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MEDINET GUROB.
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inscription as I found on the base of the statuette
(XXII, 8). This statuette is a foot high, of a female
figure in the Ramesside ribbed drapery, holding a
lotus flower, a large wig on the head, and the
eyes formed of glass inlaid. The work is exquisite,
the limbs and form being indicated by broad
curves underlying the narrow ribbing of the drapery.
It represents Res, the daughter of Amenemapt. I
discovered this figure lying on the breast of the
mummy, embedded in the sand filling; the base on
the stomach, and the statuette up the right side. It
is now at Bulak. Behind the head in the coffin was
a head-rest broken in two. The coffin was inlaid
with eyes of cut alabaster and black stone, in blue
glass edging. On the fore finger of the left hand
was a bronze ring (XXIII, j6), laid over the pubes.
Tomb 23. Opposite side of shaft to 22. Head
east. Two red jars (XXI, 49), stood on the south
side of the coffin head. By the side of the head in
the coffin, bedded in the sand filling, was a false-
necked vase of the Mykense type (XXVIII, 1),
lying on its side. Beneath the head were two reeds
with kohl and a kohl stick. On the left fore finger
was a bronze ring (XXIII, 77). At the feet a wooden
ushabti, quite rotted. On the head of the mummy
was a copious wig of black hair, reaching down to
the waist; but beneath this on the scalp was yellow
or light brown hair. The causes often supposed to
produce the light hair on mummies cannot be granted
here : fashion could not have induced the dyeing of the
hair hidden under a wig; the soil cannot have
changed hair beneath a hair wig which is unaltered ;
treatment of the mummy can scarcely have affected
the hair, as the body was apparently not mummified,
but only dried, and bad gone to dust; and old age
would have made it white or grey, and not brown.
We must, then, conclude that the person was light-
haired during life, and wore a wig of black, hiding
the foreign token.
77. Tomb 24. Head of coffin to the east. On the
north-east of the head a white-faced jar-(XXI, 45),
and on the south-east a vase (44) and dish (XX, 8).
On the first finger of the left hand was a ring (XXIII,
13); reading " Ra-ma-neb, meri-amen," and therefore
of Amenhotep III. The hair of this body was like-
wise yellow.
Tomb 25. The grave lay north and south, the
body cased in rushes ; a young man, with light skin
but dark hair. Vase (XXI, 44) was placed beside
the body.
On looking at this group of tombs, all near together,
it seems evident that they must be dated to the close
of the XVIIIth dynasty. They are clearly all of
much the same period. The black coffins with
yellow inscriptions, the bronze finger rings, the
mode of burial, the pottery, and the close grouping
of the graves, all these points show that no change
of fashion had taken place between one burial and
another. The positive signs of age are—(1.) The
rings, one of which bears the name of Amenhotep
III, while two similar rings found elsewhere are
of Amenhotep III and of Khuenhaten (XXIII,
IO, 15). (2.) The pottery, which is of the late
XVIIIth or early XlXth dynasty. (3.) Wooden
statuettes, the style of which is too fine to be likely
to belong to any time after Ramessu II. (4.) The
black limestone ushabtis, which are like those of the
early XlXth dynasty. (5.) The position of the
graves, which would probably not be placed there
while houses occupied the ground; they cannot be
later than the houses, as the sand filling of them was
clean and not mixed with earth, and as the houses
were probably of the time of Ramessu II, there is
no period for the tombs subsequently. From all
these data I should assign them to the reign of Seti I,
with but small uncertainty: on the one hand, there
is nothing distinctive of the late XVIIIth dynasty
in the way of beads, &c. ; and Amenhotep III would
be probably too early in view of the ribbed drapery,
black ushabtis, and pottery ; while Ramessu II would
be too late a date for the rings and the position of the
graves.
78. Of other series of objects may be noted
also:—■
Tomb 31. Two blue painted jars (XXI, 42, 43) ;
white-faced small jug (XXI, $1) ; dish containing
resin and charcoal, evidently burnt as incense (52),
two pieces of the lid of a terra cotta coffin with ink-
drawn figures; three pottery ushabti of Admes
wrapped in cloth, of very rude work; and wooden
kohl pot.
Tomb P. Vases, XX, 15, 21; XXI, 63.
Tomb N. Rude limestone stela, name illegible;
half another stela; two female figures in wood, with
wigs curling round on the shoulders, hands at the
sides, no drapery ; one wooden female figure draped,
left leg advanced (headless) ; one wooden figure of
Bast, seated (all these damaged and somewhat de-
cayed) ; a pair of sandals, upper sides dyed red ;
painted jars (XXI, 41, 54), and five plain jars and
dish (XX, 5, 15 ; XXI, 56, 64); pieces of a false-
necked vase of Mykense ware; two sticks. Two of
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inscription as I found on the base of the statuette
(XXII, 8). This statuette is a foot high, of a female
figure in the Ramesside ribbed drapery, holding a
lotus flower, a large wig on the head, and the
eyes formed of glass inlaid. The work is exquisite,
the limbs and form being indicated by broad
curves underlying the narrow ribbing of the drapery.
It represents Res, the daughter of Amenemapt. I
discovered this figure lying on the breast of the
mummy, embedded in the sand filling; the base on
the stomach, and the statuette up the right side. It
is now at Bulak. Behind the head in the coffin was
a head-rest broken in two. The coffin was inlaid
with eyes of cut alabaster and black stone, in blue
glass edging. On the fore finger of the left hand
was a bronze ring (XXIII, j6), laid over the pubes.
Tomb 23. Opposite side of shaft to 22. Head
east. Two red jars (XXI, 49), stood on the south
side of the coffin head. By the side of the head in
the coffin, bedded in the sand filling, was a false-
necked vase of the Mykense type (XXVIII, 1),
lying on its side. Beneath the head were two reeds
with kohl and a kohl stick. On the left fore finger
was a bronze ring (XXIII, 77). At the feet a wooden
ushabti, quite rotted. On the head of the mummy
was a copious wig of black hair, reaching down to
the waist; but beneath this on the scalp was yellow
or light brown hair. The causes often supposed to
produce the light hair on mummies cannot be granted
here : fashion could not have induced the dyeing of the
hair hidden under a wig; the soil cannot have
changed hair beneath a hair wig which is unaltered ;
treatment of the mummy can scarcely have affected
the hair, as the body was apparently not mummified,
but only dried, and bad gone to dust; and old age
would have made it white or grey, and not brown.
We must, then, conclude that the person was light-
haired during life, and wore a wig of black, hiding
the foreign token.
77. Tomb 24. Head of coffin to the east. On the
north-east of the head a white-faced jar-(XXI, 45),
and on the south-east a vase (44) and dish (XX, 8).
On the first finger of the left hand was a ring (XXIII,
13); reading " Ra-ma-neb, meri-amen," and therefore
of Amenhotep III. The hair of this body was like-
wise yellow.
Tomb 25. The grave lay north and south, the
body cased in rushes ; a young man, with light skin
but dark hair. Vase (XXI, 44) was placed beside
the body.
On looking at this group of tombs, all near together,
it seems evident that they must be dated to the close
of the XVIIIth dynasty. They are clearly all of
much the same period. The black coffins with
yellow inscriptions, the bronze finger rings, the
mode of burial, the pottery, and the close grouping
of the graves, all these points show that no change
of fashion had taken place between one burial and
another. The positive signs of age are—(1.) The
rings, one of which bears the name of Amenhotep
III, while two similar rings found elsewhere are
of Amenhotep III and of Khuenhaten (XXIII,
IO, 15). (2.) The pottery, which is of the late
XVIIIth or early XlXth dynasty. (3.) Wooden
statuettes, the style of which is too fine to be likely
to belong to any time after Ramessu II. (4.) The
black limestone ushabtis, which are like those of the
early XlXth dynasty. (5.) The position of the
graves, which would probably not be placed there
while houses occupied the ground; they cannot be
later than the houses, as the sand filling of them was
clean and not mixed with earth, and as the houses
were probably of the time of Ramessu II, there is
no period for the tombs subsequently. From all
these data I should assign them to the reign of Seti I,
with but small uncertainty: on the one hand, there
is nothing distinctive of the late XVIIIth dynasty
in the way of beads, &c. ; and Amenhotep III would
be probably too early in view of the ribbed drapery,
black ushabtis, and pottery ; while Ramessu II would
be too late a date for the rings and the position of the
graves.
78. Of other series of objects may be noted
also:—■
Tomb 31. Two blue painted jars (XXI, 42, 43) ;
white-faced small jug (XXI, $1) ; dish containing
resin and charcoal, evidently burnt as incense (52),
two pieces of the lid of a terra cotta coffin with ink-
drawn figures; three pottery ushabti of Admes
wrapped in cloth, of very rude work; and wooden
kohl pot.
Tomb P. Vases, XX, 15, 21; XXI, 63.
Tomb N. Rude limestone stela, name illegible;
half another stela; two female figures in wood, with
wigs curling round on the shoulders, hands at the
sides, no drapery ; one wooden female figure draped,
left leg advanced (headless) ; one wooden figure of
Bast, seated (all these damaged and somewhat de-
cayed) ; a pair of sandals, upper sides dyed red ;
painted jars (XXI, 41, 54), and five plain jars and
dish (XX, 5, 15 ; XXI, 56, 64); pieces of a false-
necked vase of Mykense ware; two sticks. Two of