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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
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by Maspero, and the strata of rubbish and fallen
brick can be distinguished in the photograph.
No. 6. A burial in a maguv. The pot has
been removed from its original place, beneath
the foundations of the wall, and turned on its
side to show the method of placing the skeleton.
Originally it was mouth downwards over the
body. It belongs to the earlier part of the
Unci Dynasty, as shown by the pottery buried
with it.
79. PL vi.-viii. The plans have been de-
scribed in the text of the first chapter.
PI. ix.-x. Those sealings which are marked
H were found in the Middle Fort, whilst the
mark ty shows those that were discovered in the
Shuneh. Nos. 1 and 2 are similar to those found
in the Royal Tombs (see R. T. i, 184,185.) No. 3
is the sealing of an unknown king, Sekhem-abt
Per-en-maat. The name resembles that of
Perabsen (see B. T. ii, pi. xxi.). The Horus-
name Sekhem-abt, and the Set-name Per-en-
maat are combined. On a sealing of Perabsen
in Professor Petrie's collection the two names
are combined in the same way (c.f. Petrie,
Hist. vol. i, fig. 17, B.) He is possibly to be
placed between Perabsen and Khasekhemui.
The greater number of the sealings were
found in the Middle Fort and are marked [m.
No. 9 is a sealing of Khasekhemui, last king
of the Ilnd Dynasty. These are all dealt with
by Mr. A. H. Gardiner in the chapter on the
inscriptions.
Nos. 28-42 are scratchings made with a
sharpened piece of wood or reed on the clay caps
of the jars.
80. PI. xi., Nos. 1-3. No. 1 is a small
scarab of green glaze with a circular pattern. In
the same grave was found a steatite button (No.
2) cut with the hieroglyph ankh and a border-
ing line. A button of similar type of the Vlth
Dynasty was found by Mr. Mace at Abydos in
1900. The button is square in shape and is of
the same design (see El Amrah and Abydos, pi.
xl, 1). No. 3 is of glazed steatite with a
more usual pattern (see Garstang, Mahdsna,
pi. xxxix).
These are all from later burials in the court-
yard of the Middle Fort.
No. 4-18. Contents of a Xllth Dynasty
tomb, discovered in cemetery G. The objects
were drawn by Mr. A. M. Blackman. Nos.
4-6 belong to the same necklace and are of
amethyst. No. 5 of carnelian and No. 8 of
amethyst were possibly threaded upon the same
string. No. 7 consisted of amethyst and blue-
green glazed beads, with a uzat-eye amulet of
carnelian, all strung from a carnelian spacer
pierced with ten holes. Nos. 9 and 11 are of
blue glaze, and No. 10 of amethyst. These
drawings of course only give specimen beads,
but the full number were found for complete
strings. Nos. 12-17 are alabasters of various
shapes, and No. 18 is an ivory spoon. No. 19-26.
The lower part of this plate is occupied by the
contents of tomb jx 50 of the Xllth Dynasty.
As will be seen on the general plan (pi. viii),
this tomb lay slightly to the east of a small
mastaba, to the west of the Shuneh. The section
of the tomb is given on pi. xx, No. 7. It con-
sisted of a straight shaft cut through the water-
laid sand to a depth of 36 ft., and bricked in at
the top to keep back the loose wind-driven sand.
The four upper chambers had been originally
rifled, but the two lower remained untouched.
The two ears of stucco (No. 19) were all that
remained of the coffin in the northern chamber.
Of the kohl-pots, Nos. 23, 24, 26 were of alabaster
and No. 25 was of green glaze. A mirror (as
No. 20) was laid in front of each skeleton. In
the northern chamber was a string of carnelian
beads with a scarab inscribed, " The Jwx-priest
of Shenti" [a goddess Shenty was worshipped
at Abydos (see Caulfield, Temple of the Kings,
pi. ix)] ; also a necklace of amethyst beads with
an uninscribed scarab of the same material, and
a beautifully worked amulet of glazed steatite
with rounded back (No. 22) belonging to a
necklace of the large green glazed beads usual
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by Maspero, and the strata of rubbish and fallen
brick can be distinguished in the photograph.
No. 6. A burial in a maguv. The pot has
been removed from its original place, beneath
the foundations of the wall, and turned on its
side to show the method of placing the skeleton.
Originally it was mouth downwards over the
body. It belongs to the earlier part of the
Unci Dynasty, as shown by the pottery buried
with it.
79. PL vi.-viii. The plans have been de-
scribed in the text of the first chapter.
PI. ix.-x. Those sealings which are marked
H were found in the Middle Fort, whilst the
mark ty shows those that were discovered in the
Shuneh. Nos. 1 and 2 are similar to those found
in the Royal Tombs (see R. T. i, 184,185.) No. 3
is the sealing of an unknown king, Sekhem-abt
Per-en-maat. The name resembles that of
Perabsen (see B. T. ii, pi. xxi.). The Horus-
name Sekhem-abt, and the Set-name Per-en-
maat are combined. On a sealing of Perabsen
in Professor Petrie's collection the two names
are combined in the same way (c.f. Petrie,
Hist. vol. i, fig. 17, B.) He is possibly to be
placed between Perabsen and Khasekhemui.
The greater number of the sealings were
found in the Middle Fort and are marked [m.
No. 9 is a sealing of Khasekhemui, last king
of the Ilnd Dynasty. These are all dealt with
by Mr. A. H. Gardiner in the chapter on the
inscriptions.
Nos. 28-42 are scratchings made with a
sharpened piece of wood or reed on the clay caps
of the jars.
80. PI. xi., Nos. 1-3. No. 1 is a small
scarab of green glaze with a circular pattern. In
the same grave was found a steatite button (No.
2) cut with the hieroglyph ankh and a border-
ing line. A button of similar type of the Vlth
Dynasty was found by Mr. Mace at Abydos in
1900. The button is square in shape and is of
the same design (see El Amrah and Abydos, pi.
xl, 1). No. 3 is of glazed steatite with a
more usual pattern (see Garstang, Mahdsna,
pi. xxxix).
These are all from later burials in the court-
yard of the Middle Fort.
No. 4-18. Contents of a Xllth Dynasty
tomb, discovered in cemetery G. The objects
were drawn by Mr. A. M. Blackman. Nos.
4-6 belong to the same necklace and are of
amethyst. No. 5 of carnelian and No. 8 of
amethyst were possibly threaded upon the same
string. No. 7 consisted of amethyst and blue-
green glazed beads, with a uzat-eye amulet of
carnelian, all strung from a carnelian spacer
pierced with ten holes. Nos. 9 and 11 are of
blue glaze, and No. 10 of amethyst. These
drawings of course only give specimen beads,
but the full number were found for complete
strings. Nos. 12-17 are alabasters of various
shapes, and No. 18 is an ivory spoon. No. 19-26.
The lower part of this plate is occupied by the
contents of tomb jx 50 of the Xllth Dynasty.
As will be seen on the general plan (pi. viii),
this tomb lay slightly to the east of a small
mastaba, to the west of the Shuneh. The section
of the tomb is given on pi. xx, No. 7. It con-
sisted of a straight shaft cut through the water-
laid sand to a depth of 36 ft., and bricked in at
the top to keep back the loose wind-driven sand.
The four upper chambers had been originally
rifled, but the two lower remained untouched.
The two ears of stucco (No. 19) were all that
remained of the coffin in the northern chamber.
Of the kohl-pots, Nos. 23, 24, 26 were of alabaster
and No. 25 was of green glaze. A mirror (as
No. 20) was laid in front of each skeleton. In
the northern chamber was a string of carnelian
beads with a scarab inscribed, " The Jwx-priest
of Shenti" [a goddess Shenty was worshipped
at Abydos (see Caulfield, Temple of the Kings,
pi. ix)] ; also a necklace of amethyst beads with
an uninscribed scarab of the same material, and
a beautifully worked amulet of glazed steatite
with rounded back (No. 22) belonging to a
necklace of the large green glazed beads usual