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TELL NEBESHEH.
gated, and the porcelain the most stumpy. The
single specimen of sandstone is rather stumpy, the
limestone specimens are less so.
Those in stone and red pottery have the features
clearly marked in the cutting and moulding. Those
in red pottery have been moulded in front, the
lump of clay in the mould being then roughly
shaped with a knife ; the marks of this shaving
are often apparent on the side and back. The
end of the figure is bent forward at the feet, without
any stand being formed.
In the porcelain specimens the features are very
slightly indicated in the moulding, and colour laid
beneath the glaze was depended on for marking
details.
The legs and feet of the figures of this period
are very shapeless.
The earliest specimens to which a date may be
assigned, are those of tomb 35. The inscription
(pi. xiii. 35a), now almost entirely lost through
efflorescence of the salt contained in the lime-
stone, seems to have been . . . mer qau in half
hieratic script. This may be compared with the
name, Pa mer qau, of the father of Merenptah
on the statue of the latter in the great temple,
unless it is a title as on the group of three figures.
They were found amongst the rubbish of a de-
stroyed tomb in which red tiles had been used.
(Two specimens, fair work, limestone, rounded
from back to front, crossed hands hold two hoes,
basket hangs between shoulders, wig painted
black, straight lappets, inscription in thick black
hieratic in vertical lines (?) 5f inches (elongate)
and 6£, nineteenth dynasty).
Tomb 31. Six specimens porcelain, pale yellow-
brown glaze, inscription lines, and features dark
brown, sht' Asar adennu n pa amen Ne-^t amen,
" lieutenant-governor of Diospolis Nekhtamen."
Diospolis in the Delta was probably the same as
Pachnamounis, in the direction of Damietta, near
the coast. Inscription in horizontal lines in front,
finishing with a vertical line down the back, figure
holds two hoes, and basket between the shoulders,
straight lappets, legs rounded. The best of the
early ushabti from Nebesheh, 5 inches (nineteenth
dynasty).
Tomb 41. Three specimens, inscription, sht'
Asar Pa te% . . . ? now illegible, red clay, well
made, lips and implements coloured red, hair
and inscription black. One entirely painted
with reddish stucco, lappets straight, 6| inches ;
found with two large alabaster vessels (nineteenth
dynasty?).
Tomb 4, two specimens limestone with incised
inscriptions illegible, 7 inches, one rather flattened
(nineteenth or twentieth dynasty).
Tomb of chambers 3, 5, 8, 7. 7 and 8 are
two parallel chambers, crossed at the end at right
angles by 3. 5 seems to be a later addition. 7 is
the innermost, a man entering 3 from the added
5 passing through 8 into 7 (cf. pi. ii.).
7. Two specimens red pottery.
8. One very heavy features and stumpy, red
pottery. Three slender, red pottery, one being
coloured yellow. These are marked with incised
lines (pi. ii. 8) in front below waist.
Also two specimens limestone, 6 and 7 inches,
rather flattened, holding two hoes. Wig curves
away over back; lappets, small and pointed, come
out in front from beneath the wig.
Also sandstone one specimen, 1\ inches, coloured
red; inscription incised, hair &c. and inscriptions
coloured black. Tunic projects in front; holds
hoe in right, broad-bladed hoe with cross-bar in
left; wig short, lappets very short. Inscription in
vertical lines down tunic and legs, shalf Asar
Harud, &c, part of Chapter VI. of the Ritual.
3. Two of red pottery, one with very heavy
features, the other coloured yellow.
Also ten specimens bluish porcelain, wig
markings &c. black, collar, straight lappets. Two
specimens have the tunic projecting in front. In
these the wig is short, the implements are more
like curved clubs, and the basket is absent. The
deceased is named Ramsesnekht.
5. Two slender specimens. A hieratic inscrip-
tion is written on the back of one in two lines.
From 21, a tomb in which the sarcophagi were
TELL NEBESHEH.
gated, and the porcelain the most stumpy. The
single specimen of sandstone is rather stumpy, the
limestone specimens are less so.
Those in stone and red pottery have the features
clearly marked in the cutting and moulding. Those
in red pottery have been moulded in front, the
lump of clay in the mould being then roughly
shaped with a knife ; the marks of this shaving
are often apparent on the side and back. The
end of the figure is bent forward at the feet, without
any stand being formed.
In the porcelain specimens the features are very
slightly indicated in the moulding, and colour laid
beneath the glaze was depended on for marking
details.
The legs and feet of the figures of this period
are very shapeless.
The earliest specimens to which a date may be
assigned, are those of tomb 35. The inscription
(pi. xiii. 35a), now almost entirely lost through
efflorescence of the salt contained in the lime-
stone, seems to have been . . . mer qau in half
hieratic script. This may be compared with the
name, Pa mer qau, of the father of Merenptah
on the statue of the latter in the great temple,
unless it is a title as on the group of three figures.
They were found amongst the rubbish of a de-
stroyed tomb in which red tiles had been used.
(Two specimens, fair work, limestone, rounded
from back to front, crossed hands hold two hoes,
basket hangs between shoulders, wig painted
black, straight lappets, inscription in thick black
hieratic in vertical lines (?) 5f inches (elongate)
and 6£, nineteenth dynasty).
Tomb 31. Six specimens porcelain, pale yellow-
brown glaze, inscription lines, and features dark
brown, sht' Asar adennu n pa amen Ne-^t amen,
" lieutenant-governor of Diospolis Nekhtamen."
Diospolis in the Delta was probably the same as
Pachnamounis, in the direction of Damietta, near
the coast. Inscription in horizontal lines in front,
finishing with a vertical line down the back, figure
holds two hoes, and basket between the shoulders,
straight lappets, legs rounded. The best of the
early ushabti from Nebesheh, 5 inches (nineteenth
dynasty).
Tomb 41. Three specimens, inscription, sht'
Asar Pa te% . . . ? now illegible, red clay, well
made, lips and implements coloured red, hair
and inscription black. One entirely painted
with reddish stucco, lappets straight, 6| inches ;
found with two large alabaster vessels (nineteenth
dynasty?).
Tomb 4, two specimens limestone with incised
inscriptions illegible, 7 inches, one rather flattened
(nineteenth or twentieth dynasty).
Tomb of chambers 3, 5, 8, 7. 7 and 8 are
two parallel chambers, crossed at the end at right
angles by 3. 5 seems to be a later addition. 7 is
the innermost, a man entering 3 from the added
5 passing through 8 into 7 (cf. pi. ii.).
7. Two specimens red pottery.
8. One very heavy features and stumpy, red
pottery. Three slender, red pottery, one being
coloured yellow. These are marked with incised
lines (pi. ii. 8) in front below waist.
Also two specimens limestone, 6 and 7 inches,
rather flattened, holding two hoes. Wig curves
away over back; lappets, small and pointed, come
out in front from beneath the wig.
Also sandstone one specimen, 1\ inches, coloured
red; inscription incised, hair &c. and inscriptions
coloured black. Tunic projects in front; holds
hoe in right, broad-bladed hoe with cross-bar in
left; wig short, lappets very short. Inscription in
vertical lines down tunic and legs, shalf Asar
Harud, &c, part of Chapter VI. of the Ritual.
3. Two of red pottery, one with very heavy
features, the other coloured yellow.
Also ten specimens bluish porcelain, wig
markings &c. black, collar, straight lappets. Two
specimens have the tunic projecting in front. In
these the wig is short, the implements are more
like curved clubs, and the basket is absent. The
deceased is named Ramsesnekht.
5. Two slender specimens. A hieratic inscrip-
tion is written on the back of one in two lines.
From 21, a tomb in which the sarcophagi were