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tell el yahudiyeh.
On the sandbank between the two enclosures are a num-
ber of small rectangular buildings with low circular shafts or
bee-hive-shaped erections, separate or connected with the
former. One of these yielded the glazed and inscribed vase
described by M. Naville, and part of a figure of Bes of the
XXIIIrd dynasty.
The antiquities from Tukh not yet mentioned include a
number of fragments in coarse red pottery of figures of
animals, PI. xvii. 2, 5, and one Aphrodite 1. These seem
to be foreign, but certainly not Koman; possibly they
belong to the mercenaries of the XXIInd—XXVth dynasties.
4 is a terra cotta mould (?) or rosette; 3 a draughtsman
of pale glazed ware. To the XXIIIrd (1) dynasty I should
attribute the two figures of Aphrodite in glazed ware. 6 is
greenish, 7 blue. They are both flattened at the back.
The scarab, PI. xviii. 10, is circa XXIInd; 3, XXVIth
dynasty.
I collected the following village and place-names :—
Tel Tukh. ^Ja JI. (J5=tell before vowels, tel before
consonants generally, but I have heard telle Basteh. Before
the article it is generally pronounced as if with one I, tel el ;
and sometimes the article coalesces with it, tel-l.)
Adjoining the Tell on the north-west are—
Shirshemeh (Esh Shurshui E.1)
Es sekakereh
Half a mile distant N.E. is Tukh, distinguished from
other villages of the same name by the addition el Qaramus
The following names may generally be identified on the
maps.
Geziret abu Yesin (abuisin).
graves and traces of building. (Abu Kiss E.)
Abu Kebir 'tj>\
Hurbet (Pharbaethus) Kh^*
El ahraz jl^.Vl
Kafr abu hatab ^Jm, tj>\^iS
Mahdiyeh ijj^e
Hihya L^* (Mehiyeh E.)
Hud nagih ^& ^ja.
Sobeh (Saig E.)
Ez Zirzamun
El "edweh jjjjtll
El 'alaqmeh **siUll
ElFawaqseh
El Metaw'eh acjIUI
El Qaramus u-y-"/!'
ElQaren ^JM (El Karaim E.)
El Awamreh
Ferasheh
With a few
Es Sawaqi II
Ed Dahtamfm (j^jjJl
Kafr Kishk eU5^
Mit el 'ezz jJl e>~«
Es Salatneh liljl
Faqus (j^jL
Ed dedamun
El 'arin
E denotes the map issued by the English War Office.
El Birum ^^Jl
The Arabic is given with all faults as written by a native
scribe.
KHATANEH AND TELL KOTAB.
In the spring of 1885 M. Naville obtained a number of
interesting antiquities from the excavations at Khata'neh
and Tell Kotab. With his kind permission I have put
together the following notes upon them for this volume.
Khata'neh,2 a number of graves of the middle kingdom
were found from which a good series of pottery and other
antiquities were obtained.
The sphinx lies on the surface of the artificial mound.
M. Naville's pits passed through the rubbish, and no doubt
reached the jezireh.
The date of the graves is given by several singularly
beautiful scarabs in white glazed steatite, PI. xix. 1—9.
No. 1 is engraved with the name of Sebekhotep III. of the
XIHth dynasty.
The " oval " urns are, I suppose, jars. A parcel of bones
from one of them, brought home by M. Naville, has been
identified by Dr. Garson as the remains of a child seven
months old. The hollow bones might easily lead to the
supposition that they were not human.
M. Naville has described the urns as containing ashes,
charcoal and bones ; also pottery : and about the urns were
placed more pottery, scarabs, two bronze knives, and some
small flints. Altogether it was a most important find.
The pottery includes a number of specimens of polished
black ware. They are generally rather rougher than those
from Tel el Yahudiyeh. Several are without the usual
pricked ornamentation, e.g. PI. xix. 15. The neck with
handle (14) is plain, as well as 17, which has traces of a
double handle, 17a. 1G is well-formed and ornamented 4|
in. high; others are like PI. xi. 1, but ruder; the palm
branches in these rise irom the base.
There are again traces of white paste in the punctures.
Of polished red ware there are specimens of the types
PI. xi. 1, 2, 3, and one, with body like 3, is smaller and
footless. None of these have punctured ornament.
The vessels, PI. xix. 18—24, are typical of the plain red
ware, each class being represented by several specimens. The
ring stands (18, 19) vary much, but the upper and lower
rims are always unequal. There are also some plain saucers
2 Cf. Goshen, p. 21 ; also Maspero in A.Z. 1885, p. 12 ff,
and Nebesheh, p. 45.
tell el yahudiyeh.
On the sandbank between the two enclosures are a num-
ber of small rectangular buildings with low circular shafts or
bee-hive-shaped erections, separate or connected with the
former. One of these yielded the glazed and inscribed vase
described by M. Naville, and part of a figure of Bes of the
XXIIIrd dynasty.
The antiquities from Tukh not yet mentioned include a
number of fragments in coarse red pottery of figures of
animals, PI. xvii. 2, 5, and one Aphrodite 1. These seem
to be foreign, but certainly not Koman; possibly they
belong to the mercenaries of the XXIInd—XXVth dynasties.
4 is a terra cotta mould (?) or rosette; 3 a draughtsman
of pale glazed ware. To the XXIIIrd (1) dynasty I should
attribute the two figures of Aphrodite in glazed ware. 6 is
greenish, 7 blue. They are both flattened at the back.
The scarab, PI. xviii. 10, is circa XXIInd; 3, XXVIth
dynasty.
I collected the following village and place-names :—
Tel Tukh. ^Ja JI. (J5=tell before vowels, tel before
consonants generally, but I have heard telle Basteh. Before
the article it is generally pronounced as if with one I, tel el ;
and sometimes the article coalesces with it, tel-l.)
Adjoining the Tell on the north-west are—
Shirshemeh (Esh Shurshui E.1)
Es sekakereh
Half a mile distant N.E. is Tukh, distinguished from
other villages of the same name by the addition el Qaramus
The following names may generally be identified on the
maps.
Geziret abu Yesin (abuisin).
graves and traces of building. (Abu Kiss E.)
Abu Kebir 'tj>\
Hurbet (Pharbaethus) Kh^*
El ahraz jl^.Vl
Kafr abu hatab ^Jm, tj>\^iS
Mahdiyeh ijj^e
Hihya L^* (Mehiyeh E.)
Hud nagih ^& ^ja.
Sobeh (Saig E.)
Ez Zirzamun
El "edweh jjjjtll
El 'alaqmeh **siUll
ElFawaqseh
El Metaw'eh acjIUI
El Qaramus u-y-"/!'
ElQaren ^JM (El Karaim E.)
El Awamreh
Ferasheh
With a few
Es Sawaqi II
Ed Dahtamfm (j^jjJl
Kafr Kishk eU5^
Mit el 'ezz jJl e>~«
Es Salatneh liljl
Faqus (j^jL
Ed dedamun
El 'arin
E denotes the map issued by the English War Office.
El Birum ^^Jl
The Arabic is given with all faults as written by a native
scribe.
KHATANEH AND TELL KOTAB.
In the spring of 1885 M. Naville obtained a number of
interesting antiquities from the excavations at Khata'neh
and Tell Kotab. With his kind permission I have put
together the following notes upon them for this volume.
Khata'neh,2 a number of graves of the middle kingdom
were found from which a good series of pottery and other
antiquities were obtained.
The sphinx lies on the surface of the artificial mound.
M. Naville's pits passed through the rubbish, and no doubt
reached the jezireh.
The date of the graves is given by several singularly
beautiful scarabs in white glazed steatite, PI. xix. 1—9.
No. 1 is engraved with the name of Sebekhotep III. of the
XIHth dynasty.
The " oval " urns are, I suppose, jars. A parcel of bones
from one of them, brought home by M. Naville, has been
identified by Dr. Garson as the remains of a child seven
months old. The hollow bones might easily lead to the
supposition that they were not human.
M. Naville has described the urns as containing ashes,
charcoal and bones ; also pottery : and about the urns were
placed more pottery, scarabs, two bronze knives, and some
small flints. Altogether it was a most important find.
The pottery includes a number of specimens of polished
black ware. They are generally rather rougher than those
from Tel el Yahudiyeh. Several are without the usual
pricked ornamentation, e.g. PI. xix. 15. The neck with
handle (14) is plain, as well as 17, which has traces of a
double handle, 17a. 1G is well-formed and ornamented 4|
in. high; others are like PI. xi. 1, but ruder; the palm
branches in these rise irom the base.
There are again traces of white paste in the punctures.
Of polished red ware there are specimens of the types
PI. xi. 1, 2, 3, and one, with body like 3, is smaller and
footless. None of these have punctured ornament.
The vessels, PI. xix. 18—24, are typical of the plain red
ware, each class being represented by several specimens. The
ring stands (18, 19) vary much, but the upper and lower
rims are always unequal. There are also some plain saucers
2 Cf. Goshen, p. 21 ; also Maspero in A.Z. 1885, p. 12 ff,
and Nebesheh, p. 45.