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TOMB WITH VASES
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and southern sides of the chamber, the measurements
of these therefore must be only taken as approximate.
Tomb 52. The shaft of this was 177 inches from
north to south and 47 inches from east to west, the
depth being 32 feet. The entrance to the chamber
was as usual at the south, leading through a short
pent-roofed passage, 25J inches long by 32 inches
wide, and 66 inches high.
The chamber was but roughly cut, and appears to
have never been finished. It was 104 inches long, by
?g inches at its southern and 82 at its northern end.
A long vertical cut in the southern wall was noticed,
made preparatory perhaps to cutting a recess. The
roof had badly fallen, and it was not possible to trace its
original height. A curious feature was a passage cut
in the western side of the shaft, 18 inches wide and 49
inches high. This ran west for 156 inches, and then
turned at right angles to the south for 436 inches,
ending abruptly in nothing. On its eastern side,
about half-way along, were two roughly cut chambers ;
and opposite these was another passage running east,
but with no sign of a chamber at the end of it. No
traces of burials were found in the chambers, but there
can be little doubt that these and the passages are
of late date, and were possibly cut in the xxiind
dynasty.
Tomb 55 (pi. xviii). The shaft of this was 99
inches N. to S., 31J inches E. to W., and 33 feet
deep. At the base of this at the south was one
narrow step leading down into a pent-roofed passage,
92 inches long by 24 wide, and 42 inches high, the
mouth of which was walled in by mud bricks, plastered
over with mud. This led to a pent-roofed chamber
98! inches long by 78^- inches wide, and 84 inches
high. Part of the roof of this had fallen in, owing
to the unsatisfactory nature of the rock in which it
was cut.
On the chamber being cleared of its top debris, the
ground was carefully worked over in sections, and then
the positions of the offerings were noted. These, how-
ever, were lying in fragments scattered over the tomb,
pieces of the same vessel being found in different
parts of the chamber. No trace of a body or bones
was to be perceived, which is inexplicable seeing that
the walling up of the entrance was quite intact. If
the tomb had been robbed at a later period, the thief
would not have taken the trouble again to secure the
entrance, and in the case of a secondary burial, the
bones of this would have been found. The chamber,
which did not possess a recess, was floored with a thin
layer of fine sand, and held the following articles, none
of which are complete with the exception of the flint
flakes. Six of these were struck from one block of
flint, and are photographed (pi. xxi, 17-22) fitted
together. They are of the usual Meydum type with
heavy butt ends.
3 cylinder alabaster vases, pi. xix, i, 2, 3 ; xxiv,
6, 8, 9.
3 fragments of two covers for same, pi. xxiv, 7.
3 alabaster dishes, pi. xxiv, 1, 2, 3.
1 alabaster cup, pi. xix, 4 ; xxiv, 5.
Piece of a small diorite cup.
3 bronze or copper needles.
19 flint flakes, pi. xxi, 17-22.
Pottery jug with handle, of a very thin burnished
drab ware, pi. xix, 5 ; xxiv, 4.
Small block of sandstone (rubber for the feet?).
4 red burnished dishes, pi. xxv. 25-27.
6 rough offering saucers, pi. xxv, 20-24.
Fragments of rough pottery jar as Medum pi.
xxxi, fig. 25.
Fragments of jar similar to Medum pi. xxx, fig. 11.
Fragments of pottery vase, the largest piece of
which was utilised as a lamp, shewing that a
floating wick was used.
Small lumps of charcoal.
Tomb 56 (pi. xviii). The shaft of this was 113
inches long by 29-J inches wide, and 34 feet deep. A
pent-roofed passage, 89 inches long by 32 inches wide,
and 40 inches high, led into a chamber which had a
recess at its southern end. These last two, like the
passage, were similarly pent-roofed. When found, the
entrance to the passage was blocked by a walling of
mud brick, and this secured six rough wooden coffins
containing xxiind-dynasty burials, the coffins being
placed in a row from E. to W., their heads being at the
west. On the body nearest the entrance there was
found a necklace consisting of tubular beads and two
amulets—an eye, and a rough figure of Bast.
The chamber was 106\ inches long by 81 inches
wide, and 96 inches high. The recess at the south of
this measured 83 inches long, 58 inches wide, and 68
inches high.
49. Type E. Long Rock-cut Passage with no
Chamber. Of this type only one example was
found, tomb No. 80 (pi. xvii). A shaft 56 inches long,
50 inches wide, and 13 J feet deep, was the entrance,
and at the south of this, at the bottom, a long passage
ran through the rock for 154 inches at an angle of
about 90 west of south. At the end of this a further
bend to the west was taken of 12°, leading 243 inches,
until finally the passage turned due south for another
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and southern sides of the chamber, the measurements
of these therefore must be only taken as approximate.
Tomb 52. The shaft of this was 177 inches from
north to south and 47 inches from east to west, the
depth being 32 feet. The entrance to the chamber
was as usual at the south, leading through a short
pent-roofed passage, 25J inches long by 32 inches
wide, and 66 inches high.
The chamber was but roughly cut, and appears to
have never been finished. It was 104 inches long, by
?g inches at its southern and 82 at its northern end.
A long vertical cut in the southern wall was noticed,
made preparatory perhaps to cutting a recess. The
roof had badly fallen, and it was not possible to trace its
original height. A curious feature was a passage cut
in the western side of the shaft, 18 inches wide and 49
inches high. This ran west for 156 inches, and then
turned at right angles to the south for 436 inches,
ending abruptly in nothing. On its eastern side,
about half-way along, were two roughly cut chambers ;
and opposite these was another passage running east,
but with no sign of a chamber at the end of it. No
traces of burials were found in the chambers, but there
can be little doubt that these and the passages are
of late date, and were possibly cut in the xxiind
dynasty.
Tomb 55 (pi. xviii). The shaft of this was 99
inches N. to S., 31J inches E. to W., and 33 feet
deep. At the base of this at the south was one
narrow step leading down into a pent-roofed passage,
92 inches long by 24 wide, and 42 inches high, the
mouth of which was walled in by mud bricks, plastered
over with mud. This led to a pent-roofed chamber
98! inches long by 78^- inches wide, and 84 inches
high. Part of the roof of this had fallen in, owing
to the unsatisfactory nature of the rock in which it
was cut.
On the chamber being cleared of its top debris, the
ground was carefully worked over in sections, and then
the positions of the offerings were noted. These, how-
ever, were lying in fragments scattered over the tomb,
pieces of the same vessel being found in different
parts of the chamber. No trace of a body or bones
was to be perceived, which is inexplicable seeing that
the walling up of the entrance was quite intact. If
the tomb had been robbed at a later period, the thief
would not have taken the trouble again to secure the
entrance, and in the case of a secondary burial, the
bones of this would have been found. The chamber,
which did not possess a recess, was floored with a thin
layer of fine sand, and held the following articles, none
of which are complete with the exception of the flint
flakes. Six of these were struck from one block of
flint, and are photographed (pi. xxi, 17-22) fitted
together. They are of the usual Meydum type with
heavy butt ends.
3 cylinder alabaster vases, pi. xix, i, 2, 3 ; xxiv,
6, 8, 9.
3 fragments of two covers for same, pi. xxiv, 7.
3 alabaster dishes, pi. xxiv, 1, 2, 3.
1 alabaster cup, pi. xix, 4 ; xxiv, 5.
Piece of a small diorite cup.
3 bronze or copper needles.
19 flint flakes, pi. xxi, 17-22.
Pottery jug with handle, of a very thin burnished
drab ware, pi. xix, 5 ; xxiv, 4.
Small block of sandstone (rubber for the feet?).
4 red burnished dishes, pi. xxv. 25-27.
6 rough offering saucers, pi. xxv, 20-24.
Fragments of rough pottery jar as Medum pi.
xxxi, fig. 25.
Fragments of jar similar to Medum pi. xxx, fig. 11.
Fragments of pottery vase, the largest piece of
which was utilised as a lamp, shewing that a
floating wick was used.
Small lumps of charcoal.
Tomb 56 (pi. xviii). The shaft of this was 113
inches long by 29-J inches wide, and 34 feet deep. A
pent-roofed passage, 89 inches long by 32 inches wide,
and 40 inches high, led into a chamber which had a
recess at its southern end. These last two, like the
passage, were similarly pent-roofed. When found, the
entrance to the passage was blocked by a walling of
mud brick, and this secured six rough wooden coffins
containing xxiind-dynasty burials, the coffins being
placed in a row from E. to W., their heads being at the
west. On the body nearest the entrance there was
found a necklace consisting of tubular beads and two
amulets—an eye, and a rough figure of Bast.
The chamber was 106\ inches long by 81 inches
wide, and 96 inches high. The recess at the south of
this measured 83 inches long, 58 inches wide, and 68
inches high.
49. Type E. Long Rock-cut Passage with no
Chamber. Of this type only one example was
found, tomb No. 80 (pi. xvii). A shaft 56 inches long,
50 inches wide, and 13 J feet deep, was the entrance,
and at the south of this, at the bottom, a long passage
ran through the rock for 154 inches at an angle of
about 90 west of south. At the end of this a further
bend to the west was taken of 12°, leading 243 inches,
until finally the passage turned due south for another