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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
Two other large blocks were found close by ; one
bore, like this, the king's name, the other was a
fragment of a list of names of countries (v. PL.
XXIII.).
These blocks lay near the surface, on the level of
the top of the revetment, and close to it on the S.
side.
Pl. III. I, 2. Large ceremonial flint knives,
formed from natural layers of flint chipped around
the edges. The larger is over 30 ins. long.
3, 4. Two views of a door-socket of hard dark
stone, found with a rough jamb of limestone (1 m. X
0"4 x O" 15) still standing on it.
A human face projects in front, representing an
enemy crushed under the door: his arms are roughly
indicated on the top of the block. The hole on the
top is for the pivot. This was found just to the W.
of the two seated statues ; the door socket stood in
the passage way (0*9 m. wide), between two frag-
ments of brick wall (i*io thick); these were much
decayed, but one could see that they were made of
much smaller bricks than the rest of the buildings,
and such small bricks are, at El Kab and Kom el
Ahmar, typical of Old Kingdom structures. The
walls were also skew to those of later date, i.e. rather
E. and W. than N.W. and S.E. Twenty centimetres
above the level of the door socket, and resting partly
on the bit of ancient wall and partly on the loose
earth, was a horizontal ring of rough cylindrical vases
laid on their sides, with the base of one in the mouth
of the next. The diameter of the circle was 2 • 3 m.
In the middle of this ring were two coarse pots of the
magtir type, and of these one contained five archaic
models in green glaze, a jar of flour (?) (XVIII. 13),
a box with rounded top, a vase on a stand (like XX.
11), a bird, and a baboon. The pots forming the
ring were wheel-made. Near and below the door
socket were found fragments of later archaic pottery,
a scorpion of green glaze, a bit of gold foil, some
barrel-shaped glazed beads and fragments of ivory.
From the low level at which it lay, its position
behind the pair of statues, the archaic objects
remaining near, and the patch of ancient wall against
which it stood, it seems that this door socket must
have belonged to the archaic temple.
It should be noted that this object was about on
the level of the base of the revetment, while the
granite doorway of Khasekhemui was near the top.
Pl. IV. A sketch of the revetment taken from
the top of the U-shaped wall on its south side {v.
Pl. LXXII.). In the middle, low down, is a drum-
shaped block of limestone, sunk at the top like the
base of a statue. On the sides, partly resting on the
circular stone, are two roughly-built walls whose
finished faces are on the inside. They were not com-
pletely cleared when this sketch was made.
The staff in the foreground is 2 m. long.
The revetment consists of a single layer of rough
sandstone slabs covering a bank of sand. The stones
are now so fastened together by salt that they will
bear the weight of a man, but this cannot have been
the case when the structure was built. The slope of
the revetment is 450, and the height at the best-
preserved part 2 • 30 m., (7^ ft.,) or 24 courses of stone.
It runs right under the brick walls. The sand inside
is clean, and contains nothing but a few sherds of the
early red and black pottery, and fragments of fine
early flints.
Pl. V. 1. Head of very soft limestone ; the
projecting lips are like those of the large statue of
Pls. I. and II. ; eyes were inlaid ; no marks of eye
paint; the head was from a small squatting statue,
the greater part of which fell to pieces.
2, 3. An ivory head of European rather than
Semitic or Egyptian type.
4. Boat of ivory, with a small cabin, in which sits
the owner wrapped in a large cloak.
5. Three boats in relief: the two cabins joined by
a bridge are as in the paintings on the Naqada
pottery. (
Pl. VI. 1-5. Photographs of the two heads of
the last plate.
6. Part of a tusk with birds and animals in relief;
a drawing with the curved surfaces developed is on
PL. XVI. The elephant in the second row is shown
Walking on the hills, like that on the statue of Min
from Koptos. The next rows show water-birds, and
(?) hyaenas. At the base, women with long wigs, and
long and elaborate dresses, carry some curved objects
in their hands. The best preserved figure seems to
have the ear of a cow.
7. From a plaster cast of a palette-shaped piece of
ivory. The decoration shows human figures (? cap-
tives) in groups of three.
Pls. VII.-XVI. show in drawings and photo-
graphs the best preserved of the ivory carvings.
PL. VII. 1 and 6 show the peculiar dress, ex-
plained by Naville as a sheath (Recueil, vol. XXII.).
2 shows the tall pointed cap, known also from a
decorated comb at Naqada.
3 is a small head with a new kind of cap.
5 shows the ordinary Egyptian kilt.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
Two other large blocks were found close by ; one
bore, like this, the king's name, the other was a
fragment of a list of names of countries (v. PL.
XXIII.).
These blocks lay near the surface, on the level of
the top of the revetment, and close to it on the S.
side.
Pl. III. I, 2. Large ceremonial flint knives,
formed from natural layers of flint chipped around
the edges. The larger is over 30 ins. long.
3, 4. Two views of a door-socket of hard dark
stone, found with a rough jamb of limestone (1 m. X
0"4 x O" 15) still standing on it.
A human face projects in front, representing an
enemy crushed under the door: his arms are roughly
indicated on the top of the block. The hole on the
top is for the pivot. This was found just to the W.
of the two seated statues ; the door socket stood in
the passage way (0*9 m. wide), between two frag-
ments of brick wall (i*io thick); these were much
decayed, but one could see that they were made of
much smaller bricks than the rest of the buildings,
and such small bricks are, at El Kab and Kom el
Ahmar, typical of Old Kingdom structures. The
walls were also skew to those of later date, i.e. rather
E. and W. than N.W. and S.E. Twenty centimetres
above the level of the door socket, and resting partly
on the bit of ancient wall and partly on the loose
earth, was a horizontal ring of rough cylindrical vases
laid on their sides, with the base of one in the mouth
of the next. The diameter of the circle was 2 • 3 m.
In the middle of this ring were two coarse pots of the
magtir type, and of these one contained five archaic
models in green glaze, a jar of flour (?) (XVIII. 13),
a box with rounded top, a vase on a stand (like XX.
11), a bird, and a baboon. The pots forming the
ring were wheel-made. Near and below the door
socket were found fragments of later archaic pottery,
a scorpion of green glaze, a bit of gold foil, some
barrel-shaped glazed beads and fragments of ivory.
From the low level at which it lay, its position
behind the pair of statues, the archaic objects
remaining near, and the patch of ancient wall against
which it stood, it seems that this door socket must
have belonged to the archaic temple.
It should be noted that this object was about on
the level of the base of the revetment, while the
granite doorway of Khasekhemui was near the top.
Pl. IV. A sketch of the revetment taken from
the top of the U-shaped wall on its south side {v.
Pl. LXXII.). In the middle, low down, is a drum-
shaped block of limestone, sunk at the top like the
base of a statue. On the sides, partly resting on the
circular stone, are two roughly-built walls whose
finished faces are on the inside. They were not com-
pletely cleared when this sketch was made.
The staff in the foreground is 2 m. long.
The revetment consists of a single layer of rough
sandstone slabs covering a bank of sand. The stones
are now so fastened together by salt that they will
bear the weight of a man, but this cannot have been
the case when the structure was built. The slope of
the revetment is 450, and the height at the best-
preserved part 2 • 30 m., (7^ ft.,) or 24 courses of stone.
It runs right under the brick walls. The sand inside
is clean, and contains nothing but a few sherds of the
early red and black pottery, and fragments of fine
early flints.
Pl. V. 1. Head of very soft limestone ; the
projecting lips are like those of the large statue of
Pls. I. and II. ; eyes were inlaid ; no marks of eye
paint; the head was from a small squatting statue,
the greater part of which fell to pieces.
2, 3. An ivory head of European rather than
Semitic or Egyptian type.
4. Boat of ivory, with a small cabin, in which sits
the owner wrapped in a large cloak.
5. Three boats in relief: the two cabins joined by
a bridge are as in the paintings on the Naqada
pottery. (
Pl. VI. 1-5. Photographs of the two heads of
the last plate.
6. Part of a tusk with birds and animals in relief;
a drawing with the curved surfaces developed is on
PL. XVI. The elephant in the second row is shown
Walking on the hills, like that on the statue of Min
from Koptos. The next rows show water-birds, and
(?) hyaenas. At the base, women with long wigs, and
long and elaborate dresses, carry some curved objects
in their hands. The best preserved figure seems to
have the ear of a cow.
7. From a plaster cast of a palette-shaped piece of
ivory. The decoration shows human figures (? cap-
tives) in groups of three.
Pls. VII.-XVI. show in drawings and photo-
graphs the best preserved of the ivory carvings.
PL. VII. 1 and 6 show the peculiar dress, ex-
plained by Naville as a sheath (Recueil, vol. XXII.).
2 shows the tall pointed cap, known also from a
decorated comb at Naqada.
3 is a small head with a new kind of cap.
5 shows the ordinary Egyptian kilt.
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HelKU'W
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1 xn 2
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