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THE MANUFACTURES.
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clearly of the same person, by the likeness. The triad
of Akhenaten, queen, and princess, (I, 1) is also a trial
piece, perhaps a sketch for the design of some large
group. And the head of Akhenaten (I, 5) is on a slab
which does not appear to have come from any
building, and is probably a trial. The sweeping de-
struction of the buildings in ancient times, and of the
figures in the tombs in modern times, has left us
almost dependent for portraiture on the trial pieces
which were carefully wrought, and buried as waste
before the times of destruction. Considerable at-
tempts were made at plaster casting ; not only is
there the cast of Akhenaten's head, but also many
pieces of cartouches, &c, all from the W. end of the
Temenos.
73. Of metal work little was found ; the materials
were gold, electrum, hard alloy like speculum metal,
bronze and lead. No silver, tin, or iron occurred ;
the latter metal has never yet been found by me
before the XXIIIrd dynasty, in all the large clear-
ances of Kahun, Gurob, and Tell el Amarna. There
is nothing peculiar in the metal working, the bronze
being mainly for knives, kohl sticks, &c, like those of
Gurob. In a previous visit I obtained a piece of an
Osiris cast by the cireperdtie method, which is only
about of an inch thick, the finest casting I have
seen. Also I then got a bronze needle with two eyes
at right angles, enabling two coloured threads to be
sewn at once.
74. The weights are not numerous, only twelve
being found of Egyptian date, beside a small set of
six leaden weights of Roman age.
The kat standard is but a quarter of the whole
series.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
Pi.. XIII.
6
4
(Bronze and lead."1
1. Bull's head. /
(Limestone ball in-\
\ scribed " 10 utens."/
Alabaster cylinder.
I3S3-7
13859-
729-1
1352-
13880-
729-6
10
100
5
135-2
I38-8
I45'9
Another bull's head of similar form, but smaller,
was found at Gurob, and has remained unpublished,
as I did not recognise it as a weight ; it is
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
(Bronze and lead.\
\ Bull's head. j
304*9
307
2
153-5
The gold weight of 200 grains—or Aeginetan—is
the commonest, over half the number being on that
standard.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
I
7
5
2
9
10
Red limestone, disc.
Alabaster, ovoid.
Alabaster, cone.
Alabaster, ovoid.
(Red sandstone, rough)
\ like 11. /
(W h i t e limestone, 1
\ disc. /
Alabaster, ovoid.
790-6
397'7
397-9
599-9
1227-5
52-5
630-9
790-6
397- 8
398- 2
601 -4
1232-
52-6
639-
4
2
2
3
6
1
4
3
192-7
198- 9
199- I
200- 5
205-3
210-4
213-
The last example may be an Assyrian weight of
5 shekels of 127-8: another may be also Assyrian,
but it is doubtful if it has not lost a great part since it
was made.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
i
(Gray granite, domed"!
\ type. J
39017
V
300
130-0
Of the Phoenician there are two examples.
Present.
Ancient.
Standard.
11
9
(White limestone,!
\ oblong. /
Bronze, domed type.
((?) Grey granite!
\ (above). ?/
II07-2
235-0
39017
1107-5
235
47000 (?)
5
1
200
221-5
235-
235-
The leaden weights of Roman age are about the
Constantine period, by the style of a glass spindle
whorl found with them. They are on the basis of the
stater or half shekel of the Ptolemaic system derived
from the Phoenician.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
(Flat domed m\
\ type.
Cube. j| \ J j
I379-3
696-2
1377
694
12
6
114- 7
115- 7
Cube. ! 1}
Cube. 1 11
Cube. 11
Cube. 1
566-6
348-4
225-0
191-0
564
347
226
190
5
3
2
112- 8
115-7
113- 0
190
It is remarkable that the Assyrian is almost un-
known among these weights, considering the relations
of Akhenaten with Mesopotamia. At Gurob, in the
same period, the order of frequency is Kat, Assyrian,
Attic, Aeginetan, Phoenician ; a very different fre-
quency to that of Tell el Amarna, where the Aeginetan
is the commonest.
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clearly of the same person, by the likeness. The triad
of Akhenaten, queen, and princess, (I, 1) is also a trial
piece, perhaps a sketch for the design of some large
group. And the head of Akhenaten (I, 5) is on a slab
which does not appear to have come from any
building, and is probably a trial. The sweeping de-
struction of the buildings in ancient times, and of the
figures in the tombs in modern times, has left us
almost dependent for portraiture on the trial pieces
which were carefully wrought, and buried as waste
before the times of destruction. Considerable at-
tempts were made at plaster casting ; not only is
there the cast of Akhenaten's head, but also many
pieces of cartouches, &c, all from the W. end of the
Temenos.
73. Of metal work little was found ; the materials
were gold, electrum, hard alloy like speculum metal,
bronze and lead. No silver, tin, or iron occurred ;
the latter metal has never yet been found by me
before the XXIIIrd dynasty, in all the large clear-
ances of Kahun, Gurob, and Tell el Amarna. There
is nothing peculiar in the metal working, the bronze
being mainly for knives, kohl sticks, &c, like those of
Gurob. In a previous visit I obtained a piece of an
Osiris cast by the cireperdtie method, which is only
about of an inch thick, the finest casting I have
seen. Also I then got a bronze needle with two eyes
at right angles, enabling two coloured threads to be
sewn at once.
74. The weights are not numerous, only twelve
being found of Egyptian date, beside a small set of
six leaden weights of Roman age.
The kat standard is but a quarter of the whole
series.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
Pi.. XIII.
6
4
(Bronze and lead."1
1. Bull's head. /
(Limestone ball in-\
\ scribed " 10 utens."/
Alabaster cylinder.
I3S3-7
13859-
729-1
1352-
13880-
729-6
10
100
5
135-2
I38-8
I45'9
Another bull's head of similar form, but smaller,
was found at Gurob, and has remained unpublished,
as I did not recognise it as a weight ; it is
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
(Bronze and lead.\
\ Bull's head. j
304*9
307
2
153-5
The gold weight of 200 grains—or Aeginetan—is
the commonest, over half the number being on that
standard.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
I
7
5
2
9
10
Red limestone, disc.
Alabaster, ovoid.
Alabaster, cone.
Alabaster, ovoid.
(Red sandstone, rough)
\ like 11. /
(W h i t e limestone, 1
\ disc. /
Alabaster, ovoid.
790-6
397'7
397-9
599-9
1227-5
52-5
630-9
790-6
397- 8
398- 2
601 -4
1232-
52-6
639-
4
2
2
3
6
1
4
3
192-7
198- 9
199- I
200- 5
205-3
210-4
213-
The last example may be an Assyrian weight of
5 shekels of 127-8: another may be also Assyrian,
but it is doubtful if it has not lost a great part since it
was made.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
i
(Gray granite, domed"!
\ type. J
39017
V
300
130-0
Of the Phoenician there are two examples.
Present.
Ancient.
Standard.
11
9
(White limestone,!
\ oblong. /
Bronze, domed type.
((?) Grey granite!
\ (above). ?/
II07-2
235-0
39017
1107-5
235
47000 (?)
5
1
200
221-5
235-
235-
The leaden weights of Roman age are about the
Constantine period, by the style of a glass spindle
whorl found with them. They are on the basis of the
stater or half shekel of the Ptolemaic system derived
from the Phoenician.
Present.
Ancient.
X
Standard.
(Flat domed m\
\ type.
Cube. j| \ J j
I379-3
696-2
1377
694
12
6
114- 7
115- 7
Cube. ! 1}
Cube. 1 11
Cube. 11
Cube. 1
566-6
348-4
225-0
191-0
564
347
226
190
5
3
2
112- 8
115-7
113- 0
190
It is remarkable that the Assyrian is almost un-
known among these weights, considering the relations
of Akhenaten with Mesopotamia. At Gurob, in the
same period, the order of frequency is Kat, Assyrian,
Attic, Aeginetan, Phoenician ; a very different fre-
quency to that of Tell el Amarna, where the Aeginetan
is the commonest.