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ABYDOS I.
so that the original order Avas probably as on
the right. The materials are limestone (1),
haematite (h), steatite (s), beryl (b), obsidian (o),
faience (f), black limestone (b.l.), lazuli (z),
brown limestone (br. 1.), porphyry (p), red
glass (g), and carnelian (c). A few ball beads
lay among these, the intended place of which
could not be fixed. Beneath the head was the
bronze hypocephalus, pi. lxxvi, and fig. 5 on
pi. lxxix, which has no personal name; the
example with the name Zedher, born of the
lady IJza au (?Uza Heru), pi. lxxvii, G. 50 c,
and pi. lxxix, 3, was found in sarcophagus C.
Outside of the sarcophagus at the head were
two boxes of ushabtis, shown in the plan. One
box contained 198, the other 196 figures:
examples of these are the 1st, 3rd and 5th in
fig. 1 pi. lxxix. Beneath the western box
was a great quantity of much ruder ushabtis,
such as the 2nd and 4th of the above group.
The better ushabtis were of fairly hard,
dark, greeny-blue glaze, inscribed in ink. The
mixture of two such different qualities of
figures at one time, shows that there was much
variety of manufacture. The numbers recall
those of Horuza at Hawara, 203 and 196;
evidently 200 figures was the regulation number
for each of the pair of deposits.
The sarcophagus C contained a coarse wooden
coffin of figure form, with gilt face. Within
that was an inner wooden coffin, with a square
plinth; an engraved inscription in columns
down the front was entirely eaten away by
white ants; it had a blue striped wig, and
inlaid eyes of glass ; and on the breast was a
roll of the Book of the Dead much rotted. The
mummy inside had gilt cartonnage for the face,
pectoral, collar, winged figure of Nut, and strip
of inscription and 12 cross-bands on the legs.
All of this was too much rotted to be moved.
Beneath the head was the largest bronze hypo-
cephalus, pi. lxxvii, G-. 50 c, and lxxix, 3, with
the name of Zedher. One splint bone of the
mummy had been broken during life.
The sarcophagus D, of Nebta-ahyt, wife of
Zedher, contained an outer wooden case, with
inscriptions down the front on stucco, all
destroyed by white ants. At the left side of
it an Osiride wooden figure, gilt, and inscribed ;
containing a bundle of fibres of papyrus (ap-
parently a cheap substitute for a document)
wrapped in cloth. The inner coffin of wood
had the wig painted blue, and the eyes inlaid
with glass, which was entirely rotted and
brittle; the coffin was eaten by white ants.
On the mummy was a cartonnage decoration,
gilded ; on the face a head piece ; on the breast
the deep collar, a pectoral, and the figure of
Nut with outspread wings; below that a bier,
and the four genii; and on the legs a strip of
inscription naming "the Osirian Neb-ta-ahyt,
maa-lchera ; daughter of the prophet, the royal
scribe Nefer-ra-ab, maa-Jcheru ; born of Ta-du-
mehit (?)." This gilt cartonnage had no support
from the cloth, with which it had been backed,
as that had entirely gone to powder; it merely
consisted of thin gold leaf, and a film of stucco.
The gold leaf gave some slight tenacity to it;
and by carefully shifting a portion at a time
on to a slip of card, it was lifted off the
mummy. Then it was transferred to a sheet
of card covered with paraffin wax, and melted
into the wax with a hot iron. In this way
nearly the whole is now preserved unalterable,
and as strong as new work. Beneath the head
of the mummy was the small hypocephalus,
lxxvii, G. 50 d, and lxxix, 4; and on this was
a pile of small amulets of stone, like those of
Zedher, but of poorer work.
We now turn to the west chamber. This
was evenly filled with sand, entirely covering
the stone figure - shaped sarcophagi. Lying
upon the sand in the axis of the chamber,
above the sarcophagi, were two painted canopic
boxes, 13 inches square, 22 inches high. The
lids lay loose, with a hawk figure on the top,
painted, with gilt face. In one box were
mummified viscera in wrappings. By the body
' also an Ub .
I*K inches, p*
>*' Through
K*f f0und
******
prieStofHathoran«
It is thus wel
&**«**
|M on ^ very <
„* of Zedher- 1
Hkout the sand ai
. in the sand
5|§e Id of which wa
II lay in one group i
numbers were, plain
inribed 36; the tot:
Im originally 400, 1
noticed.
E
I Zedher and j\Te
H is shewn in pi. 1x5
film. [The lithog:
to! i, I up, nl pr
5 up, no blur between
'Wore a,,] There wa
tonnage on the be
:: :'«-ept on the face
fep collar, the scan
^t, the bier with Is
- cover with i
** Pattern, all <,
fathenecli
T!eye; ont1
' ^%r ai
^the right si
sarcopliagus 1
Her and
* red Me,
4
\
ABYDOS I.
so that the original order Avas probably as on
the right. The materials are limestone (1),
haematite (h), steatite (s), beryl (b), obsidian (o),
faience (f), black limestone (b.l.), lazuli (z),
brown limestone (br. 1.), porphyry (p), red
glass (g), and carnelian (c). A few ball beads
lay among these, the intended place of which
could not be fixed. Beneath the head was the
bronze hypocephalus, pi. lxxvi, and fig. 5 on
pi. lxxix, which has no personal name; the
example with the name Zedher, born of the
lady IJza au (?Uza Heru), pi. lxxvii, G. 50 c,
and pi. lxxix, 3, was found in sarcophagus C.
Outside of the sarcophagus at the head were
two boxes of ushabtis, shown in the plan. One
box contained 198, the other 196 figures:
examples of these are the 1st, 3rd and 5th in
fig. 1 pi. lxxix. Beneath the western box
was a great quantity of much ruder ushabtis,
such as the 2nd and 4th of the above group.
The better ushabtis were of fairly hard,
dark, greeny-blue glaze, inscribed in ink. The
mixture of two such different qualities of
figures at one time, shows that there was much
variety of manufacture. The numbers recall
those of Horuza at Hawara, 203 and 196;
evidently 200 figures was the regulation number
for each of the pair of deposits.
The sarcophagus C contained a coarse wooden
coffin of figure form, with gilt face. Within
that was an inner wooden coffin, with a square
plinth; an engraved inscription in columns
down the front was entirely eaten away by
white ants; it had a blue striped wig, and
inlaid eyes of glass ; and on the breast was a
roll of the Book of the Dead much rotted. The
mummy inside had gilt cartonnage for the face,
pectoral, collar, winged figure of Nut, and strip
of inscription and 12 cross-bands on the legs.
All of this was too much rotted to be moved.
Beneath the head was the largest bronze hypo-
cephalus, pi. lxxvii, G-. 50 c, and lxxix, 3, with
the name of Zedher. One splint bone of the
mummy had been broken during life.
The sarcophagus D, of Nebta-ahyt, wife of
Zedher, contained an outer wooden case, with
inscriptions down the front on stucco, all
destroyed by white ants. At the left side of
it an Osiride wooden figure, gilt, and inscribed ;
containing a bundle of fibres of papyrus (ap-
parently a cheap substitute for a document)
wrapped in cloth. The inner coffin of wood
had the wig painted blue, and the eyes inlaid
with glass, which was entirely rotted and
brittle; the coffin was eaten by white ants.
On the mummy was a cartonnage decoration,
gilded ; on the face a head piece ; on the breast
the deep collar, a pectoral, and the figure of
Nut with outspread wings; below that a bier,
and the four genii; and on the legs a strip of
inscription naming "the Osirian Neb-ta-ahyt,
maa-lchera ; daughter of the prophet, the royal
scribe Nefer-ra-ab, maa-Jcheru ; born of Ta-du-
mehit (?)." This gilt cartonnage had no support
from the cloth, with which it had been backed,
as that had entirely gone to powder; it merely
consisted of thin gold leaf, and a film of stucco.
The gold leaf gave some slight tenacity to it;
and by carefully shifting a portion at a time
on to a slip of card, it was lifted off the
mummy. Then it was transferred to a sheet
of card covered with paraffin wax, and melted
into the wax with a hot iron. In this way
nearly the whole is now preserved unalterable,
and as strong as new work. Beneath the head
of the mummy was the small hypocephalus,
lxxvii, G. 50 d, and lxxix, 4; and on this was
a pile of small amulets of stone, like those of
Zedher, but of poorer work.
We now turn to the west chamber. This
was evenly filled with sand, entirely covering
the stone figure - shaped sarcophagi. Lying
upon the sand in the axis of the chamber,
above the sarcophagi, were two painted canopic
boxes, 13 inches square, 22 inches high. The
lids lay loose, with a hawk figure on the top,
painted, with gilt face. In one box were
mummified viscera in wrappings. By the body
' also an Ub .
I*K inches, p*
>*' Through
K*f f0und
******
prieStofHathoran«
It is thus wel
&**«**
|M on ^ very <
„* of Zedher- 1
Hkout the sand ai
. in the sand
5|§e Id of which wa
II lay in one group i
numbers were, plain
inribed 36; the tot:
Im originally 400, 1
noticed.
E
I Zedher and j\Te
H is shewn in pi. 1x5
film. [The lithog:
to! i, I up, nl pr
5 up, no blur between
'Wore a,,] There wa
tonnage on the be
:: :'«-ept on the face
fep collar, the scan
^t, the bier with Is
- cover with i
** Pattern, all <,
fathenecli
T!eye; ont1
' ^%r ai
^the right si
sarcopliagus 1
Her and
* red Me,
4
\