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THE RAMESSEUM.
pairs abutting on the main walls, belong to funerary
chapels of the later period (XXIInd dynasty). The
passages (161, 165, 167) through the great walls at
the west are also connected with the later use of the
building as a cemetery. So too of the later period of
the XXIInd dynasty are the large block of brick-
work stopping the axial passage, and the walls on
the east to west colonnade which rest on the bases of
columns, and many dividing walls in the chambers,
which are omitted to avoid confusion. More objects
were found in the two north-western groups (1, 2, 3
and 71, 2, 3) than in the others. One row of chambers
(15-27) had been exhaustively dug within this
century, for hardly a bead or a potsherd was left.
One small area, between chambers 82 and the great
wall, and the four rooms in which we lived (9, 10, 11 12)
were, for lack of time, left unexamined.
In the central gangway are two XXIInd dynasty
chapels (85 and 87); in the first the stone table of
offerings still stood upon its pillar; in the other, the
walls retained traces of paint, and the two blocks of
sandstone (XXIII, 4, 5) showed that this was the
chapel of Hor-se-ast. East of this is a block of brick-
work in which is a stairway; the base of it is cut
away by the well (88 a). The small court (88)
contains four pillars ; the pilasters bear the cartouches
of Rameses supported by kneeling figures holding the
sign for " millions of years." From one of the pillars
a slight wall leads N., and between this and the wall
of the next chamber lay another chapel: in it were
the coloured scenes of PL. XXII. A photograph of
this chapel is in PL. II, 6; it shows the two sandstone
vessels like mortars, which may be some form of altar.
Fragments of similar vessels were found in three
cases. Into this court opens the original gateway from
the temple ; the other openings in this wall are prob-
ably all of late date. The short walls at right angles
to this are side-walls of funerary chapels. Further to
the south (at 118) is a niche approached by two steps
in brickwork, perhaps the base of an altar. An altar
of sandstone, 3 feet high, which has a cornice at the top,
is seen at the end of the east to west colonnade. At
two points in the E. wall of this colonnade were very
curious remains, pairs of seated statues, life-size, with
the upper part worn away ; they are made of unbaked
mud, and the surface is therefore much damaged.
12. The main objects of the Ramesside period
found in the chambers were the broken oil-, honey-
and wine-jars, made of a hard drab ware. These
were chiefly found in the group of galleries to the
N.W. Inscriptions recording the date of the vintage
or the name of the vineyard, were found on perhaps
one piece in thirty. Among the pottery fragments
occurred the seals which had closed the jars ; the
commonest were cones of a drab clay with the marks
of the jar-mouths plainly upon their bases. Embedded
in the seals there frequently remained a small saucer
of red ware backed by a little pad of papyrus or bast
and outside the cone of clay bore a stamped impres-
sion stating the contents of the jar. A list of these
inscriptions is given in Pl. XI, 9-49. The clay seal
is not always conical. The wine seals are often flat
on the top and taper downwards. The incense and
honey seals arc either conical or of the shape of an
inverted saucer, and some (as 17, 18, 19, 20) are of a
blacker and much more sandy clay, and are of the
shape of a truncated cone.
There were generally no division-walls in the
galleries, except those which were clearly of later
date. But in one (60) there was a long brick bench,
40 inches wide and high, and in two cases we found
the ground plan of an oval brick enclosure about
6 feet long and placed in the middle of a room ; it
may have been a bin for corn. At the door of several
of the chambers was found a rough circular limestone
dish about 15 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick
with two lugs. But these may belong to a later
period. Coarse tables of offerings were found in similar
positions. Among other objects probably of the
XlXth dynasty were two bronze spears (PL. XVIII)
made of thin folded and beaten plate and perhaps
not intended for serious fighting, a few scarabs, some
fragments of inlaid glass and the stelae of Ra-mes,
Nefer-hetep and Nekht-Min.
13. In a niche in one of the smaller rooms (52) a
scene had been painted upon the plaster. It was in a
bad state of decay, for insects had eaten out all the
vegetable material from the plaster. Miss Pirie
managed to pick up the faint traces of the drawing,
and from her coloured copy the outline of PL. XX is
traced. On the right is a sloping hill in dull red with
dots of a darker tint meant for pebbles. On it stands
the facade of a tomb from which the Ka of the
deceased has come forth, and is kneeling before the
tree-goddess Hathor, while his Ba bows down with its
head over a dark-red vessel. The man is dressed in
a white semi-transparent robe, through which his body
shows pink. The goddess has a red skirt and white
sash. She holds apparently offerings in one hand,
and in the other a vase, red below, blue above, from
which she is pouring upon the hands of the worshipper.
The inscription above was illegible.
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THE RAMESSEUM.
pairs abutting on the main walls, belong to funerary
chapels of the later period (XXIInd dynasty). The
passages (161, 165, 167) through the great walls at
the west are also connected with the later use of the
building as a cemetery. So too of the later period of
the XXIInd dynasty are the large block of brick-
work stopping the axial passage, and the walls on
the east to west colonnade which rest on the bases of
columns, and many dividing walls in the chambers,
which are omitted to avoid confusion. More objects
were found in the two north-western groups (1, 2, 3
and 71, 2, 3) than in the others. One row of chambers
(15-27) had been exhaustively dug within this
century, for hardly a bead or a potsherd was left.
One small area, between chambers 82 and the great
wall, and the four rooms in which we lived (9, 10, 11 12)
were, for lack of time, left unexamined.
In the central gangway are two XXIInd dynasty
chapels (85 and 87); in the first the stone table of
offerings still stood upon its pillar; in the other, the
walls retained traces of paint, and the two blocks of
sandstone (XXIII, 4, 5) showed that this was the
chapel of Hor-se-ast. East of this is a block of brick-
work in which is a stairway; the base of it is cut
away by the well (88 a). The small court (88)
contains four pillars ; the pilasters bear the cartouches
of Rameses supported by kneeling figures holding the
sign for " millions of years." From one of the pillars
a slight wall leads N., and between this and the wall
of the next chamber lay another chapel: in it were
the coloured scenes of PL. XXII. A photograph of
this chapel is in PL. II, 6; it shows the two sandstone
vessels like mortars, which may be some form of altar.
Fragments of similar vessels were found in three
cases. Into this court opens the original gateway from
the temple ; the other openings in this wall are prob-
ably all of late date. The short walls at right angles
to this are side-walls of funerary chapels. Further to
the south (at 118) is a niche approached by two steps
in brickwork, perhaps the base of an altar. An altar
of sandstone, 3 feet high, which has a cornice at the top,
is seen at the end of the east to west colonnade. At
two points in the E. wall of this colonnade were very
curious remains, pairs of seated statues, life-size, with
the upper part worn away ; they are made of unbaked
mud, and the surface is therefore much damaged.
12. The main objects of the Ramesside period
found in the chambers were the broken oil-, honey-
and wine-jars, made of a hard drab ware. These
were chiefly found in the group of galleries to the
N.W. Inscriptions recording the date of the vintage
or the name of the vineyard, were found on perhaps
one piece in thirty. Among the pottery fragments
occurred the seals which had closed the jars ; the
commonest were cones of a drab clay with the marks
of the jar-mouths plainly upon their bases. Embedded
in the seals there frequently remained a small saucer
of red ware backed by a little pad of papyrus or bast
and outside the cone of clay bore a stamped impres-
sion stating the contents of the jar. A list of these
inscriptions is given in Pl. XI, 9-49. The clay seal
is not always conical. The wine seals are often flat
on the top and taper downwards. The incense and
honey seals arc either conical or of the shape of an
inverted saucer, and some (as 17, 18, 19, 20) are of a
blacker and much more sandy clay, and are of the
shape of a truncated cone.
There were generally no division-walls in the
galleries, except those which were clearly of later
date. But in one (60) there was a long brick bench,
40 inches wide and high, and in two cases we found
the ground plan of an oval brick enclosure about
6 feet long and placed in the middle of a room ; it
may have been a bin for corn. At the door of several
of the chambers was found a rough circular limestone
dish about 15 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick
with two lugs. But these may belong to a later
period. Coarse tables of offerings were found in similar
positions. Among other objects probably of the
XlXth dynasty were two bronze spears (PL. XVIII)
made of thin folded and beaten plate and perhaps
not intended for serious fighting, a few scarabs, some
fragments of inlaid glass and the stelae of Ra-mes,
Nefer-hetep and Nekht-Min.
13. In a niche in one of the smaller rooms (52) a
scene had been painted upon the plaster. It was in a
bad state of decay, for insects had eaten out all the
vegetable material from the plaster. Miss Pirie
managed to pick up the faint traces of the drawing,
and from her coloured copy the outline of PL. XX is
traced. On the right is a sloping hill in dull red with
dots of a darker tint meant for pebbles. On it stands
the facade of a tomb from which the Ka of the
deceased has come forth, and is kneeling before the
tree-goddess Hathor, while his Ba bows down with its
head over a dark-red vessel. The man is dressed in
a white semi-transparent robe, through which his body
shows pink. The goddess has a red skirt and white
sash. She holds apparently offerings in one hand,
and in the other a vase, red below, blue above, from
which she is pouring upon the hands of the worshipper.
The inscription above was illegible.
;-HY).
'ice,
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