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SEDMENT,
THE CEMETERY OF HERAKLEOPOLIS.
CHAPTER VII
THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY.
38. At Sedment, the cemetery seems to be almost
blank between the Xth dynasty and Tehutmes III,
but we include in this volume, pi. xlviii, 5 to 24,
a group from Lahun, which has no connection with
things there. In the brick buildings, adjoining the
lower temple at Lahun, various later graves had
been dug. One of these contained a coarsely painted
wooden coffin, in which were five bodies, dated to
Amenhetep I. The lowest body was that of a large
woman, heavily wrapped up; on her fingers were
the scarabs 15 to 17, 21 to 23. A young man was
the next body, on which there was nothing. Three
girls’ bodies were placed above; one of these bore
the string of silver flies and garnet beads, 8; the
silver earrings coiled, 14, 18; the bracelets of black
glaze and ostrich shell beads, 19, 20; and necklaces
of shell with green glaze and carnelian beads, 9,
shell and blue glaze, 10 to 12, black glaze and
ostrich shell, i3, amethyst and carnelian, 14.
The square plaque on 12 is characteristic of the
reign of Amenhetep I, and the hemi-cylindrical
bead above it also belongs to that reign. In the
same coffin were the two kohl pots and sticks of
haematite, 5, 7, and the casket with two sliding
lids. This is a good group for dating purposes.
(Univ. Coll.)
3g. The earliest burial of this dynasty at Sedment
(276 A) was that of Tazarti, xl, 1, with a rudely
irregular band of hieroglyphs down the front, bands
across, the jackal on a shrine, the uzat eye, and on
the other side a figure of Tazarti seated. The coffin
is cut out of a log of wood. (Cairo Mus.) With this
were the jars lx, 44 to 46, and small vases lxiii, 276 A,
also a necklace of beads. (All at Univ. Coll.) From
the style this cannot be later than Tehutmes I (see
Rifeh xxvii d, 68, 69), and it is more probably of
Amenhetep I.
There is included in pi. liv, 22, 23, a scarab of
Amenhetep I found with a duck dish of alabaster
at Ghurob. Also on pi. xlviii, r a prehistoric Greek
vase with three handles found in tomb 246 at
Ghurob, probably of the time of Tehutmes III.
(Cairo.) Of the same age is the green glazed figure
of an ape holding a kohl tube, from grave 1214.
Mayana, pi. liv, 20. (Manchester.)
Dated to Tehutmes III, there is the palette,
xlviii, 32, of the scribe Men-kheper (263, Phil-
adelphia). He was obviously named after the king
(like the Men-kheper of Leyden stele v, 10) but is
not later, as the kohl pots 28, 3o, 3i found with
this are not known after Tehutmes III. This serves
to date the duck dishes, 27, 32, the inlaid lid 26,
and the upper part of a fine figure in polished red
pottery, 25, all from tomb 263. (Oxford.) Of course,
the 54 years’ reign of that king gives a wide range;
but it marked a great change in Egypt, due to the
large importation of Syrians and their products.
40. Probably under Tehutmes III was carved a
splendid family stele, which was found standing
in place in a niche, with its altar in front of it,
xlix, 1 to 4, and pi. 1, frontispiece; and a kneeling
figure holding a tablet of adoration placed a short
way before the stele (276). This was on the western
top of the hill A, near the burial of Tazarti.
Though a complete search was made within the
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THE CEMETERY OF HERAKLEOPOLIS.
CHAPTER VII
THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY.
38. At Sedment, the cemetery seems to be almost
blank between the Xth dynasty and Tehutmes III,
but we include in this volume, pi. xlviii, 5 to 24,
a group from Lahun, which has no connection with
things there. In the brick buildings, adjoining the
lower temple at Lahun, various later graves had
been dug. One of these contained a coarsely painted
wooden coffin, in which were five bodies, dated to
Amenhetep I. The lowest body was that of a large
woman, heavily wrapped up; on her fingers were
the scarabs 15 to 17, 21 to 23. A young man was
the next body, on which there was nothing. Three
girls’ bodies were placed above; one of these bore
the string of silver flies and garnet beads, 8; the
silver earrings coiled, 14, 18; the bracelets of black
glaze and ostrich shell beads, 19, 20; and necklaces
of shell with green glaze and carnelian beads, 9,
shell and blue glaze, 10 to 12, black glaze and
ostrich shell, i3, amethyst and carnelian, 14.
The square plaque on 12 is characteristic of the
reign of Amenhetep I, and the hemi-cylindrical
bead above it also belongs to that reign. In the
same coffin were the two kohl pots and sticks of
haematite, 5, 7, and the casket with two sliding
lids. This is a good group for dating purposes.
(Univ. Coll.)
3g. The earliest burial of this dynasty at Sedment
(276 A) was that of Tazarti, xl, 1, with a rudely
irregular band of hieroglyphs down the front, bands
across, the jackal on a shrine, the uzat eye, and on
the other side a figure of Tazarti seated. The coffin
is cut out of a log of wood. (Cairo Mus.) With this
were the jars lx, 44 to 46, and small vases lxiii, 276 A,
also a necklace of beads. (All at Univ. Coll.) From
the style this cannot be later than Tehutmes I (see
Rifeh xxvii d, 68, 69), and it is more probably of
Amenhetep I.
There is included in pi. liv, 22, 23, a scarab of
Amenhetep I found with a duck dish of alabaster
at Ghurob. Also on pi. xlviii, r a prehistoric Greek
vase with three handles found in tomb 246 at
Ghurob, probably of the time of Tehutmes III.
(Cairo.) Of the same age is the green glazed figure
of an ape holding a kohl tube, from grave 1214.
Mayana, pi. liv, 20. (Manchester.)
Dated to Tehutmes III, there is the palette,
xlviii, 32, of the scribe Men-kheper (263, Phil-
adelphia). He was obviously named after the king
(like the Men-kheper of Leyden stele v, 10) but is
not later, as the kohl pots 28, 3o, 3i found with
this are not known after Tehutmes III. This serves
to date the duck dishes, 27, 32, the inlaid lid 26,
and the upper part of a fine figure in polished red
pottery, 25, all from tomb 263. (Oxford.) Of course,
the 54 years’ reign of that king gives a wide range;
but it marked a great change in Egypt, due to the
large importation of Syrians and their products.
40. Probably under Tehutmes III was carved a
splendid family stele, which was found standing
in place in a niche, with its altar in front of it,
xlix, 1 to 4, and pi. 1, frontispiece; and a kneeling
figure holding a tablet of adoration placed a short
way before the stele (276). This was on the western
top of the hill A, near the burial of Tazarti.
Though a complete search was made within the
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