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DATE OF THE MAIN DEPOSIT AND TEMPLE.
the presence of an XVIIIth Dynasty scarab which
was found with part of the archaic objects of the main
deposit by Mr. Quibell, and a fragment of pottery
similar to that forming the foundation deposit in the
N. angle of the temple enclosure, which was found
under the wall near to where lay the ivory figure
above mentioned. But, as before stated, as these
walls descend to within less than 50 cm. of the char-
coal-discoloured stratum, it is possible that the scarab
and the fragment of pottery fell into a trench dug in
the archaic stratum to take the foot of the wall.
It is to such trench digging and general levelling
that the wide distribution of some objects of the same
period as the main deposit must be due : such as the
presence of the stela of King Kha-sekhem, and the
part of the base of the archaic statuette, which were
found associated with New Kingdom pottery in one
of the store rooms, and some fragments of a large
ribbed porphyry vase with an inscribed lip (Pl. LIX,
4> S) 6, 7), which were found scattered all over the
temple area. A fragment of one of the alabaster
votive bowls, from the main deposit, with only the
ka arms of the inscription showing, was found outside
the enclosure wall about 48 metres from the granite
door sill, or roughly 36 metres from the main deposit.
It is not likely that so few objects were scattered
deliberately and that the rest were left together ; it
is more probable that these objects were met with in
the course of building operations, and that they were
then thrown aside. If we assume this to have been
the case, we must attribute the battering out of names
and the damage which most of the archaic objects
show, to an earlier period than the New Kingdom.
At the point where the fragment of votive bowl,
just described, was found, the charcoal-discoloured
stratum is cr6 m. below the foot of the enclosure
wall. Built against the lower courses of this wall is a
pavement of crude brick similar to, and evidently part
of, that nearer the Eastern angle of the temple, on
which the flint points were found. This pavement
extends outwards for a distance of 2-o m. from the
foot of the wall.
Above this pavement a stratum of charcoal and
pottery has accumulated to a thickness of 20 cm. It
was in contact with the lower side of this, and 3-0
metres from the wall, or 1 metre beyond the edge of
the pavement, that the inscribed fragment of alabaster
lay.
In the accumulation itself part of a limestone
mace-head was found, and above it was a fragment
of Early Dynastic or prehistoric pottery.
Date of the Brick Temple.
36, For determining the date of the crude brick
temple we have unfortunately little to go upon.
From the relation of the walls to one another, and
from the fact of their being built of one size of brick,
nearly the whole of these walls must be of one date.
Under one of the walls of the group of rooms below
which lay the main deposit a water-jar of the
Middle Kingdom, or perhaps belonging to the early
part of the New Kingdom, was found ; and among
the archaic objects of the main deposit, not far from
the limestone statue of Kha-sekhem and the great
flint knives, Mr. Quibell found a green glazed scarab
of undoubted New Kingdom type. The design con-
sisted of the sign neb, below which was a sitting
cynocephalus ape and a shu feather.
This may well have fallen in during the process
of levelling the ground before the new walls were
built, and need not have always been with the
archaic objects.
Between the two enclosure walls on the N.E.
side was found a model leg of an ox made of soft
white paste, covered with green glaze, much bleached
by the dampness of the soil.
This object is probably part of a foundation de-
posit ; but it was not in situ, and no pottery was
found with it. Both sides had a cartouche written in
black, now almost illegible, but most likely it is that
of Amenhotep III.
Part of the pavement still left on the south eastern
side of the temple, was made or repaired by fragments
of earlier work, one of the sandstone slabs bearing
the cartouche of Sebekhotep of the Xlllth dynasty
on its under surface.
The crude brick walls seem to have been faced
with sandstone, part of which is seen in contact with
the southernmost pylon ; between which Mr. Quibell
found a sandstone architrave with the cartouche of
Thothmes III. As no dated objects were placed
with the foundation deposit at the N. angle of
the enclosure, and as the date of the pottery has not
been determined, it does not afford much assistance.
I do not see, however, why this pottery should be
assigned to a period earlier than the XVIIIth
Dynasty.
That kings of the Vlth, Xllth and Xlllth
Dynasties made gifts, and perhaps made certain
constructions, is probable from objects of these
. „, %vith tn
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CHAPTER ^
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DATE OF THE MAIN DEPOSIT AND TEMPLE.
the presence of an XVIIIth Dynasty scarab which
was found with part of the archaic objects of the main
deposit by Mr. Quibell, and a fragment of pottery
similar to that forming the foundation deposit in the
N. angle of the temple enclosure, which was found
under the wall near to where lay the ivory figure
above mentioned. But, as before stated, as these
walls descend to within less than 50 cm. of the char-
coal-discoloured stratum, it is possible that the scarab
and the fragment of pottery fell into a trench dug in
the archaic stratum to take the foot of the wall.
It is to such trench digging and general levelling
that the wide distribution of some objects of the same
period as the main deposit must be due : such as the
presence of the stela of King Kha-sekhem, and the
part of the base of the archaic statuette, which were
found associated with New Kingdom pottery in one
of the store rooms, and some fragments of a large
ribbed porphyry vase with an inscribed lip (Pl. LIX,
4> S) 6, 7), which were found scattered all over the
temple area. A fragment of one of the alabaster
votive bowls, from the main deposit, with only the
ka arms of the inscription showing, was found outside
the enclosure wall about 48 metres from the granite
door sill, or roughly 36 metres from the main deposit.
It is not likely that so few objects were scattered
deliberately and that the rest were left together ; it
is more probable that these objects were met with in
the course of building operations, and that they were
then thrown aside. If we assume this to have been
the case, we must attribute the battering out of names
and the damage which most of the archaic objects
show, to an earlier period than the New Kingdom.
At the point where the fragment of votive bowl,
just described, was found, the charcoal-discoloured
stratum is cr6 m. below the foot of the enclosure
wall. Built against the lower courses of this wall is a
pavement of crude brick similar to, and evidently part
of, that nearer the Eastern angle of the temple, on
which the flint points were found. This pavement
extends outwards for a distance of 2-o m. from the
foot of the wall.
Above this pavement a stratum of charcoal and
pottery has accumulated to a thickness of 20 cm. It
was in contact with the lower side of this, and 3-0
metres from the wall, or 1 metre beyond the edge of
the pavement, that the inscribed fragment of alabaster
lay.
In the accumulation itself part of a limestone
mace-head was found, and above it was a fragment
of Early Dynastic or prehistoric pottery.
Date of the Brick Temple.
36, For determining the date of the crude brick
temple we have unfortunately little to go upon.
From the relation of the walls to one another, and
from the fact of their being built of one size of brick,
nearly the whole of these walls must be of one date.
Under one of the walls of the group of rooms below
which lay the main deposit a water-jar of the
Middle Kingdom, or perhaps belonging to the early
part of the New Kingdom, was found ; and among
the archaic objects of the main deposit, not far from
the limestone statue of Kha-sekhem and the great
flint knives, Mr. Quibell found a green glazed scarab
of undoubted New Kingdom type. The design con-
sisted of the sign neb, below which was a sitting
cynocephalus ape and a shu feather.
This may well have fallen in during the process
of levelling the ground before the new walls were
built, and need not have always been with the
archaic objects.
Between the two enclosure walls on the N.E.
side was found a model leg of an ox made of soft
white paste, covered with green glaze, much bleached
by the dampness of the soil.
This object is probably part of a foundation de-
posit ; but it was not in situ, and no pottery was
found with it. Both sides had a cartouche written in
black, now almost illegible, but most likely it is that
of Amenhotep III.
Part of the pavement still left on the south eastern
side of the temple, was made or repaired by fragments
of earlier work, one of the sandstone slabs bearing
the cartouche of Sebekhotep of the Xlllth dynasty
on its under surface.
The crude brick walls seem to have been faced
with sandstone, part of which is seen in contact with
the southernmost pylon ; between which Mr. Quibell
found a sandstone architrave with the cartouche of
Thothmes III. As no dated objects were placed
with the foundation deposit at the N. angle of
the enclosure, and as the date of the pottery has not
been determined, it does not afford much assistance.
I do not see, however, why this pottery should be
assigned to a period earlier than the XVIIIth
Dynasty.
That kings of the Vlth, Xllth and Xlllth
Dynasties made gifts, and perhaps made certain
constructions, is probable from objects of these
. „, %vith tn
A
^'conspic
.while thos
"and i*P°r
"sreduc
the N*
K^topoin
f^elaterandmor
> The *?*
>onPL-L>
Ldoffl temple, or l
& Mo evince
Lttan the other.
|i height, and abo^
CHAPTER ^
THE TOWN
The Wal
:
aiis of what was
pt enclosed by a
i'-ie seen from the r.
r.
it a somewhat in
and south
equal triaiu
^ by walls meet
bewail has beei
•^bered with mod<
in its entire
■^tke heavy bh
^examined, while
SBfewn in outline
^ ^ built of sm
^ * those u
3'0'2X5.U
!> enclosu
S^ar,
V37xk
,.,less varies
toftJesm
,er b"cks it
*** is cl05