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OBJECTS FOUND IN THE CEMETERY
25-26. Portions of a set similar to the next two.
27. Glazed beads found with 28-30.
28-30, 31-33. Sets of gaming-pieces. Similar
sets of uniform rods of ivory have been found in the
tomb of Zer (R.T. I, xxxiv, 56-61) and in prehistoric
graves (Naqada, pp. 14, 26, 34, 35, pi. vii, lxi). The
sizes vary so much (from 1*95 to 7 inches long) and
so irregularly, that there does not seem to have
been any standard size ; they were usually equal in
one set as in 33, but might be different as in 29.
(Cambridge.)
34, 35. Gaming-pieces of ivory ; see 20-22 similar.
36, 37. Hair-pins of ivory.
38,39. Draughtsmen of ivory.
40-45. Various gaming-rods of ivory.
The majority of these gaming-pieces belong to
the earlier period, before the changes of deterioration
which set in clearly by S.D. 80.
The principal groups of beads that were found
are shown at the bottom of this plate, and as the
materials are named, further description is not
needed.
CHAPTER VI
THE BURIALS
39. The largest tomb found was a great mastaba,
of the middle of the ist dynasty, S.D. 80, which Mr.
Wainwright has fully described in a previous chapter,
and illustrated in pis. xv-xx.
Plate xxi. The historically dated burials are
figured here. They had all been plundered anciently.
Grave 412 is shown in two views, one taken from
each end ; the connection of them is best seen by
looking at the jars opposite the letters A, B, C on the
right side of each. This grave contained the name
Tahuti-mer, xxxi, 71, and by its form and position
it is clearly of the same age as the adjacent grave
with the name of Narmer.
414. This grave contained the large jar with
falcon name of Nar-mer, xxxi, 68 (Univ. Coll.), and
impressions of four seals (ii, 1-4) on the clay capping
of jars, which had been broken up by the plunderers.
261. This grave contained a cylinder jar, with the
name of King Ka, thus dating it to some time before
Mena.
All of these graves are in plan, section A, pi. lxx.
They have been described in the accounts of separate
graves under S.D. 78.
Plate xxii. 170 is remarkable for having two
bodies in one coffin, placed head to feet. Described
under S.D. 80.
1034. Two adult burials, one in front of the
other, and a child buried in a pottery coffin. Ala-
baster jars to the right of the coffin. Described
under S.D. 81.
1035. Body in mud coffin ; note the head reversed.
Such coffins were rare at Tarkhan, where wood was
commonly used, but they were common at Turah.
See under S.D. 81.
1007. A dismembered burial with all the bones
out of connection, but roughly placed in the order of
a contracted burial. As no pottery was found with
this, it cannot be dated.
479 is a view of a pit in which wooden hoes and
chisels were found left with a basket and a bowl, but
without any burial. It seems to have been an un-
finished grave left by the workmen, like one at
Deshasheh {Desk. 33).
Plate xxiii. First is a burial capped with a thick
layer of mud, belonging to a type of which many
examples were found and cleared by Mr. Mackay, to
the east of group B, pi. lxix. These are later than
the ist dynasty, and will be described in the second
volume.
257. The peculiar position of the roofing-poles
placed diagonally over this grave is seen here.
42. Grave with large roofing-beam, 6 inches thick.
Contents described under S.D. 78.
3. Roofing intact, with short branches put
"below three long branches. This arrangement was
probably because the reed-covering went across the
grave, and the long poles were to prevent the reeds
slipping between the cross-poles. Described under
S.D. 79.
PI. xxiv, 175. Top view of coffin cut out of a
single log, and position of bones in it found dis-
severed, after removing cloth covering. The lid
has a handle at one end ; probably this was originally
a clothes-box, as it is much too small for a coffin.
See under S.D. 79. (Brussels.)
175. End view of the above coffin to show the
absence of joints.
203. Coffin of which the sides and base are cut
from a single block, while each end is made of two
boards inserted by halving in to the sides. See
under S.D. 79.
At the bottom is a photograph, nearly full size,
of a roughly sawn surface of a coffin, which shows the
varying direction of the sawing.
PI. xxv, 216. A burial in a recess, of the iiird-ivth
OBJECTS FOUND IN THE CEMETERY
25-26. Portions of a set similar to the next two.
27. Glazed beads found with 28-30.
28-30, 31-33. Sets of gaming-pieces. Similar
sets of uniform rods of ivory have been found in the
tomb of Zer (R.T. I, xxxiv, 56-61) and in prehistoric
graves (Naqada, pp. 14, 26, 34, 35, pi. vii, lxi). The
sizes vary so much (from 1*95 to 7 inches long) and
so irregularly, that there does not seem to have
been any standard size ; they were usually equal in
one set as in 33, but might be different as in 29.
(Cambridge.)
34, 35. Gaming-pieces of ivory ; see 20-22 similar.
36, 37. Hair-pins of ivory.
38,39. Draughtsmen of ivory.
40-45. Various gaming-rods of ivory.
The majority of these gaming-pieces belong to
the earlier period, before the changes of deterioration
which set in clearly by S.D. 80.
The principal groups of beads that were found
are shown at the bottom of this plate, and as the
materials are named, further description is not
needed.
CHAPTER VI
THE BURIALS
39. The largest tomb found was a great mastaba,
of the middle of the ist dynasty, S.D. 80, which Mr.
Wainwright has fully described in a previous chapter,
and illustrated in pis. xv-xx.
Plate xxi. The historically dated burials are
figured here. They had all been plundered anciently.
Grave 412 is shown in two views, one taken from
each end ; the connection of them is best seen by
looking at the jars opposite the letters A, B, C on the
right side of each. This grave contained the name
Tahuti-mer, xxxi, 71, and by its form and position
it is clearly of the same age as the adjacent grave
with the name of Narmer.
414. This grave contained the large jar with
falcon name of Nar-mer, xxxi, 68 (Univ. Coll.), and
impressions of four seals (ii, 1-4) on the clay capping
of jars, which had been broken up by the plunderers.
261. This grave contained a cylinder jar, with the
name of King Ka, thus dating it to some time before
Mena.
All of these graves are in plan, section A, pi. lxx.
They have been described in the accounts of separate
graves under S.D. 78.
Plate xxii. 170 is remarkable for having two
bodies in one coffin, placed head to feet. Described
under S.D. 80.
1034. Two adult burials, one in front of the
other, and a child buried in a pottery coffin. Ala-
baster jars to the right of the coffin. Described
under S.D. 81.
1035. Body in mud coffin ; note the head reversed.
Such coffins were rare at Tarkhan, where wood was
commonly used, but they were common at Turah.
See under S.D. 81.
1007. A dismembered burial with all the bones
out of connection, but roughly placed in the order of
a contracted burial. As no pottery was found with
this, it cannot be dated.
479 is a view of a pit in which wooden hoes and
chisels were found left with a basket and a bowl, but
without any burial. It seems to have been an un-
finished grave left by the workmen, like one at
Deshasheh {Desk. 33).
Plate xxiii. First is a burial capped with a thick
layer of mud, belonging to a type of which many
examples were found and cleared by Mr. Mackay, to
the east of group B, pi. lxix. These are later than
the ist dynasty, and will be described in the second
volume.
257. The peculiar position of the roofing-poles
placed diagonally over this grave is seen here.
42. Grave with large roofing-beam, 6 inches thick.
Contents described under S.D. 78.
3. Roofing intact, with short branches put
"below three long branches. This arrangement was
probably because the reed-covering went across the
grave, and the long poles were to prevent the reeds
slipping between the cross-poles. Described under
S.D. 79.
PI. xxiv, 175. Top view of coffin cut out of a
single log, and position of bones in it found dis-
severed, after removing cloth covering. The lid
has a handle at one end ; probably this was originally
a clothes-box, as it is much too small for a coffin.
See under S.D. 79. (Brussels.)
175. End view of the above coffin to show the
absence of joints.
203. Coffin of which the sides and base are cut
from a single block, while each end is made of two
boards inserted by halving in to the sides. See
under S.D. 79.
At the bottom is a photograph, nearly full size,
of a roughly sawn surface of a coffin, which shows the
varying direction of the sawing.
PI. xxv, 216. A burial in a recess, of the iiird-ivth