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PEEFACE.
The Survey of the Middle Kingdom tombs in the Gebel el Bersheh was
made during the winter 1891-2. The party, consisting of Messrs. P. E.
Newberry, G. W. Fraser, and Howard Carter, arrived at El Bersheh on the
24th November, 1891, and in the middle of December was joined by
Mr. M. W. Blackden, who kindly volunteered his services in order to make
coloured copies of the wall-paintings in the tombs, and gave much assistance
in superintending the clearance of the debris, &c, which had accumulated
in them. The work of tracing in outline the wall-paintings and inscriptions
was finished on the 2nd January, 1892, when Mr. Newberry returned to
England. Mr. Carter also left to join Prof. Petrie in his work at
Tell el Amarna.
The Survey of the hill and tombs was completed by Messrs. Fraser
and Blackden in February, 1892. In May, 1893, Mr. Howard Carter again
went to El Bersheh, and stayed there till the end of June, making water-
colour drawings of the most interesting scenes and of hieroglyphic signs
in the tomb of Tehutihetep, and completing the tracings.
In all, there are ten inscribed tombs of the Middle Kingdom at
El Bersheh. Of these, the tomb of Tehutihetep (the second from the
north-west), published in the present volume, is by far the finest and
most interesting. The remaining nine inscribed tombs and a Survey of
the Gebel el Bersheh, together with the general account of the group,
will be published in El Bersheh, Part II.
The plan, elevation, and sections, and the details of the doorways and
columns, are published from drawings made on the spot by Mr. G. W. Fraser.
The Survey of the Middle Kingdom tombs in the Gebel el Bersheh was
made during the winter 1891-2. The party, consisting of Messrs. P. E.
Newberry, G. W. Fraser, and Howard Carter, arrived at El Bersheh on the
24th November, 1891, and in the middle of December was joined by
Mr. M. W. Blackden, who kindly volunteered his services in order to make
coloured copies of the wall-paintings in the tombs, and gave much assistance
in superintending the clearance of the debris, &c, which had accumulated
in them. The work of tracing in outline the wall-paintings and inscriptions
was finished on the 2nd January, 1892, when Mr. Newberry returned to
England. Mr. Carter also left to join Prof. Petrie in his work at
Tell el Amarna.
The Survey of the hill and tombs was completed by Messrs. Fraser
and Blackden in February, 1892. In May, 1893, Mr. Howard Carter again
went to El Bersheh, and stayed there till the end of June, making water-
colour drawings of the most interesting scenes and of hieroglyphic signs
in the tomb of Tehutihetep, and completing the tracings.
In all, there are ten inscribed tombs of the Middle Kingdom at
El Bersheh. Of these, the tomb of Tehutihetep (the second from the
north-west), published in the present volume, is by far the finest and
most interesting. The remaining nine inscribed tombs and a Survey of
the Gebel el Bersheh, together with the general account of the group,
will be published in El Bersheh, Part II.
The plan, elevation, and sections, and the details of the doorways and
columns, are published from drawings made on the spot by Mr. G. W. Fraser.