups—O.K. vessels of older forms and O.K. vessels of new
forms.
a. O.K. Vessels of Older Forms.
[N.B.—Examples with * are drawn in the figures indicated.]
Type I. Cylindrical jar: always of the splay-foot type but varying from the ordinary slightly splayed
forms of Dyn. IV to the form of Dyn. XII with a nearly flat rim around the base :
c. Without any indication of string around neck.
i. Poor forms.
Examples (fig. 23, Nos. 1 and 2; fig. 24, No. 1):
*1. N 898 : 3 . . grave type vi d, map iii E 2.
*2. N 752 : 5 . . grave type vi a, map iii CE 2.
*3. Zaraby, Z 34 (tomb type not reported).