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WOODEN OBJECTS
229
The examples were as follows:
1. K 1050:x. Foot-stool; top, 57.5 X 22.6 cm.; h., 6.6 cm.; thickness of top, 2 cm.; Photo.
B 1810 (Pl. 51, 2), No. 1. Made of one piece of wood. With bed. (Fig. 219.)
2. K 323: 1. Foot-stool; top, 59.8 X 20 cm.; h., 5.5 cm.; thickness of top, 1.8 cm.; Photo.
C 6431. Made of one piece. Parallel to side of bed.
3. K 1077:8. Foot-stool; top, 67.8 X 21 cm.; found in place alongside foot of bed on the
front (north) of bed. Made of one piece (damaged).
6. TABLE
One small table was found, but it was so utterly eaten by white ants that only a mold
of ant-burrows was left. This mold could be measured, but not moved. The table stood
at the foot of the grave about 40 cm. away from the bed. Between the bed and the table,
Fig. 219
a number of toilet articles (kohl-pot, scissors, hair-tweezers, knife, comb, etc.) lay on top
of pottery as if knocked off the table. I judge that the table was therefore a toilet-table,
but it may have been a model such as occurs in graves of the Middle Kingdom. The con-
struction could not be recovered.
1. K 317: 5a. Small toilet-table; decayed wood; top, ca. 53 X 44cm.; h., ca. 46 cm.; thick-
ness of top, 6 cm.; section of legs, ca. 8 X 8 cm.
7. HEADRESTS
Headrests have been found in Egyptian graves with more or lefes frequency in all
periods from Dynasty III to Saite times, and would probably have been more often re-
covered except for accidents of preservation. The most common material of which they
were made is wood, but in the Old Kingdom, stone was also frequently used. A classifica-
tion of the Egyptian types of headrests is to be found in Mr. Mackay’s report on the Kafr
Ammar cemeteries.1 Using Mr. Mackay’s descriptive terms as far as possible, I distinguish
the following main type's:
Type I. Column type with abacus.
Type II. Stem type without abacus.
Type III. Multiple stem type.
Type IV. Block type.
Type V. Branching type.
Type VI. Folding type.
1 Petrie and Mackay, Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar, and Shurafa, pp. 20-22, Pls. XVIII-XXI, hereafter called Mackay,
Kafr Ammar.
229
The examples were as follows:
1. K 1050:x. Foot-stool; top, 57.5 X 22.6 cm.; h., 6.6 cm.; thickness of top, 2 cm.; Photo.
B 1810 (Pl. 51, 2), No. 1. Made of one piece of wood. With bed. (Fig. 219.)
2. K 323: 1. Foot-stool; top, 59.8 X 20 cm.; h., 5.5 cm.; thickness of top, 1.8 cm.; Photo.
C 6431. Made of one piece. Parallel to side of bed.
3. K 1077:8. Foot-stool; top, 67.8 X 21 cm.; found in place alongside foot of bed on the
front (north) of bed. Made of one piece (damaged).
6. TABLE
One small table was found, but it was so utterly eaten by white ants that only a mold
of ant-burrows was left. This mold could be measured, but not moved. The table stood
at the foot of the grave about 40 cm. away from the bed. Between the bed and the table,
Fig. 219
a number of toilet articles (kohl-pot, scissors, hair-tweezers, knife, comb, etc.) lay on top
of pottery as if knocked off the table. I judge that the table was therefore a toilet-table,
but it may have been a model such as occurs in graves of the Middle Kingdom. The con-
struction could not be recovered.
1. K 317: 5a. Small toilet-table; decayed wood; top, ca. 53 X 44cm.; h., ca. 46 cm.; thick-
ness of top, 6 cm.; section of legs, ca. 8 X 8 cm.
7. HEADRESTS
Headrests have been found in Egyptian graves with more or lefes frequency in all
periods from Dynasty III to Saite times, and would probably have been more often re-
covered except for accidents of preservation. The most common material of which they
were made is wood, but in the Old Kingdom, stone was also frequently used. A classifica-
tion of the Egyptian types of headrests is to be found in Mr. Mackay’s report on the Kafr
Ammar cemeteries.1 Using Mr. Mackay’s descriptive terms as far as possible, I distinguish
the following main type's:
Type I. Column type with abacus.
Type II. Stem type without abacus.
Type III. Multiple stem type.
Type IV. Block type.
Type V. Branching type.
Type VI. Folding type.
1 Petrie and Mackay, Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar, and Shurafa, pp. 20-22, Pls. XVIII-XXI, hereafter called Mackay,
Kafr Ammar.