CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
SECT. PAGE
i.
Course of the work
1
2.
1
3-
1
CHAPTER I.
The Site.
4-
Condition of Tell el
A mama.....
2
5-
Site of the town .
2
6.
Geology around .
3
7-
The quarries ....
3
8.
The roads.....
4
9-
The western steles
5
io.
The eastern steles.
5
CHAPTER II.
The Palace and Temple.
i i.
General nature
7
12.
Great Hall ....
7
i3-
Minor parts ....
7
14.
The harem ....
8
i5-
The palace columns .
9
16.
The inlaid capitals
10
17. Spiral and vine columns .
10
18.
Architraves ....
11
19.
11
20.
11
21.
Inlaid glazes ....
12
22.
Glazed columns and tiles.
12
23-
The paintings ....
12
24.
Harem painting—2
13
25.
Harem painting-—i
14
26.
Wall painting of servants
14
27.
Wall painting of princesses
15
28.
Palace waste heaps
15
29.
Glass vases ....
16
30. Aegean pottery
16
3i-
Value of the pottery .
17
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32. Ushabtis of Akhenaten .
17
33. Ihe great temple .
_ 0
18
34- The statues ....
10
35. Halls of the temenos .
19
36. Plan in quarry
19
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The Houses.
37. Class of the houses
20
38. Public parts of the house.
20
39. The red recesses .
21
40. Master's room and harem
21
41. Men's rooms ....
21
42. Stores and stairs .
21
43. Peculiar designs .
22
44. Outer courts ....
22
45. The great house .
23
46. Barrack of police .
23
47. Store-houses ....
23
48. House of cuneiform tablets
23
49. Granary and great circle .
24
50. Length of cubits used
25
CHAPTER IV.
The Manufactures.
51. The glass factories
25
52. Making of frit colours
25
53. Fittings of furnaces .
26
54. Form of furnace .
26
55. Glass crucibles
26
56. Rolling and drawing glass
26
57. Making of glass beads
27
58. Making of glass vases
27
59. Engraving glass .
27
60. Colours of glass .
27
61. Glazing for columns .
27
62. Inlaid glazes ....
28
63. Glazed dishes and vases .
28
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64. Moulded objects ... 28
65. Dated moulds, etc.,
Pis. XIV-XV 28
66. Moulded rings, PI. XVI 29
67. „ figures, PI. XVII 29
68. „ conventional
flowers, PI. XVIII 29
69. Moulded fruits and flowers,
PI. XIX 30
70. Moulded leaves, etc.,
PI. XX 30
71. Pottery..... 30
72. Sculptors' workshops . . 30
73. Metal work .... 31
74. Weights..... 31
CHAPTER V.
The Jar Inscriptions.
By F. LI. Griffith, F.SA.
75. Dates of inscriptions . . 32
76. Translations of wine labels 32
77. „ of others . 33
CHAPTER VI.
The Cuneiform Tablets.
By Prof. A. H. Sayce, D.D.
78. Nature of the tablets . . 34
79. The letters .... 34
80. The dictionaries ... 35
CHAPTER VII.
The Flint Tools.
By F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S.
81. Classes of flints ... 37
82. Cement used .... 37
INTRODUCTION.
SECT. PAGE
i.
Course of the work
1
2.
1
3-
1
CHAPTER I.
The Site.
4-
Condition of Tell el
A mama.....
2
5-
Site of the town .
2
6.
Geology around .
3
7-
The quarries ....
3
8.
The roads.....
4
9-
The western steles
5
io.
The eastern steles.
5
CHAPTER II.
The Palace and Temple.
i i.
General nature
7
12.
Great Hall ....
7
i3-
Minor parts ....
7
14.
The harem ....
8
i5-
The palace columns .
9
16.
The inlaid capitals
10
17. Spiral and vine columns .
10
18.
Architraves ....
11
19.
11
20.
11
21.
Inlaid glazes ....
12
22.
Glazed columns and tiles.
12
23-
The paintings ....
12
24.
Harem painting—2
13
25.
Harem painting-—i
14
26.
Wall painting of servants
14
27.
Wall painting of princesses
15
28.
Palace waste heaps
15
29.
Glass vases ....
16
30. Aegean pottery
16
3i-
Value of the pottery .
17
SECT.
PAGE
t t 1 1 * " 1" a 1 1 j
32. Ushabtis of Akhenaten .
17
33. Ihe great temple .
_ 0
18
34- The statues ....
10
35. Halls of the temenos .
19
36. Plan in quarry
19
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Url/ir 1 JCLlv 111.
The Houses.
37. Class of the houses
20
38. Public parts of the house.
20
39. The red recesses .
21
40. Master's room and harem
21
41. Men's rooms ....
21
42. Stores and stairs .
21
43. Peculiar designs .
22
44. Outer courts ....
22
45. The great house .
23
46. Barrack of police .
23
47. Store-houses ....
23
48. House of cuneiform tablets
23
49. Granary and great circle .
24
50. Length of cubits used
25
CHAPTER IV.
The Manufactures.
51. The glass factories
25
52. Making of frit colours
25
53. Fittings of furnaces .
26
54. Form of furnace .
26
55. Glass crucibles
26
56. Rolling and drawing glass
26
57. Making of glass beads
27
58. Making of glass vases
27
59. Engraving glass .
27
60. Colours of glass .
27
61. Glazing for columns .
27
62. Inlaid glazes ....
28
63. Glazed dishes and vases .
28
SECT. PAGE
64. Moulded objects ... 28
65. Dated moulds, etc.,
Pis. XIV-XV 28
66. Moulded rings, PI. XVI 29
67. „ figures, PI. XVII 29
68. „ conventional
flowers, PI. XVIII 29
69. Moulded fruits and flowers,
PI. XIX 30
70. Moulded leaves, etc.,
PI. XX 30
71. Pottery..... 30
72. Sculptors' workshops . . 30
73. Metal work .... 31
74. Weights..... 31
CHAPTER V.
The Jar Inscriptions.
By F. LI. Griffith, F.SA.
75. Dates of inscriptions . . 32
76. Translations of wine labels 32
77. „ of others . 33
CHAPTER VI.
The Cuneiform Tablets.
By Prof. A. H. Sayce, D.D.
78. Nature of the tablets . . 34
79. The letters .... 34
80. The dictionaries ... 35
CHAPTER VII.
The Flint Tools.
By F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S.
81. Classes of flints ... 37
82. Cement used .... 37