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BLUE-GLAZED STONE
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In the cemetery, the glazed beads of crystal and quartzite were widely distributed,
being especially frequent in the large tumuli, K III, K IV, K X, and K XVI. In these
tumuli, they were found both with the sacrificial burials in the long corridors and with the
subsidiary burials. In the smaller tumuli, a few scattered beads were found, and in two
of the graves in the adjacent B-Cemetery, complete strings, but in the Nubian graves to
the north, not a single bead of the materials mentioned, even in graves with numbers of
beads. But in the early Nubian grave K 5611, a string of green-glazed carnelian beads
occurred, and presented a most incongruous appearance.
One lot of green-glazed, crystal beads requires special mention. In K 421, scattered
through the debris above the plundered main burial, we found about 3800 ball-beads, a
large quantity of small, blue-glazed ring-beads, of which some were sewn on cloth, and some
miscellaneous beads apparently from a necklace. It seems probable that the green-glazed,
crystal beads were also sewn on cloth in some sort of net pattern, combined with the small
ring-beads.
For the remainder of the glazed beads, see Chapter XXIV, Beads and Amulets.
5. VESSELS OF BLUE-GLAZED QUARTZITE
In view of the obdurate character of quartzite, it is remarkable to find indubitable
fragments of several vessels and jar-covers made of this material and glazed like the quartz-
ite figures. Four of the five pieces which were clearly from vessels, not covers, were re-
corded in K XVI C and represented at least three different objects. The fifth was found
in the debris in front of K XI and may have been displaced from K X. The forms were
allied to those of the faience and stone vessels — two jars to Faience, Type XIV (cf. Stone,
Type I), a third jar to Stone, Type II. The fourth jar was large, and the remaining vessel
was a bowl.
1. K XVI C/4:
Rim, fragment of flaring rim, as Faience Vessels, Type XIV; diam. of mouth, 4-5 cm.;
fragment, 3.2 X 1.7 cm. and about 1.2 cm. thick.
2. K XVI C/4:
Base, fragment of rounded tapering base, as Faience Vessels, Type XIV; diam., 5.6 cm.;
h., 5.7+ cm.
3. K XVI C/4:
Rim, fragment of rim and neck with beginning of body, as Stone Vessels, Type II; diam.
of rim outside, ca. 6.4 cm.; arc of fragment, 3.9 cm.; h. from body to top of rim,
1.4 cm.
4. K XVI C/4:
Fragment from body of a bowl or dish, glazed on both sides; 2x2 cm., and 0.9-0.95 cm.
thick.
5. K XI front:
Fragment from shoulder of jar; h., 6.4 cm.; diam. of widest part ca. 10 cm.; greatest
thickness, ca. 4 cm.
Fragments of six vase covers of disc form were also found, of which three were from
K XVI C:
6. K XVI C/4:
Fragment of disc-cover; diam. ca. 4.8 cm.
Inscribed with cartouche in which the signs, “Live the Good God . . .” are legible.
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In the cemetery, the glazed beads of crystal and quartzite were widely distributed,
being especially frequent in the large tumuli, K III, K IV, K X, and K XVI. In these
tumuli, they were found both with the sacrificial burials in the long corridors and with the
subsidiary burials. In the smaller tumuli, a few scattered beads were found, and in two
of the graves in the adjacent B-Cemetery, complete strings, but in the Nubian graves to
the north, not a single bead of the materials mentioned, even in graves with numbers of
beads. But in the early Nubian grave K 5611, a string of green-glazed carnelian beads
occurred, and presented a most incongruous appearance.
One lot of green-glazed, crystal beads requires special mention. In K 421, scattered
through the debris above the plundered main burial, we found about 3800 ball-beads, a
large quantity of small, blue-glazed ring-beads, of which some were sewn on cloth, and some
miscellaneous beads apparently from a necklace. It seems probable that the green-glazed,
crystal beads were also sewn on cloth in some sort of net pattern, combined with the small
ring-beads.
For the remainder of the glazed beads, see Chapter XXIV, Beads and Amulets.
5. VESSELS OF BLUE-GLAZED QUARTZITE
In view of the obdurate character of quartzite, it is remarkable to find indubitable
fragments of several vessels and jar-covers made of this material and glazed like the quartz-
ite figures. Four of the five pieces which were clearly from vessels, not covers, were re-
corded in K XVI C and represented at least three different objects. The fifth was found
in the debris in front of K XI and may have been displaced from K X. The forms were
allied to those of the faience and stone vessels — two jars to Faience, Type XIV (cf. Stone,
Type I), a third jar to Stone, Type II. The fourth jar was large, and the remaining vessel
was a bowl.
1. K XVI C/4:
Rim, fragment of flaring rim, as Faience Vessels, Type XIV; diam. of mouth, 4-5 cm.;
fragment, 3.2 X 1.7 cm. and about 1.2 cm. thick.
2. K XVI C/4:
Base, fragment of rounded tapering base, as Faience Vessels, Type XIV; diam., 5.6 cm.;
h., 5.7+ cm.
3. K XVI C/4:
Rim, fragment of rim and neck with beginning of body, as Stone Vessels, Type II; diam.
of rim outside, ca. 6.4 cm.; arc of fragment, 3.9 cm.; h. from body to top of rim,
1.4 cm.
4. K XVI C/4:
Fragment from body of a bowl or dish, glazed on both sides; 2x2 cm., and 0.9-0.95 cm.
thick.
5. K XI front:
Fragment from shoulder of jar; h., 6.4 cm.; diam. of widest part ca. 10 cm.; greatest
thickness, ca. 4 cm.
Fragments of six vase covers of disc form were also found, of which three were from
K XVI C:
6. K XVI C/4:
Fragment of disc-cover; diam. ca. 4.8 cm.
Inscribed with cartouche in which the signs, “Live the Good God . . .” are legible.