Petrie, William M. Flinders: Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara (London, 1890)

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TOMBS OF HAWARA.

gilt in rotation, with ball beads of silver-gilt to join
the threads ; also square plaque beads of lazuli and
beryl. The silver had of course all perished in the
salt water. Over the breast of the mummy lay a Ba
bird, with a human face and outspread wings: this
was of solid gold, exquisitely chased, and the wings
inlaid with 130 pieces of cut and polished lazuli,
beryl, &c, to imitate feathers. On cutting away the
outer wrappings of bituminous cloth the series of
amulets were found. The arms were crossed, and the
hands on the opposite shoulders. On all the fingers
and toes were gold plates ; on the wrists were gold
bands ; and a gold sheath between the legs. The left
hand was clenched, with the thumb up; on 2nd
finger a bezil, P, on the 3rd finger a gold ring with
Horuta's name, between the 2nd and 3rd a bezil, F.
(These bezils are very flat pyramids, with a loop on
the top.) In left hand a seed ; eye, H ; ring, L ;
bezil, L. On right hand, ring, F, between 2nd and
3rd fingers ; ring, L, between 3rd and 4th. Around left
upper arm beads G, C ; around right upper arm,
heart, C ; frog, B ; bezil, L ; 2 eyes, H. On head,
2 eyes C, P ; and sceptre, B. On top of chest, count-
ing from the spectator's left to right, sceptre, Hathor
standing with cow head, snake head and part body,
hollow model vase, vulture standing, Ba bird with
human head, another vase, girdle tie, tat, all of solid
gold, except the vases. Below that, vulture flying,
hollow bulla, Ba bird flying, all gold, exquisitely
wrought. Below that, hearts C, J ; model collar piece
of gold inlaid with stripes of cut stones, pendant form ;
hearts B, G, A, sceptre, B, lying on the collar. Below
that, another model collar, gold, with stripes of cut
stones and gold, agis form with line of gold grains.
At the side of this a hawk of gold inlaid with cut
stones. In all sixteen gold amulets, mostly solid;
four inlaid with minute stone work, and all of the
finest and most exquisite finish. Below these came
five great lines of amulets curving round as pendant
necklaces on the body, all of the finest engraving and
work. The top line had a small roll of papyrus,
rotted, at the beginning, then 4 tats, Tahuti, Horus,
sceptre, Isis, Horus, Nebhat, Neit, Selk, Tahuti, 5 tats,
all in lazuli, with the details of the features and
dress of the figures beautifully elaborated. The next
row was of beads, 4 syenite, 7 L, 2 long C, a silver
bird outspread, much decayed, and 8 rough-hsematite
beads. The middle row, heart, C; 4 sceptres, C,
C, H, F ; 2 snakes, C ; sceptre, B ; 3 ties, J, J, L ; Ra
seated, B ; Ma seated, L ; Shu, P ; hawk, L ; 4 tats,
C ; pointed double-feather, and pointed with drooping

ends, N ; plaque, B ; rounded double feather, O ;
2 hearts, J, C; frog, B. Next row, 5 eyes B,B,B,B, O;
6 scarabs, black syenite, H, P, L, L, L; hawk-head
scarab, L; vulture, L ; heart, B ; 14 scarabs, L, basalt,
syenite, P, L, F, L, F, H. P, L, L, syenite, Y ; 7 eyes,
O, O, O, O, L, H, B. Bottom row, 11 eyes, B, C, Y, P,
P, D small, C, H, J, J, H. Thus the whole series on
the body of Horuta was 18 gold amulets, gold fingers
and toe plates, and sheath, about 30 beads, and
109 amulets nearly all in hard stone of large size and
the finest workmanship. This set is far finer for both
quality and numbers than any that I have seen in
museums, and having the exact positions recorded,
its value is much enhanced. It was taken altogether
for the Egyptian Museum, in which it will form an
important feature. I only wish that every official
there could have taken his share of the days of sub-
aqueous work which it cost me to obtain it.

The other sets of amulets found on bodies in this
tomb are less important in numbers, and far inferior
in quality. Each set was extracted with the order
recorded, as far as possible; and they have been
mounted now in their original sequences. It is
hardly desirable to detail these ; but perhaps some
day a work on the positions of amulets may be
written, in which all such information may properly
find a place.

31. During the work at Hawara many small objects
of later times were found. A vulture's head finely
carved in wood, with glass eyes inlaid, formed of a
strip of patterned glass, cut in sections. Some more
gilt stucco busts from mummies of the 1st century
A.D.; one bearing a lighted candle, another with
modelled earrings inlaid with onyxes and imitation
pearls : the jewellery and necklaces represented on
these busts is a very interesting feature as dating our
collections of unclassified jewellery. Three portraits
in good condition were found ; one remains at Bulak;
and two others, a girl and a young man, came to
England. Another glass lens" found is too conical for
magnifying, but a good bullseye. Some glass flasks
with the original rush covering are of Roman age.
A pair of iron keys, with barrel and ward-slits, a
cross-head handle and ring at the end, were found in
a box of mud; one remains at Bulak. A very
curious pair of socks was found, with the great toe
separated from the others as usual, but entirely made
of felt in one piece, without any seams, ridges, or
lumps; how such felting could be done in complex
forms is beyond our present workmanship to deter-
mine.