Green, F. W.; Quibell, James Edward: Hierakonpolis (Band 2) (London, 1902)

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

7. Dog (?) of partly baked dark clay; from
archaic stratum in the Temple (?)

8. Dark partly-baked clay object, perhaps a doll ;
from the charcoal-discoloured stratum outside the
east angle of the Temple.

9. Hemispherical limestone spindle whorl inscribed
with mark.

10. Dog of unbaked, or partly-baked clay, from
the charcoal-discoloured stratum, eastern quarter of
the Temple.

11. Hemispherical limestone spindle whorl, with
mark, or the hieroglyphic vies. From one of the
houses in the town.

12. Bow of a boat in baked clay, from S.E.
quarter of the Temple. Archaic period.

13. Green glazed plaque with the head of a hawk
in relief. From house No. 144. Ilnd or Illrd
Dynasty. Oxford.

14. Terra-cotta vase from Temple, near to where
the main deposit was found.

15. Green glazed vase from house No. 144.

16. Rough red baked earthenware object from the
archaic strata at the N. angle of the temple enclosure.
These objects are met with in graves of the pre-
historic period, several were found in the prehistoric
cemetery near the fort, and also in the prehistoric
cemetery at Ballas. (See Naqada and Ballas.)

PL. LXIV. All from prehistoric cemetery. 1. Pre-
historic bowl, outside red polished, the surface stippled
with very shallow dents. Inside black. Ethnol. Mus.
Camb.

2 and 4. Prehistoric copper borers of square
section. Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

3. Two ivory bangles.

5. Calcite hippopotamus. Roughly made out of
a flat piece of alabaster or calcite. Hole for suspen-
sion. Grave 153. Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

6. Limestone vase with holes for suspension, con-
taining many shells of a land mollusc. From painted
tomb.

7. Ivory fan handle (?). This appears to be the
splay of a feather or grass fan. The stem of the
handle was perhaps of wood, but was not found.

8 and n. Spheroidal limestone spindle whorls.

9. Forked lance of flint. Painted tomb. (See
plan, PL. LXVIL, at 7.) Oxford.

10. Mace-head of pink limestone. Decoration on
one side only. Point broken, showing conchoidal
fracture. The surface has been ground and half
polished. The hole to receive the handle is coned
from 17 m.m. to 10 m.m., the upper opening being

rounded off, as may be seen in the plate. Grave 525.
Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

12. Slate palette with traces of green malachite
paint. Grave 525. Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

13. Carnelian pebble for use as muller with slate
palette. Grave 525. Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

14. Muller of carnelian or jasper pebble.

15. Slate palette, conventionalised bird's head.
Traces of green paint on surface.

16. Vase of very hard and heavy material
(diorite ?). Ethnol. Mus. Camb.

17. Slate palette in the shape of conventionalised
double bird's head. Traces of green paint.

19. Slate palette in the shape of a fish.

20. Double vase, of emery rock, which easily
scratches quartz.

Pl. LXV. Drawing by Mr. Somers Clarke of the
S.E. face of the circular revetment. To the right,
behind the granite block of Kha-sekhemui, is seen
the end of a stone water-channel, and the lower part
of a crude brick pavement.

On the lower part of the plate are sketches of the
two limestone pillars, situated near the parallel row
of stones on the S.W. side of the temple.

The Roman drain is one of several that descended
from the floor-level of houses, now destroyed, which
used to occupy the south-western part of the temple
enclosure.

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dark red. It w< -
a few rough pot E
of the spoon w; E
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period between E
is valuable as e E
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