DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4222#0038
!
28
ROYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
they have bands of the usual ornament in
relief.
Pl. IXa. 1—3. A dish and two vases of
copper were found near together, in the doorway
between the south and middle parts of the tomb
of Khasekhemui.
4—11. A large mass of funeral models in
copper were found stacked together, the tool
models inside of the large pan, and the lesser
dishes turned over them. The whole group
had been covered by a collapsed wall. The
models are all roughly cut out • of thin sheet
copper ; they comprise the following forms :—
1 pan, 15 inches across, riveted
1 oval dish, 17 inches long
1 „ „ 12
n
n
•>i
5 dishes,
3 dishes,
9
6
ii
across
,, (1 broken)
2 tube stands, 10 inches wide
(flatted out)
15 axes, 2 to 5 inches wide
16 double harpoons about 4 inches
long .....
16 single harpoons
12 thick chisels, 2 to 6 inches long
57 chisels and adzes of thin sheet
1 dagger of folded sheet .
7 chisels „ „
1 saw .....
68 needles, pins, &c. (1 with eye)
3 waste pieces of sheet copper.
fig. 11
10
10
6,7
9
11
8
11
4
11
5
11
5
11
5
11
4
11
4
11
4
i;
4
5
194 model tools, &c, 13 dishes, &c.
From these numbers it seems that the
quantities are multiples of 16 ; there being—
8 round dishes.
15 axes (? 1 lost).
16 double harpoons.
16 single harpoons.
64 chisels and adzes of sheet.
68 needles and pins.
It is doubtless from such deposits of models as
this group that the many specimens found
before have been derived ; and it is fortunate
that one complete deposit remained intact to
show how such offerings were placed in the
tombs. The place of the deposit is marked as
"Copper Models," opposite chamber 21 in the
plan, pl. lxiii.
Pl. X. See description of Pl. ii. 4 and
iiiA. 5.
Pl. XI. See description of Pl. iii. 2 and
iiiA. 6.
25. Pl. XII. 1. A piece of a wooden
tablet from the tomb of Zer has faintly inscribed
on the dusty yellow surface some signs, which
show that it had been attached to some offerings
for the washing of the king's hands. The
vertical shading is in red, the full black parts
are in black ink.
2. A fragment of a wooden statuette has
traces of the painting in red and black upon it,
showing six necklaces, which were probably of
spiral gold beads and of stone ball beads. This
shows how many strings Avere worn, even by
men, at this period.
3. The upper half of a wooden tablet was so
darkened (by oil and smoke ?) that scarcely any-
thing could be discerned. Neither spirit nor
benzol would clean it; but a strong soap
lather rubbed hard upon it disclosed gradually
the signs here shown. The medium of the
inks, both red and black, was so firm that
nothing was lost from the signs. This is one of
the most valuable pieces recovered, as it shows
the free-hand drawing of signs at the finest
period of the early kingdom. The firmness and
regularity of the lines and the free sweep of the
handling are unsurpassed in any writing. It
might have been attached to the statuette just
noticed, as it seems to name "the standing image
of the lea of king Zer of the palace Qed hotep."
The name of the palace is the same as that of
king Merpaba (B.T. i. vi. 8). The form of
the sign ha explains the meaning of the small
enclosure in the corner; that is not an inner
fortified %
Abydos, *
Jlaspei'011
4.AP1
shows tra<
5. A*
28
ROYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
they have bands of the usual ornament in
relief.
Pl. IXa. 1—3. A dish and two vases of
copper were found near together, in the doorway
between the south and middle parts of the tomb
of Khasekhemui.
4—11. A large mass of funeral models in
copper were found stacked together, the tool
models inside of the large pan, and the lesser
dishes turned over them. The whole group
had been covered by a collapsed wall. The
models are all roughly cut out • of thin sheet
copper ; they comprise the following forms :—
1 pan, 15 inches across, riveted
1 oval dish, 17 inches long
1 „ „ 12
n
n
•>i
5 dishes,
3 dishes,
9
6
ii
across
,, (1 broken)
2 tube stands, 10 inches wide
(flatted out)
15 axes, 2 to 5 inches wide
16 double harpoons about 4 inches
long .....
16 single harpoons
12 thick chisels, 2 to 6 inches long
57 chisels and adzes of thin sheet
1 dagger of folded sheet .
7 chisels „ „
1 saw .....
68 needles, pins, &c. (1 with eye)
3 waste pieces of sheet copper.
fig. 11
10
10
6,7
9
11
8
11
4
11
5
11
5
11
5
11
4
11
4
11
4
i;
4
5
194 model tools, &c, 13 dishes, &c.
From these numbers it seems that the
quantities are multiples of 16 ; there being—
8 round dishes.
15 axes (? 1 lost).
16 double harpoons.
16 single harpoons.
64 chisels and adzes of sheet.
68 needles and pins.
It is doubtless from such deposits of models as
this group that the many specimens found
before have been derived ; and it is fortunate
that one complete deposit remained intact to
show how such offerings were placed in the
tombs. The place of the deposit is marked as
"Copper Models," opposite chamber 21 in the
plan, pl. lxiii.
Pl. X. See description of Pl. ii. 4 and
iiiA. 5.
Pl. XI. See description of Pl. iii. 2 and
iiiA. 6.
25. Pl. XII. 1. A piece of a wooden
tablet from the tomb of Zer has faintly inscribed
on the dusty yellow surface some signs, which
show that it had been attached to some offerings
for the washing of the king's hands. The
vertical shading is in red, the full black parts
are in black ink.
2. A fragment of a wooden statuette has
traces of the painting in red and black upon it,
showing six necklaces, which were probably of
spiral gold beads and of stone ball beads. This
shows how many strings Avere worn, even by
men, at this period.
3. The upper half of a wooden tablet was so
darkened (by oil and smoke ?) that scarcely any-
thing could be discerned. Neither spirit nor
benzol would clean it; but a strong soap
lather rubbed hard upon it disclosed gradually
the signs here shown. The medium of the
inks, both red and black, was so firm that
nothing was lost from the signs. This is one of
the most valuable pieces recovered, as it shows
the free-hand drawing of signs at the finest
period of the early kingdom. The firmness and
regularity of the lines and the free sweep of the
handling are unsurpassed in any writing. It
might have been attached to the statuette just
noticed, as it seems to name "the standing image
of the lea of king Zer of the palace Qed hotep."
The name of the palace is the same as that of
king Merpaba (B.T. i. vi. 8). The form of
the sign ha explains the meaning of the small
enclosure in the corner; that is not an inner
fortified %
Abydos, *
Jlaspei'011
4.AP1
shows tra<
5. A*