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ABYDOS I.
ace
was seen, covered Avith a cartonnage; on the
head a gilt and blue headpiece, with ebony
beard; on the neck a collar in bands with
hawks' heads at the top corners ; on the breast a
figure of Nut with wings extended, coloured,
and the four genii in gold on a blue ground,
at the corners; down the legs a gilded strip,
inscribed; and on the foot-piece a figure of
Anubis. The Avhole of this, as well as the
wooden coffin, was so much rotted that nothing
could be preserved. Beneath the cartonnage, a
network of beads in diagonal squares covered
the mummy, 20 squares wide at the top, and
10 below. The colours were alternately five
squares of green and one of blue, in stripes
across the body. The left hand was clenched,
the right hand open ; the arms were crossed on
the breast; and along the left humerus was
a roll of papyrus, too much decayed to be
opened.
The sarcophagus B is that of Heru-maa-kheru;
at the head of which was placed the model
coffin, pi. lxxiv, 3, a block base of an Osiride
statuette, and a decayed canopic box. Upon
the sarcophagus lay a mummified body, only
53 in. (1.346 m.) long: this was not quite
adult, as the basilar suture was unclosed, and
there was no trace of the third molars, but it
seems too small to belong to a youth of normal
stature. On the wooden coffin, inside the
sarcophagus, was the inscription of Heru-maa-
kheru, given in pi. lxxiii. The linen wrappings
of the mummy were thick, and covered with
pitch; the arms were crossed on the breast;
the right hand was open, the left hand clenched
on a bulbous root.
The sarcophagus C is that of Ta-sc-nekht; at
the foot of it was a model coffin (1 in plan),
with a hawk placed on each corner, and a jackal
on the top; Avhile between B and C was
another model coffin, with figures of genii
holding knives, painted on its sides. Portions
of a wooden canopic box were also found,
bearing the inscription given in pi. lxxiii
(named there Ta-sen-meht). Inside the stone
coffin was a wooden coffin, with an inscription
in which the name is always spelt Tay-nekht,
see pi. lxxiii. Upon the mummy was a diagonal
network of beads, in vertical stripes of black
and green alternately, with yellow ball beads at
the junctions.
The sarcophagus I) is that of Mert-tefnut.
By the foot of it was a block base of an Osiride
statuette (7 in the plan) ; and on the other side
of the tomb, next to B, was the Avhitc painted
canopic box figured in pi. lxxiv, 4—7, (3 in
plan). The wooden coffin inside bore an in-
scription, the only legible part of which is given
in pi. lxxiii. On the mummy was a diagonal
network of beads, in horizontal rows of five
green squares and one blue square alternately.
.Around these sarcophagi were many other frag-
ments of funeral furniture, like those already
described ; but so completely eaten by Avhite
ants that they could not be examined or pre-
served.
The sarcophagus E had its stone lid propped
up Avith a course of bricks ; this Avas evidently
done in order to open it easily for the next
burial, but it Avas found empty and unused.
32. An important class of tombs at Abydos
are the large subterranean vaults, with a super-
structure above them. These were restored by
Mariette as brick pyramids Avith a central
domed chamber; and his restoration has passed
into a familiar item in later books. He also
attributed these to the X Vlllth Dynasty. But
apparently both this restoration and this date
are Avrons;.
A typical tomb of this class is shoAvn in plan
and section on pi. lxxx, Gr. 50 : and a view of the
superstructure is on pi. lxxix, 10. In the first
place, Avas this sloping outside ever carried up to
a point, as a pyramid ? If it had been of such
a form, an immense mass of broken brickAA'ork
Avould have resulted from the collapse of the
pyramid. Yet in no case Avas any fallen mass
of bricks found by us Avithin the outer Avail;
tAveen tl
the *& tl
further, i
JS 01 o1
[gtructing
,vel, *
the
^ on the inside.
* from te Ws
rfiasWofamast
m a mass of gn«
Kactlyas, long before,
^ The whole restor
parids then is impost
fc age of the bur
treryone that we exca
III Dynasty; he:
them to the earlier age-
The photograph, hi
ilfflg one side of th(
measuring rod set up a
lb straight inside of
"Hi replaced at the
*es, each projects
^Mtilthe square
!^circulartop. The
^ the wall at
*■ of the gravel
it open.
^traction of
*» noted.. The,
^'i^atthe ton
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"loathe
s [w t0]
ABYDOS I.
ace
was seen, covered Avith a cartonnage; on the
head a gilt and blue headpiece, with ebony
beard; on the neck a collar in bands with
hawks' heads at the top corners ; on the breast a
figure of Nut with wings extended, coloured,
and the four genii in gold on a blue ground,
at the corners; down the legs a gilded strip,
inscribed; and on the foot-piece a figure of
Anubis. The Avhole of this, as well as the
wooden coffin, was so much rotted that nothing
could be preserved. Beneath the cartonnage, a
network of beads in diagonal squares covered
the mummy, 20 squares wide at the top, and
10 below. The colours were alternately five
squares of green and one of blue, in stripes
across the body. The left hand was clenched,
the right hand open ; the arms were crossed on
the breast; and along the left humerus was
a roll of papyrus, too much decayed to be
opened.
The sarcophagus B is that of Heru-maa-kheru;
at the head of which was placed the model
coffin, pi. lxxiv, 3, a block base of an Osiride
statuette, and a decayed canopic box. Upon
the sarcophagus lay a mummified body, only
53 in. (1.346 m.) long: this was not quite
adult, as the basilar suture was unclosed, and
there was no trace of the third molars, but it
seems too small to belong to a youth of normal
stature. On the wooden coffin, inside the
sarcophagus, was the inscription of Heru-maa-
kheru, given in pi. lxxiii. The linen wrappings
of the mummy were thick, and covered with
pitch; the arms were crossed on the breast;
the right hand was open, the left hand clenched
on a bulbous root.
The sarcophagus C is that of Ta-sc-nekht; at
the foot of it was a model coffin (1 in plan),
with a hawk placed on each corner, and a jackal
on the top; Avhile between B and C was
another model coffin, with figures of genii
holding knives, painted on its sides. Portions
of a wooden canopic box were also found,
bearing the inscription given in pi. lxxiii
(named there Ta-sen-meht). Inside the stone
coffin was a wooden coffin, with an inscription
in which the name is always spelt Tay-nekht,
see pi. lxxiii. Upon the mummy was a diagonal
network of beads, in vertical stripes of black
and green alternately, with yellow ball beads at
the junctions.
The sarcophagus I) is that of Mert-tefnut.
By the foot of it was a block base of an Osiride
statuette (7 in the plan) ; and on the other side
of the tomb, next to B, was the Avhitc painted
canopic box figured in pi. lxxiv, 4—7, (3 in
plan). The wooden coffin inside bore an in-
scription, the only legible part of which is given
in pi. lxxiii. On the mummy was a diagonal
network of beads, in horizontal rows of five
green squares and one blue square alternately.
.Around these sarcophagi were many other frag-
ments of funeral furniture, like those already
described ; but so completely eaten by Avhite
ants that they could not be examined or pre-
served.
The sarcophagus E had its stone lid propped
up Avith a course of bricks ; this Avas evidently
done in order to open it easily for the next
burial, but it Avas found empty and unused.
32. An important class of tombs at Abydos
are the large subterranean vaults, with a super-
structure above them. These were restored by
Mariette as brick pyramids Avith a central
domed chamber; and his restoration has passed
into a familiar item in later books. He also
attributed these to the X Vlllth Dynasty. But
apparently both this restoration and this date
are Avrons;.
A typical tomb of this class is shoAvn in plan
and section on pi. lxxx, Gr. 50 : and a view of the
superstructure is on pi. lxxix, 10. In the first
place, Avas this sloping outside ever carried up to
a point, as a pyramid ? If it had been of such
a form, an immense mass of broken brickAA'ork
Avould have resulted from the collapse of the
pyramid. Yet in no case Avas any fallen mass
of bricks found by us Avithin the outer Avail;
tAveen tl
the *& tl
further, i
JS 01 o1
[gtructing
,vel, *
the
^ on the inside.
* from te Ws
rfiasWofamast
m a mass of gn«
Kactlyas, long before,
^ The whole restor
parids then is impost
fc age of the bur
treryone that we exca
III Dynasty; he:
them to the earlier age-
The photograph, hi
ilfflg one side of th(
measuring rod set up a
lb straight inside of
"Hi replaced at the
*es, each projects
^Mtilthe square
!^circulartop. The
^ the wall at
*■ of the gravel
it open.
^traction of
*» noted.. The,
^'i^atthe ton
****. s
"loathe
s [w t0]