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160 OBJECTS FOUND IN CEM. N 500-900
d. Wooden Objects.
For the long series of decayed wooden coffins, see p. 14. Note the bevelled mitre-joints.
Traces or remains were found of two small toilet boxes:
The button-seals, the amulets, and the beads of ivory were among the most characteristic elements
of the archaeological group of this O.K. cemetery. Otherwise ivory appeared as the material of only one
object and that broken and incomplete—the handle of a spoon.
Grave
type
Map
(1) N 600
vi a
iii D 3
decayed wooden toilet box, 22 x 18 (?)
cm. of indeterminable
(2) N 971
vi d
ii J 5
height; faded red painted plaster on both sides of wood;
contained 11 stone vessels (O.K. ii a, iv a, v a, &c.);
plundered grave.
see above under copper, No. 6.
e. Ivory.
(1) N 801
Grave
type
vi a
Map
ii J 8
ivory, handle of a spoon (bowl broken off and missing) ending
in a clenched human fist (cf. amulet No. 13); length 23-5 cm.;
photo C 9625, 2/2; fig. 58.
f. Stelae.
Ten very rude stelae were found in this cemetery—rough flakes of limestone with the inscription
rudely scratched or painted on the stone. Unfortunately most of these were found in the debris of burial
shafts, and it is not possible to be certain that they belonged to the graves in which they were found.
The normal position would have been on the surface against the ‘western’ face of the mastaba; and the
stones may have fallen into the shafts of their own mastabas; but, on the other hand, perhaps not.
Grave
type
Map
(1) N 569
hole
ii J 6-7
small irregular flake of white limestone; 56x31 cm.; one
vertical line of inscription roughly scratched, hry-hb hny,
‘the lector-priest, Heny’; C 8931, C 4826; fig. 59.
(2) N 649
surface
iii F 3
small irregular flake of white limestone; 31 x 43 cm.; two or
three vertical lines of scratched signs over-drawn with
black paint, dy nswt htp imth-t [hr ntr r?] ssn-t, ‘May the
king give an offering (for the soul of) the honoured one
(fem.) [before the great god], Seshenet’; C 4824; fig. 59.
(3) N 721
vi a
iii D 3
Small irregular flake of white limestone; 30x33 cm.; three
short horizontal lines of inscription, scratched and blackened,
smr wcty ss htp-t-ntr nb idt, ‘sole friend, scribe of all divine
property, Yedi’; C 4823 (left), C 8919, B 2169; fig. 59.
(4) N 731
vi d
iii D 3
small irregular flake of white limestone; 49x40 cm.; one
horizontal line with determinative underneath, ht-hr m hr-t,
‘Hathor-em-hat’; C 4821, C 8925, B 2169; fig. 59.
d. Wooden Objects.
For the long series of decayed wooden coffins, see p. 14. Note the bevelled mitre-joints.
Traces or remains were found of two small toilet boxes:
The button-seals, the amulets, and the beads of ivory were among the most characteristic elements
of the archaeological group of this O.K. cemetery. Otherwise ivory appeared as the material of only one
object and that broken and incomplete—the handle of a spoon.
Grave
type
Map
(1) N 600
vi a
iii D 3
decayed wooden toilet box, 22 x 18 (?)
cm. of indeterminable
(2) N 971
vi d
ii J 5
height; faded red painted plaster on both sides of wood;
contained 11 stone vessels (O.K. ii a, iv a, v a, &c.);
plundered grave.
see above under copper, No. 6.
e. Ivory.
(1) N 801
Grave
type
vi a
Map
ii J 8
ivory, handle of a spoon (bowl broken off and missing) ending
in a clenched human fist (cf. amulet No. 13); length 23-5 cm.;
photo C 9625, 2/2; fig. 58.
f. Stelae.
Ten very rude stelae were found in this cemetery—rough flakes of limestone with the inscription
rudely scratched or painted on the stone. Unfortunately most of these were found in the debris of burial
shafts, and it is not possible to be certain that they belonged to the graves in which they were found.
The normal position would have been on the surface against the ‘western’ face of the mastaba; and the
stones may have fallen into the shafts of their own mastabas; but, on the other hand, perhaps not.
Grave
type
Map
(1) N 569
hole
ii J 6-7
small irregular flake of white limestone; 56x31 cm.; one
vertical line of inscription roughly scratched, hry-hb hny,
‘the lector-priest, Heny’; C 8931, C 4826; fig. 59.
(2) N 649
surface
iii F 3
small irregular flake of white limestone; 31 x 43 cm.; two or
three vertical lines of scratched signs over-drawn with
black paint, dy nswt htp imth-t [hr ntr r?] ssn-t, ‘May the
king give an offering (for the soul of) the honoured one
(fem.) [before the great god], Seshenet’; C 4824; fig. 59.
(3) N 721
vi a
iii D 3
Small irregular flake of white limestone; 30x33 cm.; three
short horizontal lines of inscription, scratched and blackened,
smr wcty ss htp-t-ntr nb idt, ‘sole friend, scribe of all divine
property, Yedi’; C 4823 (left), C 8919, B 2169; fig. 59.
(4) N 731
vi d
iii D 3
small irregular flake of white limestone; 49x40 cm.; one
horizontal line with determinative underneath, ht-hr m hr-t,
‘Hathor-em-hat’; C 4821, C 8925, B 2169; fig. 59.