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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
SECT.
1. Course of work
2. Chance of inscribed tombs.
3. Description of site .
CHAPTER I.
The Earliest Tombs.
4. Mastabas and stairway tombs
5. Ka-mena mastaba
6. A mastaba
7. Compound mastaba
8. Nefer-shem-em
9. Early black cylinder
Smaller mastabas
Stairway tomb with inscribed cylinder
Open graves ....
Majnr and cist burials
10.
11.
12.
13-
CHAPTER II.
Date of the "New Race" Remains.
PAGE
I
2
2
35-
14.
Variety of names
.11
36.
15.
First dating erroneous
11
37-
16.
Evidence from El Kab
12
38-
17-
From other sites
12
39-
18.
Doubtful points
• 13
40.
CHAPTER III.
Middle Kingdom Cemetery.
SECT. PAGE
19. Early Xllth dynasty tombs and the wall . 13
20. Tombs in detail . , . . 14
21. Later Xllth dynasty tombs . . 14
22. Beads . . . . . . 15
CHAPTER IV.
New Empire Monuments.
23. Few XVIIIth dynasty remains . . 15
24. Temple of Amenhotep III. . . .16
25. Foundation deposits. . . . .16
26. Temple near the east gate . . 17
27. The date of the wall. . . . 17
28. Bronzes ....... 17
29. Pigeon-house . . . . . 17
CHAPTER V
Description of the Plates.
30. Plate I . . . . . . -17
31. Plates II-VI. Photographs . . 17
32. „ VII-IX. Mastabas and tombs . . 19
33. Plate X. Alabaster vessels. . . 19
34. Plates XI-XII. Libyan and early pottery . 19
XIII-XVII. Xllth dynasty pottery . 19
XVIII-XIX. Marks on pottery . 20
Plate XX. Pottery, scarabs, and cylinders . 20
„ XXI. Foundation deposits . . 20
Plates XXII-XXVI. Plans . . .21
Plate XXVII. Contents of tombs . . 21
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
SECT.
1. Course of work
2. Chance of inscribed tombs.
3. Description of site .
CHAPTER I.
The Earliest Tombs.
4. Mastabas and stairway tombs
5. Ka-mena mastaba
6. A mastaba
7. Compound mastaba
8. Nefer-shem-em
9. Early black cylinder
Smaller mastabas
Stairway tomb with inscribed cylinder
Open graves ....
Majnr and cist burials
10.
11.
12.
13-
CHAPTER II.
Date of the "New Race" Remains.
PAGE
I
2
2
35-
14.
Variety of names
.11
36.
15.
First dating erroneous
11
37-
16.
Evidence from El Kab
12
38-
17-
From other sites
12
39-
18.
Doubtful points
• 13
40.
CHAPTER III.
Middle Kingdom Cemetery.
SECT. PAGE
19. Early Xllth dynasty tombs and the wall . 13
20. Tombs in detail . , . . 14
21. Later Xllth dynasty tombs . . 14
22. Beads . . . . . . 15
CHAPTER IV.
New Empire Monuments.
23. Few XVIIIth dynasty remains . . 15
24. Temple of Amenhotep III. . . .16
25. Foundation deposits. . . . .16
26. Temple near the east gate . . 17
27. The date of the wall. . . . 17
28. Bronzes ....... 17
29. Pigeon-house . . . . . 17
CHAPTER V
Description of the Plates.
30. Plate I . . . . . . -17
31. Plates II-VI. Photographs . . 17
32. „ VII-IX. Mastabas and tombs . . 19
33. Plate X. Alabaster vessels. . . 19
34. Plates XI-XII. Libyan and early pottery . 19
XIII-XVII. Xllth dynasty pottery . 19
XVIII-XIX. Marks on pottery . 20
Plate XX. Pottery, scarabs, and cylinders . 20
„ XXI. Foundation deposits . . 20
Plates XXII-XXVI. Plans . . .21
Plate XXVII. Contents of tombs . . 21