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was clearly as left by the plunderers and the beads and potsherds belonged to the burial,
of which remains were on the floor. The very large quartzite cone, 80 X 90 cm. and 130 cm.
high, also belonged to this tumulus. The six faience beads measuring from 26 to 47 mm. in
diameter were evidently part of a long string. Faience beads of this size occur only in K III,
except in single examples. The beakers are clearly of the quality of K III. Taking all these
facts into consideration, K LII is to be dated as contemporaneous with the earlier subsidiary
graves in K III and previous to K V.
Turning to K XLI and K XXIX on the east of K V, the burials in both had been utterly
removed, and all objects recorded from these two tumuli were found in disturbed debris,
and were possibly all intrusive. The sizes were as follows:
K XLI — diameter of tumulus, 8-9 m.; area chamber 9.7 sq. m.
K XXIX — diameter of tumulus, 14-18 m.; area chamber 7.9 sq. m.
While K XLI has an orientation of 10° north of east, similar to KV and KLII, KXXIX
has the southeast orientation. K XXIX also contained W. J. and R. P. J. fragments which
would give the tomb a date towards KX-XVI, though the Bkt. XVII fragment places
it before K XVI. The awl and needle may also be from the tomb, but contribute nothing
to the question of date. The size of the grave is to be compared with the larger subsidiary
graves in KIV, K X, and K XVI. The framents of alabaster and faience found in K XXIX
seem out of place in a grave of this size and approximate date, and I judge them to be
intrusive.
K XLI is somewhat larger and would appear by the orientation to belong to the earlier
group. The objects were again all possibly intrusive; the dagger-hilt, the horn-protectors,
and the inlay might have been from this grave, but do not fix the date any nearer than the
early period previous to K X. The pottery is noncommittal and was found in part in the
surface debris. The alabaster and faience are again out of place in this grave and intrusive,
as in K XXIX.
The interest in these two graves centers in the fragments of alabaster and faience vessels
which occur intrusive in the debris. The kohl-pot, K XLI, no. 1 and perhaps the jar,
KXXIX, no. iv, might have come from a grave of the size of these two; but the large
cylindrical jar and the faience vessels are of the sizes and types of the main burials of the
great tumuli, and are certainly intrusive. One or two fragments might have been dragged
thus far from K III or K IV, but it is improbable that so many could have suffered that
fate. The proximity of K V and its plundered condition offer the much more probable
explanation that the intrusive fragments in KXXIX and KXLI came originally from
K V. K V by its size may be assumed to have been of sufficient importance to have con-
tained objects of the same quality as the main tumuli.
Now one of the fragments of faience from K XXIX bears part of an inscription which
reads “ . . . may they give (offerings for the soul of) the herald, Sobek . . ..” If the conclu-
sion is correct, as I believe, that these fragments were removed from K V by plundering,
the man buried in K V was “the herald, Sobek.”
(b) Tumulus KIX:
The grave KIX occupies a place which would give it a date between K V and K VIII,
and among the tumuli previous to K X. The diameter of the mound is 29 m. and the floor
area of the chamber is 18.7 sq. m. The tomb was thus considerably larger than any of the
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was clearly as left by the plunderers and the beads and potsherds belonged to the burial,
of which remains were on the floor. The very large quartzite cone, 80 X 90 cm. and 130 cm.
high, also belonged to this tumulus. The six faience beads measuring from 26 to 47 mm. in
diameter were evidently part of a long string. Faience beads of this size occur only in K III,
except in single examples. The beakers are clearly of the quality of K III. Taking all these
facts into consideration, K LII is to be dated as contemporaneous with the earlier subsidiary
graves in K III and previous to K V.
Turning to K XLI and K XXIX on the east of K V, the burials in both had been utterly
removed, and all objects recorded from these two tumuli were found in disturbed debris,
and were possibly all intrusive. The sizes were as follows:
K XLI — diameter of tumulus, 8-9 m.; area chamber 9.7 sq. m.
K XXIX — diameter of tumulus, 14-18 m.; area chamber 7.9 sq. m.
While K XLI has an orientation of 10° north of east, similar to KV and KLII, KXXIX
has the southeast orientation. K XXIX also contained W. J. and R. P. J. fragments which
would give the tomb a date towards KX-XVI, though the Bkt. XVII fragment places
it before K XVI. The awl and needle may also be from the tomb, but contribute nothing
to the question of date. The size of the grave is to be compared with the larger subsidiary
graves in KIV, K X, and K XVI. The framents of alabaster and faience found in K XXIX
seem out of place in a grave of this size and approximate date, and I judge them to be
intrusive.
K XLI is somewhat larger and would appear by the orientation to belong to the earlier
group. The objects were again all possibly intrusive; the dagger-hilt, the horn-protectors,
and the inlay might have been from this grave, but do not fix the date any nearer than the
early period previous to K X. The pottery is noncommittal and was found in part in the
surface debris. The alabaster and faience are again out of place in this grave and intrusive,
as in K XXIX.
The interest in these two graves centers in the fragments of alabaster and faience vessels
which occur intrusive in the debris. The kohl-pot, K XLI, no. 1 and perhaps the jar,
KXXIX, no. iv, might have come from a grave of the size of these two; but the large
cylindrical jar and the faience vessels are of the sizes and types of the main burials of the
great tumuli, and are certainly intrusive. One or two fragments might have been dragged
thus far from K III or K IV, but it is improbable that so many could have suffered that
fate. The proximity of K V and its plundered condition offer the much more probable
explanation that the intrusive fragments in KXXIX and KXLI came originally from
K V. K V by its size may be assumed to have been of sufficient importance to have con-
tained objects of the same quality as the main tumuli.
Now one of the fragments of faience from K XXIX bears part of an inscription which
reads “ . . . may they give (offerings for the soul of) the herald, Sobek . . ..” If the conclu-
sion is correct, as I believe, that these fragments were removed from K V by plundering,
the man buried in K V was “the herald, Sobek.”
(b) Tumulus KIX:
The grave KIX occupies a place which would give it a date between K V and K VIII,
and among the tumuli previous to K X. The diameter of the mound is 29 m. and the floor
area of the chamber is 18.7 sq. m. The tomb was thus considerably larger than any of the