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NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS
thick wood, the male had been buried in a brick
chamber like the poorest graves in the cemetery.
The group is now in the Royal Scottish Museum,
Edinburgh.
The jasper drop necklace seen at the bottom of
the frontispiece does not belong to the group of Bera ;
it was sifted out of the debris of a completely robbed
grave. It is most probably of the xixth dynasty, and
was found in cemetery C I.
39. PI. xi, no. 5. Alabaster vase found at the
feet of a body inside a pottery coffin in cemetery B
(grave 60).
PI. xi, no. 6. Alabaster vase from a completely
robbed shaft in cemetery E.
PL xi, nos. 7 and 8. Haematite kohl-pot and
coarse alabaster vase from grave 601, cemetery C 1.
The pot was filled with galena, which had oxidized
and burst the pot into several pieces. The lid of the
kohl-pot is of basalt.
For drawings of nos. 5, 6, and 8 see pi. xiv, types
sect. 53, sect. 31, and sect. 61.
CHAPTER VI
STONE VASES
40. PLATE XII, nos. 1-7 are a set of alabaster
vases which contained the seven sacred oils; the
names of these oils were: Seth-heb, Ifeknu, Sefeth,
En-Khnum, Tuaut, Hatet-'ash, and Hatet Thehennu.
Their composition is discussed in Saqqara Mastabas I,
p. 36. The list (pi. xlix) is compiled from various
tombs and coffins, of the ivth to the xiith dynasties,
with a view to ascertaining how far a certain type of
vase is associated with any particular oil. It is seen
that there are no fixed rules for the type of vase,
except that the oil called En-Khnum is nearly always
in the Khnum vase. The reason may be that this oil
was a more or less volatile liquid, which would be
more convenient to keep in a jug. Seth-heb is
usually preserved in a tall open vase, as it was in all
probability a thick grease. The rest seem to follow
no particular order. It is worthy of note that in
the lists of offerings the order of the sacred oils
very rarely changes; that given above being fol-
lowed.
This set of vases was found in tomb no. 143,
cemetery A; it is now in the Mus6es Royaux de la
Cinquantenaire, Brussels. The photographs are to a
scale of one-half.
PI. xii, nos. 8 and 9. isTa-figure of Nehor from
cemetery A, xiith dynasty, of yellow limestone.
Scale 3 : 8.
41- PL xii, no. 10. Part of a set of seven
alabaster jars which had been used to contain the
seven sacred oils. The two others were broken, but
the fragments shew that they were all the same
shape. Scale one-half size.
PI. xii, nos. 11, 15, and 18. Types of xiith-dynasty
alabaster kohl-pots. No. 12. Two alabaster kohl-
pots of the xviiith dynasty. No. 13. Four ivory
wands of the xviiith dynasty, used for beating time
at the dance. Found with an infant's body in
cemetery B. No. 14. Blue glass kohl-pot of the
xviiith dynasty, from cemetery B. No. 16. Marble
pot of the xiith dynasty, from cemetery A. No. 17.
Green glazed steatite kohl-pot of the xviiith dynasty,
from grave 255, cemetery B.
Nos. ii, 12, 13, are to a scale of one-half; and
nos. 14-18 to a scale of one-third.
PI. xii, nos. 19 and 20. Large alabaster pots from
grave 150. The north chamber was closed with
bricks, but the bricks had been obviously removed
and replaced, as there was no mud binding them.
Inside the tomb, the burial appeared to be untouched.
The alabasters stood in a recess on the east side of
the chamber, in which the canopic jars are usually
found ; these jars, however, were not canopies, as
there were only two of them, and the contents were
some vegetable matter which we have not yet been
able to identify. The photographs are to a scale of
one-quarter. From the worn and polished state of
the lids, it is evident that they had long been in
domestic use, and were finally put here with food
offerings. This shews that the ordinary house-
hold jars were the origin of the funereal canopic
jars.
PL xii, no. 21. Canopic pot.and cover, inscribed
with the name of Duatmutef in black ink. The other
three were broken in small fragments. They were
found in grave 97 in cemetery A.
42. PL xiii. Drawings of all the stone vases,
with their grave numbers, to a scale of one-third
size.
S 1 is apparently ist dynasty, but it was found
in a deep shaft, no. 242, in cemetery F, of the
xxiiird dynasty. The remainder are of the xiith
dynasty, and are referred to in the tomb-registers,
pis. xl to xliii.
PL xiv. Drawings of all the stone vases later
than the xviiith dynasty referred to in the tomb-
registers, pis. xliv and xiv.
NEW KINGDOM OBJECTS
thick wood, the male had been buried in a brick
chamber like the poorest graves in the cemetery.
The group is now in the Royal Scottish Museum,
Edinburgh.
The jasper drop necklace seen at the bottom of
the frontispiece does not belong to the group of Bera ;
it was sifted out of the debris of a completely robbed
grave. It is most probably of the xixth dynasty, and
was found in cemetery C I.
39. PI. xi, no. 5. Alabaster vase found at the
feet of a body inside a pottery coffin in cemetery B
(grave 60).
PI. xi, no. 6. Alabaster vase from a completely
robbed shaft in cemetery E.
PL xi, nos. 7 and 8. Haematite kohl-pot and
coarse alabaster vase from grave 601, cemetery C 1.
The pot was filled with galena, which had oxidized
and burst the pot into several pieces. The lid of the
kohl-pot is of basalt.
For drawings of nos. 5, 6, and 8 see pi. xiv, types
sect. 53, sect. 31, and sect. 61.
CHAPTER VI
STONE VASES
40. PLATE XII, nos. 1-7 are a set of alabaster
vases which contained the seven sacred oils; the
names of these oils were: Seth-heb, Ifeknu, Sefeth,
En-Khnum, Tuaut, Hatet-'ash, and Hatet Thehennu.
Their composition is discussed in Saqqara Mastabas I,
p. 36. The list (pi. xlix) is compiled from various
tombs and coffins, of the ivth to the xiith dynasties,
with a view to ascertaining how far a certain type of
vase is associated with any particular oil. It is seen
that there are no fixed rules for the type of vase,
except that the oil called En-Khnum is nearly always
in the Khnum vase. The reason may be that this oil
was a more or less volatile liquid, which would be
more convenient to keep in a jug. Seth-heb is
usually preserved in a tall open vase, as it was in all
probability a thick grease. The rest seem to follow
no particular order. It is worthy of note that in
the lists of offerings the order of the sacred oils
very rarely changes; that given above being fol-
lowed.
This set of vases was found in tomb no. 143,
cemetery A; it is now in the Mus6es Royaux de la
Cinquantenaire, Brussels. The photographs are to a
scale of one-half.
PI. xii, nos. 8 and 9. isTa-figure of Nehor from
cemetery A, xiith dynasty, of yellow limestone.
Scale 3 : 8.
41- PL xii, no. 10. Part of a set of seven
alabaster jars which had been used to contain the
seven sacred oils. The two others were broken, but
the fragments shew that they were all the same
shape. Scale one-half size.
PI. xii, nos. 11, 15, and 18. Types of xiith-dynasty
alabaster kohl-pots. No. 12. Two alabaster kohl-
pots of the xviiith dynasty. No. 13. Four ivory
wands of the xviiith dynasty, used for beating time
at the dance. Found with an infant's body in
cemetery B. No. 14. Blue glass kohl-pot of the
xviiith dynasty, from cemetery B. No. 16. Marble
pot of the xiith dynasty, from cemetery A. No. 17.
Green glazed steatite kohl-pot of the xviiith dynasty,
from grave 255, cemetery B.
Nos. ii, 12, 13, are to a scale of one-half; and
nos. 14-18 to a scale of one-third.
PI. xii, nos. 19 and 20. Large alabaster pots from
grave 150. The north chamber was closed with
bricks, but the bricks had been obviously removed
and replaced, as there was no mud binding them.
Inside the tomb, the burial appeared to be untouched.
The alabasters stood in a recess on the east side of
the chamber, in which the canopic jars are usually
found ; these jars, however, were not canopies, as
there were only two of them, and the contents were
some vegetable matter which we have not yet been
able to identify. The photographs are to a scale of
one-quarter. From the worn and polished state of
the lids, it is evident that they had long been in
domestic use, and were finally put here with food
offerings. This shews that the ordinary house-
hold jars were the origin of the funereal canopic
jars.
PL xii, no. 21. Canopic pot.and cover, inscribed
with the name of Duatmutef in black ink. The other
three were broken in small fragments. They were
found in grave 97 in cemetery A.
42. PL xiii. Drawings of all the stone vases,
with their grave numbers, to a scale of one-third
size.
S 1 is apparently ist dynasty, but it was found
in a deep shaft, no. 242, in cemetery F, of the
xxiiird dynasty. The remainder are of the xiith
dynasty, and are referred to in the tomb-registers,
pis. xl to xliii.
PL xiv. Drawings of all the stone vases later
than the xviiith dynasty referred to in the tomb-
registers, pis. xliv and xiv.