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TELL EL YAHUD1YEH.
very faint, in the hieratico-demotic script of the new kingdom.
These are, perhaps, wine jars.
Bowls and platters. PI. xv. 2 (plain brownish), covered
a vase in IV. 6 (see PL xiii. 3, in which the same platter is
represented. Larger platters, often with a broad red border,
were used to cover joints and gaps in coffins. In III. 10,
the broken platter in PI. xii. 1 was cemented over the joint
of the head-piece, A similar one VI. 1. In IV. 8, the
platter PI. xiii. 3 covered the large hole in the foot of the
child's coffin.
PI. xv. 1. Bowl of the same ware, reddened inside, and
with a broad red edging outside.
3. Lamp, two specimens from two graves in VI., plain,
much larger than the similar ones from Xaukratis. Traces
of burning at the spout.
4. From VI., another IV. 8, photo.
5. One only in VII. of a fine pale red ware. In form,
but not in material, it resembles the tomb pottery of Tel
Basta of the XXIInd dynasty 1 Unfortunately, the pottery
in VII. was crushed to pieces, and nothing else was found.
6. One in VI. 1, polished pale brown with lines and
wicker pattern round it, black.
7. Also from VI. 1, stained red and polished.
8. Yellowish, from III.
9. Yellowish, from IV. 6 ; an intermediate form of white-
faced ware with horizontal circles of brown from V.,and VI. 1.
10. Jug, white-faced, II. 1, and another red. A smaller
variety, 3| inches high, white-faced, two specimens in III.
or IV. and one red polished.
11. With three handles, one in III. or IV., whitish.
12. One specimen IV. 1.
13. Pilgrim bottle. One side usually less pointed than
the other. The decoration consists of brown lines on the
mouth and handles, cross lines beneath the handles, and
close spirals (as if concentric circles) on each side. The
lines are broad (sometimes narrow, on small specimens).
Two as figure in III. 10 (cf. PI. xii. 1, one contained a
lump of resin); smaller IV. 8 (PI. xiii. 3 found in child's
coffin over the heart), and IV. 10,; a much larger one in VI.
Also one plain, stained red, another small of plain, polished,
white-faced ware (in fragments, PI. xii. 2) from IV. 3.
14. A long-necked variety, one specimen III. 10, with
narrow concentric lines.
15. "False amphora," as Mr. A. S. Murray has termed
it, IV. 6, cf. PI. xiii. 3, dark yellowish ; another with a flat
foot and horizontal circles, stained red, from VI. 1. Frag-
ments of a large specimen with red ornament, in VI., and
several others. One is represented amongst the paintings in
the tomb of Rameses III. One of green porcelain in
Bulaq. The form was universally adopted and elaborated
in Greece at a very early date.
A rude ushabti of terra-cotta, much decayed and hardly
recognizable, in I.; several others found together in III.
Bronze. Bowls, PL xv. 16 (form of rim b) in fragments,
III. 1; another, similar, but without handles, perfect (rim
a), in the brick arch of III. 20; another form, 17 (Rim 17a)
from III.
Knife (?), PI. xv., 24 flat, edge apparently blunt, III. 1.
There are traces of hafting at one end.
Arrowheads, PL xv. 22, varying very slightly, in five
specimens III. 1.
23. Much stouter and the central rib distinct, four speci-
mens, VI. 3.
Both of these types are tanged, not socketed. They thus
bear some resemblance to the iron (hammered) arrowheads
from Defeneh, but differ entirely from the bronze of Defeneh,
which by clever casting were made with sockets.1
Graters, PI. xv. 20, from III. 10 ; 21, from IV. 1. Traces
of these were found with vegetable matter in nearly all the
vessels of type PI. xiv. 5. They are hollow and circular, made
from a sheet of bronze punched with holes like the domestic
nutmeg-grater. They are very fragile.2
A thin sharp piercer of bronze, from III. 2, was, I think,
perforated as a needle when found, but is now much
damaged.
Wood. PI. xv. 27, rounded wooden handles (or kohl
sticks), four together, in III. 20.
A stout swelling handle for a small axe or adze in I.
much decayed. If the head was of stone it may easily have
been overlooked by the workmen.
Iron. In Tumulus V. a thin bar was found, much rusted
and broken, but I doubt its great antiquity. If any iron
objects belonged to the interments, they have entirely dis-
appeared owing to the rains and the loose sand and stones in
which they were embedded. -
Stone. Flint flake, PI. xv. 26, oblong, translucent
brownish; one face is quite flat, the other shows three
flakings. The ends squared and trimmed, on the upper side
only, with a few small chippings. It was handed to me quite
fresh and direct from a grave in III. Its colour is entirely
different from any in the desert and Tell, and so is its type.
I have therefore no hesitation in accepting it as from these
graves.
The flat whetstone 25, of the same material as the tapering
square-sectioned ones from Defeneh, was found in III.3
Spoon of alabaster, 18, with the bowl ground out in a
true circle, from IV. 10.
Shell. The names of the shells are due to the kindness of
Mr. Edgar Smith, keeper of the Conchological Department in
the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, who
spared no pains in identifying the mutilated and faded speci-
mens that were found in these tumuli. As far as can be
1 For iron arrowheads, see Petrie's memoir on Nebesheh
and Defenneh, PI. XXXVII., especially 14 (12 and 13, of
circular section, were by far the most abundant); for bronze,
PL XXXIX; in this metal Nos. 8 and 12, triangular, are
infinitely the most abundant; 11 and 20 are the only types
in which the tang survives, and they are very rare.
3 Similar graters, of bronze, rarely from Xaucratis and
Defeneh; but of iron, frequent at Defeneh (see Xebesheh,
PI. XXXVIII. 9 and 10).
3 The Defeneh type occurred also at Naucratis, both in
1885 and 1886.
TELL EL YAHUD1YEH.
very faint, in the hieratico-demotic script of the new kingdom.
These are, perhaps, wine jars.
Bowls and platters. PI. xv. 2 (plain brownish), covered
a vase in IV. 6 (see PL xiii. 3, in which the same platter is
represented. Larger platters, often with a broad red border,
were used to cover joints and gaps in coffins. In III. 10,
the broken platter in PI. xii. 1 was cemented over the joint
of the head-piece, A similar one VI. 1. In IV. 8, the
platter PI. xiii. 3 covered the large hole in the foot of the
child's coffin.
PI. xv. 1. Bowl of the same ware, reddened inside, and
with a broad red edging outside.
3. Lamp, two specimens from two graves in VI., plain,
much larger than the similar ones from Xaukratis. Traces
of burning at the spout.
4. From VI., another IV. 8, photo.
5. One only in VII. of a fine pale red ware. In form,
but not in material, it resembles the tomb pottery of Tel
Basta of the XXIInd dynasty 1 Unfortunately, the pottery
in VII. was crushed to pieces, and nothing else was found.
6. One in VI. 1, polished pale brown with lines and
wicker pattern round it, black.
7. Also from VI. 1, stained red and polished.
8. Yellowish, from III.
9. Yellowish, from IV. 6 ; an intermediate form of white-
faced ware with horizontal circles of brown from V.,and VI. 1.
10. Jug, white-faced, II. 1, and another red. A smaller
variety, 3| inches high, white-faced, two specimens in III.
or IV. and one red polished.
11. With three handles, one in III. or IV., whitish.
12. One specimen IV. 1.
13. Pilgrim bottle. One side usually less pointed than
the other. The decoration consists of brown lines on the
mouth and handles, cross lines beneath the handles, and
close spirals (as if concentric circles) on each side. The
lines are broad (sometimes narrow, on small specimens).
Two as figure in III. 10 (cf. PI. xii. 1, one contained a
lump of resin); smaller IV. 8 (PI. xiii. 3 found in child's
coffin over the heart), and IV. 10,; a much larger one in VI.
Also one plain, stained red, another small of plain, polished,
white-faced ware (in fragments, PI. xii. 2) from IV. 3.
14. A long-necked variety, one specimen III. 10, with
narrow concentric lines.
15. "False amphora," as Mr. A. S. Murray has termed
it, IV. 6, cf. PI. xiii. 3, dark yellowish ; another with a flat
foot and horizontal circles, stained red, from VI. 1. Frag-
ments of a large specimen with red ornament, in VI., and
several others. One is represented amongst the paintings in
the tomb of Rameses III. One of green porcelain in
Bulaq. The form was universally adopted and elaborated
in Greece at a very early date.
A rude ushabti of terra-cotta, much decayed and hardly
recognizable, in I.; several others found together in III.
Bronze. Bowls, PL xv. 16 (form of rim b) in fragments,
III. 1; another, similar, but without handles, perfect (rim
a), in the brick arch of III. 20; another form, 17 (Rim 17a)
from III.
Knife (?), PI. xv., 24 flat, edge apparently blunt, III. 1.
There are traces of hafting at one end.
Arrowheads, PL xv. 22, varying very slightly, in five
specimens III. 1.
23. Much stouter and the central rib distinct, four speci-
mens, VI. 3.
Both of these types are tanged, not socketed. They thus
bear some resemblance to the iron (hammered) arrowheads
from Defeneh, but differ entirely from the bronze of Defeneh,
which by clever casting were made with sockets.1
Graters, PI. xv. 20, from III. 10 ; 21, from IV. 1. Traces
of these were found with vegetable matter in nearly all the
vessels of type PI. xiv. 5. They are hollow and circular, made
from a sheet of bronze punched with holes like the domestic
nutmeg-grater. They are very fragile.2
A thin sharp piercer of bronze, from III. 2, was, I think,
perforated as a needle when found, but is now much
damaged.
Wood. PI. xv. 27, rounded wooden handles (or kohl
sticks), four together, in III. 20.
A stout swelling handle for a small axe or adze in I.
much decayed. If the head was of stone it may easily have
been overlooked by the workmen.
Iron. In Tumulus V. a thin bar was found, much rusted
and broken, but I doubt its great antiquity. If any iron
objects belonged to the interments, they have entirely dis-
appeared owing to the rains and the loose sand and stones in
which they were embedded. -
Stone. Flint flake, PI. xv. 26, oblong, translucent
brownish; one face is quite flat, the other shows three
flakings. The ends squared and trimmed, on the upper side
only, with a few small chippings. It was handed to me quite
fresh and direct from a grave in III. Its colour is entirely
different from any in the desert and Tell, and so is its type.
I have therefore no hesitation in accepting it as from these
graves.
The flat whetstone 25, of the same material as the tapering
square-sectioned ones from Defeneh, was found in III.3
Spoon of alabaster, 18, with the bowl ground out in a
true circle, from IV. 10.
Shell. The names of the shells are due to the kindness of
Mr. Edgar Smith, keeper of the Conchological Department in
the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, who
spared no pains in identifying the mutilated and faded speci-
mens that were found in these tumuli. As far as can be
1 For iron arrowheads, see Petrie's memoir on Nebesheh
and Defenneh, PI. XXXVII., especially 14 (12 and 13, of
circular section, were by far the most abundant); for bronze,
PL XXXIX; in this metal Nos. 8 and 12, triangular, are
infinitely the most abundant; 11 and 20 are the only types
in which the tang survives, and they are very rare.
3 Similar graters, of bronze, rarely from Xaucratis and
Defeneh; but of iron, frequent at Defeneh (see Xebesheh,
PI. XXXVIII. 9 and 10).
3 The Defeneh type occurred also at Naucratis, both in
1885 and 1886.