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like the coffins found in poorer graves of Dynasty XII and earlier. The joints and mor-
tising could not be made out. But in five other cases, (K X A, K 1035, K 1046, K 1059 and
K 1000 B) coffin-trenches were found which indicated a longer, more narrow coffin, probably
of the ordinary heavy type. The period, it will be remembered, is the end of the XHIth or
the beginning of the XIVth Dynasty. The coffin-pits measured as follows: K X A, 270 X
90 cm. and 75 cm. high; K 1035, 210 X 80 X 60 cm.; K 1046, 200 X 120 X 110 cm.;
K 1059, 216 X 90 X 75 cm.; K 1000B, 200 X 90 X 75 cm. Considering the condition of
these coffins, it was of course quite impossible to detect the decorations.
2. MODELS OF BOATS
Models of boats were found in K III, K IV, and K X, which 1 ascribe to the main
burials of those tumuli. In K III, there were two or more of blue faience; in K IV, two
or more of grey granite; and in K X, two fragments of painted wood, which I identify as
parts of a wooden boat-model, probably of the same form as the river-boats shown on the
walls on K II and K XI. For exact description, see K X A, No. xii.
3. BEDS
Pl. 51, 1
Illustrations. The illustrations are all of a bed from K 1085, but restored according to
other beds and fragments. This bed was selected because, owing to its broken condition,
the structural details could be more easily measured.
The illustrations are as follows:
Fig. 191. Elevation of right side (south) of bed, showing legs, edge of side board (a 2), edge of footboard (e)
edge of right footboard brace (/2), pegs in legs (17, 18), the dowels of the legs in dotted outline and the
pegs through these dowels (20, 21, 22).
Fig. 192. Plan of top of bed, showing side-boards (a 1, a 2), end-boards (b 1, b 2), slats in dotted outline (c 1,
c 2), lower edge of footboard (e), position of lower arms of footboard braces (/1, f 2), peg-holes for leg-
braces (12-15), and stringing. The dowels joining side-boards to end-boards are shown in outline. The
stringing is shown in single lines for clearness.
Fig. 193. Plan of under side of bed, showing side-boards (a 1, a 2), end-boards (5 1, b 2), slats (c 1, c 2), leg-
braces (d 1, d 2), position of legs (g 1-4), and stringing (again in plain lines for clearness).
Fig. 194. Section lengthwise of end of side-board (a 2), cutting through lower part of footboard, side-board
at 8.5 cm. from the outer edge (right hand), and the leg-brace, showing in outline, the corner of the foot-
board brace (J 2), the raised part on the under side of the side-board, the upper part of leg (g 4), and the
lower right arm of the leg-brace. The upper end of leg and the leg-dowel are shown in dotted lines.
Fig. 195. Profile of bronze sheath (Su 717, from K 1033) and section through the second nail, showing lower
arm enface with side-strips. The broken lines show restored wooden parts; the dotted line, the restored
bronze strip suggested by fragments (Su 718). The solid nails were in place; the hollow nails are restored.
Fig. 196. Section through the left half of the frame at the middle of the leg-brace, showing end-board (b 2),
side-board (a 1), leg (g 3), leg-brace (d 2), lower part of footboard brace (/1), and the dowels and pegs.
Fig. 197. Section through left side-board (a 1) in line with peg No. 4 of the lower arm of the footboard brace
(/I).
Fig. 198. Section through the left side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 3.
Fig. 199. Section through the left side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 1.
Fig. 200. Section lengthwise through back end of side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 5.
Fig. 201. Section through back edge of end-board (6 2) and lower edge of footboard (e) at left-hand dowel
No. 6.
Fig. 202. Section through back end of end-board (5 2), leg-brace (d 2, at tunnel-hole No. 16), and lower edge of
footboard in line with tie-hole No. 7.
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like the coffins found in poorer graves of Dynasty XII and earlier. The joints and mor-
tising could not be made out. But in five other cases, (K X A, K 1035, K 1046, K 1059 and
K 1000 B) coffin-trenches were found which indicated a longer, more narrow coffin, probably
of the ordinary heavy type. The period, it will be remembered, is the end of the XHIth or
the beginning of the XIVth Dynasty. The coffin-pits measured as follows: K X A, 270 X
90 cm. and 75 cm. high; K 1035, 210 X 80 X 60 cm.; K 1046, 200 X 120 X 110 cm.;
K 1059, 216 X 90 X 75 cm.; K 1000B, 200 X 90 X 75 cm. Considering the condition of
these coffins, it was of course quite impossible to detect the decorations.
2. MODELS OF BOATS
Models of boats were found in K III, K IV, and K X, which 1 ascribe to the main
burials of those tumuli. In K III, there were two or more of blue faience; in K IV, two
or more of grey granite; and in K X, two fragments of painted wood, which I identify as
parts of a wooden boat-model, probably of the same form as the river-boats shown on the
walls on K II and K XI. For exact description, see K X A, No. xii.
3. BEDS
Pl. 51, 1
Illustrations. The illustrations are all of a bed from K 1085, but restored according to
other beds and fragments. This bed was selected because, owing to its broken condition,
the structural details could be more easily measured.
The illustrations are as follows:
Fig. 191. Elevation of right side (south) of bed, showing legs, edge of side board (a 2), edge of footboard (e)
edge of right footboard brace (/2), pegs in legs (17, 18), the dowels of the legs in dotted outline and the
pegs through these dowels (20, 21, 22).
Fig. 192. Plan of top of bed, showing side-boards (a 1, a 2), end-boards (b 1, b 2), slats in dotted outline (c 1,
c 2), lower edge of footboard (e), position of lower arms of footboard braces (/1, f 2), peg-holes for leg-
braces (12-15), and stringing. The dowels joining side-boards to end-boards are shown in outline. The
stringing is shown in single lines for clearness.
Fig. 193. Plan of under side of bed, showing side-boards (a 1, a 2), end-boards (5 1, b 2), slats (c 1, c 2), leg-
braces (d 1, d 2), position of legs (g 1-4), and stringing (again in plain lines for clearness).
Fig. 194. Section lengthwise of end of side-board (a 2), cutting through lower part of footboard, side-board
at 8.5 cm. from the outer edge (right hand), and the leg-brace, showing in outline, the corner of the foot-
board brace (J 2), the raised part on the under side of the side-board, the upper part of leg (g 4), and the
lower right arm of the leg-brace. The upper end of leg and the leg-dowel are shown in dotted lines.
Fig. 195. Profile of bronze sheath (Su 717, from K 1033) and section through the second nail, showing lower
arm enface with side-strips. The broken lines show restored wooden parts; the dotted line, the restored
bronze strip suggested by fragments (Su 718). The solid nails were in place; the hollow nails are restored.
Fig. 196. Section through the left half of the frame at the middle of the leg-brace, showing end-board (b 2),
side-board (a 1), leg (g 3), leg-brace (d 2), lower part of footboard brace (/1), and the dowels and pegs.
Fig. 197. Section through left side-board (a 1) in line with peg No. 4 of the lower arm of the footboard brace
(/I).
Fig. 198. Section through the left side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 3.
Fig. 199. Section through the left side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 1.
Fig. 200. Section lengthwise through back end of side-board (a 1) in line with pair of pegs No. 5.
Fig. 201. Section through back edge of end-board (6 2) and lower edge of footboard (e) at left-hand dowel
No. 6.
Fig. 202. Section through back end of end-board (5 2), leg-brace (d 2, at tunnel-hole No. 16), and lower edge of
footboard in line with tie-hole No. 7.