Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 VOLUME
September
1986
SEPTEMBER 1986
ABSTRACT
of
the
Institute series
of Archaeology of excavations
at at
and extensive
the
years
prepared vast
no detailed recovered
majority
collections
Europe,
America,
and Egypt.
In
this
Garstang's of is other
Abydos
excavations work at
are the
fully site. of
within part of
archaeological
the
a detailed at
corpus the
Abydos,
present
is
of Abydene
usage at
various
and
experimental
of
analysing
archaeological of
number
pottery
excavations.
111
TABLE OF CONTENTS
...........................................................
of Text of Plates
Figures
.................................................... .....................................................
Acknowledgements
Introduction
.......................................................
xi
Landmarks
Abydos Cemeteries
at Abydos ........................
..........................................
Cemetery the
: Toponyms for
Abydos Cemeteries
: The Tomb-Cards .............................................. : The Field : The Monthly Notebooks Reports ......................................... ......................................... .................................... Excavations .......................
Records of
the
iv
Jones
Correspondence Notes
.............................
30 31 31 32 33 36 41
Field
Published
of the Material
Committee
and Private
Collections
1909.......
64
68
CHAPTER 5: HORIZONTAL STRATIGRAPHY IN THE ABYDOS CEMETERIES 5.1 : The Orientation of Cemeteries ............................... Nuclear Development and Linear development : Linear of - the theories : Official : Patterns Limitations of Use in in the the Abydos Cemeteries site's excavators on Burial the ................. 86
5.2
90
91 92 94
Abydos Cemeteries
: The Use of the Cemetery at Abydos ........................... Importance the Origin of their : The Evolution of Tomb-Types at Abydos .......................
5.4.2 5.4.3
96 98
at Abydos ......................... : The Use of the Cemeteries the Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom -
CHAPTER 6: THE 'LATE OLD 6.1 6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.3.1 : Mortuary The 'Late :
KINGDOM' IN THE ABYDOS CEMETERIES as Archaeological Horizon Samples ............. Egypt....... 100 105 107 109 113
in Middle/Upper
The 'Late Old Kingdom' at Abydos ........................... : Excavations on the Eastern Ridge -
The 'Late Old Kingdom' at Abydos....................... : Evidence from the Garstang/Abydos Excavations : Peet's Cemetery 'E' ........................................ Old Kingdom' Tombs at Abydos....... Old Kingdom' Horizon ..............
...
: The Dating
the 'Late of
7.1
.........
127
7.2 7.3
Period........
129 137
Presence at Abydos ................. : Evidence for a Military Period in the Second Intermediate
143
List
of Abbreviations
..............................................
152
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.......................................................
153
164
169
187
vi
403
CONCORDANCE ........................................................
594
PLATES .............................................................
607
Vii
LIST OF TEXT-FIGURES
Page Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 1: Major landmarks in of the Abydos Cemeteries .................. 5 9 58 63 72 73 75 of Vessels...... 78 80 82 83
2: Excavations 3: Location 4: Location 5: Profiles 6: Centroid 7: Example 8: Cluster 9: Cluster 10: Cluster
1906,1907 1909
......................
of Vessels ...................................... and Angle of a Cyclical Analysis Analysis Analysis of of Location Curve .............................. .............................. Population Cups"
...................... ................
of the Vessels
Carinated
Vessels
...................................
viii
LIST OF PLATES
Plate Plate Plate Plate 1: The "Pot 2: Eastern Yard" Ridge the Expedition House at Abydos and Loat Shaft
of
of Ayrton Brick-Lined
3: Shaft-and-Chamber
Plate Plate
Plate Plate Plate
5: Statuettes 6: Shafts
7: Burial 8: Burial
of Tomb 18 A'06
in Tomb 24 A'06 in Tomb 30 A'06 ff.
15: Statuettes 16: Objects 17: Objects 18: Objects 19: Objects 20: Objects 21: Objects
from Tomb 329 A'07 from Tomb 342 A'07 from Tomb 344 A'07 from Tomb 371 A'07 from Tomb 345 A'07 from Tomb 385 A'07 from Tomb 352 A'07
ix
Plate Plate
Plate Plate Plate Plate
Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate Plate
34: Kerma Ware Beakers from Tomb 524 A'08 (? ) 35: Figures 36: "Chapel" 37: Objects from Tomb 527 A'08 533 A'08 from Tomb 694 A'08
38: Tomb 694 A'08 39: Objects from Tomb 747 A'09
40: Tomb 748 A'09 41: Tomb 859 A'09 42: Tomb 900 A'09 43: Tomb 938 A'09 44: Tomb 941-949 A'09 45: Objects from 941-949 A'09
46: Tomb 942 A'09 47: Objects from Tomb 941-949 A'09
48: Tomb 966 A'09 49: Objects 50: Objects 51: Objects from Tomb 980 A'09 from Tomb 971 A'09 from Tombs 1019 and 1112 A'09
52: Door of Tomb 1043 A'09 53: Objects 54: Objects 55: Scimitar from Tomb 1'143 A'09 from Tomb 1081 A'09 from 1907
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
this
kind,
the of help
number of to
people
is and
custodians for
objects,
colleagues
on particular helpful in
topics. giving
me access Mrs.
material, Petrie
I would
Museum, Royal
London;
Aldred
K.
Goring, P.
Kendal
Museum;
Mrs.
Gardner,
of Reading; Mr. B. J.
Prof.
J. S. Johnson, Dr.
of Cambridge; Metropolitan
of Birmingham;
H. de Meulenaere,
Gulbenkian Egypt
Exploration A.
London; Bolton
Tamworth Whitehouse,
Museum; Mrs.
Dr.
Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford.
Department course
at Liverpool
helped Eyre,
me
in
many
of my research; Prof.
Dr. K. A.
Kitchen
especially,
my supervisor
A. F. Shore.
debt
of
is
to far
my
wife, that
Dr.
Joyce even
Tyldesley,
beyond
traditionally
a Ph. D candidate.
xi
INTRODUCTION
Between Institute
the
years
1906
and at
1909 Liverpool,
Professor carried
John out a
Garstang, major
of series
the of were
of Abydos, like
published unearthed
the
have, the
attempt
as is the
1906-1909. to the
existing together
relate from
excavations, order to
objects and to
the of
recovered the
assemblages of the at at
findspots.
geography
work of
other
archaeologists activities
of Garstang's acts of
1909,
primary to be
catalogue proved
rather the
diverse listed
objects
condition,
clearest illustrate
circumstances there is
of excavation
often
material
has already
been studied
and, in
xii
part, cemetery
published.
The
1907
excavations doctoral
in
the thesis
Graeco-Roman (Abdallah between of Kemp from by available 34 Late and the Kemp in
tomb-register a quantity by
contained
Minoan Merrillees
studied the
(1980).
inscribed for
prepared
it
this
material regarding
would the
from possible
to compare
such
conclusions
as might has not
objects
data. conclusions be regarded
Unfortunately, regarding as
drawn the
present
author
should
provisional,
definitive
publication.
and the
with
them,
are and
archaeology of burials
anthropology, of
largest nature
deliberate - often
The very in
a group -
some aspects
form
many from
contexts in detail
a given
of object
studied
- works
too to
numerous
references. aspects of
A more 'total in
such as:
studies the
diachronic of in the
change 'economic
testing
climate'
burials
1973);
examination 1975).
political part
and thesis
spheres is
The second
intended
xiii
of
issues the
which quantity
arise
from
a study of this of
of
the
since as the
raw data
range
by the
author; other of
another and
would
problems in
approached
material
writer
would as a
be the
first account
the
of
complete
which
the
unrepresentative, it is
incorrect present
Given
constitutes record It
1906-1909.
censorious
by past
who began their pillaged systematic had time well been site
century Like
Peet,
one
the while
comments thesis:
equally
"It is, however, too late to adopt any such Utopian methods, and the Fund is compelled the humbler and more difficult to undertake How much task of saving as much as possible remains. of what from the pages of this volume. be apparent there is even now will If our work seems in places incoherent, the nature of the task we have undertaken be our excuse. " (Peet 1914, xiii) must
CHAPTER 1
at
between cliffs of of
which to
The
cultivated of
consists
which
building
This regime
summer
B. C. (Butzer
1977,526). which Asyut 65-70 are begin (Said million the legacy at the
part
the
1962, years of
limestone,
chalk
1977,525). the
(Abu al-Izz
because rock;
coin-shaped also to
be found Nag
At certain being
between fall
one)
the
back to tributaries
which
1934,23)
and which
with
deposits. These Pliocene Valley deposits = circa. was flooded were laid down at years the end of when sand of the the the and Tertiary submerged gravel. part to (i. e. Nile This of cut are gravel sands and 1934, from the years which 1977, 10,000 sand east and so
B. C. )
by an uplift retreat
allowed
Pliocene
1971,44). and
deposits
by spreads latest
of which
be the
which run
seem to
alluvium
Much of river
later the
during
result to the
North Butzer
(Butzer 15,000 -
a period
violent include
flooding white is
deposits
yellow to the
which
Egyptian of at harder
Various
semi-precious at
Abydos,
Pliocene debris
surface pebbles
includes a
containing
(Sandford
of
effect the
on the cliffs
location to the
and west
Since as at the
rock-tombs just
many other
cemeteries members of
below,
was not
less-wealthy
society Because
in
the
terraces
which
fronted to be of the
the dug
cemetery near
found
surface be the
collapse layers
and chambers
case in
geology
early
(1880; 1of of
'Necropole necropolis,
markedly being
rest
"sous-sol"
composed of
"melange de de sable et d'argile, qu'on appelle pierre calcaire, de la mollasse it fait defaut, rencontre, quand on le souvent y De la laisse facilement offre travailler. peu d'6paisseur et se d'autres d'amenagement des tombes. On commence a conditions pour funeraires des puits les trouver ont profonds, et monuments (Mariette divisions Ibid., trois souvent leurs au complet. " 40).
lenses
of
softer softer of
material pockets
were to seem to
be found have
even in been
the
readily with
tomb-chambers. that: -
Garstang
himself,
to 416 A'07,
"As was not uncommon, the chambers in hollowed a softer were than the rock above; in fact the depth of such stratum of gravel by the point determined tombs seems to have been largely at which 1913,108). found. " (Garstang a convenient soft stratum was An illuminating Merrillees of other 1980,10, shaft-tombs tomb is by Kemp (Kemp with cross-sections et al 1904,
section fig. in
of 37) the
reproduced
and
(e. g. Ayrton
Peet the
also
refers of
to
the
geological
make-up
of
the
region
affecting
siting
tombs: -
speaking soft rock in which the tombs are cut is strictly but a deposit at crumbles which in some parts not rock at all, broken the the touch, can be easily with and even when hardest " (Peet 1914, xv). pick. Weigall's forming blown top the 'Cemetery Abydos S', just
"The
situated
north
of
the
south
'bay', feet
sand about
three
fourteen since
inches
built-up gravel at
the Middle
compact rocks
continue to forty
down to feet"
underlying
a depth
(Ibid.
In
general
it
that
the
area
at
Abydos
consists
Pliocene to wadi, be
exposure is possibly
of
sands
seems
of an ancient river.
running
Eocene cliffs
down to
point is that
to the
note
the
topography to in
of
the this
Abydos thesis,
cardinal stated i. e.
"north
direction
orientational is usually
indicators referred
way is of the
excavators north is
1914,
xiv)
usage. following
40 degrees most
west
north. the
description
prominent
features
Local
IPG_ 1
North
<t
OB
NORTH CEMETERY
C F
CEMETERY
F97
NORTH
CEMETERY
A
EASTERN
100 m.
A= B= C= D= E= F= G= H= I= J= K= L= M=
Temple
Garstang's Petrie's Shunet Middle Western Funerary Funerary Funerary Coptic Osiris
Dig House ez-Zebib Fort Mastaba Palace Palace Palace Der Temple Enclosure of Djer of Merneith of Djet
Figure
1-
Major
Landmarks
of
the
Abydos Cemeteries
is
largely
based work
on on
reports of to
of
the
period of the
parts the
seems,
on present
vaguenesses
and problems
topography
context
of
the
cliffs to the
of east,
the
high
desert
to
the area
west at
this
has as its
I and Rameses II. temples running slope edge of peters forming is the
Between, South
to the
which the
terminates
This northern
plateau
on top
it,
away, the
the
slope falling
before
to
the
north
of
the
Middle
is
referred
to as the are
Wadi.
this
expedition of
subsequently
Egypt of the
(now in
Royal to the
which
presence of the
had a deal
development
Abydos
cemeteries.
end of
filled
with
water,
flanking
the
northern
southern
slope its
of
the
Great
the
northern
extent of
of the
Cemetery,
northern major
slope
southern
Cemetery. wall of of
eastern
terminus at least
- north
area is
North
north; last
northern landmark,
useful
which
seems to be these
(for
see point
1972);
Shunet
ez-Zebib, of
the
remains
others Petrie in
Courtiers" hick
excavations, tombs
some later
this
the
Apart
from
these
examples,
used landmarks pinpoint excavator's published Abydos questioned 1914, location xiv, the with
at Abydos are any work site degree within of their and plans
has and
provided
1869, The
p1.1, map
showing an
at Abydos,
1, represents
to
collate
the
sometimes is
tenuous
by in
which
summarised
be regarded locate
framework Before
excavations. other
excavators
section
is
of soon
the
work
of the
after,
Even in
more the to
the
landmarks
work of
excavators discussed
consists
enough work has been carried inclusion carried are in any account out within of the
South
Cemetery at and
major
excavations
Abydos. on the
Excavations Rom
es-Sultan
likewise
excluded
following
consideration.
1.3.1
That thesis,
part
of
the
which Cemetery
is, has
for also
the
sake
of
this the
referred
been
called
"Necropole
du Centre"
(Mariette
1880,40ff.
) and the
"South
Cemetery"
tb
i
Excavations in the Ab dos Cemeteries
10
Key to Figure
1=
Egypt
Exploration the
Dig House,
with
the
"Well
and
Dog
Hypogeum" to
2=
3= 4= 5= 6= 7= 8=
Frankfort
Amelineau Frankfort
excavations
excavations '6' and
excavations Peet Cemetery 'E' Cemetery and Loat Cemetery 'T' 'G' Cemetery 'F'
9=
10 = Neferhotep Stela (Mace and RandallMacIver 11 = Mace and Randall Maclver Cemetery 'D'
'0', 'W', 15 = Peet Cemeteries 16 = Currelly Cemetery 'w' 17 = Currelly 18 = Currelly 19 = Peet Cemetery Cemetery 'Y' 'm' `V'
'Z' and
Cemetery
'3' 'L',
'4',
'N' and
"es-Zein"
'1'
excavations Courtiers"
"Tombs of
the
excavations
11
(Peet
the
latter
the
Eastern dealt
Ridge with
which as
is such
probably below.
and is in the
following
"On the south side of the great valley which leads up to desert Royal Tombs, a spur forward the between of runs Temenos of Osiris and the great temples of the XIXth Dynasty. for half back, about of this hill, surface whole a mile 1902,34). honeycombed with tombs. " (Petrie "Necropole
his
the
(Mariette greatest
1880,40
du Centre", part of
Cemetery; of a
slopes
adapted much
Mariette, west
the. latter
Moreover, 1980,287),
as Kemp and Merrillees the to plan of Abydos which trusted, the site
have
Mariette's and a
probably
not
Mariette
deputy
regarding Although
actual
Mariette
regarded area, it
area
on the
map as one self-contained of material at least which some of may of Mariette this
reports
cemetery) Eastern
on the reis
Ridge.
The latter
have the
employed (or It is
Mariette not.
surveyor its
that,
whatever du
proportion
"Necropole
Centre"
excavated
12
Mariette's "Necropole
men,
most
of
their
efforts
being
concentrated
on
the
du Nord".
Petrie's edge of
'G'
(6 on fig.
2) is
situated old
the
northern
Cemetery (Petrie
area workforce
to employ needed
various
were not of
major in also
work in the
the
Cenotaph
Senwosret 1).
Royal to
el-Qa'ab order to
Cemetery
seems
supervision it also
behind Abydos
huts"
systematic Petrie
remarks, ). Following
Mariette's Kemp
by Petrie, of
south plan of
and south
Shunet
on their This it
Cemetery
1980,
has been followed that extent northern Great no attempt of the extent
present
writer,
base of
southern
Wadi (Ayrton
1904,6). siting to Peet's of Cemetery Cemetery 'E' to 'G' seem S (7 on south to fig. of be 2). the quite This dry
regard
on the
the
13
divides (Peet of of east Peet's of the the the
the
into
also fig.
shown l) as
the Middle
(Ibid., possible
sketch-map eastern
of
space
on the of
Middle it would
the
the
Rameses II to the
literally,
Cemetery
close
corner position
a considerable 'E'
distance
away from
definitely
as far
the Middle
Cemetery
cultivation 40),
back a
desert
Royal
published at the
pl. 16,2)
shows This
burials
being
excavated
in
in
an area These
to
as were
Hypogeum" for
looking the
"near
1914, on the
1 - i. e. map of refers
southern
expedition
house).
position
only
(Peet excavated
the
work of
Amelineau
14
"Aupweth" of it, (1899,14-23, that in of Minmose both of "6" on his frontispiece "5" is on the
map)
and,
to
(Ibid., these
map):
the
area
which
labelled (which in
as an adjunct purpose of
Cemetery stone
special
recovering
inscribed
behind
by a previous
excavator"
(Garstang
1901,21,
Frankfort of the
a dozen bigger
between
the
excavated
Garstang tombs
Peet. " (Frankfort and in the general south marked the as of 2 area the on
Middle
north
figure
"partly
the
Peet's
rather
was in been
Cemetery): in the
last-named 4 on figure
approximately
of
Also are
probably
to
in
the '4'
of
of
the
Middle in of
Randall-Maclver's
mile to
"Temple
of Osiris"
Tombs at notes
Predynastic that: -
cemeteries
by Ayrton
and Loat
who state
15
"These
diggings tentative graves are the result of among a opened graves which occupy two slightly number of already raised the spits of land about half a mile to the south-east early of Royal Tombs. They are perhaps connected with that great cemetery further crept towards the which seems to have gradually west in the Und Dynasty, in the site was abandoned, apparently until favour the land. " on the edge of of the necropolis cultivated (Ayrton and Loat 1911,2). both
location to
of
these
excavations
is
uncertain, extension
but of
they the
be placed
somewhere near
to a southern
Middle
Cemetery.
1.3.2
One of
areas with
at Abydos regard it as to
is
the Eastern
Ridge
the Middle
Cemetery. of the
while
map of
distinguishing ascribe to du that Possibly absence map of certainly the the site, (see the from
by the of the
the
"Neecropole as
(labelled said
Ridge due to
of Mariette's inaccuracies in
report the
independent
Mariette's differentiate
Peet
does Ridge,
Cemetery his
Eastern
showing
Cemetery",
on
the
16
R by
eastern
overlooking way of
the
his
cemeteries Ridge is
identifying of the
positions
of
the
of the with
Temple
plan
fact
village
(Kemp 1975,34).
After until it
Mariette's
(probable) to
ridge,
it
was
left
fallow
investigation mentioned in
As Garstang
Abydos the
Excavations
Committee,
season
Loat,
Cemetery
Cemetery
as a brief of the
(Ayrton better
concerning
now housed of
in the been
Archives
mainly these
tomb-cards missing
season
Ayrton's
death
records
documented
Garstang the
information
about
topography
17
cemeteries:
"To the north of the Temple Rameses lies of ridge a long found to contain between two roads which Mariette the tombs of Old and Middle Kingdoms. The extreme eastern this ridge edge of to the cultivation, had never and apparently slopes down abruptly We therefore began our work here, been. excavated. and, starting for the most part to the south, opened some three hundred graves, XIIth with a few of the of the Vth and VIth Dynasties, and " (Ayrton XVIIIth. aid Loat 1909,2) 'F' "situated as and fifty
Loat ground
Cemetery hundred
piece of 'F'
of the were
" (Loat
1923,161).
Cemetery has as
already 2
p1.29);
plate
Garstang's 'R'
excavations,
the
ridge
in
1912-13 fig.
as 2),
Cemetery in the
(9 on fig.
2) and Peet's
Cemetery
(8 on
described
following
terms: falls the ground length, metres in latter being the had The place as it did so close
"On the extreme the of edge cultivation sharply, and it is this steep slope, about 200 R and T, the which we marked with the letters more southerly and R the more northerly. portion been to some extent lying by natives, attacked land. " (Peet 1914,76) to their
Peet here,
also
refers that
to
the
and,
that
and
saying
the
latter
worked
tombs
finish
productive
the
last
on
the
Ridge
before
it there It
who carried in
at Abydos)
season
18
to by him as "the above the between the over path
high
ground the
on
the
very
edge lying
of
the
which
skirts
cultivation"
"about and
Government
rest-house work"
from Mariette's
"Necropole Mariette
eastern on the
half east
of
the
Cemetery. Temple
by the
Enclosure
the
Shunet was
southern
boundary of
probably "Necropole
limits between
the
would Der;
seem to Peet's
be roughly statement
the
Great
Wadi
southern
part
Cemetery 1914,30)
had, the
untouched, work. du the by Nord" north-east Amelineau's north-west for place corner the the of The is
northern corner
Mariette's
of
the
"Necropole it on
places be from
ez-Zebib; ridge
justified here to
illustration corner of
running would
the
which and
make a neat
boundary
Kemp
Nord" the
Cemetery corner.
Shunet
19
of Peet's
Cemetery since it
'S'
(Peet
1914, part of
xiv, the
30-47) northern in
be of
included which
'Funerary the
of Merneith,
planned ez-Zebib) of
(Petrie
an area
approximately
(Peet area in
shown as 21 on figure to the Shunet not on 15 of 'W' far fig. on the ez-Zebib to 2).
by Peet southern in a
the He figure
Peet's Great
(between
Cemetery (lying
Cemetery of the
just
west
of Peet's
Cemetery in
Shunet of the
excavators include
vicinity
ez-Zebib
Amelineau
on frontispiece out
map of Amelineau a large clearance rectangle and the the to in area the
20 on fig. of
the Tombs of
Courtiers
Ibid.
dotted ez-Zebib
Middle
north
of
the
"Necropole
du Nord" the 15
intensively Kom es-Sultan the to 1913, nearby the xi; the of the
mound to of
labelled expedition
More the
recently, area
Pennsylvania/Yale
20
"Necropole Temple
du Nord",
close
to
the
western
of
the 1969).
Osiris
Enclosure
(27 on fig.
2 - see O'Connor,
1968;
To the
south-west 2).
of
the
Shunet
ez-Zebib
lay
Mace and Randall-Maclver 250 yards Garstang in north area, long, himself between
(1902,63) their
of about es-Zebib.
describes on the
Cemetery south
or ten off
acres
bounded
by [the
on the also
by the
Shuna,
Garstang
published
1980,287) wrong.
information
provided
Mace and Randall-Maclver's its excavators of the as being 500 yards Ibid. during Boundary in
'D'
2) is from the
described the
by
ez-Zebib
cemetery
not
p. 91).
work
Amelineau
area
frontispiece-map 2.
of Amelineau
labelled
figure
Between 'E',
Cemetery Wadi,
'D'
and
Garstang's areas
and the
21
'C' 'X' (Peet 61), these
by Peet.
of ,
Peet's Peet's
Cemetery Cemetery
Peet's
Cemetery 'F'
(Ibid., of
The probable 2.
positions
labelled
13 on figure
the
Shunet
ez-Zebib
and the
Middle (Ibid.,
Peet
carried
soundings. to the
Cemetery of the
'A'
Cemetery Currelly
also
mentions north
carried from
excavations (Ayrton
Shuneh,
cemetery from
west
there" worked
1904,7). an area
westwards,
over in
which
by
antiquity, 1904,8,
et al
pl. VIII).
This
seems to have been excavated of others a part of his work of the in Cemeteries later
the
Dynasties to
ground
slightly 1902,55).
North
also 'w' -
the
walls
of
the
Shunet Fort,
ez-Zebib, Currelly's
Currelly's Cemetery
17 on figure
(Ayrton
pl. VIII).
to
the
north labelled
are
Peet's
Cemeteries
'K',
'L', Cemetery of
and
(Peet (24 on
54),
2. Peet's north
Coptic
(Peet in a
1914,
Amelineau's
excavations
22
region
which
he
called
"es-Zein"
(23
on
fig.
2),
not
far
to
the
north-east
of Coptic
Der (Amelineau
1899,24
& 32-33).
FOR THE ABYDOS CEMETERIES 1.4 TOPONYMS The main toponym (Gauthier name of 1925,3; the Thinite used Montet to designate 1961,102), the town in of the Abydos New was 3bdw the site term
although
Kingdom the a
for been
and later
as the to
1967,64-65), identified
while as jaw $r
the
by Mariette
(1869,44,35).
For more narrowly-defined especially chief a brief derived the cemeteries of evidence of of in
for
areas
and the is be
we are stelae
sources
are
there. toponyms
regarding Kingdom.
which
sight
these
stelae places
seem to in the
provide
a good
number but
of a
names major
these
place-names created be to
genuine
toponyms. from
are cited
topography
out
during
religious
festivals
23
place
to on the these is
stela
probably the
Pcr,
occurs
mysteries in
Abydos the
how limited
(Montet believed
following
which
contained III,
regarded, Osiris. as the being Period cultivated the of the Umm the Tomb
least
of Amenhotep the
this
dated
Second that
Intermediate
(Leahy plain
Montet
(Ibid.
el-Qa'ab
Leahy -
r -Pkr
was an area
to the
leading
to
Another to refer
major to of
of
toponyms
found
Kingdom Cemetery.
translated 1974).
a single
a series slope of
small North
each on a flattened
Simpson
(1974,10)
seems to believe
24
thought [local]
of as the of the
slope Osiris
up
the
North
west
other
named w'rt
of great w'rt
renown; nbt
df3w,
distinction refers
1914;.z 5) therefore it is
would that
states
to describe of
Terrace district as in
validity at Abydos
Cemetery) the
more to erector
their of
religious
expections
offering-chapel
genuine
place-names.
25
CHAPTER 2
2.1 DOCUMENTATION
that by no ever
the
results as
of
his
"Thousand ever
volume
archives
executor
(O. R. Gurney,
No records remained
on of the
possession are
following by the
of documentary in trying to
give
an account account
Garstang/Abydos
excavations
(a brief
these
1980,107-108).
2.1.1
THE PLAN OF THE SITE two other great cemetery a plan sites showing (Beni the Hassan and Esna) position features published in of the Garstang the tombs
For his
relationship Hassan
along
26
of Garstang's area explored (Garstang II, individual
account of the
excavations is given in
there plate of
1907'1. while a
sketch-map of the
plan is
and the
positions
graves time.,
Esna a plan of
which
(Downes 1974,
documentary on to
these
plans
cemeteries 3).
archaeological
expeditions
below,
Chapter
these
compiled
Jones, together
on the
nature
drawings documentation
was the
have formed
natural
starting-point
Downes used the Esna tomb-cards account is notes of those excavations of Jones' location
tomb-cards of a proportion
site,
we
do of
know the
that
these
discussion
he used the
tomb-card
the
27
in the
a list grave
of
its
contents
(Emery
1923,34), to was
(694 A'08)
available tomb-cards
the
time to the
(Ibid., present
33).
Unfortunately as they
none of have
author
completely
disappeared
1980,108).
2.1.3
THE FIELD NOTEBOOKS real written is the record found in of the excavation of Garstang's as it field proceeded notebooks for on a
basis in
those
which
archives
of the
contents
Garstang
1913,107). to
- only
those
1906 (1 A'06 at
the
after
the
(300 A'07
the the
assessment
bakshish),
and
photographs
1907 season. is
Garstang's torn
notebook
the
1908 season of a
contents
small - these of
number entries
600-699
written
German and are containing and provides The notebook near-illegible excavation record of a list
presumably of the
photographs
taken
on objects written to in
various in their
pencil in
deteriorate notebook
1906
there of
the
ground
some cases,
By 1909 there
often
28
little brief, of
more than
very
not
to
say
non-existant, and nothing object. graves and notes a list has of else,
entries
where a of
page after
page consists
tomb-numbers of the
or perhaps amount be
occasional
by Garstang the
there,
objects gleaned
which
been
2.1.4
provided
reports
which
sent
Committee. at the
months
February, 1. None of
These the is
particularly is
as
However, the
postcards of half
a series
progress first
the
Garstang's
activities
large
proportion
of
these
reports
of in
Garstang
workmen in finding,
February
Descriptions also
object in
or individual
pieces,
large,
couched
29
(designed, backers). and are
general reading
of for
terms his of
one
suspects, these
to
information Garstang's
value
source
activities
at Abydos.
2.1.5
By far
documentation the in
Garstang
housed or of which
S. A. O. S. (although Garstang
photography sought
Egyptologists use of to
undoubtably is referred
successful in his
photography the E. E. F.
field
report
committee
on his
own work at
Abydos
1909-1910
season: -
"A large number of successful were taken, and even photographs better but could have been obtained expense results and at less Some for the deplorable the photographic condition apparatus. of before department be necessary next slight expense in this will by in order to enable us to keep up to the set season standard in Egypt. " (Peet 1910). our competitors and fellow-excavators unPv+Is Garstang of conditions. successfully At Beni produced Hassan these negatives under in the most the trying tombs: -
they
were developed
one of
"An underground from by a sloping room, approached passage an boy, chamber, served as a dark-room, adjoining and there an Arab " Mahmoud abd el-Gelel. developed than a thousand negatives. more (Garstang 1907: 1,25). His photographs are have useful in a twofold to usefulness. locate of of the First, particular of his areas some of objects site in the are
photographs which
helping
excavation excavated
individual
30
invaluable without of the in their identifying original
which
are
now
widely the
That
many of is
better-looking
fortunate
(1980,108)
backers
further which
rather to
such as
pottery,
be retained
by Liverpool.
2.1.6
reports
each of the
seasons
Exceptions
(i) for
A brief
Fund
Archaeological of the
Woman" (tomb
1907).
from tomb 416 A'07
discussion
A general the
description
of
the
worked short of
found
1909 season
(Garstang
1909). by the
best
published
documentation
excavator
at Abydos. into this category of documentation from the falls Emery's (Emery publication 1923). of
two major
'Nubian'
graves
1908 season
2.1.7
THE HAROLD JONES CORRESPONDENCE Library by Harold covers of Wales at Aberystwyth Jones the from Egypt from has in family its in holdings Wales. to work the This for
to his arrival
correspondence
period
his
in Egypt
31
by in
at Beni
Hassan at
the
beginning in order
of
1905,
until for
May
time
Garstang Some of
to work
Valley the
the
letters which
include Jones
about with
during
and
Garstang
2.1.8
pot-types
occurrences
1909 season. sheet in bearing 1909. with a list of various in the objects, first part noting of the the tomb 1909 the measurements of a number of skulls
A cardboard
sheet
came, mostly
excavated
season. (v) A'09, A cardboard with sheet bearing a sketch-plan various entry of points for this the tomb-complex in the 941-949
between
construction
(reproduced
tomb-register
group).
2.1.9
OTHER PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED SOURCES short accounts or in the popular exhibitions journals, press of and 1979 for from the written the at finds, the time short of Radwan
excavations in various of
subsequent archaeological
publications mirrors,
classes metal
vessels)
Garstang/Abydos to relevant
These are
insubstantial to at
a full
bibliography
32
in
in
the via
text
and
the
material, is
members of below
Committee, concerned.
separately
The examples archaeological most massive most expedient recorded interpretation But the
from of
are
once the
tangible
or surface at least,
survey.
Once completely to an
they
inessential
examination. important This where of the is the site) when thorough the record case (the
objects of
excavations a to plan
In an attempt the
present from
recovered
numbered
tomb-group
Abydos,
1907) this
However,
problem
excavated
by Garstang a variety of
has suffered
largely
Abydos excavations
were organised
and funded.
33
2.2.1 THE DISPERSAL OF THE MATERIAL major post-excavation The ceramic 'pot-yard' he felt it loss sheer material in the of information of see of and objects excavated pl. Abydos 1, for took by the
amount courtyard
meant that
necessary which or
trouble well
packing
objects material
might, This
to his Abydos
backers. in several
caches,
precedent One of
archaeology of pottery
(see
Newberry 1967 by
Pennsylvania-Yale on the
expedition site
of Garstang's of these
A proportion
vessels the
were drawn
by Mr
he was working
expedition, number It of
and he has kindly illustrations likely time to that time pers. in other
allowed the
present
on his objects
caches
have been to
people
and sold
(Kemp, strongly
Garstang's
monthly
January some of
re-burial
Greek/Coptic "There
found
season: -
in 200 of these all more than stelae, which contain necessarily a large number of duplicates and relatively As more than 150 will fall I to our lot, poor specimens. probably the should be very glad of advice as to requirements of our in this regard. The cost of heavy transport committee this of if I would be considerable material them all. we transported should propose to bring a selection of about 100 or 80 - but what " to do with the rest! As
this
quotation
implies,
one
of
Garstang's
major
aims
when
34
was to for
satisfy
for
he
a as the
of wealthy as a
when,
prosperous
which
finance
(Garstang was to
A body which
known
"Abydos
was to finance
Garstang's of
the
small-scale
explorations
funded of
year's First
Esna/
Abydos'
&
see Annual
Report
1906-7,4 Report of
and Annual
Abydos
similar Garstang's
necessary as the
"Edfu
Excavavations excavations at
Garstang's
certain the
sum objects
shareholders in the
receive
excavated This is
of each season. causes after what of the each the difficulty had in been might private tracing divided, do with material there his
one of
basic for, on
excavated
by Garstang
objects
shareholder wealthy
shareholders
were
individuals;
35
the most common occurrence to be sold through in part on his the death,
has ensuring
been
for
an
individual's dispersal might death. Archaeology all or seem Rankin, of from the the of be A
a widespread a collection
saleroom. or (patrons
given
on the Institute
owners of
of Liverpool) to the
seem to have donated These benefactors Johnston, not Mond, members shares (Annual Garstang, an, these by the
their
share
to have included and Smith. Committee 1905-1906 1905-6,13), to the objects Except at that
Brunner,
were put
their
season while
disposal Annual
Report referring
from
the
1908 season,
recorded
"Important from series of objects educational been secured for the purposes of the Institute benefactors" of certain The "benefactors" included Johnston is
season s. v. .
are
definitely
known
to
have
who were members of as has been possible objects acquired are in also to
the
Committee" location of
to Garstang's
second
season from
objects
diggings the
The reader
'Concordance' in various
thesis,
where
material
museums are
36
2.2.2
of Hackney acquired
subscribed by her
for
the
second absorbed
of
were at
Sotheby's
on 13th-17th Museum of
1921. New
the Metropolitan
Art,
(see
'Concordance').
Ralph the
for
every fell at
season. lot in
It
is
vast
which
(Brocklebank of various
mentions
from small
"four
- mostly
Garstang's
100).
marked catalogue
refers
to them being
Sir for
Bart.
for
every
Abydos is donated
collection
objects
Institute Brunner
only
son
(dated
29/6/70)
suggests
of Egyptian
antiquities
accumulated
father.
Jean Capart
subscribed at
for
the
on behalf
of have
the been
Brussels.
seems to
37
Sir
Francis
for
every from
season.
to 1976
collection 1978). is
County
archive
Department copies of
include to
the
surviving Abydos
reports
by Garstang postcards
the
Excavations as a personal
as a number of
which
to Danson.
Danson also
from Abydos
to Sedbergh
School
now missing.
Theodore season.
subscribed collection
to
the is in
second
Esna season
and for
the
objects but
were to
records
a few of
letter also
from
Garstang that
and the
August objects
S. A. O. S. suggests to the
by Davis stela',
Institute while to
(these box of
Liv. E. 30)
by Dr.
Dr.
H. O. Forbes Public
subscribed
to
the
second
on behalf
of
the were
Liverpool not
objects
collection now in
which the
destroyed
during
Second World
War
National
38
Museums on Merseyside.
William but
did
not to
actually
subscribe
to
the
acted
the
Committee.
He received found
objects, National
some of which
eventually
Museums on Merseyside.
Jesse
Haworth
subscribed with
to
second
Esna season.
Abydos
objects
received
by him along
Esna material
were donated
to Manchester
Museum.
Johnston
subscribed
for
every
season,
except of
for
1909.
He was a
of Bromborough,
Cheshire
Liverpool
still the
collections fell
which
for
the
1909
season. also to
He with the
worked the
He donated
Ashmolean
W. H. Lever
to
the
His
share went
was to
to 'Lady (Kemp
Port Lever it
1922 it
Gallery', Later
(1931)
on loan
to Bolton, there
writing,
although
a few (7)
objects
39 Museums on Merseyside.
in the National
for in of fell
all June
the
Abydos
seasons. sale on
His
large
1922.
The
catalogue objects objects to in, the whose trustees to other in below). and and
gives
useful to his
are
objects
Henry
College,
objects
collections
passed
of Tamworth. collections
from
the
MacGregor
now in Tamworth
Castle
Museum.
Robert
Mond
subscribed objects
for
the
1909 of his
of
his
were part
Museum. at
he donated Report
a number of 1913,10)'.
Institute
Liverpool
Frederick in March
Price
his
trustees and of
1908 end
mentioned 1908).
very
sold
at do are
The entries
objects but
content However,
to refer since
"Abydos", pieces
Abydos". run in a
numbers
40
immediately the that catalogue these follows of
series
which in doubt
those his
of
the
Garstang/Abydos (5024-5027)
published little
collection
objects
derive
Other source,
catalogue Hilton
because
they as
none is the
dated
earlier at this
Some objects
now in
Scottish
subscribed
for
the
every
Abydos on,
season, in part
except at least,
for to to
1909. the
Liverpool Museum in
Institute, 1923.
objects
were
donated
Kendal
subscribed
for
every
Abydos
season. present
No details writer.
about
received
by him are
known by the
the his
brother
of J. H. Rea, subscribed were presented material 310 A'07 that brother, was which some to the
for
every British
antiquities Other
1920.
disposed was of
of
even to Rea's
presented Russell in
British
Museum in objects
seems
Egyptian the at
on to his Rea,
1938
former's the
younger
A. L.
deposited at
Archaeology
some objects,
collection,
Garstang/Abydos Nicholson
were distributed
Royal
41
Museum, Collection' identifiable bronze Scottish University is in Sydney. records from 'Rea
of the
A of
valuation the
of
part the
of only bowls"
the
S. A. O. S;
as coming mirrors",
"10 earthenware
Egyptian
and the
of Amenysonb (now in
Royal
Museum).
subscribed
for
the from
collection at at
of
objects and by in
to him (mainly in
excavations
Abydos Liverpool
the
Institute
widow.
by a card of
which objects.
is
useful
identifying
many of
2.2.3
Objects
in
Public
and Private
Collections
collection in the
of
objects
from
Abydos of
is
that
which (now
was the
Liverpool
intact; is well
a process -
circular
letter:
of Archaeology,
April
Dear Sir,
29th,
1920.
The Institute is about to dispose by sale of Archaeology duplicate from its number Egyptian of a certain objects of These consist Collections. from predynastic mainly of material Naqada and Hierakonpolis; XIIth dynasty from Beni Hasan; objects & XVIIIth from Abydos and later XIIth from Esna. It stuff occurs is a good one either to us that the opportunity for a large
42
fill gaps; or for a smaller these important periods. truly
museum
to
obtain
Even more unfortunately, in the writer further that result with buried at this way has been located remain likely
list
for
uncertain.
A circularised
produced some of of
It
also
may local
a lack
knowledge
on the
museums might be
archaeological
which
away in
did include
sell Bolton
objects, Gallery;
and the
Dublin;
Glasgow
Archaeology,
University
Reading;
Metropolitan
of
the the
excavated division
material seems to
individual
tomb-groups
together. to over
pieces, (with
the
museum
possibly which
registered -
the Northwick
Park Collection
A'08),
and
43
is of
access able to
to
this
necessarily information
limited, through of
present written
was and
gain in
the
'Journal
d'Entree'.
objects
by Cairo
1907 season
has survived
documentation
in Liverpool.
the
good
of
Harold
Jones
number
of
Egyptian by
including
the Abydos
Liverpool
Institute
are 1911, by by
Carmarthen antiquities
Museum which
Evans
A small himself
death,
presented
to Carmarthen
sister.
pieces
were retained
by the the of
excavator
himself.
known to have come from The largest number Collection Board 1923.
of Egyptian
Antiquities"
of Theological collection of
affiliated in the
University"
This consists
114 objects,
.f
mainly
ceramic
be a mixed none is
group
of
objects as
from coming
excavations,
Abydos
or
Abydos", is
this the
means the
'el-Arabah' are
unclear. or piece
sufficiently with
detailed any
distinctive
identification
44
in
the
For in
present in
objects further
a profitable future,
adding is
detail unlikely of
tomb-register
extremely
thus
obtained
Other
private
collection in
(mainly 1949,
which
Canada, question of
from
Garstang's was in
private fact
collection, accumulated
how
material despite
by Garstang present
remains writer.
somewhat
clouded,
a number of
enquiries
by the
It stolen
that in
the
objects preserved
at
Abydos of
were the to
1909. to this of
S. A. O. S. which Garstang
on 17/5/1910) four
others
to Peet while if
27/5/1910),
seems the
problems stolen,
of
is
Garstang
"The case broke down, owing fact in that full been bags to have what seems statement in the court two scarabs to reduced itself (Letter to Peet).
to
this
chapter,
it
should
be noted
that
often this
of exceptional
objects
excavated at
by him.
excavated
Hierakonpolis,
'Hyksos
45
from
Abydos.
are electro-type
readily copies In of in
prototypes. pieces
this
context
seemingly A'09
excessive for
number of which
gold the
jewellery S. A. O. S. (ex-Danson
941-949 via
examples
exist
(obtained Collection).
Smith)
National
Museums on Merseyside
46
CHAPTER 3
GARSTANG'S ACTIVITIES
AT ABYDOS, 1906-1909
3.1 Garstang's
archaeological
activities
prior
to
1906
was
born
in
1876
in
Blackburn, and at
He
was
Blackburn
Oxford, 1899 he at
Before
graduating
archaeology, namely
and began research Ribchester (Garstang (Garstang an interest of the his Victoria
in Britain,
1901: 1),
(Anderson of Britain
He always contributed
account to
native
Prehistoric (Garstang
Anglo-Saxon
County
first
visit
to Egypt 1899,
was in
the
winter away
in October 1906,25).
he was
"called
went
to excavate
although of digging
was spent
working
on the
cemeteries 1906. It
leading season
47
archaeologists Petrie's
who worked
in
Egypt
at
that
time,
by
approach
to archaeological reports
fieldwork.
out
up after
season
in Egypt: -
"The object to should be to uncover only, of excavation and not for every stone had its disturb, by its is purpose, and it " in situ alone that such purpose can now be ascertained. position (Garstang 1901: 1,98)
"The providing for study, is still to be available of material... Excavation is to be regarded as the duty of the investigator. a Those its methods must be systematised. principles science, and in Egypt, Professor has pioneered Petrie cannot of research which be too soon adopted in our own country. The uncovering ruins of is foundations part a small or the disentangling of confused 1900: 1,112) labours. " (Garstang merely of the excavator's
Garstang recording
was to
lapse
in
his but
devotion his
to
worthy in of
energetic
Valley
over talents:
years
were ample
a particular
"He was above all a pioneer with the good site, and an organiser 1956,6) finance. " (Fairman
an amazing a with
In
the
season Account,
1900-1901 excavating
Garstang just In
for
the
Egyptian
Research Belt
Khallaf the at
1903).
following at
progress,
working
on the
the
Egypt,
Account,
MacGregor,
Brocklebank, Evans.
the Ashmolean
Museum) Arthur
48
season's
was dedicated
to Mr.
John
Rankin,
of Garstang's
subsequent
in Egypt.
the
success
of his
at
Reqaqna,
necropolis
one
of
his
Kennard. 1907: 1)
excavations
at Beni
(Garstang
to Mr.
and Mrs.
F. C. Danson,
important
patrons
Abydos
excavations.
In artist, 1986).
the
second E. Harold
season Jones
at
Beni
by a see to
(for
material
Like
had first
gone
because in well
of his
health
convalescing for of
archaeology. as carrying
He worked out
several recording,
most of actual
supervised
much of
the
excavating.
In
the
season but
1904-5 also In
Garstang
and
worked
mainly el-Kilh,
at
Hierakonpolis, Edfu at
surveys
of Dakke, of
seasons
main centre
work
49
(Downes activities for the
1974). in the
The field
fullest during
of article
"Annales
1907: 2).
although that
by him in
he neglected
mention
excavate
1906, from
Garstang his of
sent
monthly report
to
his
This
now in
archives In it
at Liverpool. to Nubia,
mentions at to
at Esna, but he
sites half
finding The
spot he
to excavate had in
season.
which Nagada,
"where early M.
then
worked that
saying
Maspero's
at Abydos, season"
I don't
to work
this
(Postcard
to Danson,
1906).
50
of
1906
12th saying
March
1906,
Jones
wrote
to his
family;
"I
had want By
a to the the
we have the Abydos concession Garstang (April lost 1906) at Esna, no time he while had
so Garstang
there
soon". month
in moving left
on to Abydos. to
complete
operations At the
he went to reported
preliminary
work
for has granted Egyptian a my application government believe I the Abydos; which remains to excavate at concession in the country, best among the best sites and has been available I (I am told) desired by other start expeditions. very much in to for Balliana a put town for Abydos, the postal tomorrow to before bringing a season there if possible our month's work " (Postcard to Danson, 24/3/1906). close. "The
home of Abydos.
2/4/06
refers
to the carried
fact out
that
Garstang
had
Here Garstang
tentative notebook a
by Garstang emphasises
at Abydos; the
Jones, the
meanwhile, following
work dated
extract
17th
1906:
for here "Weigall, two Antiquities the Inspector-General was of days a short time ago he came to of our make a division Garstang being in Abydos I had to do the honours" antiquities. That is In Garstang intended in Jones' about Abydos Esna. Abydos it is
to next
seasons
at from at Abydos
21/4/06), to be
his
plan
because necessary
the
chances
are
of our house".
digging
3 years
to make a decent
51
the the
necropolis
of
Shunet
el-Zebib"
limits
are marked
on figures of the
Cemetery
and a portion
Middle
Garstang of The
area
tomb-groups
of
to this
Abydos cemetery
unexcavated by
'E'.
Garstang is
on the here".
edge of
the
completely
tombs
and
of E. 39. which
Further
evidence situated
in Negative edge of
southern
provides which
useful
tombs,
tombs from
provided of
by Garstang It in is
"Location" did
sections not
noticable
to within,
'E', east
52
3.3 The Excavations
of
1907
position
at
Liverpool of
had been consolidated the Methods his retirement and and Practice in
by
Professor until
a chair year
he held
1941.
of
survey
Minor"
(Fairman interests"
archaeological at
Almost Meroe)
Abydos
(and,
intended in
due to
experienced true
to excavate as his
was certainly
Turkish
had been cancelled The circular 1907 ends with site Garstang was of the the in
worsening
political
situation.
Committee application
(Report
shift to in and
Egypt
after
World British in
excavations Jerusalem,
Levant, founding
School
Ankara.
December tombs in
wrote the
from
Luxor,
where Davies,
he
was
Theodore middle of
he planned before
to
leave
Abydos
December
Garstang
comes out".
(2/1/07)
Jones
to his
parents: and George building and excavating days Garstang expecting and his 10 been coming out. We have here
"Here I am busy with Trefusis and in the next four or five brother is who I understand
53
" is the artist of Walter the S. George, New Kingdom during full-time Hon. R. H. the who had come temples and to seems he later that Abydos to to have worked year,
architecture assisted
Garstang
1907 season; at
assistant
Abydos
Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
1980,105
n. 276).
time
Jones
wrote
1907
Garstang Berges of of
at Abydos,
bringing
to this,
work
finding "I started digging few days ago with 80 men and started a been as busy I have day and ever as the first things since finish helping to the work, Garstang and the others at possible the house" The house which Exploration Jones mentions, House" "Beit and el-Sahara" on the is site located (later of the the Egypt present 1, as
headquarters), which
on figure Garstang's
native
workforce. More details letter following work which the site, written on the by start to from of excavation Garstang that letter on at Abydos the gives before which 2nd a is of good provided January. idea of in a The the at in
Jones extract
Garstang's were
arrival encountered
carrying
"We started work on January Ist with 75 men all told and cleaned North Shuneh the of up the wall of the fortress you mentioned finding it return near the Coptic Cemetery with panelled walls I began to be able to throw back the redeem on finished ground large brick working nearer the Coptic Cemetery finding several I At tombs this Copts from the covered point which up.
54
began to get hostile fearing I was going to villages neighbouring This morning we went on, having apparently dig up their cemetery. to dig their assured the Copts of our being undesirous cemetery Copts from this morning numbers of when early all around I took the men from our house..... to attack threatened the men from that part North of the Shuneh to dig up the banks of away We can't I the the wady near the house..... neglect spot where as it promises so well and if the Copts do bury started outside their to ground they ought to know what cemetery in the antique expect. " A postcard the [sic] Middle (Ayrton digging area in expedition the sent by Garstang "traced to Danson on the the This outline structure been Despite 11th January fortress refers ajoining the team with to this major to
having
standing which
'Shuna"'.
Fort, et al in
by
that
Garstang old
was to dig
1909,
was January
house to his
excavation
began in
as Jones
reported
"The curious part of digging and finding 10 yards from least Abydos. " (Letter of These excavations Attempts to define
I is that started this my digging year doorstep Petrie's at things practically at in at the house he lived when he worked 11/1/07) in the eastern part of the Great on by the Kemp fig. than is Wadi. good and 1).
the
area
based made
work,
36,3a)
and by Abdallah
(1983,8,
sondages former,
shown
evidence A'07, a
support
claim.
which
seems to be on the house, the and certainly southern in this edge part
in-situ consist
excavated
55
Graeco-Roman This (Abdallah only
of
necropolis
passim,
but
cemetery into
probably disuse
as a processional stelae at this part illustrate proximity Report for of seem site the the to to
Umm el-Qa'ab. in
re-used Mummified
even later
phases
excavated
photographs partial
their
January
concerned
the
Great
Wadi:
"The month's excavation was devoted almost Ptolemaic found in the clean sand of the site are camped, and about 50 yards from where the (Report of 8/2/07) By the yielding to put in beginning 300 stelae another February (Postcard of the of February about 230 graves 1/2/07); ).
had
been
cleared, intended
By the his
Garstang
to Danson of
he at
had the
moved of
Dynasty
8/2/07).
near
to Cemetery of
'E' April
area
where
investigations as being:
Garstang
area
"the limit of a plateau raised about 6 metres above the level of leading the valley Kings: to the tombs the the of prevailing North-West winds have steadily accumulated a great drift of sand over its edge" (Report of 7/3/07) Furthermore, the work of in Spring his description of 416 A'07, chiefly Garstang with the mentions excavation that of a
56
portion north-west
of
the of
great [the
of
Abydos
lying 1913,107).
to
the
(Garstang
itself the
was found
"a little
the of is
called (Ibid.
these
Negative. the
A. 121, at of a
shows the
slope west
southern along
edge of the
Northern
[magnetic]
is )
shown on
figure
1980,106,
in outer
southern of this
of (Ibid.
the ,
North which
began be part
defined 'E'.
area
between
Great that
Cemetery east
Garstang
believed of
from
to west Dynasty
a date-range
early only
Kingdom to the
Eighteenth as the
he would, Dynasty
presumably,
eastern
"XI-XIIth
Necropolis". cleared the "many XIIth tons of drift sand (Report work in that of the
as they
the
Dynasty
while took
Jones
supervised of the
Wadi,
charge for
North cemetery,
notebook the
former
latter
begins
unfortunately of the
contain (in
regarding relation
except went
Trefusis
on January the
Theodore Aldred
following feeling
(Wilson he was
1976;
Jones,
57
and
underpaid,
decided
to
his for
with whom in
excavations as an artist
until from
1911. in
the
Excavations September of
Committee the
by Capart
same year.
In with
early
that
the work
mounds of
Dynasty
Necropolis" from
Garstang to his
"the among
early
tombs"
Dynasty
to Danson of Dynasty
16/2/07),
while
portion" the
(Postcard offering-chapel
Danson 321
middle
of February
A'07 progress
been
(Postcard
to Danson of (Report
16/2/07). of
Considerable before
27/4/07) Just
week of April
1907.
before
digging
was discovered
and cleared
packing-up
of May (Jones'
58
I
Local North
4
IV
0
........ ,
.
........................
100 m.
possible
extent
of
the
excavations
of
1907
/////j
Numbered from the points
possible
extent
of
the
excavations
of
1908
known limits
of
Cemetery
'E'
mark the of
excavations
probable 1906
locations
of
individual
tombs
Figure
3:
Location
of
the
excavations
of
1906,1907,
and 1908
59
3.4 The Excavations 1908
of
is
by far
of
the
four
worked
proportion
existence,
form
Horst
Schliephack on the
at Abydos
for
months the
Hyksos
Middle
1908,16).
1906,1907, constructed
extent of
1908 must be by
material
supplemented
more circumstantial
written of it
by Garstang during
to Danson serve the that and 1908 the began imply sand in season,
to in
the work
21st
on 3/1/08 removal of
the
location the
postcard
alludes in the
region
which
circular-report
January
the
season seated, of
yielded high,
the with
prize
of
"a in
granite front" of
a figure
14 in. This
inscriptions is probably
to Danson
statue
that
60
- this in
would the
seem
an since
such an early in
stage
season, would
and Carstang
almost
certainly
he well
to
to
say
that sphinx"
the
excavation
was
"Hyksos of
In his from -
this
object of
report
30/1/08
particularly
informative:
"The grouping in the tombs has proved of some special of objects bearing on We have also added to our fund of material interest... a number come across the misty "Hyksos" and have lately period, "pan" some few the curious pottery.... of tombs containing.... in this have been found too recently to be incorporated objects a a model of vase, a stone figure, e. g., a fine porphyry report, house etc. " (Ibid., 46)
Of these last
two objects,
the "stone
figure"
is possibly
that
from
the 'soul-house'
the location to of
"immediate which
vicinity" were
tombs
'pan'
themselves
published,
reference
location,
by Emery (1923).
further
progress
had been made and Garstang small with objects occasionally that season the had
able
to
a satisfactory vases,
found, or
scarabs,
stela
tomb to
excavated former
number is being
by an object
marked
61
1909 field
the
notebook the
begins
with
730
A'09 In any
(although Lase,
there the
is
an of
cbject
number
259 and 283) was relatively seasons, only he 1907 and 1909 it in one area, excavated The absence existence
to the in while
worked
Schliephack, least
two areas
under written
supervision for
of his 1908, is
by Garstang
by Schliephack, interpretations.
somewhat ambiguous
to a number of
evidence by the
for
the
location annual
excavations Antiquities
in
1908
published
Service
year: -
la dans region comme Van est revenu, passe, travail]' de la icropole d'Abydos o Petrie avait septentrionale quantite campagnes, et it en a retire naguere pendant plusieurs de la XIIe dont les plus anciens datent de petits objets precieux bas que 1"epoque dont plusieurs descendant dynastie, mais aussi " (Rapports 1912,261) romaine. "M. Garstang "region North Abydos cemeteries to Petrie is
to
the to
of the
the
the
reference et al,
(Ayrton
1904). is difficult the south-west 1980,242), 'E', would of is the indicated and of the to
excavations i. e. to
ez-Zebib. north
thus
be to the
main part
probably Shunet on
which
62
figure towards Cemetery steadily advance with". 3. In this Garstang the North states, in had a of
region
worked
in
a at
edge of
Cemetery
described
westward The
material in from
the
western
the North
(see
Chapter
the in and
Shunet the
the Great
south-west i. e. west
which
be seen to the
a high south)
central of the
support
indeed
63
,' ._,
Local "! I-ort"
O
\\
"t's ^//
100 m.
limits of excavations
Possible
which
the
Figure
4:
Location
of the excavations
of 1909
64
3.5 The Excavations 1909
of
In
January at
1909
Garstang Although
began
his
and wrote
final that
season the
of
excavation
Abydos.
season's
(Garstang
area. in
figure of the
temple to the is in
1909,125), to as the
but "XIIth
close
1907
excavations, in the
Dynasty "near
which and
also
described
notebook of
for the
1909 as
cursory of the
as "the
remaining
site,
but
probably within
contiguous Garstang
with
is to of a
Cemetery of
which
amounts the
which of
Shunet
and
area
between
the
there
are
mentioning of Shuna",
where "West
"Near "Extreme
Shuna",
"West
of Coptic
"North-West
of Der", in
and "North". the notebook are even but which more how are
be "West
of Kom
es-Sultan",
are
65
located either dig local cylinder below by the mean part notebook of on the "Ridge Cemetery East to of the House" [magnetic] distance 913 A'09, this east of could the the the (see
house, east.
away to in which
relating
to the
seal s. v. .
I was discovered,
somewhat ambiguous
activities was
in
the
North in
if on
not the
activities
of archaeologists
in Egypt
year: -
etaient "A Abydos deux presence: en societes anglaises MM. l'E. E. F. 1'Universite de Liverpool M. Garstang, avec avec la Ayrton, Naville la premiere dans le nord de la necropole, et deuxieme dans le sud. " (Rapports, 293). The first Shunet
of these "in
areas order
to
be examined
was the
the
region and
around of
the the
ez-Zebib, us"
to ascertain of 4/2/09). of
nature work
extent the of
(circular of the
This tombs,
entailed sieving
series ez-Zebib
and the
Shunet by
itself, Petrie
Professor
he did" of in
(Postcard of the
to Danson of Archaic of
This the
sieving major of
sealings the
Period, the
assessment Third
relative (Newberry
positions 1909:
monarchs 1963).
Second and
Dynasties
Kaplony
It
is
clear
that
Garstang
was working
at
time;
ez-Zebib to VIth
66
the
Ist
Dynasty This of
in
which
we are
still which
(Postcard to
to the in
ez-Zebib
area
of Jones'
excavations
beginning
1907 season.
of work the
during
the
1909
season the
was Shunet
on
the
Eastern
investigations
round
ez-Zebib:
desert "We then began a long examination the up the slope of Temple Garden between the the pathway lying and the of above I regret the to Rameses II. arrival our to say that previous Fund had made Exploration Egypt a the of representatives " (Report of 4/2/09) excavation on this ridge. considerable Garstang VIth that "several Ridge hundred (Garstang principal were into, tombs the It ground Vth and seems during with tombs Garstang begin
of
1909,127). burial
Kingdom above,
Abydos to had
started, Ayrton
November 1). In
moving Naville
north
to el-Mahasna
(Ayrton the
the meantime
Garstang
was understandably
events:
"The Egypt Exploration Fund are at work, and now are occupied at in tombs. Before I got here they dug out a lot of tombs royal (Postcard blood" to Danson, 25/1/09) concession and I want their The question concessions boundary until between the
of
the
the
Fund's month,
and but
Garstang's Garstang
was not
settled
following
67
he had "begun (Postcard out
could,
at
least, the
report VIth
that
a season
of
great
promise
in
Dynasty"
to Danson of "examination an to
January, Coptic
Garstang
carried he
the
Der" is
on which out"
intended of at Delta
concentrate
"when
Eastern
Ridge
(Report to"work
4/2/09). Abydos, (Annual that after Report season working 1909,17). and for Capart his book to with
in
the
assisted
photographs which he
Temple
dedicated
Garstang. The Eastern that Ridge was worked informed throughout February 1909. On the 12th of
month Garstang
Danson that:
4-5 "We are having a remarkable day for finds; each series of kind, 10O worth of antiquities days past over the choicest of . including the stele tomb deposit of and undisturbed of a prince Dynasty" the XVIIIth
the
work
on
4/3/09)
pushing
around
before
excavation
In
his
report a small
to
the
Abydos might in
expedition of Peet, of
under
Dynasty'
3/4/09). to
However,
came
"appointed Egypt
superintend, Fund at
Naville, (Annual
Exploration personnel
Abydos"
Other
ex-Garstang were
Abydos
Trefusis
in
(E. E. F.
Arch. Rep.
1908-1909,2).
68
CHAPTER 4
As the objects as is
tomb register
readily
the
largest
single by
class
of
majority Because
cemeteries ceramic of
pottery.
to handle
pottery) are
excavation artefacts,
vessels
often
not
a particular
or sub-group.
Abydos
excavations
'types',
the
assembling
of
the with
register, whole of
the problem
concerned are
formed-and
these
groupings. to study is
people
who want
this:
how does -
one pot
from
and,
most importantly,
can these
be quantified?
69
contribute fabric,
to
the
vessel, Attributes of
such of
surface to fabric
lesser It
difficulty, by most
probably
one
considered
method of
the
shapes
is
to
do it on and in a
or by eye. judgement criteria system, are person's. groups, different would of the quite
solely
selection, stated
unless
comparison
groupings differ in
basis
of
observed from to be
"borderline the
cases" whole
at worst completely
typological
system
dissimilar of system
type-standards. which does a not rely on would data One certain recently from in the the its
Such into
system metrical
of
the
could
method points
measurements of this
on the
vessel.
A system
(Traunecker to avoid
1981),
although
metrical to
proportions relative
vessels
height/width somewhat
of a vessel)
method
70
reduction elementary
which pot.
only
an
requires accurately,
record into
may it
unmanageable vessel
detail method-of
sophisticated, irregular
what
shapes.
problem
in
the
analysis
profiles and to
is isoceles
that
shapes, properties
squares, are
relatively of a pot,
describe,
such as the
description.
First,
the
shape
curved to
identical justify a
extent
might
group,
which
Thirdly,
produce
different of their
measurements, shapes.
would
to mask the
similarity
saving
time
the is
accuracy the
of
this a
type
of
computer in last
powerful of the
carrying
facility
non-metrical
by the
a light By
pen or similar
available
to archaeologists.
71
(or
this object
means the
outline
shape
even
more
drawings) when
of required.
an
stored appear
However, of using
most
useful
an archaeological drawings to
there metrical
have been data which to devised and (Main shape of a the 1978).
to use stored in
way. and
crude shapes
and
'tangent of
method of method
application with
an analysis out
based on the
major
on a group
of Anglo-Saxon
(Richards
A method developed
of over
describing
and
classifying
irregular of
has
been
a number of Dental
years for
of Manchester of the
Hospital, to aid
lateral
diagnosis slightly
1980).
describe
palate, of
or to compare racial
different skulls
(Johnson,
or even the
an archaeological handaxes
for pottery
of Palaeolithic 1985).
and Egyptian
(Tyldesley
All namely
shapes, the
whether
regular
or irregular, of area,
share
one
common (fig.
feature, This
possession
of a centre
or centroid
5. a).
72
by a pin
cutting in at
out least a at
the two
in
vertical the
is of same
intersection the
any two or more centroid programme. superimposing exactly, orientated may need to usually but,
lines
outlines a centroid
a single
unlike
many irregular of
orientation
present
ab-
Profile Profiles 5
of of
vessel
with
its
centroid superimposed
two vessels,
Figure
The method
involves
the
outline
of a vessel
being
divided
into
two
73
X-X
Major =
Axis Axis
at
0. Axis is at 00.
X1-X1 = Minor
when Major
Y-Y
Major =
Axis Axis
at
Y1-Y1 = Minor
when Major
Figure
6-
Centroid
and Angle
Location
74
halves by drawing major axis). line a line (henceforth its centroid This second the major line line axis of angle the of
equal
along of
its the
vertical vessel
axis has
Each half is
drawn joining
these
axis.
axis.
symmetrical, shape
will
procedure 6). In
degree this
order
a further
microcomputer
programme has
angles.
curve (fig.
then on axis
the
the
position
axis
represents minor
the axis
between is
outline
and the
(which
derived
centroids ('B'
at'this 7),
angle).
on fig.
original fig. 7)
height point
7)
curve
curve
parameters size
describing after
shape, using is
because its
graphics
pad at
original
shape area
vessel the
automatically of this
normalised
to a predetermined
purposes
75
experiment).
Figure
7-
Example
of a Cyclical
Curve
The co-ordinates multivariate so that sample separate contrasting differences For a basic to of is the of cluster degree
of
this analysis
curve
be used as
the
data
for
using
of
similarity
between
vessel groups, to a
shapes the
can be measured
so as to being
members of
measurable
being workings
analysis 1980).
account strengths
given
by Orton
more of
different
given
by Hodson
1970)
A selection excavations
pottery an
vessels
from
the
experimental
analysis
76
Q.
effici, This
this
in two
their groups
typological of Eighteenth be
consisted could,
vessels being
to a greater similar
or lesser
degree, grounds.
considered of
typologically
The first
second
a collection types
carinated In
addition
a small
were included
Vessel
Concordance
is
that
of
the
number the
to cited
the in
and is
figures of
which the
numbers from
tomb-group
which of the
column the
is
a brief
description enclosed
vessel, DC
CV
carinated
pots,
and
"drop-cups".
1 2
3 4
Small bowl Pot stand Wide, Small shallow ovoid jar bowl
Liv. 3002
Bruss. 8535
954 A'09 -
CV -
77
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Liv. 4876 Liv. 4852 Mer. 1977.109.117 Bruss. 8537 Bruss. 8536 Bruss. 8555 Liv. 4730 Liv. 4255 Liv. 4263 Liv. 4459 Liv. 4716 Bol. A. 210.1968 425 A'07 A'07 CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV -
417 A'07 954 A'09 954 A'09 ?33 A'09 678 A'08 18 A'06
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Liv. 4063 Liv. 4062 Mer. 1977.109.112 Liv. 4061 Liv. 4786 Liv. 4573 Bruss. 8530 Bruss. 8529 Bruss. 8526 Bruss. 8527 Mer. 1977.109.114 Bruss. 8531 Liv. 4572 Bruss. 8532 Liv. 4376 Mer. 1977.109.111
DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC -
912 A'09 395 A'07 954 A'09 954 A'08 954 A'09 954 A'09 -? A'07
78
of
a drawing
of
traced and
using was
a then were
to an
length
the
volume
each vessel
could for
calculated.
cyclical
perform landmarks.
analysis were
of
similarity
matrix
i
JC)O
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
Figure
8-
Cluster
analysis
of the total
population
of vessels
79
Three the
cluster
out
using
the
data
by the the
first of
whole third
second
An examination and
demonstrates system of
advantages
disadvantages
analysis.
If
one first it of
examines
the
analysis
with
to by
population together at
are
grouped
a level is
deviant
individual of greater be
percentages groups of
similarity similarity in
shapes
would
analysed of
subsequent
breakdown analysis
derived
from
population.
selected vessel a
a member of vessel it of
been the
success
quantified typological
subjective
selection
as a
extension this
to time
this of in
clustering, the
a second
cluster to
alone, of
would cups.
be formed
similarity
from major
this
analysis one
shows a breakdown
three
groups,
which
80
19 25 33 '?9 32 26 28 30 76---------
---
*-----,
.......................
- -----....
---------"----........
_-"---------...
---------
31 27 21 34 24 n7 ................ qS 35 73 65 55 45 35
--"-"---
__..... 25 15
_... ^.
Figure
9-
Cluster
analysis
of
theItDrop-cups"
contains these
only groups it
If
one examines
the
vessels
which criteria is
make
up the of
to see on what shape-related Sub-group curving A (examples profile widths is at of 19-30) a similar
composed height/width
even,
proportional the
point
along
the along
particular, vessels.
at a 20-24) are
point
made up of
pots
of
of
the
vessel
especially of
the of
mouth.
examples
this
vessels
more 23) It
much wider
height,
more bulbous
these
are
the that
divisions further
of
the
"drop-cup" are
type,
the
indicates the
possible. become,
more minute
differences
shapes
81
the more difficult a verbal data form. This it is becomes to adequately one of in this the great for
convey
these of
in
to compare
shapes
way,
has
more shapes
accurate in
syntax level
a methodical
of
the
has to rely
on an unstatable
difference
the the of
method analysis
seems of
to
have
worked
well. vessels
when we come to faced occurs "drop-cups" but are with in a the the spread with were pots a
the
first 8).
vessels
do not
grouped and of
degree chosen
individual in
a way
that
5 are pot
clustered stand
level, beaker.
and
one would
two be
vessels
to
remembered of shape
function, system is of
decoration, inputting to
limits the
computer and
unable are be
distinguish Anything to
which
a single
mouth
be very
in assigning limitations
grouping.
why
82
two initially of similarity, population be linked the dissimilar for that in this the the
be assigned shapes is so
total to
the
obvious so
that details
whole
shape of
vessel of in the
being rims
such as the
overlapping
pot-stand cyclical of
conversion
groupings
carinated
I The third group the the of and final cluster selected which total analysis carinated was carried vessels, out having on the first with original removed them in
subjectively
entangled
6 11 14 7 15 9 12 8 16 10 18 17 13
% Level of Similarity
00.0
80.0
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
Figure
10 - Cluster
analysis
of
the
carinated
vessels
In
this
clustering but it is
(fig.
10)
the
pots
are
into linking
two
major factors
sub-groups,
difficult
to see what
83
the
individual vessels
members of with
these
groups.
One
might
expect
between
carination but
although
computer's
a group
pots
more rounded
this four
seemingly vessels
anomalous 7,10,15
Figure
11 - Four
carinated
vessels
If
asked
to
sort
these be the
into natural
pairs
feel
that
Again, drawn
this to the
largely
similarities
shape of
84
But, because
rim
of
these the
the
the of
shape of
weighting 18 at to
10 is share a
they
is
very
included a striking
analysis in
difference
total the
'wider-than-tall' one of
determining of
factor the
sub-groupings
carinated
of
this
experiment consists
very
clearly. of even
If
the
be grouped no minute
of vessels or
significant
features
consideration the
or greater described
such
as
method
sub-grouping at least,
pre-selected similar
cases
a mixed dealing
others
However, not
results
some value if
Secondly,
as being
wrong;
material
rigorous digitising
typological brought
system
grouping
85
utilising shapes,
digitised could
data
from
parts general
of
the
pot,
such as
rim
be used together
outline.
Ultimately features concerned; selected experiment individual and Pollard type might
a system be the
using as far
a subjective
of is
these during in
presumably, in a
manufacture use of
potter's 1985).
emphatically this is
selected stated.
well-defined
86
CHAPTER 5
In
a review
books
on mortuary
data,
cites
as "the
non-use the
of Egyptian/Nubian system" or
assessing stratigraphy.
mortuary
the
evidence of
promise neither is
for so
spread
cemeteries,
certainly of some
to provide and
an overview suggests
horizontal which
stratigraphy
processes
of Cemeteries
Nuclear -
and Linear
Development
Pharaonic
cemeteries series.
are
not,
as a rule,
randomly
placed,
but two
series
may be one of
Nuclear provincial
Royal norm, of
is
tombs are by
series
constituted
of cemetery in
study on In
structure
European through
such
perceived
rankings
cemetery
87
Egypt nucleus
the is
best
example
of
this
arrangement
provided of the
by the Giza
around
Royal
pyramids
group. either in
this terms
social
persona of
level that
ranking
be involved grouped
these
mastabas
function Royal
1956,62-65; such
also
major
provincial sited in
tombs to
of that
were often
potentate. Hassan, of
necropolis tombs of of
where the
front contains
Nome this
direct
relationship
linked nuclear
the
development
of
the with
Old
Kingdom
tombs of
'Headmen',
O'Connor identities
of
tombs, other. at
question possible
the that
role
of nucleation number of
occurred high-ranking
Abydos officials
Old Kingdom,
known to have been buried officials Nomarchs seem to be Viziers (who were buried Unlike
on the Eastern
Ridge
or Deir
1982,306-307).
typical
provincial
88
not
sited
in
close
proximity
to therefore of
an
centre the
the
i. e.
nucleated around
of
lesser
individuals
arranged
The high-ranking may not have it without Ridge material means that is had is
individuals the difficult some sort (chiefly from the of the local to
buried required
hierarchy imagine
individuals The paucity surviving might spatial There Abydos certainly character. of ranking
of evidence
from
tombs,
regarding
impossible
any such
nucleation
uniquely being
tomb-location that
seem of
apply
at Abydos.
Although
one might
imagine
individuals in
might there
foundations been tombs This but is the any were not foci
more
organised not to
cemetery
lesser ones.
relationship cemeteries
sought-after, rites;
locations in
particular, flanks
of
and along
the
In a broader
cemeteries
were ultimately
orientated
89
a subsidiary seems likely have been relationship that used particular as nuclei to the Tomb of Osiris major for features orientation the at the Umm el-Qa'ab. the later necropolis periods stela in the around It may (see Late it
within at
as an example
Neferhotep
of veneration be clustered
The
linear
development spreading to
of
is
process
of
occupy not
unoccupied imply
'linear' in
should
development at least,
(cf. a in Linear
utilised take
progression obviously
may
(new nuclei
cannot may
of previous or,
nuclei cemetery
a minor structure,
where
ranking
cemetery
development
tombs. Kemp to
(1978,
evidence
Garstang's of tombs
Esna
span (Late
Middle
Kingdom
early
present cemetery
larger
90
5.2 site's
Linear
development
in
the
Abydos
cemeteries
theories
of
the
excavators
of
the have
who
have the
excavated of
in their
the
Abydos
areas
particular at the
to a general
process
of
horizontal
stratigraphy
Mace and Randall Maclver North the Cemetery Osiris were sited
(1902,64) as close
believed as possible
that to
the the
tombs
in wall
temenos space
Temple. the
factor further
meant
cemetery
to the on the
[local]
Cemetery
western
side
of
most commonly used. He believed Kingdom that his Cemetery Intermediate walls 'D' of the 'E'
This
theory
was shared
Second the
under
Temple That
tombs in to the
(Garstang
dated
assigned invalidate
the Middle
Kingdom of his
Old Kingdom are s: s (Kemp 1977,35) not would argument. Garstang this and also
Cemetery
westward those of
evolution, the
tombs of
Second Intermediate
Peet
did
not
agree
with
this
clear scheme of
development cemetery
of usage
the over
periods
determined by natural bounds, or portions, artificial at particular periods, were marked out for burial and remained in full, until when a move was made to a new part of use, as a rule, fill to there was no attempt the site.... in up the a space
"Certain
91
from one part method, starting (Peet 1914, xv). directions"
systematic in various
and spreading
gradually
5.3 Official
Limitations
on Burial
at
Abydos
of
representation to regulate
at
the
Middle
to efforts found
available (1902,
by Mace and Randall-Maclver corner of the North Dynasty which Cemetery king
south-west
contains later
decree, by which of to this the seems limit 36) was the since it at
by a Twelfth promulgated probably 1': 1 I (Kemp 197", 35-36), Neferhotep parts stela south, to of the cemetery that it area is the
and
usurped
states which
one of "Sacred
two to
Kemp
(Ibid.,
interments
Wadi.
view the
would
be imperative
processional
open. decrees different regulating times, Neferhotep as a focus above). is the use of the cemetery is may only tombs little have were itself found by (the s3w n at
although stela
there itself
evidence intact
this its
the adoption
due to early at
around the
which
in in
the theory in
(see
That
necropolis stela
attested to a
by the
similar
on a stela
1882,
92
122-123).
5.4 Patterns
of Use in
the
Abydos Cemeteries
at Abydos of
do not time.
present As much to
a clear as any
or
simple other
of from given
a period
Egypt, This
Abydos was subject to qualities this was be largely which not Certainly different own
the
seems innate
because made it
place
itself place of
if
area
interment
had
favoured of the
connected
a discussion
areas
cemeteries of
overbuilding words,
in Peet's contained
confusion, periods,
because
every
there
be accurately Abydos
1914, unusual
cemeteries
they
display
both
were
re-used,
sometimes on
even
structures excavation of
Careful levels
by O'Connor
3, which
temple
93
Rameses II
founded
level
than tombs
the must
underlying have
Middle been
Kingdom
tomb 941-949
Kingdom chamber
shaft tomb.
of the Eighteenth
Dynasty
aspect
of
the which
of term
the
archaeological
record
at by in a to of are by later as
'diagonal in are a
stratigraphy', later period likely the virtue and only for 938 A'09;
re-used Stelae
particularly have
probably
because
they
ground-level with
stone
(e. g. as lids of
as in stones 1914,91;
790 A'09;
trying
stone
sarcophagi
Ayrton -
1904,50).
In
the
midst
of
this
chaos
the in
of to of broad times,
the
Abydos cemeteries
possible were in
which
necropolis assessment
different of wide
through
detailed larger
of data
individual over
pieces
evidence, area.
by weighing
amounts
of
a relatively
94
5.4.1 The Use of Cemeteries Abydos
the
at
the
Origin
of
their
Importance
overview
of
the
parts
of
the
different At that
starting
point
Abydos higher of
Overseers to
superintend
Nomarchs Kingdom, of
Upper
Egypt
no Thinite Upper
eruption at as
Osiris the
cult. Fifth
end of as in in the
the period
private Fifth in
1982,625). is linked
Busiris
private
tombs,
predominantly
god of Abydos and its partly gained at for of that the cult the
position god,
at Abydos was Khentyamentiu. probably when a the Otto cult of two named (c) the
of an earlier importance
the
continuing
flowering
of a popular period of
(1968,31-32) centre
sees the at
as occurring
Ankhes-Meryre Vizier
mothers of
and Pepi
Djau-Shemai,
brother
on approximately
(formerly
known as el-Kherba
95
Kemp (1977,89) region) the period (from of Kom Old
notes
that
his the
survey town at
on was the
the the
smaller
accreted wall
beginning end of
acquiring
Second. the
popularity
nearer
to the New
temples
Whatever of the
as a population Egypt
Osiris behind
throughout
meant that
cemeteries
desert
Ridge
area
for used
burial
at
this of
and Garstang
unclear to the
immediately central
Peet's and
digging recovered
6
1913,17ff. is
from major
Eastern
Ridge that
discussed
$; was
the in
conclusion
the Eastern an
Ridge
constant which
includes
Fifth/Sixth Burials
Intermediate Middle
period 'E'
Cemetery
below
Petrie to the
Frankfort's [Peet's] du
excavations
Cemetery Centre"),
Mariette's
"Necropole
96
linear It is continuation possible that of the there Eastern were Period Ridge some in the cemetery. interments North of Cemetery of the as this Late Old
Intermediate tombs
Currelly period
containing et al
(Ayrton
5.4.2
The Evolution
of Tomb-Types
at
Abydos
tomb-types they
has
the
marked which is
although original
a burial the
owner,
other
funerary parts of
they
cannot
re-use
other the
tombs is,
perhaps,
at Abydos. local
cemeteries cliffs is
notables are At
which alternative
where
there made.
eminently
suitable
but
these
The reason
largely
been
Westerners"; west
hardly
Abydos cemetery
one reason
why Abydos has been a popular so much material their completely parietal reliant
museums while
tombs equipped
on being
97
The types Period simple foot. often shaft sides could shaft are of tomb used in below the in Late Old 6; with Kingdom/First they mainly Intermediate consist cut of at its but single opposing or of the would 416 of 6 not 504 a
discussed
Chapter often
shaft, Kingdom
chamber
retain
structure, off on a
multiple
chambers could of be
common. These chambers shaft in (e. g. see the opening plan of off
plan the
831 A'09; of
be set (e. g.
pairs
see the in
1 A'06). by a
a group
a row,
served
single
to one side
1914,36;
In
the
Period Middle
the
seems
to
(Peet were
Eighteenth of these
Dynasty retained
new
tombs
offering-chapel
elaborated temple, of
leading
burial
1979,46; seems to by of
e. g. Mace and Randall-Maclver have been of Garstang these the this stone type;
pl. XXV).
Tomb 1043
although
recorded typical
portcullis-door
tombs
1902,70). tomb during the to the Eighteenth Late Dynasty, Period, was
pre-eminence
98
brick-vaulted parts The serious the tomb in limitations the unstable chamber the of
the
pit. of
on
the
of of
subterranean
sandy
a burial on
anything
be built excavate
model.
adopted
just (for
below these
the
by a short 1979,45;
1913,29; is
traced of these
in Peet
1914,90-91). be excavated s. v. ).
elaborate is the
Abydos
complex
A'09
(see
5.4.3
The Use of
the
Cemeteries
at
Kingdom
to
the
New Kingdom
It
the Middle is
Kingdom to of
that see
known the
as
tempting function
cemetery cult. By
the
the
Eastern
Ridge full
already further
although the
Cemetery (Petrie
seems to have accomodated 1902,34). placed processional burial the Middle site Probably as
because close as to
tomb/offering-chapel cult-temple el-Qa'ab, Great for and the the major Most of the
possible god's
to tomb
route
the
northern
Wadi.
North
use during
Kingdom,
99/"
Temple,
across
the
eastern Peet's
portion
of
the 'S'
North Peet -
(Mariette's to the
du Nord"; Great
south-west 1901;
Shunet
(Garstang's
Cemetery
excavation also
see tombs 300 A'07 tombs well 'L' 'N' and away from (Peet
Kingdom area,
cited
Peet's
Cemeteries 'D'
1914,54
2) and Peet's
Cemetery
most of
the
tombs to the
to
the
east while
Middle the
Fort
most part,
those
Second Intermediate
Period/New
Kingdom
(e. g. Garstang's
Cemetery
Garstang
1901
Mace and
1902; Peet
Randall-Maclver's
Cemetery 'C', 'R', Ibid., Peet
Cemetery
1914,61; 68; Ibid.,
'D',
Peet's Peet's 61-62;
Mace and
Cemetery Cemetery Peet's 1908). et al
Peet's 54ff;
xiv, V.
Cemetery 62-63;
Garstang's
excavations 'V'
of
(Ayrton Peet's
Cemetery all
1914,70-72) examples
of which Kingdom,
tombs the
which
all
Middle
During areas
the
beginning
in
the
Eighteenth
used for
began to
diversify.
Cemetery
the
the
Eastern of
possibly
Cemetery
9114
(Peet in and Loat, 1913,29), Cemetery, brick in the Peet's Petrie's vaults plain (XI Cemetery Cemetery without between on Mariette the 'B' (Peet 'G' 1914,72-73) (Petrie and,
the Middle
1902,34). in his
Mariette "Necropole II to
reported du Sud",
Cemetery Dynasty,
1869,
He dated unclear
this
since
states
them (Mariette the it necropolis was return Mace to (Leahy only to and the
impression burial
Kingdom, there
Period of
complete n. 121).
Necropolis
1975,280,
100
CHAPTER 6
6.1
Mortuary
Assemblages
as Archaeological
Samples
from
graves (or
of
cemetery 'styles' of
sites
may
objects
objects)
reflect
between
different
a single and
cemetery, of
groups
cemetery to /is
at
The present
section with
some of
problems the
connected two
discussed data
following of material
chapters,
this
as a sample
culture.
In
a review
of
the
dating from
methods dynastic
which
have
been points to
applied out
to the
Egypt,
Lilyquist
specific reign(s) of
dates
the
king(s)) different
encountered
material had in
already the of
been
made
cemeteries geographical
at Abydos, over
101
(e. g. Naville to other facets
in
pottery
styles to apply
1914,
xi-xii);
his culture:
comments
be taken
of material
"Unless to the contrary, known there is proof positive an object different to be of the IVth Dynasty at Memphis may be of a very dynasty comes to the throne Because another date at Aswan.... at Memphis or Thebes, what reason is there why a woman in a village and the pots in which she should change the beads of her necklace her food? " (Naville_1910,5) prepares He also culture largely the for background homogeneity in in
a general as far
of
as pottery of
dynastic
of
similarities 1914,10).
land
(Naville
seem
to situation.
be
complex (as
by of
absorbed rather
changes problematic,
different
example
D. VI-X the until popular so-called material remained fashion, Second Intermediate Period material came into so-called forms Middle Kingdom at other a few of the so-called with only 1979,140) being imported or copied. " (Lilyquist sites It in background factors, or differed material emphasis. on the
"the
within
which Egyptian
depending
shifts
in
preferences least of of
more, For
actual general
production pottery
Egypt
the Old Kingdom and the styles of has been linked the royal
subsequent (e. g.
emergence
Bourriau or
1981;
destruction
ateliers
centralised
102
factories ceramics, the in which (at Memphis had supply wares the First for
the
area,
which to fine in
distributed far as
populace
concerned).
government facilities
Intermediate
production on the
emphasis
was placed
development
methods
of
of a
material part in
the a of when
evidence. have an
example 'style',
potters to
individual pots
consider is also
likely for
are
Egyptian as they
'consumed' discarded. in
broken were
Because a way
sherds
domestic
breakages
discarded
from time
archaeological (for of
excavations the disposal pottery in ideal 100% in shape all his is the
consuming
a small
proportion and
domestic Even
from
Ancient
recovered (no
recorded.
conditions the is
disturbance, individual
amount of intact
pottery to
enough under
small. pottery If
Conversely,
these
placed mortuary
in a tomb is pottery is
available different
pristine then
domestic
pottery,
103
these
differences
be
fully there
because who at
of
a site
mortuary large
each of with
a high
chance
archaeological
have a cemetery
influence
producers tend
of to
rate
domestic
context craftsman
ceramics, likewise
on the
attested
examples at Abydos
of
employed who
in
the
industry'
tombs/cenotaphs,
Wilson they
on stelae is
family-group the
which
(unlike Faulkner
stelae 1952).
client's
example
at Abydos
1902-3
1903,43, this late attested of edge stela Middle three stelae of the
(Miller popular
Amenemhat II
Pflger -
1947,128) in
production
on the
left-hand
104
im3hw
stela
as,
appropriately (s9
enough, dwt)
hr
is of
Sehetepibreseneb; while
on the
back we find
a gnwty
called
now in Toulouse of the Treasurer ANOC 25); pl. 45; there is the reign are
S3-Sobek m-' i
1974, 1909,
a s9 kdwt of
stela
Leiden 368,
Sobekhotep
see Franke
Doubtless certain
whether stelae at
craftsmen
be producing
some the
other
they
to Abydos. of
inscriptions it is
often to
whether been
product of
or has stela
Priest capital of
Abydene a a
after the
celebrate
king. is
to say and may be overestimated; (floruit returning in the it of text was the Amenemhat from of not a this
the
stela
was of stela
(Leprohon
in Upper 1912,3-7, at
Egypt. p1.9)
confirm
that
actually and
commissioned
Abydos.
Attribution
studies
hieroglyph-
105
the may be fruitful or for even
of 'schools'
stelae
in
identifying
individuals by
n. 25),
but
instance, elsewhere
at Abydos
trained
(Faulkner
1952).
is for
less the
evidence tombs at
for
craftsmen Peet
objects he had
other
than
Abydos. on 88-89),
identified tombs of
examples but
three
separate terms
without the
problematic
(1980,170) indicate
from the
Memphis/Faiyum
region, in
although archaeological
of
variation imperfect
to allow those
anything proposed
hypotheses, of
such as
assemblages
the
tomb-owner)
assemblage
was that
products, objects
or that 'imported'
tomb with
Old Kingdom'
Horizon
in Middle/Upper
Egypt
'Late to a loose
is
used here
not
as
label an
term which
homogenous
(although
106
ou
u 12
=o
(c)
(A) (B) (C) 'Late 'Late 'Late Old Kingdom' Old Kingdom' Old Kingdom' pottery pottery stone Southern Northern vessel types Egyptian Egyptian types types
Figure
12:
'Late
Old Kingdom'
vessel
types
(after
Arnold
1977,
fig.
2)
horizon
from
6th main
period Old
from is
the
6th
the 11th in
10th
specifying
date as
such
vases, follows
(Lilyquist in accepting
(1927,53) wide
relatively
date-range,
nevertheless
107
in for a
of (e. g.
which
great of
majority collar-necked
of
discussion
the at
of
the
to examine as a
cemeteries in this
'control'. sites
manner are
cemetery
6.2.1
Naga ed-Der
Perhaps of the
the 'Late
and publication
of
site ed-Der to
1932).
The proximity
material which,
which in
excavator's Lilyquist
own (1979,
although
recently
terms
repertoire
Reisner's
"Dynasties
Position
of
the is
body usually North, i. e. the extended/partially and partially local East extended. contracted (Reisner bodies The head is
local
have
their
left,
1932,16).
Tomb-types
and coffins tombs are long is commonly side found, of the with with the chamber shaft of at the
rectangular a wall
(Ibid.,
266 ff.
closed-off
mud-bricks. and
The shafts
when compared
to Abydene
examples,
108
except
for
600/11
which
is
of
Figure
Reisner
1932,272-273,
fig.
249)
109
seems to be no evidence No superstructures took to be mud-brick of the shafts for lining
top for
of
the
shaft of
with what
thought
the
spacing
that it
mastaba-like wrapped in
around
(Ibid., found,
189). are
where
from
this
with Dynasty ),
represented
108ff.
) are animal
common.
158-159), Ibid.,
found
dated in
(Ibid., (Ibid.,
predominate
vessel
corpus
One of contents,
the is
tombs in
from
Naga 13.
ed-Der,
together
with
its
figure
6.2.2
Qau el-Kebir
The other
major
cemetery
excavation (Brunton
is of
1927).
groups
(Dynasty
Dynasty
Dynasties
and Dynasties
by O'Connor
110
(1975,24) at least and has been provisionally as a sequence, if not in
accepted terms
by the
present
writer,
of absolute
dating.
of is
the
body variety" to the north of attitude, and the but face in to the the vast east majority (Brunton
"striking a head is
the
1927,49, Tomb-types
p1.25). and coffins at Qau are nature the brick is not often of the is difficult soil "very in to which sandy" determine they are because dug", 43). round of while In the over the in such top the
ground
(Ibid., stretchers)
superstructures Old
sub-periods
Kingdom up to the
most common, although 11). In Dynasty popular and IX-XI. no chambers the
anything chamber
Dynasties
chambers
periods
and there
often such it
at Abydos.
Probably
spaciousness 45), or to
unnecessary" Coffins
perhaps recognise
ground of the
made
because the
seem to have been any damage through 1927,46). of Probably this, all again the the
(Brunton are
bodies damp
some traces
to ascertain.
Objects Brunton but almost puts the date half of of the the collar-vases recovered from examples Dynasties (74 out IV to of 150) IX-X, date
exactly
111
to Dynasty The spread Early Middle VI, but (Brunton the 4th
and all
of
alabaster from
of occurrences
vessels
Kingdom
from
6th being
Intermediate
Period of such
contexts a date
their some
as an indication
by most authorities collar-vessels for fastening rims upper with and flat rims and at
(e. g. Arnold Qau were provided with bottoms pointed fabric are
designed lower
and generally
cord.
Examples than
projecting with
projecting
bottoms (cf.
1927,53). ) do not
integral
ring-stands
the First
Intermediate were
Period found of a9
A number of wooden boxes period, "toilet In the 60). "Spatha" examples, traces graves period while (Ibid., of shells but were found with outfit, the average spare example rule that
whose inch
span These
the
whole
dimensions
contained 60). to
were found
(Ibid.,
in
usually Four
as
single
in
galena
pigment),
found
declined
to 0.9% in
period
64-65). beef were not uncommon as offerings, but in only one case was
Legs of
112
an example
found
on the 67).
coffin,
the
provision
of a in
dish a
of very
meat
was
were found ).
plundered
Dynasties
now rotted
away,
but
some and
VII-VIII)
and in
limestone
(Ibid.,
corpus (1975,26),
described
(1928,3-5) the of
confirm
with
regard
66's"
1927,73). common in emerging true the rest of the V, period popular begin
Amulets (Ibid., in in
forms VII:
Dynasty Dynasty
and end in
buttons VII-VIII
a shank 73)
VI and are
common in
Dynasties
combinations the
of
different in
object assigning
in
the
tombs to cite VI
at
difficulties tombs
dates might
either tomb -
themselves.
dated
to Dynasty
Ibid., to pot
debased
amulets,
dated
enclosed p1.45).
collar-vessels,
113
Old Kingdom'
Horizon
at
Abydos
Excavations
on
the
(see
above
several area
greatest
Old Kingdom' of
material tombs
the
features
by Ayrton Their of
(1909), all
Loat
(1930). features
closely which
agree are
on what are -
tombs,
as follows:
Tombs The square of the shaft in shaft is is lined between with 4 and 11 feet mud-bricks, in depth; vary sometimes from one the course
which
3 feet
depth. at the bottom is of the shaft is just often big enough with [local] for the
A chamber
coffin. (3) of
The chamber
usually
rough,
and is almost
sealed to the
bricks. south
has a single
chamber,
always
contains
a single
interment.
Body and Coffin The body is but in placed poor in a small, oblong, wooden coffin, bear traces said of to be
very
condition.
Some examples
white
stucco. (2) The corpse almost local on the pelvis, always north), chest lies on its left with by the side, knees sides, the slightly head to the The with there
(i. e. crossed
bent.
although
(1923,162)
114
is hand corpse However,
no particular of the
position.
of
the often
of
the
(C) - Contents These other are generally few in divides number. the Ayrton (but into goods, women. of not Loat or any of the
excavators) thought
grave-goods grave of
possibly of the
validity
seems to because at
material
staffs, of
authorities
frequency and
Women (1) (2) Copper mirror. Often example of a flat this block type of wood with Others (for a a hollow at
was found.
'pillar'-type
vessels
were the
be loose vessels
them
115
Men (1) (2) (3) (4) small strainer further (Loat Wooden headrest/pillow Long wooden staff, Pottery vessels caches of copper of: objects, one dish, other i. e. one "a bowl, the of collection a lid, was of one a sometimes with a copper head
At the
end [of
grave] chisels
articles, 1930,217)
consisting
" etc.
Frankfort
Unsexed (1) Leg-bones of oxen placed on the coffin-lid, over the feet of the
polished
red ware
(3)
"Clam",
"Nile
Oyster",
or "Spatha"
shells
as cosmetic
dishes
description F. 65, is
of probably
one the
of
the
more we worth
intact have of
fullest and is
'Late
Old Kingdom'
tombs at
Abydos,
quoting
F. 65 is a very good type of these burials. (a The skeleton woman) lay on the left side, with head to the north-west, arms at Under drawn up. left the sides, the temple and knees slightly Before face the were the remains of a wooden pillow. stood a large alabaster vase, behind the head was a flat red pottery vase and at the back of the neck a small with handles, red polished pottery vase. Before the breast lay a large copper mirror with a lotiform behind the knees was a large wooden handle, polished red pottery Round the vase and a copper needle. neck were two strings of beads, one with a large green glazed steatite bead in carnelian the centre, button a steatite and the other supporting seal with
"Grave
116
the figure of a hornet cut on the face. On the lid of the coffin, over the knees, was placed a small the outside the vase, and against of the red pottery at coffin feet leant a large globular vase of rough pottery, over the mouth bowl with polished red pottery was placed an inverted of which a " (Ayrton and Loat 1C , 3) spout. One of the better tombs to vessels figure be excavated recovered 14, where on the from they Eastern tomb Ridge by Peet 1914, types
this are
(Peet with
identified
Garstang's
Late
Old Kingdom
corpus.
Figure
14:
Pottery
shapes
from
R. 19
and
their
Garstang/Abydos
equivalents
117
(D) Superstructure -
is
very
little
evidence at Abydos,
for
with stelae
this
although
from in of 8th
Old Kingdom must bear witness of the structure. period from Fischer the believes
stelae Dynasty
of
end of rather
vestigal n. 15; of
cavetto Brovarski
cornice)
false at its
door
(Fischer
1973,459),
may hint
placement
superstucture. The only superstructure Peet and found possible is example the small, of a stela solid 'E' found in-situ mastaba 1914,20). Her-Ib' within any sort 416 of by
mud-brick (Peet
by him in
mastaba B. M. 1574; as an
a stela 126,
by Peet
Dynasty since
was earlier
structure evidence
no clear
independent
near
mastaba.
6.3.2
The
'Late
Old Excavations
Kingdom'
at
Abydos
Evidence
from
the
Carstang/Abydos
recovered
in
his found
Eastern by other of
Ridge
excavations
of who
comparable before
and after
The forms
the
the
118
disposition Ayrton
of
the
corpse Cemetery
within 'F'
the
tomb,
are
the
same as 'R'
those
and Loat's
and Peet's
Cemeteries
40 and 48 of listed in
Nearly
tombs as A'09
Abydos are
represented of the
tomb-register objects
retained for
specimens 'hoard';
(e. g. of
a copper
passim
profusion
alabaster of
vessels,
forms)
or as noted
examples
pottery-corpus
period
varies
from of
very
well
'cylinder refers
as 172 in "dirty
made of into
the
the are
1914,79). with
wares polished
represented slip,
by vessels enclosed
red types
including
forms of
a type the
vessel
with red
north,
carinated (Petrie
1892,35,
Bourriau
number
158 in
Ridge
cemetery on
by Peet this
p1.32).
information
accompanying a red
illustrated fabric,
reddish-yellow 10 R 5/8, -
a thick, spiral
heavily at the
and has
lightly-incised
interior.
119
Legge's
comments read:
"Bowl found inverted body over the stomach of an interred male (several These bowls position). contain were found in a similar leg-bones but in some cases the entire of oxen are nothing, also laid the body. " upon
Figure
Rivers
bowl
6.3.3
Peet's
Cemetery
'E'
"It that in seems clear tomb was from the short of the sides or under a chamber at the north or Peet Dynasty surmise with links to decline into
Abydos, at least, the the development of any cut recess under shaft, with roughly to the long shaft corner, with a well-cut south end. " (Peet 1914,79) Eastern his Ridge 6th this 'E', notes
the the
of
the use of
cemetery 'E'. He in
in
the
coming
Cemetery forms of
supports Cemetery he
by citing longer
tombs
their
and better-formed
chambers.
However,
120
that stage, under the the tombs in are short, Cemetery almost 'E' square, . "the a
some of for
may
be
of have
they the
and Therefore, to be
one of
longer 'E'
sides" are
some of
the
types
of
tombs are
be found
some of
in
Peet's the
Cemetery
'E'
on the
Eastern 1914,
E. 45 (Peet It
likely
Ridge
cemetery object
during being
Intermediate
Period,
'funnel-mouthed Eastern
tombs on the
although uncertain.
their
association
objects
1914, Bourriau It
be a variant
is
whether and
the
between chronological
the
use of other in
different than
groups
differences Ridge
Eastern
itself, shafts
are
higher
up the
presumably needed
because
a greater the
solid
strata
to excavate
121
6.3.4 The Dating 'Late Old Kingdom' Tombs at Abydos
of
the
as dated to just
to the the
5th
and
6th (Loat
Dynasties 1923), a
1909) well
6th
Dynasty
reflects of
the
uncertainty which
objects Solid,
Kingdom' of by.
reliable
evidence is
to Kings contained
Although it
containing 217),
vessel limestone
plundered"
containing tools
number of copper
of
dating from
evidence
to come
from
Garstang's
the
1914,76)
and by Brunton
1927,7),
simply cylinder -
cemetery unknown,
The present
an inscription:
"Enclosed in a panel, by a hawk, are the royal surmounted names: 'Mery-Ra, ' From the rest of the inscription Mery-Taui. it is seenthat the seal belonged to, or was made by, the royal sculptor, from. a similar known in history " who is already specimen. (Garstang 1909,127).
122
On the seal 401). from basis description an example seal Kaplony from
of
this with
has Asyut
the
cylinder &
1981,376 on available
However, of Its
cylinder great
from
evidence, material.
relevance Eastern
location "in
enough of
desert-edge of the
temple
but (if
form
from
which since
objects
any)
are
to Garstang's
now-missing
(Brunton the
may be that
to date
Qau tombs.
far in
to
the
south
the
site
of by
Deir
en-Nawahid. (Asfour as at
1947,
a number of the
they
were of
objects the
Kingdom'
One of
particular, 1979,5-6,
stone
vessels types in
figs. (e. g.
II fig.
II, ).
6 = 756 A'09
(1)
contained possibly
an alabaster to be
Nomarch of 1968,84)
owner of is
paralleled II
1953,121,
be able of the
provide
a terminus
uem for
from
tomb.
The foregoing
evidence
demonstrates
that
much
123
firm 'Late have now
to be done on establishing terial .., (nor, since closely problems from Abydos. the Ridge datable of this Since
dating
yield)
resolving of of this a
stratified in
domestic
Kom es-Sultan of
Lacovara on a
programme excavation
sequence-dating Ridge
on the Eastern
(e. g. Ayrton
and Loat's
64 Conclusions
on the
'Late
Old Kingdom'
Horizon
in Middle/Upper
Egypt
Reisner the
notes
the
cultural
disparity
in
the Late
between the
Memphite
area
Egypt of
other,
being
stone
vase
while
ones come from Hatnub. are made of alabaster, produced but in the vases,
southern at over
and Reisner
workshops all
distributed workshops
the First at
produced
(Reisner
1932,70). provision certainly of alabaster very vessels in cemeteries does the of the
Old Kingdom is
striking
reflect of
exploitation Dynasties
period
to Sixth
1977,1043-1044).
However,
124
to Hatnub Moreover, in known from the First Period more would
expeditions (Ibid. .
are
also
even if
production Intermediate
from an alabaster
the
Gerrawi Reisner's it
the Old
Kingdom
1986,1097). also
seems curious;
probable with
quarries
activity,
seen in
than
an industrial
than
availability
Brunton of the
notes
that
this
disparity found
is
reflected
in
the not
forms Qau,
period
Sedment do at
because
and the
prevalent state of
disturbed
and hostile
country"
He says of the
"The forms of these jars show a distinct and simple progression from the pointed high forms of Fifth Dynasty their the with Eleventh Ninth to the drop-shaped to shoulders types the of Dynasties. What influenced to this change it would be interesting (Ibid. discover"
with
palaeographic instructive.
evidence A number
from of
'Late
1968,113ff; end of
Brovarski Dynasty
the Sixth
Dynasty Kingdom
'Herakleopolitan' region
period.
Moreover,
within
of change,
125
different
important absorbed:
in
the
way
that
palaeographic
practices
were
Old Kingdom following Thinite the the the nome years between areas immediately its pivotal to the status maintained (Fischer 1968,76-77) north and south of it" Schenkel Abydos further having south this than
"In
maintains affinities
that,
while to the
pivotal to the
role, north
(Schenkel
of
influence
which
are
demonstrated
by the be
the end of the Old Kingdom may also which seem to have developed show a albeit 1975). with There general at
reflected time. in
networks
that
Period them,
increase
(O'Connor
obtaining "at
goods from different least in the two distinct pottery types, types
Egypt,
indicating
a 'Herakleopolitan' Beni Hassan south 10). with from This ceramic First of and the
shouldered/oval
(O'Connor halves
of Egypt clearly
on the situation of
the the
political
Period,
presumably the
as a function regions of
networks
within
Herakleopolitan
Theban
the
palaeographic (cf.
data the
of
influence boundary ),
stela
northern cit.
Lichtheim -
1973,90-93 that
& refs.
the ceramic
seems to indicate
126
the
region
acted
as the north.
cross-over
point
between but
south
and
Herakleopolitan accurate,
through
trade
the First
Intermediate of Dmi:
Period Goedicke
by the 1960;
inscription
127
CHAPTER 7
As the
material to to the
from the
the Late
Old
Kingdom in the
at the
Abydos Late
can Old
contribute Kingdom of
history
of Egypt of
beginning
the Middle
the
spheres
influence
through unearthed
material,
excavations in the
history
Second Intermediate
Period.
7.1
Archaeological
Material
of
the
Second
Intermediate
Period
from
Abydos
Throughout under
the
Period
Abydos
seems
to
have
been the
material
attesting
Dynasties reigns of
last
kings, and
(von
1965,262) of the
Dynasty are
honour (Clare
attested
Abydos,
280-283)
shown that
p1.81),
including
found
128
(Leahy
and,
possibly,
by
the
so-called
'Osiris-Bed'
1977).
Archaeologically of major Egypt, types Asiatic 156). Egypt, temple Ibid., ambiguous shifting Egypt, in the disruption
there during
is
very the
little Second of in
evidence
to
indicate Period of
any in
sort Upper
where is
a general
consistency sites
archaeological disruptive et al in from 1983, Upper the see produce of Period rooted Middle a
apparent, influences
unlike
northern
where
portable at but
monumental for
of Hathor n. 2),
evidence pattern of
political background
Second clearly
the
cultural
of archaeological
which
developed
period
there
seems to
be
from which
Late spans
Kingdom/Second
Period
of as in from
best
Kingdom'
shapes
tombs as 'New Kingdom' same north juglets), reflected Egyptian is found but in in the the graves political development in
(Brunton Egypt of
1930,10). (such as is be
Material 'Tell at
autonomy of what
the
south to
seem
specifically
forms. typical are Second Intermediate the drop-shaped cups Period/Early (Garstang Eighteenth type 55) Dynasty
types
and carinated
129
jars, a. e
the
shapes
of which
are
analysed and
4. These vessel-types 6ether more local type of of with types vessel bowls other which at with
common
Egypt
during rims,
the
consists with as
the
Garstang's is found of
The type
seem to occur
in Lower (Quibell
Egypt 1898 to
Dynasty
seems far
Diospolis It
1930,
and dated
Period
(Mace
included
these the
of
the
land
western the
Chapter
during listed
1908, types.
pottery
types
34 and
7.2
Nubians
at
Abydos
in
the
Second Intermediate
Period
western
portion
of
the
North
Cemetery
have
been
excavated set,
as a separate material of a
which
Nubian large
The of New
of Nubians origin)
of Nubian
Middle
130
Kingdom
fall
into of
The first 'Pan-graves', 'Pan-graves' (and, shell ceramic 'Pan-graves' excavated Diospolis
these due
are
also
'Pan-grave' mostly
Mostagedda 5,
Bietak lists
(Ibid., Rifeh
1920),
Hu (Petrie Armant
1907),
(Barguet
Elkab and
(Ibid., Darau
(Ibid., 1907).
(Weigall
by Kemp
el-Sagha of
opinion
'Pan-grave'
cattle after
(Bourriau physical
anthropology which
'Pan-grave'
identify
C-group/Kerma also in
of Nubia
from
the
may
originated
Desert
131
(Trigger 1983,170). has pointed bowls out with that while sherds of are taken of
people
et al
However, the
distinctive
'Pan-grave'
incised this in
decoration be
by no means uncommon on sites as direct that ?) area. evidence It is of a large more likely
Egypt, element
cannot the of in
groups trade
potters end of
of
Egypt,
(Bietak
pottery
urban
expedition
survey also
'Pan-grave'
pottery
wares
(Kemp 1977;
excavated
at Tell
Edfu (Michaelowski
pl. XXX,i;
-1939,
'Pan-Grave'
Abydos
are From
to 422 and
records
excavations. of white
bowls
triangles dates to
his
phase
A A. 300,
objects from
from this
this
vessel (see
mentioned . Neither
tomb in
tomb-card
two vessels
of
the
second
group
of Nubians Kingdom
present
in
Egypt
Second Intermediate
Period/New
seems less
certain.
132
distinctly more rarely however the site they from 'Pan-grave' record
different in the
the
people in
attested In
much Nubia
are
identified which
probably same in
based on as a
time the
in Egyptian (Trigger
power in
the An in of
Second to out
terminus carried
hegemony was the military Tuthmosis 108). the most striking culture' red is the type I, resulting in
Kerma
(Trigger
Perhaps 'Kerma
of
artefact very
to fine,
be
by
the
distinctive
pottery,
have recently of
a bibliography processes
while
involved
coloration supercedes
Kerma
vessels studies
by Hodges (1982)
which
earlier
the
presence to a
a grave in
which Egypt, as
marks
it
as probably factors
although graves
some
culture' lie
rough, posture, in
bodies all
Egypt.
example, of the
examples
3507, that
Merrillees than
- seem to Kerma-ware
1983,166 respect
133
in a 'Rishi' to the Egyptian not the graves who case not the
latter of the
the
coffin).
Only
the of
Kerma
by Garstang
any rate
at
have Peet's
been
found '0'
include (Peet
Cemetery , Peet's ),
Gratien 61;
1978,119; Ibid.;
Ibid. Ibid.
Gratien
and
Cemetery But
two of
the
found
two which
were
excavated
Garstang by
numbered
and 694 A'08. 1965,134). material Both vessels which Period graves of
published
of these
two tombs,
Nubian
"1
apogee 220).
in Nubia
itself
In Egypt, Intermediate
Classic Period
Second
graves Bourriau it
containing (1981). is In
Nubian view of
delicate
vessels
a very Nubia
after
1983,
implications is very of
these
(which in
completely
different
terms
134
Egyptian of quite in
compared for
to
the
native
the
vessels
only
a short
period
Graves with
distinct the
which
(1981,25) in a true
important
been found
'Pan-Grave' 'Pan-Graves' as
normally
associated
'Pan-Graves'
the
524 A'08
Garstang
published, to of
mainly of is
on their
tomb-card drawing
circumstances below, s. v.
Emery's on the
clearly
record
A. 276,277,278,279,279a, as one appear can as make out from as in a was of 694 the A'09
grave perhaps
which, that
Bourriau
right,
have been a 'Pan-grave' guesses, the orientation north. Bietak the because of This 1968, head
(Ibid., shadows in
who
grave, to the
facing
(Gratien rather
K/2), the of
objects had
Negatives
A. 212,274,275
135
"plundered
out"
seems very
plausible.
The School twenty particular season recorded examples), Ware beakers season, at
of Archaeology
Studies only
at Liverpool
coming total of
since 694
from
(11 that
graves the
or that
confusion
As the
field
no way of knowing
which
Emery grave
any Kerma Ware was found season for that matter) but,
any other
1908 (or a
documentation
available
when
the
end of
the
A further by
both
to have come from embarras de richesse both part in [731], the said of
524 A'08, is
compounded
by the
existence
catalogue
pl. XVIII).
to
type while
Bkt.
the
Reisner's fact it
Bkt.
beakers
Emery 1923,
The present
The Ashmolean
Museum possesses
collection
136
of beaker Abydos. beaker, field general 810 A'09 regarding be seen to refers entry group which to least
sherds,
at
season
at
as coming "Pan
reads
pt.
left-hand reads
the Nubian
material
"black
bowls is
normally was
given" donated
Kerma Ware in
who same
at Abydos Exploration
1909 and
with
Fund. while
he found were to
Ashmolean. are
donated
without
Egypt
Exploration are
Fund.
Ashmolean of the
clearly
coming
grave
0.4
Museum in labelled
coming
beakers
material
(illustrated
S4 in Hayes 1974,
18, middle
20.2.47
was de-accessioned
in October
1953
and
now
resides
in
the
137
Oriental University these
Institute
of card
the
of
The
accompanying
below
under
came from
A Kerma Ware beaker from which A'08. As far there problem most of to is the Garstang/Abydos included
the
excavtions razor
also
a bronze
(B. M. 54704)
which
beakers
are
belongs
to which
the
beakers, difficult of with the a are be full the which partial seemingly
differentiate from
beakers
"more a
from but
individual
Although identified,
number of
beakers
S. A. O. S. at Liverpool.
7.3
Evidence
for Period
Military
Presence
at
Abydos
in
the
Second
Intermediate
One of
the
more Period
complete from
mortuary Abydos is
assemblages Frankfort's
of tomb
the
Second 1802, a
Intermediate
138
tomb located The material
shaft-and-double-chamber (Frankfort included p1.38). parallels statuette barbarously standing 9ndyt Other kilt: 1930,219). a statuette This with found figure other
Renseneb, interesting
statuettes
by Frankfort
and
from
examples from
closely Abydos,
recovered
including
ones from: -
(1)
closely
similar
to and sides
the of
King
gives
K3 of
who causes
S3t-
(2)
in
black
painted
rear
Ptah-SokarOsiris, -N n, Sobekhotep
offerings
justified, the
begotten
of Nhsy,
by his
causes
his
name to live,
(3)
Tomb
641
A'08.
Broken
central
portion
of
similar
figure,
uninscribed.
Figure of)
inscribed Osiris,
on its for
back pillar
(on behalf
the K3 [of]
139
(5) 34),
1901; Ibid.,
Inscribed No photo
for or
Kamose facsimile
Ibid., copy
9, of
inscription
whereabouts
unknown).
To these
five
examples
found
by Garstang
figures as
to have come from Abydos similar to figures this which Abydos the royal (Davies to find might
stylistic
grounds These
group
(e. g. Page 1976,47-48). trends of the of period, legs, the Second such as
Period torso,
set
narrow not
although
class
'kleinplastik'. in a local
Vandier tradition at
these
statuettes of the
are
produced
as part
'funerary k3-statues
As these
figures
grave/offering and does are titles not also at of arise known Esna
sale the
and
question of this
portraiture of figurine
Examples
type n. 4),
1958,227,
(Downes
1974,91,
the
'style'
of
the
statuettes which
present
a number of
features
Period, very
especially of the
Osiris (Leahy
typical
Second
Intermediate
Period
The fact
140
9ndyt kilt (Vandier
also
favour
Period 1929,41).
date
notes (Brovarski
that
the
"legion" it is
(1984,744)
remarks
primarily cite
a royal examples
However, the
one might
private is not
individuals military
gndyt-kilt
profession 1938,
shown wearing
p1.13,1).
of to
the define.
individuals
represented
by these before
statuettes the
is
The names Ramose (rare and Fjsy latter from are are particularly of
New Kingdom, Ranke personal The of an obscure. known more have Berlev 1971). 3tw by than been who n to
see Ranke 1935,338,5) (1952,193) names possibly titles it which cites the
origins
of their the
owners. functions
Hayes the
title
1982,108
de facto
'nb
niwt by
these
primarily
military with
be borne
relationship while
a personal to a
(Spalinger a town
refer ? ),
has n has at
titles
whom
attested examples,
Abydos; date
primarily
of Middle
Kingdom
many
141
(e. g. 1981;
from from
the
Period
the
3tw n
tt the by
Peet's of
Bourriau
examples
on private basis of
figures (e. g.
inscribed .
material
tomb of
3tw n tt_hk3,
If serve
these to
titles
then
they
may by
unearthed the
type of
which
inscriptions
on examples
themselves
(Davies
closest
parallels
1969,133
compared
16.5
Kamose axe-head. to this of Plate catagory uncertain 55) of weaponry date (Late excavated Middle from by Garstang Kingdom ?) may be excavated and 1092 A'09 added in
Also the
scimitar
1907 (see
and the
daggers
documents
confirm
this
impression Period.
of
military after at
Soon garrison
of Rahotep
was a military
_3b
w called
142
of
this
force ).
have long it
Ibid.
garrison likely
unclear, in
population
reflected
number Abydos.
individuals
be represented,
or were buried,
143
APPENDIX
Report
for
8th February
Dear Sir,
1907
I have the pleasure to enclose a brief on the results report future date, prospect. at Abydos up to and the of our excavations Annexed also are nine sheets of photographs and a summary of account to the end of January 1907. leading We have camped in the Valley to the tombs of the Kings of the Our quarters Dynasty. First more are practically completed and we are fair into As our stay here bids to than previously. run comfortable four or five seasons, we thought it wise to accept M. Maspero's advice It has cost build to guard against robbery. a substantial structure and Our JL50, and I propose to divide the cost years. several over about housed in Professor Petrie's former houses which were in a workmen are Lately have been successful in getting water at a depth we good state. filtered being It is a good supply and beautifully 31 feet. clear, of box bed. The well was sunk on the principle by a gravel of a continuous A man dug out the sand from within the at wood, placed vertically. of bottom, gradually and the four wooden sides being weighted with stones down. The box was continually found their added to as it descended. way is bucket complete A native the a which well, wheel and a rope and and economy. great convenience devoted almost exclusively This month's to a Ptolemaic excavation was found in the clean sand of the valley in which we are camped, and site be It to the proved about 50 yards from where workmen now live. intact wanted some much and has provided us with absolutely been hardly the material period, which upon archaeological heretofore. The burial treated time customs of the are scientifically full in comparison and recent of interest, especially early with the In a photograph Coptic there customs. and Arabic may be which follows festivalsin which doubtless the at customary seen a small fireplace Chief in importance, foods were cooked as in modern times. however, are or gravestones of the a great number of tombstones of nature stelae, on and around the graves, standing or lying which were found deposited, These are so numerous I that as shown in some of the photographs. am inclined by the friends to think they must have been deposited the of dead as tributes in much the in same way as wreaths our now are The designs upon these stelae Commonly the country. are fairly uniform. deceased is represented into the by Osiris as brought presence of (jackal Up-Uat, deity headed) of Abydos; sometimes Anubis is the local Isis for present and Nephthys sometimes occur as chief also. mourners
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is accordant the dead. All this In the with the old ritual. some of belong to the stones which from their characteristics of early years this era, down possibly to 150 A. D., there is an obvious confusion with Christian The figure influences. had passed of Osiris through which he became a pillar his various stages of decadence until supporting by a figure facial robes with and emblems, is supplanted character Coptic or sometimes Graeco-Roman than Egyptian. The garments rather of design of Roman influence A good proportion toga-like are noticeable. Hieratic, in Greek, Demotic, inscribed, these stelae of are and rarely The inscription in the older hieroglyphic tells the usually character. his the deceased, occasionally age, name and position of and a few further details, e. g. lived 21 years 11 days" (daughter) 198 b. "Taberiphis of Isthollonthes, (daughter) 198 b. "Genesis and of Iresis of Churemon, son of Demetrius, (daughter) (? ) lived 25 years" of Meniathrytus 71 d. "Sisyphus, son of Alexander" Farewell" (son) of Demetrius.... 166 g. "Sarapion physician. "Patemine (daughter) (daughter) Koisis 69 of Eimonthes unmarried of (? ) lived 17 years" Farewell" 69 a. "Seranoparatypes, son of Asospes, a gardner. (dyer) Demetrius, (son) of Endaimon, the son of 198 d. "Sarapion the (lasted) but by adoption having Heraklos father; and his life as hand (Then added in another 24 years 5 months 7 days. Farewell" "farewell" "Antinous") after These illustrations tendency of the Greek inscriptions show the general inscriptions but as there are a number of Demotic and Hieratic and a list further to make out, all requiring an of Greek ones more difficult be knowledge, I should like Blackman to who will ask Mr. expert to come and make a study of them. We might pay his next month available expenses and a small fee. There are in all more than 200 of necessarily these which stelae, As poor specimens. a large number of duplicates contain and relatively fall I should be very to our lot, glad of probably more than 150 will The cost as to the requirements of our Committee in this regard. advice if heavy be considerable this transport we of material of would I should propose to bring a selection them all. of about transported have Meanwhile I 100 or 80 - but what to do with the rest!! suspended the of and we are having a turn at the outskirts work upon that site, hope Next month I XI - XII Dynasty Necropolis to which promises well. my account of the Ptolemaic complete site. All well in camp. Mr. Jones is with getting and is me as usual, his fine powers as a draughtsman better opportunities now of utilising He is now a skilfull is also, and his work excavator and painter. good. Mr. George Soane, Medallist of R. I. B. A. has come over from always British School, Athens where he has been working the to at study Egyptian architecture; and is making a careful survey of the temples at Abydos. His help in many ways has been unsparing and welcome. The Hon. he is a keen student R. Trefusis is also of our party; the of ancient language and is very helpful in the general work of the expedition. I regret in finishing this a short delay has arisen report, caused by in London in regard to some of on the part of the stores an error our have now arrived. The things equipment. Will this kindly it when done with to each member who receives return Secretary, Institute Archaeology, the Assistant 40 Bedford the of Street, Liverpool, Committee who will send it on to each member of the in alphabetical rotation. With kind regards, I am, Yours very truly,
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(signed)
John Garstang.
Report
for
February
I regret to say that plague of a bad type has broken out in several Balliana, down places near, including and it may be necessary to close There are no cases work at any date on order from the government.
146
Our men are are proportionately recovering, and the regulations strict. desert, in the and we do not of course isolated any anticipate infection. from Constantinople I have received to that notification my say in North Syria which has been before the for a Hittite site application has been granted, for several Turkish years, the government and that document is now ready for me to claim it, be delivered and will on my This is great news and I trust be able we shall to application. take the fullest advantage of it. I am, Sir With kind regards, Yours very truly, John Garstang.
27th April,
Abydos Excavations, March - April
1907
I have much pleasure in reporting that the progress of work during We found in March and April the continued every satisfactory. way largely to accumulated sand so great that it was necessary amount of boys of increase the number of hands at work, which we did by employing This greatly increased the-locality. the difficulty of superintendence, be very began trying, the to with weather at the same time and boisterous incessant a sometimes very hot from the Sahara, with winds, temperature me from of about 110 in the shade. These causes prevented better doing much photographic it therefore to thought work, and I include in one, and to a number of combine these two months' report As soon as the top taken since the weather moderated. sand photographs had been cleared began to be found almost daily; away small antiquities (e. g. pp 10,12,12) these the photographs groups, show the nature of beads carnelian, glaze, comprised of alabaster which chiefly vases, jewels, about and garnet, a few inscribed amethyst a few gold stones, 150 scarabs, in bronze and a few in with a number of objects wood and These for the most part exemplify ivory. art; see of a good standard 6, figure, bronze the ivory the p. especially p. 5, the wood figure figure p. 7, and the bronze scimitar p. 8. More recently, just before active stopped, we came upon a excavation from tomb 416, which illustrated series of small objects splendid are kneeling figure on pp. 1 to 4. The little glazed are and the objects from the variety charming, really and the whole group is interesting of the objects and the good quality of their workmanship. We have now brought to the excavation an end, and are packing for shipment to England. The division Egyptian antiquities the with Government has been made, which, by their leaves courtesy, us with The figures be practically all our best things. on p. 7 should perhaps bronze figure being the 12th Dynasty, the excepted of and The full is rare. list representing a private person, the of objects taken by the Museum is annexed, but it should be noted that it includes been only about 10 ordinary have groups out of 130 tomb-groups that during the past two and a half Of excavated Ptolemaic months. the during &c. that were excavated before, January stelae in and early
147
February, 30, and out of the rest they have selected I have selected The remainder, about 50 typical examples to send to England. amounting 200, can be had at any time as requested. to nearly Exhibition Mr. Hilton Price, Dir. S. A. Hon. Treasurer, kindly is for us to have the room at Society the arranging Antiquaries in of Burlington House, for the purposes of exhibition from the middle of July until the end of that month. The objects can then be unpacked and the division this will made in the usual way. I am afraid add some $. 30 to the costs of the season; but as it seems to be a general to wish hold the exhibition be agreeable. in London, I trust this will A statement of Account to date is also appended. We leave here at the beginning of May. Mr. Harold Jones goes to Luxor to do some painting, British be for some weeks c/o Post Office, and my own address will Constantinople. With kind regards, Yours truly, (signed) John Carstang. English Address. 40 Bedford Street, Liverpool.
4th 1909
148
tombs. From both these over earlier good some cases are built sources I being obtained, jewels; these certain especially results are gold hope to describe in the next report. more fully Der we found In our examination of the ground near Coptic amongst A. the bronze dagger, with ivory handle, things other shown on Sheet dates The tombs in this are of differing and vicinity yield variable but there is considerable to encouragement proceed results, when the Eastern ridge is worked out. Another interesting of a large tomb (Sheet A result was the discovery to left) objects and the of pottery which from its construction and dynasty. It found within the earliest of was clearly resembles stone Royal Unfortunately tombs. the type of certain of the early strongly (difficult) hardly legible inscription was found on a broken only one its meaning. vessel, and I have not yet been able to guess at pottery in But we are greatly tombs the such encouraged to search for other Unfortunately the Coptic Cemetery interferes very much neighbourhood. of that part. with our exploration destroyed in have been partially This the tomb was found to galleries time of a series of subterranean at a much later construction into which we gained and remarkable extent character, of considerable have arranged In one chamber early Christians the interior entrance. an This Coptic writings for a Church, and left on the walls. several early in Egypt. M. Maspero who, with M. Lefebre is one of the oldest churches (Inspector General), his annual visit two days ago, has decided to paid These for door the visitors. to chamber and affix a preserve I have undertaken to do for him. preparations have been hitherto, important historically, Our results most former heaps however, in the Shuna by sieving tip the of obtained, By so doing of more inscriptions we have recovered excavators. We former Khasekhemwi than were found and published the occasion. on from which five hundred fragments jar sealings, have quite or six a of Some be put together. inscriptions Royal and six or eight private can are shown on Sheet B. specimens We found also the name of King Neter Khet (of Bet Khallaf) on several We have now a new item of evidence for the chronology of the specimens. Dynasty. An Third later the part of the Second and the beginning of found from the fact that I had previously interesting a problem arises of King Perabsen in the tomb of Neter Khet, and that a sealing sealing found both with the latter the Queen Regent Hapi-n-maat and with of was I should guess the solution Khasekhemwi. thus: K. Perabsen Q. Hapi-n-maat (predeceased his Queen) Queen Regent End of Dynasty K. Khasekhemwi K. `Neter Khet (succeeded Khasekhemwi) (succeeded in infancy) is mere speculation. But this With regard to other affairs, I am glad to report the three vacancies have all by been filled in the Committee (two of which were unexpected) Esq. the inclusion of F. Legge Esq., Robt. Mond Esq. and James Smith The first named has spent some time in camp with us, and the last named Is on his way here. I think that the 5 1,000 or X1,100 subscribed will for the work before us, especially be sufficient if we can be relieved of the charge of the house, of which there seems some possibility. With kind regards,
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Excavations Report for at Abydos 1909, February 1909. Camp at Abydos, Balliana, Upper Egypt. It gives me great pleasure be able to to report an exceedingly Dynasty prosperous tombs of the VIth month. The interesting continued to provide the time, and we have us with work throughout obtained a forms and types of complete series that of the pottery period, which In addition were very much required. we have a numerous and varied beauty, series of vases in alabaster, some of considerable and some Other objects found in these early exceptionally good specimens. tombs were head-rests of wood, and other objects of wood which have perished, from groups and boats like Hassan; such as figures those found at Beni "button" beads of special (barrel-shaped) form, also carnelian seals, and amulets in glaze of variety and interest. Intrusive amongst these tombs of the Old Kingdom a number were of later date, some few of the XIIth Dynasty the some of or XIIIth, XVIIIth Dynasty and XIXth and a series, at the top of the mound, of the latest dynasties. From those of the XIIth Dynasty, which were few in number, we have a New Empire From those the number of inscribed stones and stelae. of but were taken a variety of specimens of the period, chiefly several deposits from a semi-Royal by is illustrated tomb, which undisturbed the bulk of the photographs annexed (949 U). dynasties, The tombs of the latest interments, with mummy-form gave from decorated the us some interesting and well-preserved cartonnage (see figures in mummies themselves, as well as a group of silver also the photos). The undisturbed Dynasty to which I have tomb of the XVIIIth referred in Committee, to the above, and also my letters members of was It seems to have been connected with a family rich. particularly of a Prince, the son of Sety I, whose magnificent was found nearby, stela having been re-used in adjoining tombs as the covering of a stone mummy case. The tomb consisted the of a shaft with doorways giving access at in ends to two chambers, one of which led to two subsidiary chambers, (X) was found. one of which the main deposit The chamber 942 contained 1 undisturbed burial 949 contained 2 undisturbed burials 9rk- 94q 944 contained 2 undisturbed burials 1.---k 941 contained several superposed 5H1f Al k 94z 94l layers in one stratum of interments, of which a set of jewels was discovered. The nature of the various deposits leads me to suppose that this was in use duing XVIIIth a family the grave, Dynasties. The and XIXth is of special interest, nature of the tomb itself being each chamber covered with a vault, while in the side of 942 a small recess seems to have been hidden with a separate Photographs roof. the of most of interesting found in the tomb are shown on the objects annexed sheets. After the discovery tomb I wrote to members of the of this Committee individually, 8.100 would be necessary saying that probably a further to In front complete the excavation. of the tomb there is an immense mound begun of sand which we had already to clear away, the with recent discovery it. tomb below of It an undisturbed thus seemed very important to move the whole mound, and thanks to the generous response
150
be able to do this of the Committee we shall the without curtailing *-ork in general. Eight of the ten Committee the have members of their expressed to contribute willingness to make up the extra p. 100. what is necessary It may be easiest to add 1/10th share to each of these eight, and I be glad to contribute 2/10th myself to shall adjust the proportions. Possibly we may find after all that it may not be necessary to call up the whole amount, so we may leave the details till over the accounts In the meantime, I am asking are nearer completion. Treasurer the to make an advance upon these guarantees. I have also asked Mr. Hilton Price to secure for us if the possible House for in Burlington rooms of the Society of Antiquaries an annual I hope we may be able to re-exhibit exhibition. to the London audience last year and exhibited some of the special objects also discovered at Liverpool. The work continues with quite satisfactory results up to the present, fruitful We have to another and I look forward the changed month. position of several gangs during the last few days, with good results. I regret to report Typhus fever a serious among the outbreak of before it was detected, workmen, which had already spread considerably from and thanks to prompt measures in which we had splendid assistance doctor, the Government native The we have now stamped out the epidemic. last for patient was sent home cured a week go, which we are all Twelve men have been died ill, taken relieved. whom two after of from after to their returning village or relapse. effects The difficulty Egypt the which I reported with as having occurred Fund over the question Exploration boundary, has been of a mutual settled. amicably Yours very truly,
(sgd)
John Garstang.
1909
151
The photographs illustrate both some of finds the the special of (1063), the fine dagger (1092) and flints month, like some and also in faience, bronze &c. which have been accumulated series of objects during the season's work. The tomb groups of alabaster vases &c. shown the types of objects in on sheets VI & VII illustrate the use during XIth Dynasty, and these enable us to make an interesting comparative found study on one hand with the objects of the VIth Dynasty &c. this Dynasty found year, and on the other with the groups of the XIIth in the past two years. We are now bringing The Inspector the work to a close. of Antiquities has made the division for the Museum of Cairo, and we have to again for great generosity. fully We retain 5/6ths thank the service of what 949 &c. is the tomb group we have found. The whole of the ours, by exchange with the group table alabasters and small objects of and bronzes 747, reported in January, the and the jewels by exchange with 1065 (sheet IV). We retain 983, gold-foil objects also the best stela [that] from the same tomb. The figured the service taking on sheet VIII fall bulk do the to us, and so too the other stelae all of other objects. There remains to be excavated the recently opened of a good portion I could probably if XIth Dynasty. for next season members of arrange 700 under for a small expedition the Committee wished for it, of say to the charge of Mr. Peet, who has proved to me his conduct ability such a piece of work by the help he has given me during the past month, the the general of organisation superintendence and I could undertake during the site the progress or towards the end of visit and personally This is a matter which in order. the work to have all we can arrange during the summer. Such an expedition would begin work as I contemplate in the autumn, say November or December. Mr. last from James Smith, We have had visits during the weeks Jean Capart and Mr. Robert Mond, members of the Committee. Monsieur death It is with deepest regret Mr. that I have to refer to the of Price, Hilton its the founder of our Commmittee eight years ago, and During the past season until 8 days of his death treasurer. we within had been in regular corespondence as usual during the progress of our We shall hardly be able to replace excavations. one who combined so in himself conspicuously a great kindliness, and authority enthusiasm, of position. I am assuming that the arrangements in as usual which had been left Mr. Price's hands &c. be carried the as regards will exhibition To these matters I will London through. to give attention on my return In the meanwhile, the cases are being addressed to at the end of April. store in London until such time as we may commence the exhibition. Ordinarily the date for that would have been in July next, at the rooms Price was Director. of Antiquaries, of the Society of which Mr. Hilton Our accounts X100 by the show that with additional contributed be on a reasonable several members, we shall estimate well within our (of 5.1,200). limit After that we have only the question house the of here to adjust, I hope not and properties which will cost more than X50, in whatever way it may be arranged. At the conclusion in Egypt I of my tenth season of excavation thank in this interest you all again for your continued work.
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THE TOMB REGISTER
The Tomb-Register:
Notes
The
following
tomb-register account as is of
aims
to
provide
as
concise by
and
comprehensive in 1906-1909
the material
excavated
at Abydos is a
consecutive as a list
catalogue objects
including recovered
as well
All
entries
in
double
inverted while
"thus", in
are single
quotations inverted of
field-notebooks, quotations
catalogues. author's
present the
readings notebook.
abbreviated
Location siting
- under of the
this tomb,
heading either at
is
the to 1908 of
Abydos.
indicates
nothing of
a general
cemetery season
Garstang
the
1909,
when
an attempt
mind that
where
allocation
165
largely areas;
basis there
of
similar is
tomb-groups to
being
in
evidence
tombs with
Intermediate Ridge.
material
- refers the
regarding photographs. of
the In
form the
of vast the
the
tomb,
nothing
type
came;
one suspects
no actual refers in
and that
so-called
simply spot,
of material
found
by Garstang
disturbed
Contents objects
- are which
listed
in
such a
way
as
to
give
priority which
to appear as any on
those the
followed the
by those
objects over
objects
their For
tended
measurements
to decimals.
the
present
location
of
the
object and
(if any
the
S. A. O. S.
publications register
piece.
Abbreviations
used in
166
Museum, Oxford Museum and Art Service by B. J. Gallery el-Arabah, from original
Magazine,
Kemp Gallery
Bol. B. M. Bruss. Cairo d'Entr'ee) Carm. Dublin R. S. M. Fitz. Glasgow Kendal Liv.
Bolton = British =
(numbers
Scottish
Museum, Edinburgh
Fitwilliam =
School
of Archaeology
and
Oriental
Man. Mer.
M. M. A. Pitt Rivers
U. C. L. Ure. W. A. G.
Museum, University
167
Illustrations
All
illustrations line
are across at
together
An
unbroken which
may be found
which in
occupies.
The consecutive
numbering object
follows in
usually
1: 2 is
(i. e. impractical,
but where this objects, of all scale the object cases are scale
or very smaller
convenience. at
Some
(e. g. a
linear by
on each page,
photographs it is
not
indicated of
and no linear
provided
illustration
the
object.
Pottery The conventions the present writer accepted as follows: of is each divided (including of the in half, any ceramic the vessels left-hand (as side with showing and all the the used for from illustrating a number of the of pottery sources. pottery, have been adapted Since that there used in is by no this
method
recording
illustrated interior
internal
decoration)
168
The right-hand cases, of order profile
of the the
the
vessel In
wall.
represents clarity
the demands
vessel. sectional
drawing render
have more
been fully
into
the other's
or to give
full
moulded
elements
Solid
on the
body of
the
vessel
indicate parts
incisions of the on
in
its The
painted
vessel. burnishing,
shift standard
any painted
decoration
Munsell
colour
designations. (3) Unless indicated otherwise, all the body-fabrics can be assumed to
be silt
wares.
169
corpus
of
pottery
shapes
is
based on
on odd pieces
of cardboard, vessel-shapes
season
Garstang
excavations
Beni
tombs at below.
1907 are
reproduced to form
shapes the
a running
sequence from
numbers,
Garstang
type-standards, to
considered of vessel
pencil 'even
on the out'
the
shapes but
some rationalisation Garstang's not the the represent in 'Late a which writer squat for
consistency.
Old Kingdom Types') chronological the into closed which they size. vessels roughly forms, there are is sorting,
primarily
season present
a sub-sorting
shapes Also
closed pottery
forms,
inclisded
those as the
forms in
information, of of their a
usually
regarding
size
individual
170
This vessels collections the the of larger Contents corpus which is useful in that it but is the only not record of many in of the
were
excavated
are
represented
existing and of
material,
vessels part
The bold
numbers
refers parentheses
running follows
corpus-numbers, is that
which that
number of
occurences
of
type
from
question. in
included
pot-types
Pottery (1)
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
Types 1-
2-
Open forms
from
1908
171
rim"
Types
3-
Pot-stands
and enclosed
forms
from
1908
"Common" "Large"
4black
Tall
forms
from
1908
band"
Pottery (75) -
Types [Not
5all
Large with
forms
from
1908
small
Pottery (77) (78) (79) (80) (81) (82) (84) (85) (86) (87) -
Types
6-
Open forms
from
1909
"Common" "Very "Very "Rare, "Very "Very common" 5-8 common" finer" rough, 5-7 7 cm. rare" cm. very common" 4-10 cm. cm. cm.
"Roughly
(88)
"Brick -
red,
13 cm.
9-17 5-7 rare" cm. cm. 19-30 cm.
7-
Enclosed cm.
forms
from
1909
6-16 8 cm.
rare"
15-19
cm. cm.
"Painted, "Brown
common" 9-14
(99)
(100) (101) (102)
10 cm. "Black "Brown "Rare" on dark on ochre, 23-28 cm. red" 33-38 cm.
rare"
22 cm.
(103) (104)
(105) (107) (108) (109) (110) (111) (112) (113) (114)
"Rough yellow-red, "Very common" 9 cm. "Red polish, "Black "Very "Rare" on red rare" polish"
rare"
14 cm.
7-10
cm.
7 cm.
common" 10-19
173
Pottery (116) (117) (119) (120) (121) (122) (123) (124) (125) (126) (127) Types 8Tall and various forms from 1909
"Common" 5-6 cm. "[Found with] cm. Amphorae and late pots generally, about 20 cm. "
common" 7-10 cm. common" 10-14 rare" 40-45 10 cm. cm. cm.
"Very "Rare"
20 cm. -
(128) (129)
(130) (131)
15 cm. 12 cm. "Bad yellow "Common" 4-8 ware, cm. brown stripes" 15-16 cm.
(132)
"Painted" -
13 cm.
(133) - 25 cm.
Pottery (134) -
Types "Dull
9red,
Tall rare"
forms
from
1909
"Brick -
red"
12 cm.
(138) - "Very common" 25-30 cm. (139) - "Rare" 30 cm. 12-15 cm. 35 cm.
"Common" 15 cm. -
(144)
174
(145) - "White rim" (146) - 11-18 cm. (147) - 25 cm. (148) - 20-28 cm. (149) - "Dull red,
cording
on shoulder,
very rare"
37 cm.
Pottery (150) (151) (152) (153) (154) (155) (156) (157) (158) (159) (160) (161) (162) (163) (164) (165) (166) (167) (168) (169) (170)
Types
10 - Late
from
1909 0
"Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish" "Red polish, "Red polish, "Red polish" "Buff, "Buff, squat rare"
common" common" common" trefoil common" very very common" common" mouth"
rare" unique"
form,
very
common"
rare"
(171) - "Buff"
(172)
"Buff, -
rough
ware,
very
common indeed"
175
Pottery (183) -
Types "Usually
1909
123
176
00
45
(0
678 9
10 0
0Q
11
13 14
12 0
C)
Pottery
Types 1-
15
16
17
18
177
D
19 =_,. : :, o o
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20 21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
O
29 30 31 32
33
34
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35
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38 39
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40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
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51 52 53
Pottery
Types 3-
Pot-stands
and enclosed
54
55
56
57
179
a
58 62
000
59 60
61
7-7
op
63
64
65
'Iff
V
66 67. a
v
67. b
67. c
Pottery
Types
4-
Tall
forms
from
1908
180 68 69 70
71
72
73
74
75
76
Pottery
Types 5-
77
181
78 79 80
81
82 : 7 85
-j
83
84
o
86 87 89
'7
a
88
90
91
92
93
Pottery
Types
6 -, Open forms
from
1909
182 94 95 96 97
98 99
100
101
102
103
104
105
Io
106 0 107
108
109
110
(n
111 112
003
0
113
114
Pottery
Types 7-
Enclosed
115
,
116
117
118
183
II
119
120
0 (]
121
122
V
123 00
V
124 125
D
126
0
128 129
127
133
130
131
132
Pottery
Types
8-
Tall
and various
forms
from
1909
184
134
136
137
138
135
139
140
141
142
143
c
144
145
146
oa
147 148 Types 9Tall and necked forms from 1909
149
Pottery
LJ
154 155 156 157
158
161
D
159 160
162
163
164
p
165
a
166 , 167
C)
169
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170 171
a
168 172
Pottery
Types
10 - Late
Old Kingdom
forms
from
l9flo
173
174
175
176
186
1
1
177
178
179
180
181
1:52
183
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184 185 186
187
Pottery
Types
11 - Amphorae
from
1909
"A pit 6m deep, 2m deep. brick-lined to Orientated The chamber on the as usual. nearly north-south, south " distance. side extending east and west a considerable The chamber is divided into two, a north-eastern and (see plan) south-western chamber
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Beads of: i) bone x6, ii) carnelian xl, iii) copper xl - Liv. E. 9383 Beads of: i) ii) blue amethyst, glaze, Mer. 1977.109.9 Two silver rings - Mer. 1977.109.9 "Small kohl vessel of blueish stone" "Small garnet beads"
Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish yellow 7.5 YR 7/6, 5/6 - Mer. 1977.109.95 Alabaster vessel and lid - Mer. 1977.109.82
iii)
slip
red
xl,
10
iv)
black
faience blue
faience
Chamber
of
Shaft
2 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) "Disc of blue glaze" "Pit located 100m true south of the at Shuna" the north end"
"The pit -
6m deep with
a chamber
(2) (3)
kohl vessel,
small"
188 3 A'06
Location Construction "Tomb situated "Pit north of the valley on the ridge" Two in. "secondary
the about 5m deep, east wall to the north chambers, and south" interment under the west wall"
pressing with a
Ceramic vessel; fabric, decoration reddish-brown of white paint BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip - BJK/EA "Scarab", from field-notebook sketch of base-design Three copper rings, covered with gold sheet - Mer. 1977.109.7 "Ushabti ?Mwt" of Q
(6)
(7) (8)
"Small
"Long thin bead of green glaze" "Small beads of green glaze" interment of under bluish the west wall containing": -
ushabti"
vessel
material"
4 A'06
Location Construction "Pits in a row on the a series - compare north side of the valley" a single
Presumably tomb-complex
of shafts 6 A'06
composing
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) fabric, vessel; reddish-brown no slip - BJK/EA (illus. dish with from incised decoration" palm-leaf Neg. A. 1 photograph) Green glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1057 Copper ring - Liv. E. 826 Beads of: i) bone xl, ii) iii) faience turquoise turquoise xl, faience faience faience x4, iv) turquoise turquoise x3, vi) xl, v) faience blue faience turquoise xl, vii) x1 - Liv. E. 259 "Bronze dish 6" wide" (not base-ring about with repousse Neg. A. 2 illustrated) "Fragment of an inscription" "Half dish" an alabaster "Half bracelet" a green faience "Fragments of green glaze" "Flint knife" "Kohl vessel of alabaster 2.5" tall" Ceramic "Pottery
5 A'06
Location "Located fort" near the valley and more south-east of the
Construction
"Pit -
189 Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Alabaster vessel - Kendal "Eggs" (- Bol. A. 128.1968 ?) "Dom nuts" (- Bol. A. 129.1968 "Fragment inlay" of ivory
?)
(5) 6 A'06
"Beads"
Location
Construction
"near -
7 A'06"
(see plan)
"Several Chamber 1 was One vaulted". broken into. pits, [compare intact its in walls with good condition, between Chambers 2 and Neg. A. 6], but the partition wall 3 was partly the broken away and the rest of chambers immediately Chamber 2 is to the run into each other. the this and is at group south of a shaft serving Chambers 2 to 5. " (see plan) western end of the group of
Contents:
Garstang impossible (1) (2) (3) (4)
that notes to predict "as the the identity it proceeded excavation deposits" of the original was found
One alabaster "5 heads of canopic jars and fragments the jars". of example is Man. 3996; Neg. A. 3 Beads of worn faience Man. 4011 "Large stela, the door of the chamber" - Plate 4; Negs. A. 7 & 10 Egypt, Lower Stela for the Treasurer Ring inscribed the of of fig. 227; Negs. A. 5 & 8; Hayes Khonsu - M. M. A. 21.2.69; 1953,345, Franke 1984,288 No. 464
(5)
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (17)
Inlaid
Man. 4010 (not illustrated) Fragment of red faience inlay (not illustrated) Man. 4012 Inscribed fragments coffin (not illustrated) Inlaid Man. 4013 eye fragments Man. 4014 fragments (not illustrated) Two inscribed limestone "Scarab" for "9LS inscribed z5 "Portion jar" canopic of inscribed "Lid of canopic jar in the form of Isis" "Wooden ushabti full inscriptions" figure, missing head, & 24 Negs. A. 15,17 "Tiny white alabaster kohl vessel" "Few gold beads and glaze" Ceramic vessel - Mer. 16.11.06.16, now lost Two cow horns - Mer. 16.11.06.1, now lost Very badly damaged inscribed block - Neg. A. 4
eye (not
illustrated)
Man. 4009 -
"One pit" -
(1)
Ceramic vessel;
fabric
reddish-yellow
7.5 YR 6/6,
thin
wash
of
190
(2) (3) 7.5 YR 6/6, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; light reddish-yellow 2.5 YR 6/8, with patches of smoke-blackening Liv. E. 4677 7.5 fabric Ceramic vessel; YR 6/6, reddish-yellow self-slip Man. 3964
white
red -
7.5 YR 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow wash on upper body light red 10 R 6/8 - Liv. E. 6846; Neg. A. 20 7.5 YR 6/4 Ceramic vessel; fabric Man. 3972; reddish-yellow Neg. A. 20 Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow, wash light red 10 R 6/6, traces of white bands on upper body 5 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 10.20.10; Neg. A. 20
(6) (4) Ceramic vessel inscribed to clearly above, shaped as (other for the 3tw n three have worn traces) of an ink inscription Neg. A. 20 blf3, Senebtify ,t 3 figures "7a [=superstructure? ] broken with stela and inscription" "Fragments coffin" of inscribed "End of a stone coffin" Neg. A. 12 "Large portion Neg. A. 12 of coffin" "Small faience beads" "Gold earring" "Shell and [? ]" "Gold leaf" "Impress Neg. A. 19 of a seal "2 small hawk beads of wood" Two ceramic vessels Mer 16.11.06.18 19, now lost and "Glazed ball bead and tubes" "Wood fittings inscribed all burnt" portions and of wood coffin,
(8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
8 A'06
Location Construction Contents: Eastern (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Pit with irregular brown patches, - not known
"Two pits" -
brown Ceramic fabric vessel; horizontally BJK/EA burnished "Small ushabti figures" "Gold ring, perished" "Few ball beads" "Fragments of alabaster" "Fragments of ivory" Pit
Western
come from
this
part
of
the
tomb
as
191
9 A'06
Location Construction Contents: Western Pit - not known pits with "a small mastaba located to the south"
Three -
(1) (2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Beads of: i) blue faience ii) dull blue x2, x2, black faience faience faience iii) turquoise xl, x28, iv) black faience x16, v) bone x5, vi) carnelian blue faience x3, vii) x4, green faience x2, carnelian viii) xl, ix) carnelian x2, x) lapis-lazuli xl, xi) dark faience blue/green faience green faience x3, xii) xl, xiii) green bright blue faience faience blue/green xl, xiv) xv) xl, xl Liv. E. 9384 Stela inscribed Upper for the 'Great One of the Tens of Egypt, "from top" Ren[? ]', Neg. A. 21 -
Blue anhydrite vessel - Mer. 1977.109.83 Ivory lid of a quadripartite vessel - Man.4082
"Copper mirror"
"Beads
of carnelian
and jasper"
Pit "Two ivory hands" - MacGregor 699 "Few glazed dog amulets and glazed "Fragment of a kohl pot"
bead"
(10)
"Fruits" Pit
Eastern
(11) (12)
Incised "Small
rod blue
Man. 4079 -
10 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - not known pit"
"A single -
Alabaster lid - Man. 4039 vessel "Fragment bowl" of a faience "Scarab of 0S It "Base of an ushabti" "12th dynasty beads" "Portion of a large ushabti"
11 A'06
Location Construction
192 Contents: Western (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Pit
Fragmentary vessel - Man. 4026 anhydrite Man. 4001 Bone inlay strip fragments faience inlay blue/green Four dark Man. 4025 illustrated) black brown stone x2, ii) Beads of: i) polished iv) green faience x2 - Man. 4076 xl, garnet Liv. E. 9115 Blue faience amulet Ivory ring - Man. 4019 Pit
largest iii)
Eastern
(7)
(8) (9) (10)
"Alabaster
kohl
now lost
inscription"
(not
illustrated)
12 A'06 Location Construction - not known descending the onto the and 2 old pits to may be a mud-brick
"Long passage, the filling thrown passage of an Old Kingdom mastaba " The "Old Kingdom west. mastaba" for two shaft-tombs superstructure
Contents: 'Pit'
(1)
1
Ceramic interior reddish-brown vessel; BJK/EA fabric, burnished red slip on
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) "West (9) (10) (11) (12)
YR 2.5 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/6, slip red reddish-yellow 5/6, traces of wash white 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4374 10 R Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 8/6, slip red reddish-yellow 5/8 - Liv. E. 4918 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, traces paint of white red slip, around the rim - BJK/EA burnished fabric Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 6/6, slip reddish-yellow light red 10 R 6/8 - Liv. E. 4474 "Rough kohl dish with mud lid" "Mud vase" wall outlier of pit containing"
Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow 7.5 YR 6/6, 5/6, bands painted white 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4003
slip
red
10
"Few 12th dynasty beads" "Fragment dish" of faience "Scarab with bird design" "Small beads on a string"
193 'Pit'
(13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
2
"Statuette limestone 9 in. high, head missing = Neg. A. 25 "Small glazed kohl pot" "Part of dark stone object" "Four decorated Middle Kingdom scarabs" "Group of New Kingdom scarabs" "Beads and shell" "Part of alabaster pot" inscribed" Plate 5
13 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not known pit"
"A single -
"Stone lid of a kohl pot" "Yellow jar" "Few beads" "Earring" "Near 13 A'06 - Fragments now lost
of a plain
ivory
14 A'06
Location Construction Contents: "South of 1 A'06" pit"
"A single -
(1)
"Few beads"
15 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not known pit"
"A single -
(3) (4)
) - Man. 4081 head-rest(? Base of an ivory 27mm.x. 4mm. x4, ii) beads; i) cylindrical Blue faience disc 13mm. tall 6mm. tall x 3mm. x 5mm. wide x2, iii) (not illustrated) Mer. 16.11.06.8 "Fragment wooden coffin" of inscribed "Comb"
spheroids xl wide,
(5)
"Pots
in the door"
194 16 A'06
Location "Situated of Construction Contents: Western (1) (2) Pit 2 yards a mastaba over to the east dug pits" of 10 A'06... to the north
"Two pits" -
(3)
(4)
(5)
Liv. E. 4536 10 YR 6/4, self-slip Ceramic vessel; fabric pale red Beads of: i) green faience ii) iv) garnet xl, x20, iii) shell x2, black faience x108, x74, vi) steatite carnelian xl, v) blue/green faience turquoise xl, viii) xl, stone x16, garnet xl, vii) garnet blue faience ix) xi) calcite x5, black stone x3, xl, x) steatite xl, xii) steatite xl - Liv. E. 2395 iii) blue faience Beads of: i) blue faience blue ii) x12, xl, faience iv) blue faience xl, v) green and black x35, red glazexl, black faience faience blue faience streaked xl, vi) green xl, vii) light blue blue dark ix) with xl, viii) carnelian glass xl, 'crumbs' faience xl, xi) yellow x) blue faience xl, x3, red/orange faience blue faience faience xl xl, red/orange xii) xl, Liv. E. 2394 faience Beads i) ii) barrel 15mm., green of: carnelian 1 'trumpet'-shell 9mm., iv) 17mm., iii) 2 blue faience spheroids 12mm., vi) 6.5mm., v) plum-shaped blue faience haemetite spheroid illustrated) 1.2 fragment 45mm. (not quartz of x 0.9 xO. Mer. 16.11.06.31 'taunt' Beads of: lentoid jasper amulet 13mm., ii) green silver 18mm., iii) 7.5mm, carnelian x2, amethyst x5, rough hippopotami felspar Mer. 16.11.06.9 x4 (not illustrated) Pit
Eastern "Empty"
17 A'06
Location Construction - see plan "Mastaba tomb" - in this the contents, was of view to attached probably an offering-chapel which was either Since the tomb or served as an independent entity. a North Cemetery dug is the area on the edge of the Great Wadi, the latter may be the case. overlooking
18 A'06
Location Near the Plate 6 -a southern edge of the North Cemetery,
195
see
Construction
forming group of rectangular shafts a single group, The and served by a mud-brick superstructure nearby. is known. number of chambers each shaft possessed not See Plate 6
Contents: from The following objects seem mainly to derive but, due to post-depositional the group, mixing, assemblage as a single (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) two of the in shafts they have been treated
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(19) (20)
(21) (22)
(23)
Neg. A. 33, Base-ring Birmingham MacGregor juglet unnumbered, 1718; Merrillees 1968,111 & p1. III, 2 Ceramic vessel, brown fabric, slip - BJK/EA no Ceramic vessel; brown fabric light very pale red 2.5 YR 6/6, slip 10 YR 7/3, painted lines 5 YR 5/3 - Liv. E. 4452 reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; fabric very pale brown 10 YR red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip 7/3, painted lines 5 YR 5/3 - Liv. E. 4255 reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; fabric light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, slip red 10 R 5/6 Mer. 1977.109.97; Neg. A. 33 burnished Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 6/6, slip reddish-yellow 10 horizontally body and vertically lower body to red on upper on R 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.115; Neg. A. 33 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, burnished red slip reddish-yellow 10 R 4/8 - Mer. 1977.109.132 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, vertically reddish-yellow slip burnished to red 10 R 4/8 - Mer. 1977.109.135 10 R Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 7/6, slip red reddish-yellow 5/8 - Liv. E, 3073 10 Ceramic vessel; burnished to red red 10 R 5/6, vertically slip R 5/8 - Carmarthen, A. 75.849 Ceramic vessel; fabric burnished red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip vertically to red 10 R 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.111 Ceramic vessel, fabric, reddish-brown red slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip red 10 R 5/6, interior burnished to red 10 R 5/6 - Mer. 1977.109.107 Ceramic vessel, fabric reddish-brown with dark grey core, red slip burnish BJK/EA on interior with concentric Ceramic vessel; fabric 10 R 5/4, red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip weak red burnished to red 10 R 4/8 - Mer. 1977.109.98 on interior Ceramic vessel, brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric YR 5/8, 10 R 5/8 red 2.5 slip red Mer. 1977.109.127 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, slip light-red 10 reddish-yellow R 6/8, interior burnished 10 R 5/8 Mer. 1973.1.378; to red MacGregor 1685 Ceramic vessel; fabric very pale brown 10 YR 7/4, slip on interior 5 YR 4/3 - Liv. E. 4560 reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; fabric slip reddish-yellow, red 10 R 5/8, white paint cross 5 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 188.1968
Alabaster Alabaster
vessel vessel
U. C. L. 38019; Neg. A. 31; MacGregor 996 U. C. L. 38018; Neg. A. 31; MacGregor 996 vessel (but with alabaster
lid)
196
(24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) Alabaster vessel - U. C. L. 38015; Neg. A. 31; MacGregor 997 MacGregor 954 Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1973.1.244; Fragment of stone vessel lid - Liv. E. 7122 Liv. E. 6542 Sandstone hone/rubber hole -Liv. E. 6524 Slate with single palette, Fragment of incised dot-and-circle with strip, a bone inlay Man. 3999 decoration incised Fragment of dot-and-circle with strip, a bone inlay Liv. E. 7045 decoration incised dot-and-circle Fragment of with strip, a bone inlay Man. 3999 decoration incised dot-and-circle Fragment of with strip, a bone inlay Man. 3999 decoration (pin? ) - Liv. E. 7123 Fragment of ivory Liv. E. 7122 fragments Ivory bracelet 'nh-amulet Liv. E. 178 Fragment of a blue faience Liv. E. 179 Two fragments blue faience rings of Man. 3982 blue 'crumbs' light Bead of dark blue faience with faience iii) blue/green ii) Beads of: i) blue faience x6, x4, faience faience iv) green faience xl, v) green turquoise x2, x2, faience blue/green lapis-lazuli x1, viii) xl, vii) vi) faience blue blue faience lapis-lazuli ix) light xl, x2, x) xl, faience blue xl copper xiii) xl, xl, xii) xi) blue faience Man. 4075 Liv. E. 39; "From limestone stela of ground" surface a worn Neg. A. 26 Mer. 16.11.06.22-23, Ceramic vessels now lost R'(? ) for Fragment limestone inscribed jar, canopic of Mer. 16.11.06.409 Neg. A. 27 Two faience bowls, with decoration plants of aquatic 'A quantity beads' - MacGregor 1440 of faience "Kohl stick mounted" of obsidian, "Near 18 scarab "Scarab of Amenhotep" (? ) Fragment of head of statuette Neg. A. 29 -
(48)
'Nubian'
razor,
with
fragment
of wood attached
Neg. A. 29 -
19 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not known pit"
"A single -
20 A'06 Location Construction "Two metres "A single to the pit" east of 15 A'06, towards the Shuna"
197
(2) (3) (4) (3) (6) "Head of similar pin" "Ivory [? ] bud of a pomegranate ?" "Green glazed beads" "Two fragments of alabeter" Beni "Wood fragments of coffin. Sbtp-ib-'nbi
Hassan
slain
type"
naming
21 A'06
Location Construction Contents: East (1) (2) (3) Pit Liv. E. 4050 Ceramic vessel; fabric 2.5 Y 8/2, self-slip marl 10 R 5/6, patch of fabric Ceramic vessel; 2.5 YR 5/6, slip red red 7.5 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4212 wash pinkish-white "Body of a crude limestone 8 inches high" (illus. not c. statuette, Hornemann & 25; Man. 3997; Plate 5; Negs. A. 15,24, to scale) 1951,107 "In filling near top of 9 A'06"
"Two broken -
down pits"
(4)
(5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
("and lid", Liv. E. 2694 Alabaster vessel now missing) (and one fragment) Two copper rings Mer. 49.47.591 "Scarab of +I" "Green faience ball beads and one stone bead" "Glass beads" "Dish with incised palm pattern" "Fruit"
(12)
"Five
scarabs"
22 A'06 Location
Construction
"To the east of 9 A'06" "Pits", contents with are following least the two chambers at to come from the "Western Chamber" said
2.25 wide and depicting "On surface 4" of an ivory magical wand, legged disc" - Neg. A. 35 frog, a a winged creature and a decoration Fragment of (1) ?, an ivory part of wand with incised 2.8 cm wide x 1.9 cm high x 0.7 head, facing of a jackal's right, (not illustrated) Mer. 16.11.06.304 thick cm "Beads" (now lost) "Three portions vase" - Mer. 16.11.06.24 of an alabaster "Pair inscribed" of late ushabtis,
198
Contents: (1) -
(2) (3)
Beads of: i) red faience x6, white faience x13, x10, blue faience faience blue faience x7, ii) x24, yellow green faience yellow xl, faience iii) xl, core material x2, green faience turquoise x2, faience faience iv) blue/green faience x65, v) turquoise xl, xl, blue faience faience blue x595, vii) vi) blue/green x3, viii) faience xl - Liv. E. 2593 Beads faience ii) light-green i) xl, of: carnelian xi Mer. 1977.109.8 Limestone fragment eye - Liv. E. 661 of an inlaid
24 A'06
Location "At the western 301" "Four pits, end of the old 'E' cemetery, to the west of
A to the
west
D (empty and
pit)
to
the
east"
robbed
and
yielded
no
traceable
"Piece of ivory" "Small alabaster vase" "Bronze head of a staff with "12th dynasty ball beads" Chamber B "Painted blade of an oar" "Ushabti" "Dark glazed beads" "Scarab of Sa-Nefer" "Small faience pendants" "Standing stone cup, broken"
wood"
Chamber C "A deep pit with upper chambers t and Q. Descending to of a depth A further two chambers were the come upon, northern about 9 metres. dynasty burialswere Three undisturbed 12th being closed with bricks. (i) and (ii) backs and left half on their found. were lying sides while (iii) feet Chamber cut into the these was more over on its side. of feet of (ii) damaged during Hair pins were found burials, this process. Small beads found between the hands of near the feet and neck of (iii). (i) and (ii)". "From the pit outside the door" (i. e. shaft of C)
"On south (upper west) side. Male" "Beads, between (i) and (ii) - probably "Green glazed ball beads around neck" "Gold shell pendant" "Amethyst scarab" "Hair between legs" pin reputedly
for
the
hand of
(ii)"
Burial
"Middle
(ii)
was the located major burial from objects the of group aand this tomb. See Plate
female". This burial, the all seems to have yielded 7 for the objects in-situ
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
Alabaster
Alabaster vessel - Bol. A. 110.1968; Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2710 Broken base of an alabaster vessel
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.52 -
& 40
(5)
(6) (7) (8)
Alabaster
(9) (10)
(11) Also
"and (missing) Anhydrite lid" vessel, & 40 Negs. A. 31,38 Tripartite alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.89; Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.66 Fragments listed
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.70; -
Negs. A. 31,38,39,
Neg. A. 38
& 40
Mer. 1977.109.84;
illustrated)
Liv. E. 999 -
"Hair pins at feet" "Tiny alabaster vase" "Small cup of stone" "Rectangular palette" "Glazed beads at ball ribbed "Obsidian kohl stick" (iii)
neck"
Burial
"On left Female probably side. with broken skull" (the former "Beads and gold before are chain neck" beads Mer. 1977.109.5, these could although unillustrated from any part of the tomb
possibly probably
the come
"Scarab"
in the This tomb seems to have been re-excavated bearingthe designation 24 A'07: are objects 1907 season, there
as
(12) Ivory boy, with stamp seal in the form of a squatting one finger for Nhti imy-r pr m3' brw (not illustrated) in his mouth, inscribed 1971, No. 806 and refs. cit. B. M. 54677; Negs. A. 41-44; see Martin
cartouche
of N-m3't-r'
on base
200 25 A'06
Location In the western tomb 301 - not fabric known end of the 'E' cemetery, south-west of
Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
5 YR 7/6, slip red 10 R 5/8, reddish-yellow vessel; band at mouth white 2.5 Y 8/2 - Liv. E. 4572 painted (not beads 16 blue tube 'Blue faience glazed and ape amulet Mer. 16.11.06.242 illustrated) (not illustrated) Man. 4077 + Wooden 'dad' and 'buckle' amulets 4080 "Plait of hair" "Ushabti ?" Gq of "Small glazed beads" "Wooden hand" "Fragments stelae" of inscribed Ceramic
"A single -
(1)
Mer. 16.11.06.6 -
(now lost)
27 A'06
Location Construction Contents: - not known
28 A'06 Location Construction Contents: (1) 6/6, 10 self-slip, YR 3/4 - not known pit"
"A single -
10 YR fabric Ceramic vessel; brownish-yellow bands dark traces yellowish-brown of painted Liv. E. 6380
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
Alabaster
lid
Polished limestone vessel - Man. 3961 "Scarab with scroll design Gv " "Glazed tube beads" "Pendants"
Liv. E. 2554 -
201 29 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) blue ii) faience spheroids 3.5mm xl, iv) dull spheroid Mer. 16.11.06.7 illustrated - not known pit"
"A single -
(2)
Beads of: i) shell disc 3.5mm. x31, 5mm. x14, iii) flatttened carnelian 'conches' 11mm. xl (not red pottery "2 scarabs, one with a gold mount"
with skeleton extended on back, the head southern end" - Plate 8; Negs. A. 47 & 48 -
"Grave
Contents: (1)
2.5 Ceramic vessel found "west of the head"; fabric YR light red 6/6, self-slip, bands of light thin bands of red and thick painted blue - Man. 3966; Plate 8; Negs. A. 47 & 48 "2-handled amphora" - Plate 8; Negs. A. 47 & 48 "East of the head a large dish" Plate 8; Negs. A. 47 & 48 "Set of red pendants "Earrings" "Glass beads, white spots in black"
31 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not known pit"
"A single -
"Green glazed ball beads" "Green scarab" "Amethyst beads" "Carnelian scarab" "Beads and small pendants"
32 A'06
N
- not
known
"One pit" -
(1)
Blue faience
w 3t-amulet
Liv. E. 9116 -
202 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) faience Beads of: i) turquoise Liv. E. 2451 Bone ring - Liv. E. 7296 "Metal ring" "Part figure" of pottery "Ivory handle" "Fragments inlay" of ivory "Scarab" xl, ii) turquoise faience xl -
(9)
"Lid
of alabaster
kohl
pot"
34 A'06
Location Construction Contents: (1) stone coffins" Neg. A. 49 "East of the fort" Roman period"
"A tomb of -
the
"Several
300 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) "Broken stele found in redeem to East"
not known "Much broken mastaba with only south wall complete"
"East -
of 300 A'07"
Mastaba to East. 15 feet below surface walls
Contents:
are To are
have been adjoining tombs and 301 A'07 and 328 A'07 seem to (1980,233-240). as a single group by Kemp and Merrillees published here duplication, listed illustrated the only objects and avoid by Kemp and Merrillees those not figured
(1) (2)
Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip red 10 R 5/6, painted band at mouth grey 7.5 YR 6/0 - Bol. A. 139.1968 10 Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow fabric 5 YR 6/6, slip light-red R 6/6, burnished to red 10 R 5/8 - Bol. A. 164.1968
302 A'07
Location Construction - not known
An offering-chapel, much broken a "Very of consisting South and east walls of mastaba with kiosk to the north. Behind kiosk complete, the west. with fragment of the Li. down, lower to the west and a shrine west wall, facing Seemingly this east". with associated "Oblong tomb to below top of wall superstructure was an with 2 chambers"
Contents: (1) fabric Ceramic vessel; with sand temper red 10 R 5/6 - Liv. E. 4914 slip "Pots coffin reddish-yellow 5 YR 7/6,
(2)
(3)
"3 pots"
found mask"
under
head with
round
black
seal
and fragment
of
gilt
(4)
"In
[chamber]
i\
wooden coffin
"Mastaba with surrounding walls almost entirely Fragments of northern, eastern and southern walls"
Contents: (1) Ceramic west, fine marl vessel; 3 ft. below surface" 2.5 Y 8/2 fabric Bol. A. 151.1968 "found in redeem to
304 A'07
Location Construction - not known below running surface East wall apart. a metre down" 3 ft. north slopes
Contents: (1)
6 ft. "Part Stela with found in redeem cut out of middle, of (see 360 A'07) - Liv. E. 30; below surface to south-east" also No. 125 Negs. A. 117-120; Kitchen 1961 & 1962; Franke 1984,108
305 A'07
Location
Construction
not known "West and south Offering-chapel walls superstructure of In west wall to south a of kiosk with trace of plaster. 2m. by lm. about, with oblong shrine" square projection
306 A'07
Location Construction - not known
Entrance facing It seems that this tomb east". tombs, a series of chambers was, with the following For 306-310 which shared a "wall a plan at west". of (1); 308 A'07 A'07 see after the the illustration of field-notebook of 306-308 A'07, and gives a sketch-plan based the positions of 309 A'07 and 310 A'07 are on Neg. A. 122 (= Plate 9)
"Tomb.
Contents: (1) blue/green Beads of: i) green faience faience xl, ii) x120, shell blue faience x12, iv) blue glass xl, x28, red faience x8, iii) v) dark blue blue faience vii) xl, vi) shell x26, stone xl, viii) dark green glass x2 - Bol. A. 90.1968
205 (2) Beads of: i) carnelian blue/green faience iii) xl, ii) x33, faience faience iv) blue/green faience x4, v) blue/green xl, faience light-green xl, vi) orange clay xl, dark blue stone Bol. A. 88.1968 blue x2, xl -
307 A'07
Location Construction
Contents: (1) -
Immediately "Tomb" -
See plan
Ceramic
vessel;
slipped
and burnished
to red
10 R 5/8
Liv. E. 4059 -
308 A'07
Location Construction Immediately south of 307 A'07. See plan and Plate steps 9 with
end of wall"
309 A'07
Location Immediately of wall south of 308 A'07. The north is parallel of the wall to south superstructure A'07, with a distance them. of two feet in-between plan and Plate 9 "Hosh, no pit. wall practically none recorded Relief gone" or located in middle of North wall. the 300 See
Construction
South
Contents:
310 A'07 Location Construction South of 309 A'07. See plan and Plate at 9 East. 3ft. below
Entrance
Contents:
311 A'07 Location Construction Contents: - not "Pit" none recorded or located. known
206
312 A'07
Location Construction Contents: - not known wall S. E. and S. W. corners and of a tomb"
"South
"Near
(1) (2) (3)
Seventeen clay model tools - Liv. E. 1301 & Mer. 1974.190.18 "8 Small saucers, 2 perforated" figure" doll "Upper part of a female limestone
312 : -"
313 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) very frail and broken down the middle" - not known grave. 2ft. 6" below surface, lying east and west"
"Sunk
"Wooden coffin,
314 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not known tomb 2ft. below surface lying East and West"
"Oblong
faience Beads of: i) blue faience light-blue ii) worn xl, iii) xl, blue dark blue & opaque faience iv) faience blue x3, xi faience faience x2, turquoise turquoise xl, v) x2, vi) glass/stone faience turquoise x8 - Liv. E. 2378 vii)
315 A'07 Location Construction Parallel "Oblong 20 feet. of green serpentine flecked with orange to 314 A'07 Goes apart. with 314 15ft. below surface" chambers 6ft. down
Contents: (1)
Liv. E. 7066-7069 Fragments of ivory inlay strips (painted) "Fragments of coffin" "Few flat white beads" (from dot-and-circle Inlay motif strip with single
a sketch
in
the
207
field notebook)
316 A'07
Location Construction - not known
"Square enlosure N. N. E., S. E. E., S. S. W. & N. N. W". lying "Two pits in rock East above i-ii. 2 chambers in west Possibly two pits, chamber". rock above, i another side by side, both with chambers off to the their east at bases, with i having a chamber to the west. See plan
"Scarab"
(3)
notebook) "Stele, face down". XVIIIth? found 7 ft. N. E. from corner, Dublin. 1920.273; Inscribed for the s3w rwdw n Wsir, Nakhti-ankh Neg. A. 125 "Many little round beads"
317 A'07
Location Construction To north-west known of 316. Corner (south-east) of wall"
- not
Contents:
(1) (2)
self-slip, painted
Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, reddish-yellow band on mouth red 10 R 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.96 "Fragment jamb" of inscribed
Green faience wing of a scarab (not illus. Four eggs (not illus. ) - Cairo 45366 Small beads (not illus. ) - Cairo 45366
) - Cairo 45366
318 A'07
Location Construction - not known
"Brick structure east, with straight wall facing with a [? ] caused deep and curved wall coming round from north. by fallen bricks. hole to east [? ] in wall, Irregular 5 ft. below top" grinding-palette built in [? ]. Liv. E. 6501 Face up" (= Liv. E. 14; Neg.
208 319 A'07 Location Construction - not known brick struccure facing N. N. E. etc, 4 ft. below
"Oblong surface"
Contents:
none recorded
or located
320 A'07
Location Construction "Below 319" with north to 321? " and south sides converging
Contents:
or located
321 A'07 Location Listed as ANOC 19 by Simpson have been sited in the close -A (1974), vicinity therefore of E. 330 in it may
Construction
brick solid structure, with a stela-niche its four sides (see Plates 10 and 11).
each
of
(5)
(6)
(7) (8)
front below south side 7ft. of west wall, " Liv. E. 712; Plate 12 containing... "... wooden box of same shape, painted yellow Mer. 55.82.114; Plate 12 "... inside" with gilt ushabti "Fine stela. 3 rows of figures and inscription facing Negs. A. 126,132, west" - Bol. 10.20.11; 18 "Unpainted four rows of figures, lying stela, Nail? through south of wall. top left corner" Neg. A. 137 "321c. Stela, upper part worn away. Inscribed figures. Found in redeem to north of 321,5ft. Liv. E. 31; Neg. A. 137 "In redeem part of black basalt head" "Pot XIIth"
and inscribed...
In between. niche & 134; Donohue 1966, face up. Cairo Heads to J. E. 39069; 2 -
"Mastaba
none recorded
or located
323 A'07
Location Construction Contents: "North "Hosh. of 306"
Empty" or located
none recorded
324 A'07
Location Construction - not known 12ft. below surface. Two chambers
Contents: fabric Ceramic 5 YR 7/6, vessel: reddish-yellow 5 YR 6/3, 10 reddish-brown paint white on rim Bol. A. 148.1968 (2) Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA (3) Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA no slip "Coffin (4) and canopic box, very fragile" "Two jars in box" (5) "Jar and two heads of jars at mouth[? ] of chamber" (6) Plate 13 = Negs. A. 138-140 . "Coffin (7) south of box, wood" "3 coffins (8) wood very frail" "Fragments (9) of masks" (10) "A few beads" (1) light slip YR 8/1 -
Liv. E. 6897;
325 A'07
Location Construction Close - not to (west of ?) 310 A'07
known
Contents: (1)
(2)
Limestone
(2)
"Stela in redeem. Ift. Inscribed below surface". for One of the Tens of Upper Egypt' Bmbw (not illustrated) Negs. A. 122 & 123; Budge 191X, p1.34; Simpson 1974,22 z Franke 1984,165 No. 230 "Limestone Kneeling statue. with hands on knees. 3ft.
spindle
whorl
Contents: (1) (2) (3) BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip Alabaster vessel - Mer. 60.34.21 (not illustrated) Neg. A. 145 Inscribed lid sarcophagus -
327 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) light 8/1 "West "Rosh" of 322"
fabric Ceramic 5 YR 7/6, slip vessel; reddish-brown 5 YR 6/4, painted band at mouth white 10 YR reddish-brown Liv. E. 4971 "Alabaster Dynasty" vase XIIth "Pot with beads found in redeem" "Kohl pot and wooden pencil" "Green glaze disc and carnelian [beads]" "Eye amulets"
328 A'07
Location Construction - not known N. E. [? ] entrance from bottom of
301 A'07 sherds with brown decoration Liv. E. 127 & 132 -
Light
faience
329 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) BJK/EA no slip 16 = Neg. A. 147 - not "Pit" known
(4) (5)
fabric, Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2688; Plate Calcite vessel - Liv. E. 2599
211
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) Liv. E. 129 Fragment of blue faience Liv. E. 130 Fragment of blue faience beginning "Fragment inscribed, of inscription" of stone inscribed" "In redeem fragment ushabti, of limestone "Stone jamb with traces of paint" "Broken scarab" head [of Horus] as handle" "Wooden shell-shaped spoon with 16 = Neg. A. 147
Plate 16
(13)
(14)
Anhydrite
vessel
the
Plate -
form
hand holding of a
16 = Neg. A. 147
a dish
Plate
330 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not "Pit" known
BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip blue/green x400, red Beads of: i) green serpentine glaze xl, ii) xl, glaze iii) iv) red glaze x2, blue green glaze x4, glaze x24, limestone viii) blue glaze x1, vi) blue glaze x2, x14, vii) v) blue xl, xi) blue lapis-lazuli ix) glaze x) xl, xl, glaze blue glass xl - Liv. E. 2345 blue/green xl, xii) glaze 'not Two scarabs (illus. Cairo 45369 to scale) Copper scraps (illus. Cairo 45369 not to scale) 1979,40 Bronze mirror Cairo unlocated; Lilyquist n. 453 ] stela" "Near to 330 to north, fragment limestone[? of (including "2 small kohl pots... with lids") Four alabaster vases Cairo unlocated
331 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
fabric light Ceramic vessel; brown 7.5 YR 6/4, slip reddish-brown 10 R 4/4, spattering of white paint - Mer. 1977.109.129 BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; slip no "In redeem fragment of stone ushabti"
332 A'07
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
5 YR 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow paint cross 5 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 189.1968 white
slip
red 10 R 5/6,
Stamped amphora handle Bol. A. 225.1968 Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA no slip Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/6, slip reddish-yellow red 10 R 5/6, 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. wash whi_: _J2.1968 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/8, slip 10 light reddish-yellow red R 6/6, burnished to red 10 R 5/8, paint bands white 10 vertically YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 208.1968 Beads of: i) dark blue ii) xl, stone iii) green glaze xl, blue/green glaze xl, iv) blue/green glaze x1 - Liv. E. 2439 "4 clay ushabtis" "Eye for cartonnage" "Stone scarab decorated with spirals"
212
333 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) 10 and - not - not known known
(3)
(4)
Ceramic vessel; fabric light reddish-brown red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip R 4/4, painted lines 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4931 and spots white Ceramic vessel; fabric light 7.5 YR 6/4, slipped reddish-brown burnished 10 R 4/4 - Liv. E. 4924 to reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 5/8, paint at Liv. E. 4613 "Ushabtis" "Decayed wooden hawk, painted" "2 small scarabs, one mounted"
Ceramic pot stand; fabric reddish-yellow 5/6, wash white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4511
5 YR 7/8,
5
slip
red 2.5 YR
7 (2)
- not - not
known known
palette
(2) (3)
(4) (5) (6) (7)
Black and white diorite vessel lid Anhydrite vessel lid - Liv. E. 2558 "2
clay sealings of "Large copper razor" "Alabaster kohl pot" "Wooden comb" Neg. jars" Neg. A. 149 Neg. A. 149 A. 149
Liv. E. 5332a; -
Neg. A. 149
Liv. E. 2534x -
335 A'07
Location - not known
213
Construction - not known
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) "Fragments inscribed stone in hieroglyph" of "Large with inscriptions piece of green glaze object line" "Small fragment of magic wand" "A few beads" above central
336 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Neg. A. 151 incised" - not - not known known
figure bed - Liv. E. 5290; Limestone concubine on "Fragment and figures of coffin with inscription "Fragment chamber" of wall of inscribed "Small decorated scarab" "Pottery" "Unglazed ushabtis" "Small [? ]" "[? ] cylinder" "Beads"
337 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) - not - not known known
2.5 Y 8/2 - Mer. 1977.109.119 Ceramic vessel; marl fabric BBJK/EA fabric-Ceramic vessel; pale greenish-cream fabric 2.5 Y 8/2 - Liv. E. 3081 Ceramic vessel; marl 5 YR 6/3, slip fabric light Ceramic vessel; pale red reddish-brown band at mouth white 5 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 194.1968 10 R 6/4, paint 7.5 YR 7/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; wash on upper reddish-yellow body weak red 10 R 5/4 - Bol. A. 147.1968 Broken anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2597 bowl - Liv. E. 4814 (unlocated) Ceramic vessel, shallow "Few varied beads" "Gold shell bead"
338 A'07
Location Construction - not - not known known
214 Contents:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.139 "Bone pin" "Few green glaze beads" "Gold earring" "Ball beads blue beads and long cylinder "[? ] hawk of wood, broken" "Hair bone, broken" pin, "Sea shell"
glaze"
339 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) incised - not - not known known
stela"
of cartonnage"
"In filling Plate 15; Negs. A. 152 small seated granite statuette" & 154 "Small Osiris bronze figure" "Varied beads" "Ball beads" "Green glazed scarab, decorated" "Near 340 small scarab and few beads" (or 568 A'08) Alabaster Liv. E. 2609 sherds (not illustrated) -
341A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; BJK/EA reddish-brownfabric, no slip Ceramic vessel; BJK/EA brown fabric, no slip "Portion for sarcophagus in bone and plaster" of inlay "Few small green glaze beads" "Fragments for sarcophagus" of inlay "Eye for cartonnage"
215
342 A'07 Location Construction Contents: records between objects from "Parallel "Pit" with 335"
There is some confusion in the surviving tomb and those from 345 A'07 this (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
(16) (17)
Pot
inside Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip with concentric BJK/EA burnish fabric, inside Ceramic vessel; burnished red slip reddish-brown BJK/EA horizontally Ceramic vessel; fabric, slip on outside red reddish-brown and white paint around rim - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/6, slip weak red 10 R reddish-yellow 5/4 - Bol. A. 191.1968 BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2699; Neg. A. 160 Gold shell Mer. 1977.109.2 pendant (not illustrated) "Large limestone to Min" stela offering "Small broken kohl pot, dark stone" "2 poor scarabs" "4 clay ushabtis" "Fragments & inscribed of decorated coffin, wood" "2 bone arms with hands" Plate 17 = Neg. A. 158 "Small alabaster vase" - Neg. A. 160
"Bone bracelet" Plate 17 = Neg. A. 158 "Obsidian pencil" Neg. A. 160 4 (2 "cross-lined")
types:
343 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) small pottery vases" - not - not known known
"Black
344 A'07 Location Construction "Parallel-to "Pit" 333 etc., and to south of them"
Contents: (1) Limestone statuette, with some red paint or 345 A'07) - Liv. E. 5265; Neg. A. 153 on body (from this tomb
216 (2) (3) (4) (5) 6/6 YR Ceramic fabric 5 reddish-yellow rough vessel; Bol. A. 175.1968 " "Mud ushabtis... Liv. E. 1330 "... in mud box [with bone]" - Liv. E. 1330; Plate 18 = Neg. A. 162 Plate 18 = Neg. E. 162 Fragment of head of statuette -
345 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) "South "Pit" of path to 335"
40 n. 454 Lilyquist "Bronze mirror" Bol. A. 131.1968; Liv. E. 2641 + lid "4 Limestone vases" stone one of vessel, E. 2629; Plate 20 = Neg. A. 163 Limestone model lion - Liv. E. 639 Wooden ear - Liv. E. 7117 1979,35 Neg. A. 160; Lilyquist Torque (illus. n. 397 to scale) not "2 bone pins" - Plate 20 = Neg. A. 163 "Stone scarab" "Silver ornaments for necklace" "Diorite small basin" - Plate 20 = Neg. A. 163 (not illustrated) Four shells Liv. E. 2436 "Tweezers" "A few varied beads" "2 kohl pots (alabaster Plate 20 = Neg. A. 163 and grey stone)" "Varied beads" "Crocodile, Plate 20 = Neg. A. 163 green glaze" "Amethyst scarab"
346 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) fabric, fabric, traces dark of red red slip slip and black with - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown band around rim - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown BJK/EA vertical strokes Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, "Granite ushabti, uninscribed" "Ball beads of green glaze" "Curve[? ] of alabaster vase" "Kohl pot of [? ] granite"
burnished
217
347 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) unglazed dish (not illustrated) with incised pattern Mer. 1977.109.136; lines found of Negs. A. 166 & 167 in - not - not known known
"Pottery redeem"
348 A'07
Location Construction Contents: "Found (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) in redeem: -" 45379 45378 illustrated), Cairo 45380 45368 - not - not known known
(illus. Anhydrite Cairo vessel not to scale) Anhydrite Cairo vessel (illus. not to scale) Beads of faience, (not amethyst and carnelian (illus. claw amulet of carnelian not to scale) Silver (illus. Cairo necklace not to scale) Scarab (illus. Cairo 45368 not to scale) "Portion of green glazed [? ]" "Handle of vase"
and
349 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Liv. E. 2585 vase in redeem near 349" faience beads" cylinder - not - not known known
350 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric light pink 7.5 YR 7/4, slip red 10 R 6/8 Mer. 1977.109.104 Ceramic vessel; fabric brown 10 YR 8/4, slip YR very pale red 2.5 5/6 - Liv. E. 4381 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/8, reddish-yellow slipped and burnished band dark 7.5 YR 4/0 red 10 R 4/6, paint grey -
218
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) Liv. E. 4794 10 R fabric Ceramic vessel; very pale brown 10 YR 8/4, slip red 5/8 - Liv. E. 4796 fabric 10 R 5/6 Ceramic vessel; slip pink 7.5 YR 7/4, red Mer. 1977.109.103 BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; red slip 7.5 YR 6/6, slip fabric light Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow red 10 R 6/6 - Bol. A. 167.1968 7.5 YR 7/6, slip light Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow red 10 R 6/6 - Bol. A. 166.1968 fabric, burnished Ceramic' red slip, reddish-brown vessel; horizontally on upper body - BJK/EA black brown fabric Ceramic vessel; core, no slip with thick BJK/EA 5 YR 5/4, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow reddish-brown 5 YR 6/6 - Liv. E. 4583 5 YR 6/6 - Liv. E. 4857 fabric Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow fabric, Ceramic vessel; surface abraded gritty reddish-brown BJK/EA burnished brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; vertically slip red BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, slip - BJK/EA reddish-brown no YR 5/4, 2.5 fabric Ceramic vessel; and slipped reddish-brown burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Mer. 1977.109.134 Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown red slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, pale red slip - BJK/EA brown fabric, BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, dark red slip - BJK/EA traces of BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA no slip fabric Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 5/8, yellowish slip yellowish-red 10 YR 5/6, paint bands white 5 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 3095 -brown YR 2.5 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/8, slip red reddish-yellow 5/6, paint band at mouth white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4700 10 R fabric Ceramic vessel; 7.5 YR 6/6, slip red reddish-yellw 5/8, band at mouth white 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4215 paint Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, band - BJK/EA white painted Ceramic vessel; fabric purplish with slightly reddish-brown gritty BJK/EA dark red slip core, fabric Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 6/6, paint self-slip, reddish-yellow band at mouth weak red 10 R 5/4 - Bol. A. 20.1968 6/6, YR 5 Ceramic fabric slip pot-stand; reddish-yellow 2.5 YR 5/4, wash white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4507 reddish-brown 10 fabric Ceramic pot-stand; 5 YR 6/6, wash white reddish-yellow YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 198.1968 7.5 YR fabric Ceramic pot-stand; reddish-yellow reddish-yellow 6/6, wash white 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4505 YR 2.5 fabric 5 YR 7/6, slip Ceramic vessel; red reddish-yellow 5/6, paintcross white 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 190.1968 BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, slip no 7.5 YR 6/6, slip 10 R Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow red 10 R 5/8 - Liv. E. 4713 5/8, burnished on interior red 5 YR 6/6, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow weak red 10 R 5/4, paint band white 5 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4252 (not illustrated) Liv. E. 2440 Small shells "Ivory bracelet, broken" "Bone eye pencil" "2 decorated scarabs green glaze" "Stained[? ] beads"
219
351 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) "Near (12) slip unevenly red 2.5 YR on 4/6 - not "Pit" known
fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 5/6, Liv. E. 4854 brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; red slip body - BJK/EA [80] Annhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2515x Liv. E. 7022 Bone inlay strip Bone inlay Liv. E. 7034 strip "Green glazed cylinder beads in filling "Green faience beads and amulets" "Bone pins" "Copper pin" 351" Limestone stela inscribed for S3b iry
applied
upper
of
pit"
Nbn, Tety
Liv. E. 26 -
352 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) also - not - not known known
"Wooden statuette, female with infant. Decayed wig destroyed, Liv. E. 7081; Plate 22; Negs. A. 168-172 pedestal" "Small (not ivory illustrated) lion of statuette standing" Neg. A. 168
353 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) self-slip, - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric light 5 YR 6/4, reddish-brown Carmarthen. A. 75.845 with incised pot-mark Ceramic vessel; fabric, BJK/EA reddish-brown no slip (not illustrated) Liv. E. 2162 Beads and shells "Scarab in redeem"
(rattle? ) - Mer. 49.47.598 Ceramic object Beads of: i) cowrie shell lmm. x26, ii) 6.5mm. carnelian sphere 4.5mm. iv) blue iii) faience disc xl, xl, carnelian spheroid (not 4.5mm. xl, 3-segment 3mm. xl illustrated) v) red faience Mer. 1974.190.16 "Large cylinder beads, blue and black glaze" "Wooden head-rest" "2 wooden faces for cartonnage" "2-handled pottery small vases"
355 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) slip on interior - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, reddish-yellow weak red 10 R 4/4 - Mer. 1977.109.94 "Fragment of inscribed stone" "Pieces for sarcophagus" of glass inlay
356 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Liv. E. 6894 - not "Pit known tomb"
Marl fabric figurine concubine "Few green faience beads" "Fragment of [? ] relief"
357 A'07 Location Construction Contents: "South of tomb" or located 346 and path"
"Pit -
none recorded
221
Contents: (1) (2) (3)
Neg. A. 582 -
Copper tweezers - Liv. E. 919 "Alabaster pot" (not illustrated) "Black and white beads"
359 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) vessel; vessel; reddish-brown brown fabric, fabric, no slip - BJK/EA BJK/EA red slip - not - not known known
Ceramic Ceramic
(3)
(4) (5) (6)
Alabaster
(7)
fragment Blue faience Liv. E. 172 inlay Wooden vessel lid - Liv. E. 7114 faience iii) blue Beads of: i) blue/green faience ii) xl, x4, faience blue/green brown turquoise v) x27, x6, iv) dark stone faience faience faience turquoise xl, vi) light-green xl, vii) faience bright blue faience turquoise x17 x29, viii) xl, ix) Liv. E. 2379 (not illustrated) Shell Liv. E. 7115 -
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.86 -
360 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) - not - not known known
(11)
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
fabric 5 YR 6/6, thin wash of pot-stand; reddish-yellow 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 197.1968 white Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 5/6 - Mer. 1977.109.99 yellowish-red Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA no slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA "Small in over parts of pottery redeem models of hoes [? ] found 360" - Liv. E. 1303-7 Alabaster, inlaid eyes - Liv. E. 7816 & 7817 Alabaster, inlaid eye - Liv. E. 7818 Wooden fragment Liv. E. 7020 Wooden fragment Liv. E. 7015 Glazed fragment Liv. E. 112 -
Ceramic
"Fragment of stele"
"Fragment Pottery of dish. with incised "Models of oxen" "Model of column[? ] of stone, [? ]" with "Fragment limestone" of statuette, "Few beads"
fishes"
(see
560 A'08)
(2) (3)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Beads of: i) carnelian iii) turquoise x2, green faience xl, ii) faience xl, iv) carnelian xl, v) amethyst x3, vi) shell x21, vii) faience x3 - [Liv. E. 2437?? ] blue faience light-blue xl, viii) Blue faience Liv. E. 1891 ushabti Flint flake - Liv. E. 6540 Limestone vessel - Liv. E. 646 Bone inlay strip Liv. Verus Lucius Hadrian Ten coins, to the of reigns spanning Liv. E. 998 1986, Bienkowski & Southworth Stela of Sekher - Mer. 1977.109.36; 1980, pl. 17,1 p1.1 ; Bourriau (inscribed)" "Broken squatting limestone statuette, "Fragment of stone inscribed in hieroglyph"
- not
known
not known -
beads"
(? J"
limestone beads"
363 A'07
Location Construction Contents: not not known known
Ceramic fabric light vessel; Bol. Unnumbered "Few green faience beads" "Fragments of blue faience dish"
red
2.5
YR
6/8,
self-slip
223
364 A'07 Location Construction Contents:
(1)
- not - not
known known
"Small
redeem near": "Few green faience beads" "Fragment of blue faience basin[? ]"
365 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) with white wash - BJK/EA - not - not known known
Copper tweezers - Liv. E. 1431 Ceramic pot-stand; brown fabric "Green glaze scarab"
not known -
(2) (3)
(4)
YR 7/6, 7.5 on wash Ceramic fabric reddish-yellow vessel; 10 R 6/6 light red 10 YR 8/1, paint band at mouth carination white Bol. A. 182.1968 5 YR 6/6, wash on upper body Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow light red 10 R 6/8 - Mer. 1977.109.92 brown pale Ceramic vessel; 2.5 YR 6/6, slip very fabric light red 10 YR 7/3, paint lines light 2.5 YR 6/6 - Bol. A. 163.1968 red
Ceramic fabric reddish-yellow vessel; 10 R 5/6 - Bol. A. 209.1968 5 YR 7/8, burnished slip red
fabric
5 YR 6/6,
slip
red 10 R
5/8
Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel; 6/8 Liv. E. 4589 -
BJK/EA no slip chaff, some with BJK/EA no slip BJK/EA black slip core, no with 10 light 2.5 YR 6/6, red slip red
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, slip - BJK/EA no Ceramic vessel; fabric slip - BJK/EA with greenish-cream grey marl burnished 5 YR 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric slip reddish-yellow to red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4577 vertically
224
(15) (16) brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; BJK/EA red slip Ceramic vessel; fabric light 10 R 5/6, red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip red burnished dark to red 10 R 5/8, paint band at vertically mouth grey 10 YR 4/1 - Bol. A. 140.1968 Ceramic pot-stand; fabric 5 YR 6/6, traces of reddish-yellow wash 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4743 white Ceramic pot-stand; fabric 5 YR 6/6, traces reddish-yellow wash of white 5 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4619 fabric 7.5 YR 6/6 Ceramic pot-stand; Liv. E. 4672 reddish-yellow Ceramic pot-stand; fabric 5 YR 7/6, wash white 10 reddish-yellow YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4028 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip, white paint at mouth BJK/EA 7.5 YR 6/6, slip Ceramic pot-stand; fabric reddish-yellow red 10 R 5/8 - Liv. E. 4679 Ceramic pot-stand; brown fabric, red slip on exterior and inside mouth, white paint bands - BJK/EA 5 YR 6/4, Ceramic fabric light vessel; reddish-brown slip bands burnished horizontally to red 2.5 YR 5/6, on upper paint body white 5 YR 8/1, paint on lower body very dark grey 2.5 YR 3/0 Bol. A. 207.1968 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, burnished slip reddish-yellow red 10 R 5/8 - Liv. E. 4332 light Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 6/6, slip red reddish-yellow 10 R 6/8, burnished 10 R 4/6, body to vertically red on upper bands white 5 YR 8/1 - Mer. 1977.109.125 paint Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, burnished slip red reddish-yellow 10 R 5/8, paint bands white 10 YR 8/2 Liv. E. 4233 Ceramic vessel; fabric burnished red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip vertically to red 10 R 5/6 - Liv. E. 6824 Y 8/2, Ceramic vessel; 2.5 fabric 2.5 YR 5/6, red wash white painted mark light red 2.5 YR 6/8 - Liv. E. 4451 Anhydrite Neg. A. 176 vessel - Mer. 30.86.9; Alabaster vessel - U. C. L. 2388; MacGregor 999 Alabaster vessel - Swansea. W. 1466; MacGregor 990; Neg. A. 176 Alabaster vessel - Bol. A. 111.1968 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2536 "Poor scarab, uninscribed" "5 green glaze scarabs"
(25) (26)
(27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36)
(37)
(38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43)
"Scarab"
"Varied beads, carnelian, "Amethyst beads" "Green glaze small beads" "Small carnelian beads" "Green glaze beads" "Gold beads"
green
glaze"
367 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) fabric vessel; band on interior fabric vessel; yellowish-red white 5 YR reddish-yellow 5 YR 5/6, slip red 8/1 Liv. E. 4893 7.5 YR 6/6, slip 10 R light 5/8, red - not known known
- not
225
(3) band at mouth white 10 YR 8/1 10 R 6/8, paint Liv. E. 4680 fabric 7.5 Ceramic vessel; light YR 7/6, reddish-yellow slip 10 R 6/4, paint band at 5 YR 8/1 mouth white reddish-brown Bol. A. 183.1968 7.5 YR 7/6 fabric Ceramic vessel; Bol. A. 187.1968 reddish-yellow 5 YR 6/6, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow red 10 R 5/8, burnished interior to red 10 R 4/8 - Liv. E. 4721 on 5 YR 6/6, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow weak red 10 R 5/4 - Bol. A. 150.1968 fabric 10 R 5/6, self-slip, band at Ceramic vessel; paint mouth Bol. A. 141.1968 dark brown 10 YR 4/3 2.5 Y 6/4, Liv. E. 4378; Ceramic vessel; self-slip marl fabric Neg. A. 594 light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip red 10 R 5/6, band at mouth white 10 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 146.1968 paint brown fabric Ceramic vessel; red slip - BJK/EA chaff, with some limestone inclusions, fabric Ceramic vessel; with reddish-brown BJK/EA red slip fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip - BJK/EA reddish-brown fabric Ceramic vessel; core, no slip with purplish reddish-brown BJK/EA 10 R 7.5 YR 7/6, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; red reddish-yellow 5/6 - Mer. 1977.109.116 Ceramic pot-stand; brown fabric core, no slip with purplish-red BJK/EA fabric, Ceramic pot-stand; no slip - BJK/EA reddish-brown 5 YR 6/4, traces fabric light Ceramic pot-stand; of reddish-brown 7.5 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 201.1968 wash pinkish-white BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip Graeco-Roman amphora; fabric weak red 10 R 4/4 - Mer. 1977.109.121; Neg. A. 602 Neg. A. 582 Alabaster vessel and lid - Bol. A. 106.1968; "Beads" "Green glaze scarabs" "Sides of bone trinket box decorated with circles" types: 7 (3 "smaller size"), 11 (1), 9 (1 "neck painted"), 10 (1)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)(10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) Pot
368 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) -(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; 2.5 Y 8/2 10 YR 7/6, slip marl fabric yellow white Bol. A. 210.1968 fabric Ceramic pot-stand; 7.5 YR 7/8, wash white 10 reddish-yellow YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4348 Ceramic pot-stand; fabric light 2.5 YR red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip red 5/6, traces of wash white 5Y 8/1 - Liv. E. 4509 brown fabric, BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; red slip fabric 5 YR 6/6, burnished Ceramic vessel; reddish-yelow red slip bands white 5 YR 8/1 - Mer. 1973.1.377 10 R 4/6, paint Alabaster vessel and lid - Bol. A. 107.1968 for the 'Overseer Fragment of a stela inscribed Egypt, Upper of (Detroit); Coll. J. H. Fisher Amen-Wosret' Neg. A. 177; Simpson -
226
(8) (9) (10) (11) 1965 & 1966,174; Kemp and Merrillees 1980,109 "Scarab found in redeem over 368. Sphinx and ankh" "3 shells" "Few beads" "3 alabaster kohl pots"
369 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) - not - not known known
(12) (13)
(14) (15) (16)
"Fragments of fine alabaster vases" "Wooden kohl vessel" Neg. A. 178 "Cover of vase. Dark stone"
brown fabric, vessel; no slip - BJK/EA fabric 10 YR 4/6, brown 10 YR 5/3, burnished slip vessel; mottled very dark grey 10 YR 3/1 - Liv. E. 4675 Ceramic vessel; limestone inclusions fabric pinkish-grey with [marl? ] with cream slip BJK/EA Alabaster vessel and stand - Liv. E. 2565 Alabaster vessel - Mer. 60.34.22 Beads of: i) yellow glass with dark blue loop ii) carnelian xl, iii) faience xl, red faience xl - Liv. E. 9174 x3, iv) turquoise "Large scarab with 2 god[? ] figures in soil[? ] filling" "Fragment of wood comb" "Fragment of green faience ring with [? ] cartouche" "Scarab" "Carnelian cylinder"
Ceramic Ceramic
Neg. A. 178 -
12 (1)
- not - not
known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric dark brown 10 YR 4/3, burnished 2.5 YR 2.5/0 - Liv. E. 6149; Neg. A. 179 Green glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1138 Green glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1140 Green glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1139 Alabaster (not illustrtated), vessel lid possibly kohl pot" - Liv. E. 2700 alabaster Scarab - Liv. E. 1141 (unlocated) "Dark stone kohl pot" Neg. A. 179 "Wooden kohl pencil" Neg. A. 179 Three gold(? ) ridged earrings Neg. A. 179 "Carnelian beads" "Cylinder beads" green faience
slip
black
from
"Small
227 (13) (14) "Green stone "Ushabtis" plaque with Ra[? ] with Kheper"
371 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Plate 19 - not - not known known
Liv. E. 5297 flint Retouched blade of light-brown "Steatite in decorated kohl chevrons" vessel Neg. A. 666 "Head coloured" partly canopic vase of (unlocated) ; Plate 19 = Neg. A. 666 "Fragments from coffins" inlay of faience "Fragments canopic jar" of inscribed
Bol. A. 124.1968
372 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Pot black 6/4, core slip on - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric, pale greenish-cream marl BJK/EA 5 YR light Ceramic vessel; fabric brown reddish exterior white 10 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 192.1968 "Few green faience beads" "Rattle" types: 4 (1, "white cross single lines")
373 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
374 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel; brown fabric, no slip BJK/EA - not - not known known
Ceramic
228
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) "Eye inlaid, from sarcophagus" "3 wooden kohl pencils" "Fine green faience scarab" "Few green faience beads" "Dark sLae kohl pot with cover" "Wooden pedestal[? ] with small hawk" "Green faience beads and pots near 374"
375 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (6) B. M. 54683 bead - B. M. 54683 bead - B. M. 54683 - not - not known known
Copper tweezers - Liv. E. 920 Green/blue glazed steatite scarab Engraved green/blue glazed steatite Engraved green/blue glazed steatite "Ball beads" "Stone palette o -shape" "Bone pin" "Silver small pectoral"
376 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) faience ushabti Liv. E. 1879 - not - not known known
Fragment of an blue/green "2 bone pins" "Varied beads" "Carnelian" "Alabaster kohl pot"
377 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) BJK/EA no slip Cairo 45377 to scale) Cairo 45376 not to scale) pen-holder" - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, "Blue marble pot" (illus. not "Alabaster (illus. vase, large" "Ball beads" "Wooden upper part of scribe's
229
378 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) 5 YR 6/6 Liv. E. 4913 - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow rough fabric decorated" "Green glaze steatite scarab, "Few green glaze beads"
379 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) glaze ball beads" - not - not known known
"Few green
380 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) - not - not known known
"Few ball beads" "Metal disc" "Fine ball beads" "Amethyst bead" "XII[? ] Scarab" "Butter[? ] dish (green glaze)" "(Green kohl vessel with glaze) "Large/bronze pin" "Bone hair pins"
white
top"
381 A'07
Location Construction Contents: originally "On south - not known of 381, row of pits numbered 416"
listed Some of the objects tomb number may have under this 1980,112 from tomb 416 A'07 - see Kemp and Merrillees come (1) (2)
(3)
"Portion Mer. 1974.190.20 of wooden coffin" 2.5 YR 6/8, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric light 10 R red weak red 4/3, bands white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 6421 (Liv. E. 6409 is painted but warped before firing) example, another leaf Wooden object and black figures with gold painted -
230 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) Liv. E. 5728 Fragments of wood with gold leaf "Few cylinder glaze beads" "Fragment box" of bone toilet "Scarab with ONO "Few poor ushabtis" "Few varied beads" "Small ushabti" "Fragments of alabaster vase" "Eye from cartonnage" "Fragments of blue glaze basins, "Small green glaze plaque" Liv. E. 5727 -
hedgehogs,
etc. "
14 (1)
- not - not
known known
burnished Ceramic fabric, slip red reddish-brown vessel; BJK/EA interior BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, burnish red slip, no Ceramic vessel; rim coarse brown fabric, some red paint around BJK/EA Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2518x "Green glaze scarab with scroll and seal" "Few cylindrical green glaze beads" "XII Dynasty pots" "Blue marble vase" "Broken wooden sarcophagus decorated with figures"
on
7 (1)
- not - not
known known
fabric light Ceramic vessel; Mer. 1977.109.126 "Fragment found in of stela types: 12 (1)
YR 6/4, 383"
slip
red
10 R 5/8
385 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) Pot fabric, red slip, burnished - not - not known known
reddish-brown vessel; BJK/EA vertically Ceramic vessel; 2.5 Y 8/2 - Mer. 1977.109.122 marl fabric Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 6/6 - Liv. E. 4722 reddish-yellow light Ceramic vessel; fabric 7.5 YR 6/6, slip red reddish-yellow 10 R 6/6, burnished interior to red 10 R 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.108 on Alabaster Neg. A. 187 vessel - Bol. A. 112.1968; Alabaster vessel - Bol. A. 105.1968 Gypsum vessel - Liv. E. 2590 Alabaster Neg. A. 187 vessel - Mer. 30.86.30; Liv. E. 2685; Neg. A. 187 Anhydrite vessel Fragment of ivory Liv. E. 7027 clapper Liv. E. 7822; Neg. A. 187 Sandstone hone/rubber "Tall Plate 21 = Neg. A. 185-6 standing" wooden statuette Cairo 45372; Plate 21 = Negs. A. 185-6 Bronze statuette "Gold scarab" "Green stone scarab" "5 small scarabs" "2 fly beads" "Blue glaze kohl vessel" Neg. A. 187 "One kohl pot of wood" - Neg. A. 187 "Alabaster vase" - Neg. A. 187 "5 scarabs" "Blue bead" [the "3 latter & kohl ivory" sticks, wood, steatite = Mer. 1977.109.142 ?] Boat-shaped ceramic vessel - Neg. A. 187 types: 10 (1, "with 3 black bands")
Ceramic
386 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Liv. E. 2753 - not - not known known
232
(3) (4) "Varied "Palette beads amethyst" of granite and grinder"
387 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) no slip BJK/EA - not - not known known
388 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - not - not known known
Bone pin - Liv. E. 7021 "Green glaze ball beads" (not illustrated)Liv. E. 2363 Shell "Small pottery" "Green glaze beads" "Few varied beads, ball and cylindrical"
Contents: Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, (1) "Few amethyst beads" (2) "Fragment (3) of alabaster"
no slip
BJK/EA -
390 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - not - not known known
fabric Ceramic vessel; pale brown 10 YR 7/4 - Liv. E. 4328 very brown fabric BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; and abraded surface BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip Dark brown serpentine lid with serpentine vessel, and alabaster Kendal; Neg. A. 582 section sliding "Fragments of inscribed stone and decorated stele" "Central In redeem over 390" fragment male figure. of standing
233
(7) (8) (7) (9) (10) "Small beads green glaze and white" "2 small ushabtis mud" of purplish "Carnelian beads" "Gold crescent small beads" "2 alabaster kohl pots with one lid"
391 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
"Large alabaster kohl pot and lid" "Fragment of dark stone vase" "Green glaze scarab" "Broken lid of alabaster kohl pot" "Wooden eye pencil" "Ball beads of amethyst" "Decorated beads of green glaze"
392 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) of ivory 'magic wand' Negs. A. 188 & 188a - not - not known known
Fragment
393 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) - not - not known known
10 R 5/6 fabric 5 YR 7/8, red slip Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow Bol. A. 211.1968 10 R 5/6 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/4, red slip pink Mer. 1977.109.133 brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip - BJK/EA 5 YR 6/4, slip fabric light Ceramic vessel; red 10 R reddish-brown 5/6, burnished to red 10 R 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.110 on interior BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, slip red BJK/EA fabric, Ceramic vessel; red slip reddish-brown fabric 5 YR 7/4, slipped Ceramic vessel; to red and burnished pink 10 R 5/8 - Bol. A. 20.1968 Lid and collar tripartite vessel - Liv. E. 2697 of alabaster Liv. E. 7120 Two wooden top parts of tube-shaped vessels ball - Liv. E. 175 Fragment of a blue faience Liv. E. 644 Sandstone hone/rubber Cairo 45373 Wooden scribe's palette -
234
(13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(19) (20)
"Pottery "Plaque
"Fine green glaze ball beads" (not illustrated) "Large green glaze scarab" (not illustrated) "Small (not illustrated) green glaze scarab" "Seal with duck design on back" "Seal with frog design on back" "Pencil of ivory"
vase with with 8 spout" It
Pot
types:
11 (1)
394 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) scarab" ball beads" - not - not known known
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
brown fabric, BJK/EA vessel; gritty no slip burnished fabric, vessel; reddish-brown slip, red BJK/EA fabric YR 7/6, 7.5 traces of reddish-yellow pot-stand; wash white 10 YR 8/1 - Bol. A. 206.1968 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA no slip Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6 - Liv. E. 4674 reddish-yellow Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, badly gritty abraded surface BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, and slipped reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4573 light 10 R Ceramic vessel; fabric light red red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip 6/6, burnished to red 10 R 5/6 - Bol. A. 135.1968 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/8, slipped and reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4062 fabric Ceramic vessel; 7.5 YR 7/6, slip reddish-yellow pale red 10 R 6/4, burnished to red 10 R 4/8 - Bol. A. 136.1968 Ceramic vessel; dark fabric, reddish-brown reddish-brown slip, burnished BJK/EA vertically Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, on exterior red slip and interior of BJK/EA mouth, burnished vertically deep Ceramic vessel; fabric, burnished reddish-brown red slip, BJK/EA vertically Ceramic vessel; fabric, BJK/EA no slip reddish-brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; BJK/EA no slip reddish-brown 5 YR 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow slipped and
235
(18) (19) (? 0) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Mer. 1977.109.112 vertically "Lid of kohl pot" "Fragment of wooden kohl pot" "2 eye pencils of wood" "Few varied beads" [? ]" "Bronze leather cutter "2 poor decorated green glaze scarabs" "2 alabaster kohl pots" "Few beads" "2 poor decorated green glaze scarabs" "Fragments of glaze"
396 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
Bronze tool - Liv. E. 917 "Tweezers" "Alabaster lid of kohl pot" "Fragments from coffin" of inlay "Few beads" ] of copper" "Fragment[? "Copper ring near 396"
397 A'07
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
"Pebbles"
"Few [? ] shells" "Poor green glaze "Ball beads" scarab"
398 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
(3) (4)
BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip light faience ii) iii) Beads of: i) green faience green x2, x2, faience x2, v) green and black striped x2, iv) green faience green faience amethyst x5, viii) x3, vii) xl, vi) blue faience amethyst ix) carnelian xl - Bol. A. 85.1958 x25, x) steatite x5, Green glaze amulet - Bol. A. 85.1968 "Gold shell"
236
399 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) - not - not known known
fabric, red slip - BJK/EA vessel; reddish-brown 2.5 YR 5/6, slip fabric red 10 R 5/8, red paint vessel; black 2.5 YR 2.5/0 - Man. 6255 mouth fabric, burnished red slip, vessel, reddish-brown BJK/EA vertically BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip 5 YR 6/8, Ceramic vessel; fabric slipped and reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 5/8 - Liv. E. 4407 BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, surface abraded reddish-brown BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip burnished Ceramic vessel; dark fabric, slip, red reddish-brown BJK/EA vertically Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic pot-stand; 5 YR 6/6 - Liv. E. 4671 fabric reddish-yellow body - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, on upper red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red slip - BJK/EA Alabaster vessel - U. C. L. 38014; MacGregor 997 "Fragment hieroglyph" of inscribed stone, "Bone hair pin" "Fragment base" lotus decorated of large green glaze, "Ushabtis (small one)" "Few green glaze ushabtis, small" "Cover of kohl pot" "Green glaze scarab" "Base fragment inscribed" of stone, "Fragments pots" of alabaster "Alabaster cup" "Green glaze scarab" "Kohl pot and lid" "Fragment of green glaze basin" "Few beads" "5 ushabtis" "Beads" "Button scarab" "Bronze hawk [? ]" "Ring, ivory" Ceramic Ceramic band at Ceramic
237 400 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) 5 YR 6/6, slip pinkish-white - not - not known known
(2)
401 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) BJK/EA - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip "Two small alabaster kohl pots" "Blue glaze cover of kohl jar" "Bronze mirror" "Few varied beads" "Pottery models of pigeons [? ]" "Shell" "Green glazed decorated scarab"
402 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) of blue marble vessel" - not - not known known
"Neck
403 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) cylinders" - not - not known known
"Fine ball beads of amethyst and green glazed "Cylinder and small green glazed beads"
404 A'07
Location Construction - not - not known known
238
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) -
2.5 YR 5/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; red slipped and burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Mer. 1977.109.113 vertically Cairo 45364; Hickmann 1949,18-19, Pair of bone 'clappers' pl. X (illus. Cairo 45363 Alabaster not to scale) vessel (illus. Green glazed steatite Cairo 45371 not to scale) scarab black (illus. Ceramic vessel, burnished Cairo to not scale) 45365 Cairo 45371 Blue faience beads (not illustrated) cylinder "Ebony pencil" "Fragment found in redeem near" of stone inscription "Alabaster kohl vase"
2 (1)
- not - not
known known
(10) (11)
(12) (13) (14) (15)
Gold mount for a heart scarab - Liv. E. 944; Negs. A. 189 & 190; 1979 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA "Two large alabaster & (4) inlaid and eyes from sarcophagus Neg. A. 191 glaze eyebrows" - Bolton A. 101.1968; "Green glaze head of [? ]" "Green glazed circular disc" perforated "Gold shell" "Granite kohl pot" "Plaster " fragment inscribed "Small pot, red pottery 'D "Fragments of wooden stuccoed "Inscribed black stone" "Fragments of green glaze" "Small green glaze beads"
Kemp
blue
coffin
inscribed
with
blue
paint"
406 A'07
Location Construction Contents: a and not - not - not known known
(Mer. 1977.109.93), from this tomb come a ceramic Possibly vessel (Liv. E. 4283), a fragment (Liv. E. 124) of a faience vessel pot-stand (Liv. E. 1518), but doubtful these chisel are a copper and are The field-notebook lists: illustrated). (1) "Two figures in relief on stone slab, inscribed from front
in
239 (2) (3) lines" "Fragment basin[? of early alabaster "Green glaze decorated scarab" ] lamp"
"Few beads in redeem near 406" "3 lids of alabaster kohl pots" "2 [? ]"
407 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) green glaze and carnelian" - not - not known known
"Few beads
408 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) of limestone stela" - not - not known known
"Fragment
409 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) - not - not known known
10 R 5/6 Ceramic vessel; fabric 2.5 YR 5/6, red slip red Mer. 1977.109.109 BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, thick core, no slip grey Ceramic vessel; brown fabric with no slip - BJK/EA burnished Ceramic vessel; dark fabric, red slip, reddish-brown BJK/EA vertically Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, slip 10 light red reddish-yellow R 6/8 - Mer. 1977.109.91 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/4, slip light reddish-brown white 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 153.1968 fabric Ceramic vessel; light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, slip 10 YR white 8/2 - Liv. E. 4599 7.5 YR 6/6 Ceramic vessel; fabric Liv. E. 4544 reddish-yellow Ceramic vessel; fabric light red 10 R 6/6, slip very pale brown 10 YR 7/4 - Liv. E. 4870 "Fine alabaster Neg. A. 193 not to scale) vase" (illus. Neg. A. 193 Stone bowl (illus. not to scale) -
240
(12) (13) (14) (15) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) "Alabaster Neg. A. 193 kohl pot, lid gone" (illus. to scale) not (illus. "Obsidian Neg. A. 193 kohl stick" not to scale) Liv. E. 2362 [or T. 404? ] (not illustrated) "Shells" "3 fragments stela" of limestone "2 blue glaze long beads" "1 blue glaze eye" "2 ivory fragments" "Wooden face from coffin of the coffin" and a fragment "Scarabs" "XVIII beads" carnelian "Fragments limestone" of inscribed "Beads, amulets"
Pot
types:
15 (1),
16 of small vessels
with
lug-handles
410 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) figures" - not - not known known
411 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
pot"
412 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
(2)
7.5 YR 7/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; wash on upper reddish-yellow 10 YR 8/1 body weak red 10 R 4/4, paint around mouth white Liv. E. 4490 5 YR 7/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; wash on uppper reddish-yellow band at 5 YR 8/1 body pale red 10 R 6/4, paint mouth white Bol. A. 159.1968
Pot types:
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
fabric
light
reddish-brown
5 YR 6/4
self-slip
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2752 "Large beads" stone (haemetite) "Small blue marble kohl pot" "Small green glaze beads" "Small white beads"
414 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) BJK/EA no slip - BJK/EA BJK/EA no slip thin red slip on exterior no slip fabric, - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; "Fragments stela" of inscribed
BJK/EA -
(6)
(7)
"Ball
"Small
beads"
glaze beads"
415 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
BJK/EA fabric, Ceramic pot-stand; no slip reddish-brown (illus. Neg. A. 194. Stone vessel to scale) not (illus. Stone vessel to scale - Neg. A. 194. not Neg. A. 194. Head of bone pin (illus. to scale) not (not illustrated) Wide metal bowl, with a repousse ring-base Neg. A. 194 Three bone inlay circle-and-dot strips, engraved with single (not illustrated) Neg. A. 194. No figures" "Small limestone inscribed. stela
motif
417 A'07
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
of 420 A'07
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA YR Ceramic vessel; fabric brown 10 YR 7/4, slip red 2.5 very pale lines 5/8, paint dusky red 10 R 3/2 - Mer. 1977.109.117 Ceramic vessel; fabric, grey core, no slip reddish-brown gritty BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric red slip - BJK/EA BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown red slip Ceramic vessel; fabric light YR 6/4, 7.5 brown and slipped burnished to weak red 10 R 5/4 - Mer. 1973.1.458 vertically BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown gritty red slip BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, reddish core, red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric slip - BJK/EA no with some chaff, BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, reddish-brown no slip Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 YR 5/6 - Liv. E. 4232 Mer. 60.34.20; Alabaster Plate 23 = Neg. A. 207 vessel Broken plaster face, with gilding black painted front, eyes and on the chin - Liv. E. 5723 paint chin, patch of green under (not lid illustrated) Fragment dark of vessel of stone Liv. E. 2551
Copper tweezers - Plate 23 = Neg. A. 207 Ebony pontil - Plate 23 = Neg. A. 207 "2 scarabs"
"Square green "Small square glaze stela" plaque"
Pot types:
418 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) -
15 (21)
- not
known known
- not
fabric, Ceramic vessel; BJK/EA no slip reddish-brown dark red slip Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, BJK/EA ii) Beads of: i) blue/green faience blue faience x3,
xl,
iii)
243
faience faience turquoise x6, iv) blue glass x2, v) light-blue Bol. A. 87.1968 Copper ring, Bol. A. 87.1968 sheathed with gold foil "Eyes of alabaster fitting" (not bronze illustrated) with Mer. 1977.109.29 ?] "Pot large, white" "5 fragments of broken stela" "Small ushabtis, unbaked clay with blue paint" "Beads and scraps of gold leaf" `One bottle-shaped pot" "Copper tweezers" "Mud figure [? ] head" "Decayed [? ] ushabti wooden figure" "[? ] of blue ushabtis" xl [-
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
(15)
(16)
"XVIII
"Copper
pots"
ring[?
] of
stick[?
]"
Pot
types:
4 (1),
15 (1)
419 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) - not known known
- not
Sandstone hone/rubber Liv. E. 6530 "Small green glaze ushabtis" "Small beads" green glaze cylinder "Ivory pencils" "Fragments of statuette" "Wooden head[? ]" "Very small [? ] alabaster kohl pot" "Few green glaze cylinder beads" "Fragments bracelet" of ivory
420 A'07
Location Construction Contents: number of objects on Plate 23 (Neg. A. 207) belong to this - not - not known known
An uncertain tomb (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Ceramic vessel; fabric light 10 red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip red burnished to red 10 R 5/6 - Bol. A. 137.1968 vertically Two spear heads, copper (illus. Neg. A. 207 not to scale) "Fragment of ivory arm, broken" "Broken square stone hone" "Green glaze cylinder beads" "Ushabtis green glaze, small" "Small alabaster kohl pot" "p seal"
6/6,
15 (1)
- not - not
known known
5 YR 6/4, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric light red 10 R reddish-brown 5/8 - Mer. 1977.109.124 5 YR 6/6, Ceramic pot-stand; fabric thin wash of reddish-yellow 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 200.1968 white Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; fabric, no slip reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, slip - BJK/EA red Coll., in Braunholtz (5), Ceramic vessel like formerly in the ) hands in November 1981 (J. Bourriau, pers. comm. private "Blue coloured mud ushabtis"
15 (1),
16 (1)
- not
known known
- not
(2) (3)
(4)
(5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
blue faience faience ii) Beads of: i) blue/green x2, x35, steatite faience blue faience iv) blue faience iii) green x5, v) x9, x9, 'crumbs' black stripes faience xl, x2, vi) green with with white ix) blue faience faience turquoise xl, viii) xl, vii) green faience white xl, xii) xl, x) green faience xl, xi) green faience blue/green faience black faience xiv) x17, xl, xiii) glass x60, blue faience black stone xl, xv) green faience x20, black xl, xvi) blue faience xix) xl, glass x14, xvii) green faience xl, xviii) blue faience faience xl, xxi) x4, black faience xl, xx) blue/green faience faience xl, x5, xxii) x2, xxiii) green faience green green xl - Liv. E. 2164 xxiv) green faience faience Beads of: lapis-lazuli xl - Liv. E. 9286 x2, and turquoise (? ) vessel and lid Liv. E. 2750 & 2751 Pink diorite -
Alabaster
lid
(13)
Liv. E. 174 Broken ring of turquoise faience Fragment of blue faience Liv. E. 173 with black decoration vessel, Liv. E. 9287 Broken small blue uninscribed ushabti Wooden fragment, with white paint - Liv. E. 7119 Wooden pontil Liv. E. 7118 Liv. E. 640 Alabaster inlaid pupil eye with obsidian BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip black polished Nubian(? ) vessel, with white and other-coloured (illus. Neg. A. 209 decoration to scale) not -
Liv. E. 2562 -
Stone vessel
with
mud(? ) lid
(illus.
not to scale)
Neg. A. 209 -
245
(14) (15) (16) "Bit inlay" of ivory "Small green glaze scarab" "1 scarab"
(17)
(18) (19) (20) (21)
"Hawk hc. of wood, painted" "Wooden hawk of wood, painted" "Scarab of stone, side pierced" "Fragment of coffin"
Pot types:
423 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) -
11 (1)
- not - not
known known
Alabaster Neg. A. 210 vessel - Mer. 1977.112.112; "Ushabtis in red pottery" one is Liv. E. 1874a "Light blue glaze vase "210 . Neg. A. 210 "Kohl pot Neg. A ,""One top of kohl pot Neg. A. 210 ""1 scarab, decorated" "1 ball bead" "Flint" "Ushabtis in green glaze" "Large stone vase"
424 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) 5 YR 5/6, slip Liv. E. 4673 BJK/EA red 2.5 YR - not - not known known
(2)
(3) (4) (5)
Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, "Mud ushabtis blue" coloured "Fragment box" of bone toilet
Ceramic vessel; fabric light red 2.5 YR 6/8, slip light red 6/6, burnished vertically to red 10 R 5/6 - Bol. A. 142.1968
no slip
'10
7 (15),
15 (6)
- not - not
known known
246
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) 2.5 Y 7/4, Ceramic vessel; fabric 2.5 YR 5/6, slip red pale yellow lines dusky red 10 R 3/2 - Liv. E. 4876 paint 2.5 7.5 YR 6/6, slip Ceramic pot-stand; fabric red reddish-yellow YR 5/6, wash of white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4516 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, reddish-brown white core, red slip, painted rim - BJK/EA fabric, Ceramic red vessel; reddish-brown slip on interior, burnish BJK/EA concentric Ceramic vessel; fine brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA band on rim - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, red fabric, Ceramic vessel; red band at gritty mouth reddish-brown BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA light 5 YR 7/8, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 reddish-yellow YR 6/8 - Liv. E. 4787 7.5 YR 6/6, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric pale red 10 reddish-yellow R 6/4, burnished to red 10 R 5/6 - Bol. A. 155.1968 vertically
(12)
(13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
Alabaster
"6 scarabs" and "green glaze scarab illustrated) are Cairo 45370 -2 "Copper basin" "Fragments box" trinket of ivory "Kohl pot, alabaster" "Button seal" 6 (1 "white band"),
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.137 -
over
425
in
redeem"
(not
Pot
types:
5 (1 "polished"),
16 (1)
426 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
bowl
in
redeem over
426"
427 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) fabric reddish-yellow 5 YR 7.5 BJK/EA BJK/EA BJK/EA BJK/EA 6/6, YR self-slip 8/6, slip - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; Liv. E. 4912 Ceramic vessel; 5 reddish-brown Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel; Ceramic vessel;
fabric reddish-yellow YR 5/4 - Liv. E. 4855 brown fabric, no slip brown fabric, no slip brown fabric, no slip brown fabric, no slip
247 (7) (8) (9) Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, patches of red slip on upper body BJK/EA 5 YR 6/6, slip 10 fabric Ceramic vessel; light reddish-yellow red band white 10 YR 8/2 - Bol. A. 185.1968 R 6/6, paint faience blue faience Beads of: i) blue/green x247, ii) green x55, faience faience faience iii) x5, white x3, x22, yellow yellow faience faience x2, iv) x2, shell green xl, blue faience x21 Liv. E. 2130 "Red pottery line dish and incised pattern" "Green glaze decorated scarab" "Lid of dark stone kohl pot" "Fragment of alabaster vase" "Scarab" "Stone kohl pot" "Few green glaze ball beads"
Pot types:
428 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) -
15 (2)
- not - not
known known
(3)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
fabric Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 6/8, slipped reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4493 fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 5/6, slipped and burnished 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4376
and red
Alabaster
Gypsum vessel - Liv. E. 2579; Plate 24 = Neg. A. 211 (illus. figure Concubine Cairo 45367; Neg. A. 592 to scale) not figure Ivory head of composite Plate 24 = Neg. A. 211 Dark stone vessel - Plate 24; Neg. A. 211 "4 scarabs of green glaze" "Carnelian and amethyst "Fragments of alabaster "Pottery doll figure"
vessel
Bol. A. 108.1968 -
(9) (10)
(11) (12) (13)
beads" vase"
15 (7)
- not - not
known known
limestone
stela,
?XII
Dynasty"
"Few green
431 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
Two light Liv. E. 1799 & 1800 green faience ushabtis "Large seal, inscribed both sides" "Small copper [? ]" "Few green glaze cylinder beads" "Small stone stela"
432 A'07 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) MacGregor 1774 - not - not known known
"Double pottery Neg. A. 596[? ]; vessel" "Dark stone kohl pot, no lid" "Ball and small beads" "[? ] ushabti"
433 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) and cover" - not - not known known
(3)
"Ball
beads"
434 A'07
Location Construction - not - not known known
249 Contents:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
5 YR 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric self-slip reddish-yellow Liv. E. 4621; Neg. A. 213 Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, no slip - BJK/EA dark reddish-brown horizontal Ceramic vessel; brown fabric, slip, BJK/EA burnish fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip - BJK/EA reddish-brown Two bronze surrounds for inlaid eyes - Liv. E. 827 Five alabaster inlaid eyes - Liv. E. 827 "3 faience Neg. A. 213 inlay strips" "[? ]: small basin blue inside" Neg. A. 213 "[? ] amethyst scarab" "2 small kohl alabaster Neg. A. 213 pots" "Fragments of bronze box" - Neg. A. 213 "Cover of kohl pot" __
435 A'07
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) glaze beads" - not known known
- not
Construction Contents:
(1) (2) (3)
"Scarab, green glaze" "Few carnelian beads" "Eye for cartonnage, alabaster
and obsidian"
250
OF EXCAVATIONS 1908
to
none recorded
or located
- not - not -
known known
Pot types:
443 to
43 (1),
56 (1)
none recorded
445 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
43 (1)
- not - not
none recorded
447 A'08
Location - not known
not known -
38 (1)
none recorded
or located
of metal
and faience
beads
(illus.
not
to
scale)
Pot types:
16 (1)
450 to 451 A'08 Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
452 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
Globular (illus. Neg. A. 226 stone vessel not to scale) Fragment of a flint knife Liv. E. 7831; Neg. A. 321 Black the granite seated of statue mty n s3 Amenysonb R. S. M. 1951.345; Plate 25 ; Negs. A. 214,217 & 230; Vandier 1958, 230 n. 4
252
454 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) the finest blue glaze, MacGregor 825 spotted and lined in black' (not - not - not known known
'Frog, in illustrated)-
to
none recorded
457 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) - not - not known known
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2511 Liv. E. 2447 bead with light Green faience brown streaking from inlaid Obsidian pupil eye - Liv. E. 7853 light Beads of: i) brown and white agate, ii) green faience, Liv. E. 2448 faience brown stone, iv) turquoise light Scarab (illus. not to scale) (illus. Bruss. 2700 Bone object to scale) not (not illustrated) Beads of green faience, and amethyst carnelian Bruss. 2775 Bruss. 2780 Beads of carnelian and glaze (not illustrated) -
iii)
55 (1)
- not - not
known known
253
ii) light
(1)
(2)
Scarab (illus.
blue
faience
xl,
iii)
not to scale)
459 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
Vessel
Liv. E. 2601 (separate Serpentine collar missing) vessel Negs. A. 562 & 572 Scarab (illus. to scale) not faience blue (light light Composite jewel of gold (no shading), (heavy Liv. E. 2365; & dark faience blue shading) shading) Neg. A. 658
of crystalline
calcite
76 (1)
- not - not
none recorded
461 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) with painted - not - not known known
light-red 2.5 YR 6/6, self-slip Ceramic bowl; fabric band at rim red 10 R 5/6 - Bruss. 8559 Alabaster vessel - B'ham. Unnumbered Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 568 & 572 to scale) not ] - Cairo 39754; Stela of the washerman (r t, gnw[? 216 types: 16 (2), 25 (2)
Negs. A. 215
&
Pot
to
none recorded
Wooden head-rest base - Liv. E. 7012 Alabaster lid - Liv. E. 2526x Scarab (illus. to scale) - Negs. A. 565 & 573 not 16 (1), 34 (1), 43 (1), 62 (1), 71 (1)
- not - not
none recorded
471 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Mer. 1977.109.28 - not - not known known
Hand of an ivory Liv. E. 7031 clapper Two alabaster inlaid eyes with obsidian
pupils
472 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2533 Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2574 Wooden fragment with yellow painted
decoration
Liv. E. 8159 -
50 (1),
74 (1),
76 (1)
- not
known
255 Construction Contents: (1) Fragment of faience vessel (illus. not to scale) Neg. A. 608 -
not known -
474 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.87 Lion amulet of hard dark stone (illus.
not to scale)
Neg. A. 658 -
475 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
(6) (7)
(8)
head from a statuette Limestone Liv. E. 7808 Serpentine vessel and lid - Kendal ) ring - Liv. E. 995 Metal (silver? Liv. E. 8152 Bone inlay fragments iii) Beads of: i) carnelian dark blue glass, ii) amethyst x5 & x2, light blue faience iv) light blue glass, vi) v) blue faience, xl, faience blue/green & light faience, light blue/green vii) x3 shell xl - Liv. E. 2435 Three blue faience beads - Liv. E. 1168 scaraboid Wooden rectangular pieces - Liv. E. 8151
Liv. E. 8151 -
- not
known
are
from
Garstang's
inventory
card
(published
in
Garstang
Kendal Serpentine tripartite vessel Bruss. 2689 Limestone tripartite vessel (illus. Neg. A. 658 Stamp-seals to scale) not "A few beads of gold" "Two small beads of emerald: 10 mm." 12 mm." "Two small beads of lapis-lazuli:
256
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) "One small bead of lapis-lazuli: 15 mm." 13 mm." "One small bead of gold: heavy: 30 mm." "Curious piece of metal, "Small ball beads of carnelian and glaze" bead and one ball "One long (65 mm.) cylindrical
bead"
34 (1)
- not - not
known known
are
from
Garstang's
inventory
card
(published
in
Garstang
"Scarab of lapis-lazuli, in fine gold setting: inscribed, B. M. 54691 24 mm. high". "Ivory 59 mm long, sphinx clutching victim: Garstang 1928 ; Pessenne Negs. A. 221-225; 54678; Plate26 ; Davies 1981,11 and refs. cit. "One amethyst bead" "Two scarabs from beads cf "One small scarab of red stone: "Plaster eye with gold foil" "Curious bead" daisy-like
2.5
" cm.
B. M. 1957,42;
8 mm."
34 (1),
43 (3),
55 (3),
58 (1),
71 (2)
- not - not
known known
are
from
Garstang's
inventory
card
(published
in
Garstang
Large fragment of an alabaster ovoid vessel "Tubular from glazed beads, black and blue, "A ball bead" "Piece of shell" "One small bead with ribs, blue glaze"
Neg. A. 226
479 A'08
Location Construction - not - not known known
none recorded
or located
37 (1),
55 (1),
66 (1)
of
a black
burnished
ceramic
vessel
Liv. Uncat.;
(2)
37 (1),
- not - not
known known
(1)
(2) (3)
Alabaster
Alabaster Spherical
lid
(4)
(5)
Flint
'Kohl 1014; Stone
Liv. E. 2561 -
Plate
blue
alabaster'
(6)
(7)
Alabaster
tray/grinder
27 = Neg. A. 228
spout
run-off
Plate -
27;
Neg. A. 228
55 (4),
71 (4)
- not - not
known known
Pot types:
72 (1)
triangle Large ceramic sherd with incised burnished 2.5 YR 6/8, red slip red Neg. A. 227
485 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) faience - not - not known known
Blue/green
(2)
Flint
blade (not
beads - Kendal
illustrated)
Mer. 1973.252(b); -
MacGregor 1134
486 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
Bronze spear-head - Liv. E. 959; Plate 28 = Flint flake - Liv. E. 6506 blade - Liv. E. 7828 -Flint Metal/wood ring bezel - Liv. E. 802 Scarab (illus. not to scale) - Negs. A. 570 40 Scarab (illus. not to scale) - Negs. A. 568 40 Scarab (illus. not to scale) - Negs. A. 570 40
Neg. A. 229
(9) (10)
(11)
Long wooden 'spoon', the hawk head at one end having a bronze beak Cairo 39764; Plate 28 = Neg. A. 229; and gold eyes and carnnelian 1979,39-40 Lilyquist n. 449 Neg. A. 229; Lilyquist handle - Cairo 39765; Plate 28 Mirror and 39 n. 448, figs. 78 & 79 lord lands for "the Cylinder inscribed the two of good god, illustrated in the Nbw-k3w-R "(not illustrated) on a watercolour S. A. O. S. (not illustrated) Neg. A. 229a Seven stone vessels -
259 487 A'08 Location Construction Contents: not known not known none recorded or located
488 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Point of a flint Liv. E. 6511 knife Fragment of a bone/ivory spoon - Liv. E. 7029 cosmetic
Pot types:
55 (2),
71 (1),
74 (1)
489 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
490 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Blue glazed steatite 2 cm. long (illus. to not scale) scarab, Cairo 39780; Negs. A. 565 & 571 Fragment of limestone Liv. E. 33; Neg. A. 649 stela hieratifc for (not Painted Renseneb inscribed in ushabti, Neg. A. 230 illustrated) (not illustrated) (This tomb? ) Canopic equipment Neg. A. 232 -
Pot types:
63 (2)
491 A'08
Location Construction - not - not known known
260
492 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) iii) dark faience Beads of: i) blue/green gold x2, x2, ii) pink x 12, vi) stone x3, iv) dark pink stone x12, v) dark pink stone Liv. E. 2380 faience & black faience turquoise x8 x50 Neg. A. 658 Wd3t-amulet in dark stone (illus. not to scale) Liv. E. 1339 (not illustrated) Fragment of a clay seal impression types: 19 (1), 27 (sole example = pan beaker? ), 34 (5), (2), 52 (2), 76 (1) 67 (2), 71 (2), 55 (3), 35 (1), 43
493 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
Alabaster
vessel
Kendal -
495 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
limestone
statuette
of
man
496 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) alabaster vessel lid Liv. E. 2533x - not - not known known
Broken
497 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2)
Alabaster
vessel
to
scale)
Cairo -
39784a;
Pot types:
55 (1)
498 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Silver
(8) Cobble - Liv. E. 2546x (9) Polished green cobble - Liv. E. 2547x (10) Cobble - Liv. E. 2545x
(11) (12) (13) (14)
faience hippopotamus, decorated Portion of a blue Liv. E. 128 paint Cosmetic pot of unusual shape, 4 feet and lid with Neg. A. 237 not toscale) Piece of pumice - Liv. E. 6539 Sandstone hone - Liv. E. 5293 ] - Liv. E. 6502 Serpentine cosmetic grinder[? Cobble - Liv. E. 6512
ring
Liv. E. 954 -
with knobs
purplish (illus.
Liv. E. 8149 Part of a bone/ivory clapper for (13) : i) white plaster, Lead surround ii) hard paste, green iii) gold leaf - Liv. E. 653b Alabaster inlaid i) White eye with black stone pupil: plaster Liv. E. 653a Alabaster inlaid Liv. E. 654 of coppereye with traces
1
262 (15) blue Beads of: i) blue faience ii) blue iii) faience xl, xl, faience faience faience xl, vi) xl, xl, iv) green v) yellow blue faience black xl, vii) x2 & blue faience viii) steatite x15, ix) blue faience faience, x2, x2, x) carnelian x7, xi) steatite blue faience, blue faience blue faience, xv) x12, xiii) xiv) xii) faience blue lapis-lazuli x2 & green x4, xvi) x3, xvii) shell glass - Liv. E. 2383
(17) (18)
(not lintel Inscribed illustrated) the 3tw n .t hk3, Wsr-' of 1923,32 No. 101) Bruss. E. 5263; Neg. A. 238; (Speleers (13) (not belonging Three inscribed illustrated) jambs with Liv. E. 40-42; Negs. A. 239 & 240
Liv. E. 9101 -
499 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) pale brown 10 YR - not - not known known
fabric Ceramic vessel; very red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip 7/3, lines pale red 2.5 YR 6/2 - Liv. E. 4263 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 6527 Sandstone hone - Liv. E. 6546; Neg. A. 241 face - Liv. E. 5722 Plaster Clay model pounder[? ] - Liv. Uncat. Alabaster vessel lid - Liv. E. 2549 Scarab (illus. Cairo 39782 not to scale) Mer. 55.82.9; Faience Senet board and fragments Plate 30 "Double kohl vessel" MacGregor 994 16 (1), (1) 25 (1), 37 (3), 43 (1), 55 (13),
138;
Pot
types:
58 (2),
63 (3),
71
263 500 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Pot Gypsum vessel - Liv. E. 2583 Cairo 39775; Negs. 572 & 573 Glazed scarab (illus. not to scale) Cairo 39784d; Neg. A. 560 Blue glazed scarab (illus. not to scale) types: 43 (1), 55 (3), 59 (1), 64 (1)
501 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - not - not known known
Wooden arm from a statuette Liv. E. 7010 Wooden object Liv. E. 7073 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2524x Alabaster vessel - U. C. L. 38020 Glaze scarab (illus. Negs. 572 & 573 not to scale) Liv. E. 4080 (not Base-ring juglet illustrated, see 1968,111)
Merrillees
37 (1),
55 (5)
- not - not
known known
19 (1),
25 (2),
75 (2)
YR 5/8, Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 slip Liv. E. 4491 Ceramic vessel; fabric red 10 R 5/6, self-slip, of white wash on body - Bruss. 8561 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2588
irregular
37 (1),
71 (1)
Construction
Contents: (1) Ceramic pot stand; 10 R 4/4, paint at fabric reddish-yellow top and botttom white 7.5 YR 8/6, slip weak red 10 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4512 & 619 Neg. A. 248,
(2) (3)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Liv. E. 6895; Negs. A. 248,249,255,618 Concubine figure Clay figure not to scale) man (illus. of a striding 249. 'magic wand' Liv. E. 7007; Neg. A. 702 Part of an ivory Liv. E. 162. Blue faience ring fragments Negs. A. 568 & 572 Glaze scarab (illus. to scale) not 'A number of rectangular ivory, in probably plaques, squares of a game-board, one engraved with two squatting MacGregor 690 -
33 (1),
43 (1),
55 (3),
66 (1),
67 (1)
- not - not
known known
figurine Head and shoulders of a concubine Liv. E. 6381 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2580 Blue glazed steatite scarab (illus. not to scale) Neg. A. 565
in
marl
clay
Cairo
39779;
16 (2),
25 (1),
43 (2),
45 (1),
55 (3),
59 (2),
66 (1)
- not - not
known known
265 (4) (5) Ceramic bread mould with incised palm-leaf long (illus. Cairo 39797 not to scale) Concubine figure tripartite with wig Negs. A. 255,256,618 & 619 decoration, (not illustrated) 9.5 cm. -
16 (3),
337 (1),
55 (7),
64 (1),
71 (2)
- not - not
known known
none recorded
or located
- not - not
known known
(1)
(2) (3)
Beads of: i) red faience x16, x10, blue faience x5, yellow faience faience blue green faience x38, white faience x5, red x15, ii) faience faience faience faience x6, yellow white x15, x6, green x8, iii) red faience x2, blue faience x3, white x4, yellow faience faience light x6, iv) green faience with x7, v) dark blue faience blue and green 'crumbs' Liv. E. 2382 Wooden knob - Liv. E. 7016 Glaze scarab (illus. Negs. A. 565 & 571 not to scale) -
509 A'08
Location Construction Contents: Brovarski slip very et al dark - not - not known known
Ivory horn - Mer. 1977.109.20; tip of a cosmetic (No. 403) 1982,293 Ceramic vessel; fabric grey 2.5 YR 6/0, polished grey 2.5 Y 3/0 - Liv. E. 4004 Flint flake Liv. E. 6510 Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 562 & 567 not to scale) -
510 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
266
(1) Faience Isis & Horus amulet (not illustrated) Liv. E. 9285 -
511 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
- not
known tomb 512 of left on its wooden coffin A'08, shows side, with surviving at an the the
Contents: (1) Scarab (illus. not to scale) Coll. ); Negs. A. 570 & 571 Cairo 39770 (& Northwick Park
513 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
(3)
(4) (6)
Rough plaster Liv. E. 1165 scaraboid Limestone Liv. E. 1164 scaraboid & (5)
Blue
(7)
(8) (9) (11) (12)
Beads of:
Pair of calcite inlaid of copper eyes, with traces (or T. 573? ) - Liv. E. 652 and black paint on pupils faience beads - Kendal
Liv. E. 652 -
on
backs
i)
gold,
ii)
not to scale)
to scale) to scale)
garnet
Liv. E. 2438 -
Neg. A. 569
Bruss. 2710; Negs. A. 568 & 572 Negs. A. 568 & 572 -
Pot types:
34 (1),
43 (1),
49 (1),
55 (3),
66 (2),
71 (1),
72 (3)
267
514 A'08
Location Construction - not known with at least its top lined with mud-bricks
Shaft, -
Contents:
(1). (2) (3)
(? ) - Liv. E. 2586 Vessel of olive-green anhydrite Alabaster vessel lid - Liv. E. 2514 'Soul found house' the top the shaft of at & 261 Negs. A. 259,260
16 (2),
37 (1),
338 (1),
55 (1)
- not - not
known known
(eyebrow for an inlaid Bronze strip Serpentine vessel - Liv. E. 2513 (illus. Glaze bowl fragment not to
eye ?)scale)
Liv. E. 964
Pot types:
dots
inside"),
55
(2),
66
516 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) fabric reddish on the interior Bruss. 8558 yellow to red light 5 YR 7/6, slip 10 R 5/8, painted 10 red spots - not - not known known
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
vessel
&
lid
Mer. 1973.1.202;
MacGregor
1077;
(11) (12)
Alabaster vessel and lid - U. C. L. 38017; Neg. A. 262 Stone vessel - Neg. A. 262 beads forehead, figurine, Marl-ware on the concubine with blue breasts and navel - B'ham. Unnumbered; Neg. A. 263; MacGregor 1727 handle - Liv. E. 8150 Ivory dot-and-circle decoration Bone inlay incised strip, with Liv. E. 8150 dot-and-circle decoration Bone inlay incised strip, with Liv. E. 7063 Hone of a hard green/brown stone - Liv. E. 6513 Scarab - Negs. A. 565 & 568
Scarab - Negs. A. 565 & 568 Scarab - Negs. A. 565 & 568
268
(13) (14) (15) (16) (illus. Cairo Scarab of green glazed steatite to scale) not 39774; Negs. A. 566 & 573 Negs. A. 565 & 568 Scarab (illus. to scale) not Neg. A. 262 bowl (. not illustrated) Alabaster 'An egg-shaped Vase, in black and pinky-white 6.75 in. granite, lip, base with flat high, the body of the vase ring-shaped on flat handles' (not illustrated) furnished with two tubular originally MacGregor 1022; Neg. A. 262 'A Stibium in Vase and Lid of fine the arragonite conventional (not high' in. form, 2.25 illustrated) inverted pear-shaped MacGregor 995; Neg. A. 262 'A cylindrical Vase, slightly towards the flat base tapering and (not high' 1.25 in. illustrated) flat rim, projecting with MacGregor 931; Neg. A. 262 Neg. A. 262 (not illustrated) (? ) vessel Small alabaster 90mm. long x 10mm. wide Two broken fragments ivory, x 20mm. of (not illustrated) Liv. E. 7026 tall -
(17)
(18)
(19) (19)
Pot types:
34 (1), 43 (3), 46 (1), 47 (1), 48 (1), 52 (1), 55 (1), 63 (1), 65 (4), 67 (1), 71 (1), 72 (1), 76 (1)
(5),
56
517 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) for inscribed Neg. A. 264 the sd3wty bits, - not - not known known
16 (1),
32 (1)
- not - not
known known
painted
519 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) xl, vi) iii) black - not - not known known
faience blue/green Beads of: i) ii) xl, carnelian xl, v) blue faience x3, iv) blue faience carnelian xl, faience x8 - Liv. E. 2388 x7 & blue/green steatite
269 (2) Scarab (illus. 16 (1) not to scale) Negs. A. 566 & 573 -
- not - not
known known
(1)
Blue/green
faience
w 3t-amulet,
with
black detail
Liv. E. 9055 -
521 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Liv. E. 7074 - not - not known known
Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 568 & 572 to scale) not Wooden pd-column, on surface with traces of plaster
52 (1)
- not - not
known known
(5)
White stone inlaid conjunctiva eye, with traces of red painted. Liv. E. 7826 Neg. A. 267 (illus. Headless ushabti light to scale) not of stone Negs. A. 265 & 266; Bruss. 3384; Plate 33; Hard stone ushabti No. 95 (where it is Sale 1137; Speleers Hilton-Price 1923,32, to 625 A'08) assigned bowl (not holding illustrated) Broken statuette kneeling a of man & pl. 22a 1980,149 & 271; Kemp and Merrillees Negs. A. 268,270 types: 56 (1)
Pot
523 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
Blue faience
524 A'08
For further 6. Chapter excavation Location Construction Contents: (1) details this tomb the is regarding reader The quoted from object-descriptions are in Emery 1923,34. tomb-card, reproduced see Chapter see Chapter 6 6
270
(2)
Kerma Ware beaker of burnished black slip lower part of and upper part, of exterior, 10 R 4/6, one of 'Four fine black-topped Liv. E. 3016; Neg. A. 275 Kerma Ware beaker of burnished black slip lower part of and upper part of exterior, 10 R 4/6, intervening band of burnished 'Four 3/1, fine black-topped one of Liv. E. 3008; Neg. A. 275
2.5 YR 2.5/0 on interior burnished exterior red bell-shaped beakers' 2.5 YR 2.5/0 on interior burnished exterior red dark 10 R reddish-grey bell-shaped beakers' -
(3)
(4)
fine, black-topped tall with vase,.... globular black slip 2.5 YR 2.5/0 on interior outcurving neck' burnished and lower part of exterior burnished upper part of exterior, red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 3084 Neg. A. 275 One of 'Four fine black-topped Cairo 39762 bell-shaped beakers' One of 'Four fine black-topped Cairo 39763 bell-shaped beakers' See Plate 34 for other possible beakers from tomb (compare this 6) Chapter 'Ivory draughtsmen' Neg. A. 274 'Two haemetite kohl sticks' Neg. A. 274 'Series of glazed beads, blue and black' 'Four chopsticks' Neg. A. 274 -
of Nubian type'
525 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) blue blue x2, vi) - not - not known known
(2) (3)
Head of a blue faience Nephthys amulet - Liv. E. 9178; Neg. A. 658 Head of a bone pin - Liv. E. 7077 16 (1), 43 (2), 55 (1)
Beads of: 'i) dark blue faience faience brown x4, ii) x4 & faience blue faience faience iv) x4, iii) xl, yellow x5, faience faience x12, green faience x2, red faience x2, white faience blue faience faience v) yellow xl, x12, green x10, blue faience x6 - Liv. E. 2384
Pot types:
526 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
271
light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 6/6, self-slip, paint 7.5 YR 8/0 - Ure. 23.33 white Cairo 39787 (not illustrated) Alabaster vessel incised decoration dot-and-circle Bone inlay with strip Dublin 1920.295(c) illustrated) -
band
(not
527 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
Vessel of grey anhydrite Liv. E. 2519x Liv. E. 671 Nodule of smooth brown flint fragment illustrated) bowl (largest Fragments of a blue faience Liv. E. 121 & 123 35 Plate 39757; hippopotami Cairo faience Pair of Reimer 1929,217, fig. 9,218(4) Neg. A. 284-286; (not illustrated) Neg. A. 287 Alabaster vessel (not illustrated) Neg. A. 287 lid Alabaster vessel and (not illustrated) Neg. A. 287 lid Alabaster vessel and -
528 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
55 (6),
67 (1)
- not - not
known known
Lower types:
half
of a concubine 25 (1),
figure
MacGregor 63 (1),
1724 66 (2)
16 (4),
34 (4),
37 (1),
272
530 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel; painted 10 YR 7/6, slip fabric yellow reddish-yellow bands red 10 R 4/6 - Bruss. 8563 7.5 - not - not known known
Ceramic YR 7/6,
Pot types:
55 (2),
74 (1)
531 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Negs. A. 568 & 572 to scale) not Negs. A. 568 & 572 to scale) not jar stoppers Liv. E. 7340-7842 (not illustrated) sarcophagus (? - not illustrated) - not - not known known
10 R 6/6, Ceramic vessel; fabric light red 10 slip red band at mouth dark grey 2.5 YR 4/0 - Liv. E. 4602 painted
Concubine figure (not illustrated) 43 (3), Cairo 39766 types: 16 (1), 34 (1), 55 (2), 62 (2)
5/8,
533 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
5 YR 6/6 (core light fabric 10 Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow red R 6/8), on upper body weak red 10 R 4/4, paint self-slip, paint 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 3087; Neg. A. 599 round mouth white
273 (2) (3) (4) (5) dark yellowish-brown fabric 10 YR 7/6, Ceramic vessel; slip band at mouth white 5 YR 8/1 - Bruss. 8569 2.5 YR 5/6, painted Liv. E. 2592 Brown limestone vessel Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2589 Liv. E. 6528 Alabaster vessel red
16 (3),
38 (1),
43 (2),
55 (15),
62 (1),
67 (1),
76 (2)
- not - not
known known
Anhydrite vessel - Mer. 1977.109.85 Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2709 beads (not illustrated) Faience and carnelian
535 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
536 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
537 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) ink inscription Kendal; - not - not known known
black Limestone statuette with Negs. A. 295-298 Bone implement - Liv. E. 7009 (not illustrated) Concubine figure
Cairo -
39767
16 (2),
34 (1),
55 (9),
74 (3)
not known -
274
not known -
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
fabric marl
10
YR
self-slip
YR 6/6 light fabric light Ceramic pot-stand; to red 2.5 olive brown 2.5 Y 5/6, patches of paint white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4522 inclusions large white Liv. E. 2747; Vessel of red breccia with Neg. A. Foot of a box[? ] in the shape of an ox-leg - Liv. E. 7072; Neg. A. 291 Neg. A. 291 (illus. Wooden furniture not to scale) element -
(7) (8)
(9)
example
listed
in Pot-types)
Pot types:
16 (12), 25 (5), 34 (11), 37 (3), 38 (5), 39 (4), (2), 67 (1), 71 (6), 76 (1) (3), 61 (2), 62,66
45 (1),
55
539 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
- not - not
known known
of
blue
glazed
steatite
(illus.
not
to scale)
Negs. A. 566
43 (3),
55 (41),
67 (1),
76 (1)
- not - not
known known
(1)
Cypriot
'Spindle-bottle';
fabric
reddish-yellow
YR
6/6,
5 YR 5/6
Ure. E. 23.26;
slip in red
Neg. A. 660;
10 R 5/6 and
(4) (5)
(6)
Object Pontil
fabric vessel; reddish-yellow 8562 of dark brown wood, traces of other - Liv. E. 5001
end hole
(7)
(8)
Anhydrite
Alabaster
); fabric (scribe's Ceramic vessel reddish-yellow pot? 10 R 5/6 - Liv. E. 5002 traces of red paint lid
of light brown wood - Liv. E. 5003 (model pen?) of dark brown wood - Liv. E. 5004 vessel Liv. E. 2698 -
YR
6/6,
(9) (10)
(11)
Cairo 39765; Neg. A. 302; Hickmann Ivory 'clapper' No. 47 VIIb; Wildung et al 1984,106-107, pl. Ivory 'clapper' Mer. 1977.109.19; Neg. A. 302 squatting animal (illus. not
of a vessel
Liv. E. 2536x -
1949,16
&
to
scale)
(12) (13)
(14) (15) (16)
(17) Green glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1134; Negs. A. 562 & 567 (18) Scarab (illus. not to scale) - Negs. A. 562 & 567 Cairo 39781; (19) Green glazed steatite (illus. to scale) scarab not Negs. A. 560 & 574
495 A'08? ) Twelve very corroded of a copper and broken links chain - Liv. E. 2377 Fragment of a blue faience bowl - Liv. E. 139 (or 495 A'08? ) Beads of: i) steatite light-green faience ii) xl, faience light-green iii) faience iv) shell green v) x2, xl, xl, light-green lapis-lazuli xl, viii) vi) x4, stone xl, vii) lapis-lazuli xl - Liv. E. 2377
strip strip
Pot types:
16 (3), (2)
20 (1),
43 (3),
55 (41),
63 (3),
66 (1),
67 (1),
76
542 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (5) (6)
Calcite
Body of a tripartite alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2523x & (4) Two of the '4 pilgrim blue bottles in faience' and green (illus. MacGregor 230; Neg. A. 272 not to scale) Blue glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1130 Beads of blue/green faience, carnelian and amethyst - Bruss. 2779 & 2781
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.68 -
55 (16),
66 (3)
- not - not
known known
none recorded
or located
Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2575 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2576 Scarab (illus. not to scale) - Negs. A. 557 & 559
scarab (not (illus. not to scale) Cairo -
39777;
Negs. A. 557
(6)
(7)
Faience
Stone
vessel
Bruss. 2693 -
Pot types:
44 (1),
55 (40),
59 (1),
64
545 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
Alabaster Alabaster
fabric
and lid (illus.
wash white
10 YR 8/1
an inlaid
not
Pot types:
20 (1),
55 (3),
69 (1)
546 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
fabric 64 (1),
wash white
10
Pot types:
277
547 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (or 597 A'08? ) Fragment of a white calcite vessel Liv. E. 645 - not - not known known
548 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel (illus. not to scale) Cairo 39795 - not - not known known
Alabaster
549 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
55 (1),
66 (1)
- not - not
known known
5 YR 6/6, fabric vessel; reddish-yellow body red 2.5 YR 5/6 - Liv. E. 4066 upper dot-and-circle Ivory incised inlay strip with Liv. E. 7050 dot-and-circle Ivory incised inlay strip with Liv. E. 7051 Ceramic
self-slip,
wash on -
decoration decoration
66 (1)
- not - not
known known
278 (1) Possibly from this tomb come the stelae Mer. 55.82.103 & 118 (both? )
Pot
types:
43 (1)
Anhydrite
Stone
vessel
vessel
(illus.
to scale)
Bruss. 2690 -
553 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) strips - not - not known known
Bone inlay
(2)
Bone inlay
strips
Liv. E. 7038,7037,7035 -
Liv. E. 7041,7042
& 7043
& 7036
554 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Pot J, types: estone stela Cairo 55 (1), 39755; Neg. A. 309 - not - not known known
47 (1),
62 (3)
555 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) of inscribed limestone Liv. E. 504 - not - not known known
Fragment
- not
none recorded
557 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
43 (1)
- not - not
known known
Negs. A. 568 & 572 Scarab (illus. to scale) not Negs. A. 568 & 572 Scarab (illus. to scale) not ) Liv. E. 672 Two faience rattles(? -
559 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (illus. not to scale) Negs. A. 568 & 572 - not - not known known
Scarab
560 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) fish lid decoration Liv. E. 2548 (illus. not to - not - not known known
(Or 360 A'07) Sherd with incised Neg. A. 311 scale) Fragment of an alabaster vessel Various beads - Bruss. 2776
Pot types:
32 (1),
43 (1),
55 (1),
61 (1)
280
561 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
562 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) red 2.5 YR 5/6 to light reddish-brown 5 YR - not - not known known
(2)
Anhydrite
vessel
lid
Liv. E. 2553 -
55 (1)
- not - not
none recorded
564 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (illus. not to - not - not known known
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2711 (or 566 A'08? ) Two bird-shaped Neg. A. 312 scale) -
ceramic
vessels
565 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) Pot part of a concubine figurine MacGregor 1725 - not - not known known
Lower types:
16 (1)
281
566 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
strips
Liv. E. 7058,7059,7060 -
& 7061
Pot types:
16 (4), 20 (3), 21 (1), 25 (3), 28 (1), 32 (1), 34 (2), 37 (1), 43 (1), 55 (36), 56 (1), 63 (1), 71 (2), 74 (3), 72 (5)
567 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
568 A'08
Location Construction - not known
tomb, Neg. A. 313, marked as being a view of this shows, be a brick-lined distance, in the middle may what surface mud-brick shaft, rectangular with some unclear features to the north -
Contents:
(1)
(2)
Scarab (illus.
(3)
faience ii) (or 508 A'08? ) Beads of: i) blue-green x26, green blue-green faience iii) iv) shell x49, v) green faience x5, x2, faience blue faience faience x2, xl, vii) x 290, vi) blue-green blue faience ix) green faience scaraboid xl - Liv. E. 2256 xl, viii) 10 R 7.5 YR 6/6 (core fabric Ceramic vessel; red reddish-yellow 10 R 5/6 5/6), to red and burnished vertiically slipped Liv. E. 4189 limestone figure Central of an inscribed portion mummiform Liv. E. 505 Liv. E. 6890 figurine Head of a ceramic concubine Negs. A. 557 & 559 Scarab (illus. not to scale) -
Pot types:
16 (3),
29 (1),
34 (1),
43 (1),
55 (2),
63 (1)
Pot types:
43 (1),
45 (1),
47 (1),
55 (1),
66
(2),
72
570 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) of vessel blue Liv. E. 140 faience vessel lid - Liv. E. 2692 141 - not - not known known
Fragments Alabaster
Pot types:
43 (1),
46 (1)
571 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; 5Y 8/3, on base pot-mark marl fabric with Bruss. 8564; Neg. A. 337 Ceramic vessel; fabric wash on upper very pale brown 10 YR 7/3, body weak red 10 R 4/4 -Carm. A. 75.783 Ceramic concubine figurine Kendal Blue faience inscribed in black paint - Liv. E. 1876 ushabti,
Pot types:
43 (1),
47 (1),
62 (1),
67 (1)
572 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
Bone/ivory inlay Liv. E. 7048 strip for Renseneb & Dedi (not illustrated) Limestone inscribed stela Bol. 10.20.12; Neg. A. 314; Donohue 1966,19; Franke 1984,253 No. 396
573 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Five alabaster inlaid Green glazed steatite 34 (1), 37 (1) Liv. E. 647-651 eyes Bruss. 2702 scarab not known not known -
Pot types:
574 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
Neg. A. 315 (illus. Small alabaster lid to scale) vessel and not Neg. A. 315 (illus. lid Alabaster to scale) vessel and not (illus. Neg. A. 315; MacGregor 962 Alabaster to scale) vessel not (illus. Neg. A. 315 Alabaster vessel not to scale) -
Pot types:
55 (1)
575 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
Pot types:
16 (1),
33 (1),
37 (1),
55 (1),
58 (1),
66 (1)
576 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) dark blue faience xl faience xl, Liv. E. 2387 - not - not known known
faience light-blur i) x2, of: black glazeless core xl, amethyst x6, ii) B. M. 54687 Green glazed steatite scarab Beads
284 (3) Uninscribed green glazed steatite scarab - Bruss. 2717 34 (2), 37 (6), 38
Pot types:
17 (1), 22 (1), 23 (1), 25 (1), 32 (1), (1), 43 (3), 55 (9), 62,67 (3), 71
577 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
faience blue Beads of: i) light-green faience xl, ii) x lapis-lazuli x2, - Liv. E. 2375 & painted decoration Buff-fabric ceramic vessel with incised Neg. A. 316 illustrated) Scarab (not illustrated) Cairo 39771 decoration Bone inlay incised circle-and-dot strip with Dublin. 1920.295(f) illustrated) -
Ceramic vessel; fabric pink 7.5 YR 7/4, slipped dark red 10 R 3/6 - Liv. E. 6145 Beads of mud: i) x13, ii) x144 - Liv. E. 2449
and
burnished
115
to
&
(not
(not
Pot types:
33 (1),
34 (1),
55 (1),
58 (2),
66 (2)
578 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Pot (illus. 61 (1), not to scale) Negs. A. 562 & 567 - not - not known known
Scarab types:
66 (1)
579 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel and lid Liv. E. 2714 - not - not known known
Serpentine
Pot types:
66 (1),
67 (1),
68
(1),
71
285
580 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Pot calcite 23 (1), vessel 43 (1), lid Liv. E. 2555 - not - not known known
Broken types:
55 (2)
581 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (not illustrated) Cairo 39772 - not - not known known
Scarab
582 A'08
Location Construction Contents: Pot types: 43 (2), 55 (2) - not - not known known
583 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
faience Liv. E. 2346 Scaraboid beads of turquoise and rosette Turquoise faience pig amulet - B. M. 54686 Gypsum vessel - Liv. E. 2712 Glazed steatite scarab - B. M. 54684 (not Bone handle bar illustrated) twisted copper with of Neg. A. 320 from this Small faience tomb? ) - Liv. E. 115; pot (not illustrated Neg. A. 319 (not Fragment of an ushabti from illustrated tomb? ) this Liv. E. 1882 types: 16 (3), 34 (5), (1), 71 (2) 43 (3), 55 (35), 63 (1), 64 (1), 66 (1), 69
Pot
286
584 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) of a green glazed faience of a green glazed faience inlaid eye - Liv. E. 7819 ushabti ushabti Liv. E. 1872 Liv. E. 1873 - not - not known known
62 (1)
- not - not
known known
(1)
not to scale)
- not - not
none recorded
587 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
Small 'Kerma ware' vessel (? ), red with black rim Liv. 4578 Scaraboid of a pale green opaque stone - Liv. E. 1169 Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 560 & 574 not to scale) Marl fabric figurine B. M. 54671 concubine -
38 (1),
39 (1),
43 (2),
55 (2),
58 (1),
66 (1)
- not - not
known known
287 Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 5/8, slip yellowish-red red 10 R 5/8 Liv. E. 6195 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2564 Alabaster vessel - Kendal Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2578 Lid of stone vessel - Liv. E. 2552 Green faience bead - Liv. E. 2444 Concubine figurine Liv. E. 6893 (illus. Obsidian Ex-Spencer to Churchill scarab scale) not Coll.; Petrie 1926,13; Negs. A. 557 & 559 Scarab (illus. Negs. A, 563 & 564 not to scale) Scarab (illus. Negs. A, 563 & 564 not to scale) Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 557 & 562 not to scale) Scarab (illus. Negs. A, 563 & 564 not to scale) Scarab (illus. Negs. A, 563 & 564 not to scale) Scarab (illus. Negs. A, 563 & 564 not to scale) (not Various faience beads Glasgow. 23.37cc., illustrated) & Liv. E. 5015-5016
16 (1),
25 (1),
43 (7),
55 (50),
56 (1),
66 (2),
71 (1)
- not - not
known known
strip strip
(not
illustrated)
Dublin
25 (1),
43 (1)
- not - not
known known
(1)
(2)
Ivory
Broken
lid
Liv. E. 2544 -
(1)
fabric Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow paint around mouth weak red 10 R 4/4
(2)
Anhydrite
vessel
red
288 10 R 4/6,
43 (4),
55 (2),
- not - not
known known
(1) (2)
(3)
very
inscribed
34 (1),
41 (1),
55 (21),
56 (1),
66 (1),
72 (1)
- not - not
known known
16 (2),
34 (9)
- not - not
known known
71 (1)
- not - not
known known
flake flake
289
596 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) bone (terminal Fingernail phalange) and is 27mm x 15mm x 8mm (not illustrated) with binding Liv. E. 7116 strap: whole
597 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) 5 YR 5/6, wash on upper yellowish-red bands white 5 YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4180 body - not - not known known
Pot types:
598 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
599 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel; reddish-brown fabric, with grey core, no slip - not - not known known
Ceramic BJK/EA
(2)
Cairo 76 (1)
- not - not
known known
290 (1) Scarab (illus. 16 (1) not to scale) Negs. A. 560 & 574 -
- not - not
known known
with
handle
in
shape of
duck's
head
Liv. E. 1592;
(2)
Wooden fragment
Liv. E. 7014 -
602 A'08
Location Construction Contents: Pot types: 40 (7) - not - not known known
603 A'08
Location Construction Contents: faience Liv. E. 177 of turquoise (lead? ) ring Liv. E. 1000 - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3)
Anhydrite
Inlay Metal
vessel
Liv. E. 2577 -
(4)
Shell
(not
illustrated) 38 (2)
Liv. E. 2442 -
Pot types:
604 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) -
16 (1),
- not - not
known known
Alabaster
vessel
Liv. E. 2587
bronze lamp (from this tomb ?- Liv. E. 1534; Two-spouted (not (1) illustrated) for Top of above stand Neg. A. 326
16 (1),
51 (1),
53 (1)
- not - not
none recorded
607 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) grinding stone Liv. E. 2544x - not - not known known
Granite
608 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
55 (1)
- not - not
known known
(serpentine? ) vase - Liv. E. 6526 for the imy-r fragments inscribed Cairo 39760 & 39761 -
3hwt,
R_, ) m(?
(not
Pot types:
43 (1),
55 (1)
292
610 to Location
Construction Contents: -
none recorded
612 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Flint blade Liv. E. 7830 - not - not known known
to
none recorded
615 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
Flint
616 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) faience and steatite beads - Liv. L. 2347 - not - not known known
Glazed
293 617 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (not illustrated) Tripartite Neg. A. 327 stone. vessel 'A Dish, in pale green paste, base, standing on a small circular lip, to an almost flat out gradually which is decorated sloping on in the outside relief; inside on the sceptres with flat the 4.25 is a kind in. diam. ' (not cenntral portion strainer, of MacGregor 213; Neg. A. 327 illustrated) Neg. A. 327 Small stone vessel (not illustrated) 'A bronze mirror, handle in grey with lotus-column slate, very beautifully 9.75' high. ' - MacGregor 1478; Collection carved of 1979,40 Ronald Paret, Lefrak Lilyquist City; n. 453
(3) (4)
(5) (6)
(7) (8)
(9)
"Pottery"
618 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) pieces of bone (not illustrated) Liv. E. 7008 a+b - not - not known known
67 (1)
- not - not
known known
620 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known 'mown
294 (1) Scarab (illus. not to scale) Negs. A. 562 & 567 -
621 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
scarab (illus.
not to
scale)
Cairo
622 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) fragment of light blue glass (not illustrated) Liv. E. 643 - not - not known known
Small
623 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (4) (5)
Four iron
Twenty-four links of a bronze Bronze pendant - Liv. E. 955 Bronze pendant - Liv. E. 955 Bronze pendant - Liv. E. 955
rings
Liv. E. 953 -
chain
Liv. E. 955 -
624 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
295
(1) Glazed Kendal beads - Kendal
626 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
25 (2)
- not - not
known known
Small alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.81 Schist Liv. E. 5291 palette Alabaster in form the vessel, of Mer. 1977.109.
'spatha'
shell
(4)
(5) (6)
Pair
(7) (8)
Painted fragment of wood, with from of red (model mirror-case Beads of: i) turquoise faience blue faience xl & black faience v) steatite xl & blue faience Liv. E. 2236 (not illustrated) Six shells (not illustrated) Cowrie shell
of plaster
traces and blotches of white paint Liv. E. 7121 ?)figure a wooden iii) faience ii) xl, turquoise xl, faience blue/green iv) x34, xl, xl xl, vi) green and black faience Liv. E. 2441 Liv. E. 2446 -
23 (1)
- not - not
known known
Beads of: i) carnelian blue/green light faience iii) x1, ii) x39, blue glaze xll & turquoise faience iv) xl, carnelian xl, v) faience turquoise faience x7, vi) green faience x23, vii) green blue ix) faience x8, viii) shell x1, grey/speckled xl, Liv. E. 2391
none recorded
630 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
631 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Minoan sherds (not illustrated) 1980,240-242, fig. 75 Mer. 55.66.156; Kemp and - not - not known known
633 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) Part of a wooden pontil Liv. E. 7011 - not - not known known
634 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
635 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
636 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel Liv. E. 2591 - not - not known known
Alabaster
637 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) 10 R - not - not known known
Ceramic vessel; fabric light brown 7.5 YR 6/4, slip light red 6/8, wash on upper body white 7.5 YR 8/0 Mer. 1977.109.131 Bone inlay Liv. E. 7049 decoration strip with dot-and-circle -
638 A'08
Location Construction Contents: Pot types: 63 (1) - not - not known known
639 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
Fragment types
26 (1),
641 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Alabaster vessel stand (? ) - R. S. M. 1911.346 Central traces portion of a limestone statuette, Liv. E. 7813 remaining on the body 'clapper' Ivory Kendal of pink paint
Pot types:
16 (1),
21 (1),
43 (1),
55 (5),
72 (1)
642 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel Liv. E. 2508 - not - not known known
Alabaster
Pot types:
34 (3),
43 (2),
55 (8),
63 (1),
72 (1),
76 (1)
643 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
(2)
Limestone inscribed hieroglyphs, with incised statuette, and with legs bearing traces Liv. E. 610; and body of red paint Negs. A. 330-333 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, reddish-yellow slipped and burnished to dark red 10 R 3/6, painted lines dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 Liv. E. 4178 -
299
Pot types: 25 (1), 32 (1), (1), 69 (1) 34 (5), 38 (1), 43 (1), 55 (18), 62 (1), 67
644 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel - not - not known known
Serpentine
(2)
(3) (4)
Alabaster
Tripartite not stone vessel (illus. Oblong stone grinding-palette with 'sugar-loaf'-shaped depression, plus a Neg. A. 334 illustrated) -
vessel
and lid
Liv. E. 2510; -
Neg. A. 334 to scale) - Neg. A. 327 central a circular shallow (not dark stone grinder
645 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
Alabaster vessel and lid - Mer. 1977.109.80 Green slate vessel - Liv. E. 2515 Green faience fly amulet - Liv. E. 9176 (illus. Multi-scarab seal of green glazed steatite Cairo 39776; Negs. A. 562 & 567 Scarab (illus. Negs. A. 562 & 567 not to scale) -
not
to scale)
54 (1),
55 (41),
63 (2),
66,67
(2),
71,74
- not - not
known known
(1)
(2)
Horn
4-footed
vessel
not cited
to scale) in Martin
Negs. A. 557 & 559; possibly one (Nos. 158-167), 1971,18 p1.32,1-10
of
34 (1),
55 (1)
55 (1),
63 (1),
67 (1)
- not - not
known known
faience Beads of: i) blue stone xl, ii) blue faience red x2, iii) 1 2 segments iv) blue faience 2, plus 11 of and 40 of x10, x faience yellow segment, v) red faience xl & blue faience xl, vi) lapis-lazuli ix) blue faince blue faience xl, vii) x2, viii) x22, faience 8, xl x 10, x) shell x15, xi) green faience red xii) x (plus 158 broken fragments) Liv. E. 2389 Ivory inlay incised dot-and-concentric-circle strip, with decoration Liv. E. 7040 Ivory inlay dot-and-concentric-circle incised strip, with decoration Liv. E. 7044 Ivory inlay dot-and-concentric-circle incised strip, with decoration Liv. E. 7054 Blue glazed steatite scarab - Liv. E. 1129
650 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
651 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not -- not known known
Metal (bronze? ) blade - Liv. E. 801 Base of a black stone (jet? ) statuette Liv. E. 642 (? ) statuette base of a limestone Inscribed figure of a standing (not illustrated due to poor quality of the negative) Neg. A. 325 -
301
652 A'08 Location Construction Contents: to 654 A'08 - not - not known known or located
none recorded
655 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) and granite vessels, all broken" - not - not known known
"Alabaster
656 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) vase" [? ]" - not - not known known
"Stone "Three
657 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
Small limestone
Mer. 1977.109.30 blade with end-scraper Flint "Wooden spool with inscription" "Alabaster broken but possible to repair" vessels,
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.71 -
658 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) beads" - not - not known known
"Carnelian
kettle"
660 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) of scarab" [7]"" beads" with small flint (bracelet fragment? ) - Liv. E. 7821 - not - not known known
mussels"
661 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
"One scarab"
662 A'08
Location -not - not known known
"Some alabaster"
663 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) - amethyst and others" - not - not known known
"Beads
34 (1)
665 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) vessel Liv. E. 2704 - not - not known known
666 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) light-green faience xl, - Liv. E. 2443 xl, ii) light-green/green - not - not known known
Pot
667 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
"Pottery"
304 Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) from Horn reconstructed vessel, Liv. E. 8154 Sandstone hone - Liv. E. 6550 Flint blade - B'ham. Unnumbered ]" "Small complete grain-dish[? three large fragments
669 A'OC Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
670 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) ushabtis of the same type & 1878 and Ure. 23.54-57 Liv. E. 1654,1731, - not - not known known
(3) (4)
and dish"
671 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
"Pottery"
672 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Mer. 1977.109.23; Mer. 1977.109.25; Neg. A. 696 Neg. A. 696 - not - not known known
305
Construction Contents: (1) bronze hoops" - not known
"Three
674 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) towards the circular 2 1/4in. high. at lip, base, " - not - not known known
Liv. E. 2608 Alabaster vessel "A shallow abruptly narrowing vessel, 5 1/2 in diameter lip, incurved with MacGregor 950
675 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - not - not known known
'Dummy' limestone Liv. E. 2690; Neg. A. 339a vessel 'Dummy' limestone Liv. E. 2691; Neg. A. 339a vessel Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2537; Neg. A. 339a Neg. A. 339a 'Dummy' limestone (not illustrated) vessel Stone bowl (not illustrated) Neg. A. 339a Neg. A. 339a Metal (? ) bowl (not illustrated) 2 in. 'A Kohl-Vase Lid, in alabaster, and grey-blue 1016 MacGregor
high'
Pot types:
676 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) -
32 (1),
54 (1),
71 (1)
- not - not
known known
fixed inlaid Alabaster pupil with eye, obsidian Liv. E. 658 conjunctiva painted fixed Alabaster inlaid pupil with eye, obsidian Liv. E. 659 conjunctiva painted black inlaid Alabaster painted pupil eye, Liv. E. 660 conjunctiva -
red red
painted
306
677 A'08 Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
"Pot"
678 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) 10 YR 7/4, very pale brown brown 10 YR 8/4 - Liv. E. 4730 slipped and - not - not known known
679 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) illustrated) Neg. A. 340 - not - not known known
Pot. types:
680 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
681 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) vessel" (not illustrated) - not - not known known
"Alabaster
[= Neg. A. 340a ?] -
307
(2) "Limestone dish"
682 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) glaze Liv. E. 2381 - not - not known known
683 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
to
none recorded
690 A'08 Location Construction Contents: (1) porphyritic Liv. E. 6523 stone, black groundmass with white - not - not known known
Vessel of inclusions-
691 A'08 Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
MISSING
PAGES
.., I.
NOT
AVAILABLE
for the 'Great inscribed Limestone stela (not illustrated) Sobek-Hotep' Egypt, Neg. A. 341
693 A'08
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
694 A'08
details For additional 7. The quoted Chapter 33-34 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) this tomb the regarding descriptions are object 7 7 reader those is of to referred Emery 1923,
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Liv. E. 2695; Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 Alabaster vessel Liv. E. 2703; Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 Alabaster vessel Fragment of alabaster vessel lid - Liv. E. 2545 'A black-topped spout', narrow and long vase with fluted neck interior, body and inside black 7.5 YR 2/0, burnished upper mouth light lower part of exterior burnished red 10 R 6/8 and spout Liv. E. 3005; Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 YR black 2.5 Kerma Ware beaker, burnished upper body and interior band lower part of exterior 2.5/0, burnished red 10 R 4/6, central bands by two thinner of of burnished white 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounded dark reddish burnished 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3017 grey black Kerma Ware beaker, burnished upper body and upper interior YR 3/0, 7.5 YR 2/0, lower body of interior dark 7.5 very grey lowest part of exterior 10 R 5/8, thick band burnished central of burnished band of burnished dark white 7.5 YR 8/0 above a thinner top the grey 7.5 YR 4/0, and a very thin band intrusive at of burnished weak red 10 R 5/2 - Liv. E. 3006 Kerma Ware beaker, burnished YR black 2.5 upper body and interior lower part of exterior 2.5/0, burnished band red 10 R 4/6, central burnished dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 surrounding of an area of burnished white 7.5 YR 8/0 - Liv. E 3007 Kerma Ware beaker, burnished YR black 2.5 upper body and interior burnished 2.5/0, lower part of exterior band red 10 R 4/6, central dark reddish grey 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3010 of burnished Kerma Ware beaker, burnished black 2.5 YR upper body and interior
310
band burnished 10 R 4/6, central lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red dark reddish burnished grey 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3018 of YR body and interior black 2.5 burnished Kerma Ware beaker, upper band burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central by two thinner bands 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounded of burnished white of dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 - Liv. E. 3014 burnished YR burnished black 2.5 Kerma Ware beaker, upper body and interior burnished band lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central by two thinner 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounded bands burnished of white of dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 - Liv. E. 3025 burnished burnished YR black 2.5 body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper burnished band lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central dark reddish burnished grey 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3024 of burnished black 2.5 YR body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper burnished band lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3011 dark reddish burnished grey of burnished black 2.5 YR body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper 10 R 4/6, central band burnished lower part of exterior red 2.5/0, burnished 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounding of burnished an area white of 7.5 YR 8/0 - Liv. E. 3013 white black 2.5 YR burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central bands by two thinner of 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounded white of burnished 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3015 dark reddish burnished grey YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Ware beaker, Kerma upper 10 R 4/6, thin central burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3009 dark reddish band of burnished grey YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper 10 R 4/6, thin central burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 7.5 YR 8/0 - Liv. E. 3020 band of burnished white YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band 10 R 4/6, central burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red by two bands of burnished 7.5 YR 8/0 surrounded burnished white of dark grey 7.5 YR 4/0 - Liv. E. 3026 YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band 10 R 4/6, central burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red dark reddish 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3019 burnished grey of YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band lower part of exterior burnished 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central dark grey 2.5 YR 3/0 - Liv. E. 3022 burnished very of YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3012 dark reddish burnished grey of YR black 2.5 burnished body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 3023 YR burnished black 2.5 body and interior Kerma Ware beaker, upper band burnished lower part of exterior 2.5/0, red 10 R 4/6, central dark reddish grey 10 R 3/1 - Liv. E. 3021 of burnished 17 inches, 'Large jar of pink clay... 5.75 height width of mouth Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 inches' drab hard 'Small distinct clay of with globular vase Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 6.75 inches' height collar... 'Nineteen blue glaze beads' - Plate 37 = Neg. A. 277 spherical 'Seven fragments of bracelets)' of bronze (portions
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22) (23)
none recorded
696 A'08
Location Construction Contents: (1) of a greywacke palette Liv. E. 5292 - not - not known known
Fragment
none recorded
known or located
none recorded
708 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
(1)
Alabaster
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.61 -
known or located
none recorded
712 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
Pot types:
108 (2)
known or located
none recorded
730 A'09
Location Construction Eastern - not Ridge "path on to Ramesseum near Garden"
known
313 Contents: (1) (2) fabric Ceramic vessel; R 6/6 - Bruss. 8508 (not Demotic ostracon reddish-yellow illustrated) 5 YR 6/6, slip light [D. 0.893] red 10
Ash. 1909.1215 -
731 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Eastern - not Ridg^ (? )
known
Eastern "Large
Ridge (? )
pit" with "intact burial"
Ceramic slipped
(2)
"Skull"
733 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Eastern "Disturbed Ridge (? ) deep grave"
rather
Pot types:
734 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) -
170 (1),
171(1),
Eastern - not
Ridge
(? )
known
Assorted
amulets
(illus.
not
to
scale)
Neg. A. 343 -
known
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5)
Alabaster Alabaster
(illus. Neg. A. 344 Stone vessel not to scale) 'Spatha' Liv. E. 2358; Neg. A. 344 shell (not illustrated) Small globular ceramic vessel
vessel vessel
Neg. A. 344 -
736 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern "Pit Ridge (? ) under side"
about
3m deep chambers
(1) (2)
(3)
Alabaster Alabaster
(4) (5)
vessel vessel
'Spatha' shell - Liv. E. 2351; Neg. A. 345 Small pot-stand (not illustrated) Neg. A. 345 166 (1) - Neg. A. 345
is
shown
in
"near "Pit"
736" on Eastern
Ridge
(? )
Contents: (1)
(2) (3) (4)
"Pot dish"
"Wood head-rest" "Two shells" "Small dish"
(5)
"Four pots,
various"
738 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) red 2.5'YR 5/6, slip light red 10 R 6/6 Eastern "Shallow Ridge pit" (? )
315
739 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) with striations near the edges Pitt Eastern Ridge (? )
"Two pits" -
740 A'09
Location Construction Eastern - not Ridge "path on to Ramesseum"
known
Contents:
(1) (2) (3)
741 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
(1)
"Pot
full
of eggs" 183(1)
119 (1),
Eastern "Burial,
Ridge
(? )
bones of an animal above body". Neg. A. 347 shows face lying the an extended skeleton on its back, with The body left. be in turned to the seems to a rectangular pit, with the remains of a wooden coffin visible at the feet. or located
Contents:
none recorded
316 743 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) "Head of animals dogs" Eastern Ridge (? )
not known -
744 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) "Two pots" Eastern "Grave" Ridge (? )
745 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern "Grave" Ridge (? )
(1)
"Scarab"
746 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
(1)
(1) (3)
Alabaster
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.64 -
1134
747 A'09 Location Construction Eastern Ridge (? ) to show the feet copper with the feet, the with
Neg. A. 349 appears "Undisturbed burial". in a worn wooden coffin, of a skeleton inside the coffin the near objects table to the side of it. alabaster
Contents:
tomb were an alabaster table of this and a collection for the group as a whole 39 ; Garstang see Plate -
317
1909,127, p1.16; Lilyquist The individual components (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1979,12 of this & fig. 20 group are: -
46 cm. diameter Footed alabaster Cairo 41333 table, Copper ewer - Cairo 41372; Radwan 1983,63,161A, fig. 33 Copper bowl - Cairo 41374; Radwan 1983,63,161B, fig. 33 Cairo 41373 Spherical copper vessel including Collection bowl a mirror, of 46 copper objects, another tools, to (3), various and scrap copper(? ) - Cairo 41375 similar objects from this tomb are: -
Other
(6) (7)
748 A'09
Location Construction Eastern Ridge (? )
"2 coffin "undisturbed Plate burials" tomb-group". with in 40 shows an extended skeleton what remains of a The smaller and alabaster ceramic wooden coffin. the coffin at the feet of the vessels are placed within left body, with the mirror immediately to the the of head. The skull next to the coffin. of a bovid lies
Contents: (1)
(2) (3)
Alabaster 358
vessel
Plate40
Plate4O
; Negs. A. 354,355
; Negs. A. 354,355
&
& 358
Eastern "Shallow
Ridge tomb"
(? )
(1)
750 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) of late glaze" "Path to Ramesseum"
- not
known
"Fragments
318 751 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) "Ostracon and two pottery vessels in sand"
Eastern -
Shaft with -
Flint knife - Ure. E. 23.5 Glazed steatite scarab - Mer. 1977.109.10 "Small glazed pig[? ]"
"Five pottery vessels"
753 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Eastern "Pit Ridge
(? )
burial"
119 (1)
Eastern "Coffin
Ridge burial"
(? )
Pot types:
162 (1),
169 (1),
"Undisturbed Neg. A. 364 burial" extended shows an lying in the on its back, its head to the left, skeleton ). Neg. A. 363 coffin(? that remains of a wooden suggests the tomb consisted of a square shaft about 1.5-2 metres below the loose surface deep, dug down to just deposits, with a small chamber sealed with at least seven courses of mud-bricks at the foot of the shaft
Contents: (1) "Skull" 150 (1), 152 (1), 158 (2) - Neg. A. 365
Eastern -
Ridge (? )
skeleton lying on
"Burial" Neg. A. 366 shows an extended its back, the head turned to the left -
Contents:
(1) (2)
Bruss. 2751 -
Ridge (? )
pit" in with poor condition, "burial" Neg. A. 367 with a mirror shows a wooden on top of it
Contents: (1) (2) "Bowl "Late broken, with spout, beads in mouth" and one other"
(3)
"Skull"
758 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern "Grave" Ridge (? )
(1)
YR 6/8,
slipped
and
(1)
759b A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "Painted stela" "Early pot"
Eastern "Pit -
Ridge (? ) [? ]"
finished
760 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) 6/6, slipped and Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
Ceramic vessel; fabric YR 7.5 reddish-yellow burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4764 Other "Pottery vases of red polish and other"
761 A'09
Location Construction Contents: 1767 Eastern "Burial" Ridge (? )
762 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
321
763 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) fabric = Ceramic vessel; neck" burnished to red 10 R 5/6 and reddish-yellow Bruss. 8557 7.5 Eastern "Burial Ridge (? ) [? ]"
undisturbed
764 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (not illustrated) Shell "Two pottery dishes" Liv. E. 2360 -
Eastern -
Ridge (? ) burial"
"Disturbed -
(3)
"One alabaster"
"from - stray
filling" finds
Eastern Ridge(? )
"Glazed dish"
"Various pottery vessels, probably late"
766 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
Liv. E. 1058 Stamp seal of blue/green faience Liv. E. 262 Inlaid eye of white and purple faience Carnelian ring - Liv. E. 7852 "Mirror" "Four[? ] pottery vases" "Shell"
known
(1) (2)
(3)
768 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) types with white spots", vases, Vth. Some decorated 167 (1) (1), 158 (1, but plus a shallower), footed bowl - Neg. A. 369 pot-stand and a Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
769 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern "Grave, Ridge (? )
disturbed"
Mer. 1977.109.51 -
770 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) hawk" Eastern - not Ridge (? ), "near Copt's Garden"
known
771 A'09
Location Construction Eastern "Grave Ridge (? )
disturbed" -
323 Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Red pot" type 151 "Another shell" "Lump of decorated Roman lamp from
top"
Eastern Ridge (? ) "Grave. Two early and one late ones on top"
(1)
"Large
Eastern -
Ridge
(? )
774 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Eastern Ridge (? )
not known -
Liv. E. 1047 Green glazed stamp-seal Liv. E. 2523 Alabaster vessel Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-brown burnished red 10 R 5/8 - Liv. E. 4579 "Mirror"
2.5
YR
5/4,
slipped
and
775 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) pink 7.5 YR 7/4, self-slip Liv. E. 4869; Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
Ceramic vessel; fabric Neg. A. 370 "Alabaster vase big" "Small pot, polished"
known
(5)
"Four
pottery
vases"
Eastern - not
Ridge
(? )
known
Flint blade - Liv. E. 5298 "Blue beads[? ]" "Large two-handled pot"
778 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern Ridge (? ) pit with VI" recess:
"Two pits. -
Small
none recorded
or located
779 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) 2.5 Y 7/2, self-slip (one of "Three Eastern Ridge (? ), "as above"
- "As above"
(=778
A'09)
780 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known or located
none recorded
known
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) "Small beads" "Pot [? ] plain" "Two early pots" "One [? ] XII"
(5) (6)
"Shell and one [? ]" "Beads from sand" 81 (1), 104 (1), 128 (1), 146 (1)
Eastern "Grave"
Ridge
(? )
"Fragments
of
glaze"
13 (1),
84 (1),
Eastern "Pit"
Ridge
(? )
Contents: (1) (2) (3) Scarab (illus. not to scale with Ra") - Neg. A. 577 for Stela inscribed the Neg. A. 372 illustrated) "Group of pottery" - probably iry-'3 n the base of "double scarab (not
hwt-ntr
Sehetpibre
146 (1)
Eastern "Well"
Ridge
(? ) )
(= shaft-tomb?
top"
326
known or located
none recorded
Eastern -
Ridge (? )
(1), The stela in is shown in Neg. A. 375 being re-used a It may be serving brick near the surface. construction, a short mud-brick wall as a door between the end of wall at right-angles where it meets a longer mud-brick
Contents: (1)
(2) (3)
Stela inscribed for the Official the Temple of Rameses II, Khay of 1923,64 (not Bruss. 5184; Neg. A. 374; Speleers illustrated) No. 267
"Vase of metal, libation" "Fragment from of ushabti filling"
791 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Eastern "Tomb, Ridge late (? )
style"
"In
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Filling":
pot"
122 (1)
Eastern "Pit"
Ridge
(? )
Contents: -
327
(1) (2) (3) "2 fragments "Early pot" "Late pot" of stone"
119 (1)
Eastern - not
Ridge
(? )
known
(6) (7)
[? ] figs. "
794 A'09
Location Construction Contents: Eastern - not Ridge (? )
known
(1)
Good (torso)"
795 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Fragments glaze" "Pottery" "Late beads nearby"
Eastern -
Ridge (? )
not known -
796 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "North-West known of Der"
- not
(1) (2)
none recorded
799 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "Garden - not path"
known
(1)
"Late
beads"
800 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) (6)
Piece of ivory with 2 black (ebony? ) inlays Three ivory gaming-pieces (? ) - Liv. E. 7300
(? ) - Liv. E. 261 Two dark-blue glaze gaming-pieces Ceramic pot stand; fabric 7.5 YR 7/6, reddish-yellow YR 8/1 - Liv. E. 4440 "Alabaster, broken" "Glaze fragment"
801 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
clappers
Cairo 41362; -
Hickmann
1949,8,
pls. III
&
802 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) fabric light red 10 R 6/8, vessel; slip decoration white 5 YR 8/1/ - Bruss. 8514 red 10 R 5/6, "XII "Pit, dynasty very site", "near house"
Ceramic painted
329 (2) 5 YR 5/4, slip light Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-brown 6/8, painted band at mouth grey 2.5 YR 5/0 - Bruss. 8515 79 (2), 81 (1), 86 (4), 87 (1 - "white (1), 120 (1), 128 (1), 138 (1) paint red 10 R 118
Pot-types:
cross"),
803 A'09 Locatioa Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown "Fragments of glaze" "Small blue ushabtis"
806 A'09 - not - not known known or located
fabric,
no slip
BJK/EA -
804 to Location
Construction Contents:
none recorded
807 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) to scale) Neg. A. 577 - not - not known known
808 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) with traces of yellow paint and gold leaf - not - not known known
Limestone vessel lid, Liv. E. 6529 "Red pottery vessel" "Shells" "Beads" "Cylinder"
none recorded
810 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "Near - not pan-graves"
known
Limestone vessel - Liv. E. 2606 Serpentine vessel - Liv. E. 2757 Bone pin - Liv. E. 7079 "Mirror" "Scarab"' "2 small [? ]"
"Ball and long glaze "Beard of cartonnage" beads"
(9)
"Pot"
811 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
(2)
(3)
(4)
black 'Kerma Ware' beaker; burnished on upper slip, of immediately band of white red on lower part, part, with a thin black, band the thick purplish-grey of and a under Ash. 1909.1019c black Fragment of 'Kerma Ware' beaker; burnished slip, on upper between band of white, two thick red on lower part, part, with a bands of purplish-grey Ash. 1909.1019f black Fragment of 'Kerma Ware' beaker; burnished slip, on upper part, red on lower part, with a band of grey above one of white Ash. 1909.1019i Fragment of 'Kerma Ware' beaker; burnished black slip, on upper part, red on lower part, with a band of white between two bands of Ash. 1909.1019h dark grey Alabaster vessel - Ash. 1909.245 Lead vessel - Ash. 1909.979 "Stelae broken" "Bead" Fragment
Construction "
pit 186;
containing
Contents: (1) 5 YR 6/6, slip light Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow red 10 R 6/8, burnished to red 10 R 5/8, with splashes of white on neck Bruss. 8516 Cairo 41342 Blue faience beads (not illustrated) "XVIII dynasty pottery"
"Small bronze mirror"
(2) (3)
(4)
813'A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
(4)
"Ring of light
metal"
814 A'09
Location "West of Kom es-Sultan", confirmed Coptic Der in the background Neg. A. 379 shows a confusion mud-brick walls, with a larger Kom es-Sultan? ) to the east by Neg. A. 379, showing
Construction
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) faience, blue bead/cylinder Large barrel-shaped of with some detail in black glaze - Liv. E. 153 Spar of quartz - Liv. E. 6596 blade - Liv. E. 6596 Flint Liv. E. 163 Head of a blue faience ushabti light-green Fragment of aw 3t-amulet in faience and black Liv. E. 163 Cairo 41330 "4 Ptolemaic two are stelae" and Liv. E. 68 (not Neg. A. 380 illustrated); "5 ostraca" Ash. D. O. 887,890,894 four & 895 (not are illustrated) [? ]" "Fragments of sculpture "Spear point" "Stone ostrakon. Demotic inscription" "Further fragments and blue glaze, green alabaster and ostracon"
332
(12) (13) "Small stone "Mud figure" figure, seated"
of inscription"
815 A'09
Location Construction "Near "Ilnd Shuna" dynasty mastaba"
Contents: (1)
(2)
816 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "North "Pit" of 815"
117 (1)
"North "Pits" -
of 815"
Pot-types:
818 A'09
Location Construction - not known pit"
"Small
none recorded
or located
- not
known
noc known -
(3)
"Pot of kohl"
820 A'09
Location Construction "Garden to Ramesseum"
"Well" -
Contents: (1)
(2) (3) (4)
fabric
10 YR 4/1, grey
slip
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2611 Liv. E. 7005 Wooden kohl pontil "Small jug with handle"
(5)
"2 shells"
821 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) ceramic pot cylinder" 'beehive pot' Liv. E. 6887 - not known
"Grave"
"Dish [? ]" "Fragments of wooden head-rest" "Fragments blue glaze jar [? ]" "Carnelian bead"
"Button "Amulet" seal"
822 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Bruss. 2754 - not known
"Well"
(3)
"Dish"
Pot-types:
119 (1)
"Tomb" -
(1) (2)
824 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) to red 10 R 5/8 vessel; slipped and burnished fabric vessel; pink 7.5 YR 7/4, slip weak red decoration illustrated painted white 5 YR 8/1 (detail 2b) - Liv. E. 4462 "Pottery in back [? ]" coffin "Amulets [? ]" Ceramic Ceramic Bruss. 8517 10 R 4/4, as 2a and
(3) (4)
825 A'09
Location - not known
"Grave disturbed -
and [? ]"
826 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) "Blue beads" 119 (2), 183 (2) - not "Pit known tomb (Roman? )"
Pot-types:
827 A'09
Location Construction - not "Pit" known
reddish-yellow
of pit"
5 YR 6/6,
slip
light
red
10
828 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known
(1) (2)
829 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
830 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) "Pathway" "Shallow pit, chamber under west"
Pot-types:
831 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not Shaft known tomb, with five chambers - see plan
(6)
Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 6/6, slipped reddish-yellow to and burnished red 10 R 5/6 - Ure. E. 23.27 (illus. Gold earring Cairo 41338 not to scale) "Carnelian (illus. Neg. A. 343 pendants" not to scale) (not illustrated) Shells Liv. E. 2352,2354 & 2356 "Scarab of porcelain", sketch a rough in field of the which, notebook, seems to show that it seems to bears design the [but cf. 836 A'09 (2)] Mn- r-r'
'Ivory
kohl stick"
832 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known
"Well" -
(1)
"2 early
pots"
119 (1)
not known "Deep square pit, chamber like XII dynasty tombs"
(1)
(2) (3)
"Jar
"Various "Earring"
decomposed
charm pendants"
834 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) reddish-yellow Bruss. 8519 5 YR 6/6, slip red 10 - not - not known known
835 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
lip;
fabric
slip
red
Pot-types:
337
836 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Ceramic vessel; Glazed steatite slipped scarab to red and burnished Mer. 1977.109.11 10 R 5/6 Man. 7787 -
(3) (4)
837 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) 'buttons', Faience faience, 10 in blue dark faience Bruss. 4385 'fly' Green faience amulet - Bruss. 4377 "18 pots" 11 in blue/green
838 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "5 early pots "Top. 2 large from pit" Roman fragments glaze"
119 (2)
- not "Pit" -
known
"From over,
large
figure
Isis
blue"
840 A'09
Location "East side of Shuna", (Garstang 1909,126) within the Shunet ez-Zebib itself
Construction
not known -
(7) (8)
(9)
(10) (11)
kings "About 20 fragments inscribed mud with names + further, (there kings" have 2 IInd. dynasty including been seem to than is mentioned by more of these fragments excavated a good many location for problems regarding the present the field notebook; of Newberry 1909; these fragments n. 999) see Kaplony 1963,163 Negs. A. 382,383 & 384 Cairo 41352 11 flint blades (not illustrated) "Alabaster" fragments" and "alabaster
Potsherd with incised pot-mark; Liv. E. 6438 Rough ceramic equestrian figure
Flint knife - Liv. E. 6531 Thick flint blade(? ) - Liv. E. 6509 Flint blade - B'ham Uncat. Flint blade - Liv. E. 6505 Retouched flint blade - Liv. E. 5296
filled
with
white
burnished
slip
light
red 10 R 6/8
Ash. 1909.987; -
Neg. A. 190
(12) (13)
north
of 840 A'09"
(2) (3)
figurine faience Blue moon-crescent on its 41343 Blue faience figurine registered as coming Blue faience figurine registered as coming -
of a cynocephalus (not head, 41 mm. tall of a Ptah, 41 from 840 A'09) of a ram, 25 from 840 A'09)
baboon, illustrated)
the Cairo -
Pot types:
842 A'09 Location Construction
174 (1),
to 849 A'09 - not - not
184 (1)
known known
Contents: -
none recorded
or located
339
"North -
of Shuna"
none recorded
or located
- not - not
known known
(1)
(2) (3)
Flint
Fragment "Painted
blade -
Liv. E. 6508.
853 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not - not known known
"Few shells"
(2)
"Carnelian
beads"
854 A'09
Location Construction - not - not known known
Contents: -
none recorded
or located
340 855 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) it "2 pendants "3 [? ] green glazed pendants" "Small beads" "West side of Der" not known -
856 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Fragment of an ovoid "Large pendants" blue glass vessel Bruss. 2766 -
(3)
"Shells,
late"
857 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
858 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) bowl" glazed beads and pendants" - not - not known known
858b A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) of small beads" - not - not known known
"Series
large rectangular tomb, at least 3 metres in depth and -A 5 metres long by 4 metres about plastered wide, with This & 389. mud-brick walls - Plate 41; Negs. A. 387,388 is probably the tomb described the as "a fine tomb of first dynasty, through which one wall of of a series had been constructed. One of vaults vast subterranean have been these chambers was found to arranged as a Christian Church, and the Coptic writing upon the walls A. D. " (Garstang century may be as early as the fourth 1909,125)
Contents: (1) fabric Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 5/4 - Liv. E. 4343 reddish-yellow 5 YR 7/8, slip reddish-brown
(2)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
Model fish
5 YR 6/6, burnished Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow base - Ash. 1909.969 10 R 5/6, pot-mark near "Very large cylindrical I dynasty vase of pottery" "Granite for grinding ?" plateau "3 [? ] XII dynasty pots" "3 glaze pendants" "Small glazed beads &2 pendants from top" "4 dishes red pottery" alabaster "Fragments and quartzite vases" "2 seal caps (no inscriptions) 1 from alabaster" "2 other pots and 2 dishes" "1 cylinder with writing"
of green slate
Liv. E. 7823 -
slip
red
Pot-types:
117 (5)
860 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) "Near - not Shuna, north"
known
Liv. E. 2607 Alabaster from fragments vessel, restored Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR temper reddish-brown with limestone 5/4 - Liv. E. 4340 Dagger, with bronze blade, ivory wooden hilt, and pommel 1909,128, B. M. 54679; Negs. A. 381 & 390; Garstang pl. XVII (not Blue glaze beads, roughly illustrated) Cairo cylindrical 41341 "Ball beads" (not illustrated) beads" and "carnelian 2783 -Bruss. "Piece alabaster" "Amethyst scarab"
Pot-types:
121 (2)
5 YR 7/8, slip Ceramic vessel; fabric reddish-yellow weak red 5/4 smeared to give a 'marbling' with a burnt effect, patch Liv. E. 4867 of "2 cylinders") -
862 A'09
Location Construction "XII dynasty known necropolis"
- not
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Scarab (illus. not to scale) Scarab (illus. not to scale) Scarab (illus. not to scale) "2 beads" "3 small pottery dishes" "2 vases" Neg. A. 575 Neg. A. 575 Neg. A. 575 -
"XII -
Dynasty west"
not known -
pot"
864 A'09
Location Construction "Ridge east of house"
- not
known
Contents: (1) (2) Ceramic vessel; fabric red 5 YR 4/8, - B'ham. Unnumbered yellowish Ceramic pot stand; fabric 7.5 YR 6/6, wash red 10 R reddish-yellow 4/6, patches of white 10 YR 8/2 - Liv. E. 4678
(3) (4)
- not
- not
known or located
none recorded
868 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "XII - not dynasty known site"
Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.59 "Ivory inlay" "Few ball & [? ] beads" "Kohl broken but fitting" "Alabaster jug with handle" "Scarab" "Bits of stucco"
122 (3)
"Ridge
east
of
house"
- not
known
King Broken stela, the lunette showing the offering (not illustrated) Neg. A. 392 Horus and Isis -
871 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
872 A'09
Location Construction Contents: comprising and paste' Birds, a Human MacGregor 17 Figure and "Garden to Temple path"
- not
known
small amulets.... in stone other objects, "Carnelian beads" "3 alabasters" "Mirror"
'Twelve
"4 pots (VI)" 134 (1), 150 (1), 152 (1), 158 (1), 166 (1)
- not - not
known known
"3 [? ]"
to 879 A'09 - not - not known known or located
none recorded
345
880 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "Pathway" - not known
(1)
(2) (3)
YR 7/8,
slipped
and
Neg. A. 577 -
(4)
(5)
"Shells"
"2 glazed pendants"
881 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) reddish-yellow 5 YR 7/8, burnished slip red - not - not known known
882 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) of shell" rough pot" - not known pit in sand"
"Square
"Beads "Large
883 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) beads" - not known pit"
"Square -
"Carnelian and glazed "VI pot" "Fragment glaze dish" "Wood headrest" "Pottery vase II" "Black pot vase"
346 884 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "Red pottery dish" "Wood head rest"
885 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3)
"Pot" "Beads"
"Early pot and fragments top"
165 (1),
172 (2)
- not "Pots -
887 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (illus. not to scale) Neg. A. 395 - not - not known known
888 A'09
Location Construction - not --not known known
347 Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Shells" "Beads" "Glazed bead [? ]"
889 A'09
Location - not known
"Square pit -
with
side chamber"
Ceramic vessel;
slipped
and burnished
890 A'09
Location This tomb, and an unknown number following it, are "Tombs at bottom of mound west of Der" as being, - not known or located noted
Construction Contents:
none recorded
891 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
"Small glaze beads" "Small ball beads" "2 pots" "Wooden beard[? ] from mummy at "More beads"
bottom[?
]"
892 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) pit" - not known pit, chamber closed"
"Square
348 893 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Offering inscribed table, Neg. A. 396 ] on grave" "Skull[? "4 pots" for Ns-inbrt (not illustrated) -'
894 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) paint Ash. 1909.983 - not "Big known pit"
in black decoration Blue glazed vessel, with Neg. A. 575 Scarab (illus. to scale) not "Large fragment glaze dish "More fragments" "Alabaster vase" "1 stone vase" "Beard of mummy" dish" "Pottery spotted "Glazed figure"
895 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known pit"
"Shallow
(1)
(2)
"1 painted[?
"Glazed
] pot"
with
pendant
figure
in
[? ]"
896 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not known square"
"Grave,
5 columns
inscribed"
] pottery
stand"
898 A'09
Location Construction Contents: B. M. 57900; of a lotus-leaf 1979,12, nn. 114 & 115, fig. Neg. A. 620; 21; illus. - not "VI known pit"
(1)
(2) (3)
Bronze mirror in the form MacGregor, 1483; Lilyquist Wilson 1986,87 after "2 alabasters" "Top, late beads"
900 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) ; Pqf" r razd-, /. 4v3 iE,.
Cn the
edge of
the
Eastern
Ridge
(see
Plate
42)
- not
known
901 A'09
Location Construction "Garden path" & "In a door of 941 group"
- not
known
350 Contents: (1) "Jamb of door and 2 others" Liv. E. 35; Neg. A. 405 -
902 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) fragment from for vault[? ]" "top" Liv. E. 7834 - not - not known known
903 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) pot bowl with spout" Liv. E. 146 - not - not known known
"Glazed "Shells"
904 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "4 VI dynasty pots" "2 late pots from top"
905 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) amulet Liv. E. 152 - not - not known known
(3) (4)
104 (1)
(3) (4)
907 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
908 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) missing) 2/8 columns" - not "Pit" known
909 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
"Top of stela" from "top" "Late beads" "Fragment glaze" "Wings of a scarab [? ]"
352
910 A'09 - not - not of 3 amphorae" 187 (1) known known
"Deposit
Pot-types:
186 (2),
911 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) of stela, broken" - not - not known known
912 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) - not known
/
"Covered
tomb of
late
type"
5 YR 6/6, interior fabric and rim reddish-yellow vessel; 2.5 YR 6/6 - B'ham. Unnumbered; MacGregor 1696 light red washed 5 YR 6/8, slip fabric red 10 R 6/6, Ceramic vessel; reddish-yellow band at mouth very dark grey 10 YR 3/1 - Liv. E. 4786 painted (? ) bronze beads Copper and pearl of agate, with ring Mer. 1977.109.4 "16 more pots and [? ]" "Alabaster and blue kohls" "Mixed beads" Neg. A. 343 (_, Zot illustrated) "Small [faience] figures" "Fragment glaze jug" Ceramic
Pot-types:
913 A'09 Location
92 (1),
97 (1),
104 (1),
112 (1),
122 (10),
138 (3),
186 (2)
near
the
temple
of Rameses II"
"Cylinder
pp PP
"-
for
the
importance
of
this
353
(2) p. 121-122 seal see "Fragment glaze"
914 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) beads" - not - not known known
915 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
known - not
"XII shape pit but chamber under side"
(1) (2)
(3)
117 (1)
- not -
"Blank
none recorded
354
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) "2 "2 "1 "1 "1 red pots" pots" early mirror" large pot" pot" yellow
919 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) with red 10 large R white 4/8 - not - not known known
black diorite; Stone groundmass of vessel 1909,27 Garstang Ash. 1909.967; inclusions to Ceramic and burnished slipped vessel; B'ham. Unnumbered; MacGregor 1768
(3) (4)
(5) (6) (7)
fabric
reddish-yellow
5 YR 7/8,
slip
red 10 R
5/8
920 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "West of Coptic Der"
- not
known
921 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) 10 YR 7/4, self-slip, incised pot-mark "Garden path. North of above"
- not
known
Ceramic vessel; marl fabric (? ) - Liv. E. 4705 "2 scarabs" "Blue cylinder beads"
- not
known
355 Contents: (1) (2) "Glazed beads" "Small figure scarab with [? ] mounting"
923 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "North "Pit of Der" [? ] vault"
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5)
924 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) jasper x2, iv) Liv. E. 1149; "North "Pit" of Der"
ii) jasper xl, iii) xl, Amulets of: i) blue faience faience dark blue faience xl blue/green xl, v) Neg. A. 343 1 with handle, "Pottery dynasty, XVIII and 1 thin" "2 scarabs" "Blue beads" "Blue dish" from 923 ?" "Fragments of glaze above earring" pit"
Pot types:
104 (1),
108 (2),
134 (1),
137
(1),
925 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) late ball beads" bead" "Garden path"
- not
known
148 (1)
"Coptic -
graves North-West
of Der"
not known -
Two silver
coptic
crosses
(not
illustrated)
Cairo -
41349
928 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) red and green glazed glazed pendant" beads" - not - not known known
"Small "Green
929 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Path Ramesseum"
- not
known
930 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) impressions Liv. Uncat. "West of Coptic series of Der" & "Next to 859"
"Great -
vaulted
chambers"
357 931 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) BJK/EA brown fabric, Ceramic vessel; no slip "Numerous lids of vase with sealed top" "Fragments of alabaster"
"Inside -
with
859"
not known -
932 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "3 pottery vases" "Coptic inscription"
Pot types:
117 (2)
933 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) ornaments" "East of known 'church"'
- not
"Coptic
934 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) limestone inclusions fabric with red 10 R 5/6 - Bruss. 8521 slip light "Below" (933 A'09? )
- not
known
Pot types:
117 (1)
- not
"Fragments
Pot-types:
97 (3),
936 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "Garden "Pit" path"
(1)
"XVIII
- not -
known of boy" I
"Grave
not known "Pit 3 metres Pit deep. Roman at bottom. with coffin broken apart. 3 burials, 1 vaults above. Wooden coffin full 3 children. Heads 1 each way" See Plate 43 length.
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Ceramic vesssel; Bruss. 8522 Spouted alabaster Alabaster vessel Alabaster vessel "2 "1 "1 "[? fabric light reddish-brown 2.5 YR 6/4, self-slip
(5)
(6) (7) (8) (9)
"1 ring"
vessel - Liv. E. 2501 with broken rim - Liv. E. 2517 and lid - Liv. E. 2529a
from Negs. A. 575-577 scarabs" -1 Negs. A. 575-577 square button" Negs. A. 575-577 round button" ] bronze fittings"
359
Probably (10) (11) (12) (13) (16) (17) (18) from "chamber south":
"[? ] knife" "2 gold earrings" "Gold mounted scarab" Negs. A. 575-577 "Hawk scarab" Negs. A. 575-577 "1 long-shaped scarab" "Small beads and amulet" "Pot and bead"
Pot types:
86 (2),
87 (1),
88 (1),
94 (1),
97 (4),
122 (2),
137 (1)
939 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known
"Vault" -
(1)
(2)
light
green
faience
with
incised
decoration
cartonnage"
940 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "Number of "Beads" small pots"
(3)
(4)
"Hone"
"Glazed beads on top"
Pot-types:
86 (1),
108 (1),
122 (1),
124 (4)
360
941-949 at
A'09
the
richest
tomb to
be excavated
by
Abydos,
tomb
Dynasty.
recovered be
present
undertaking description of
material. report
1909 the
Cypriote
pottery This of
tomb note of
tomb
Ridge.
given the
overleaf archives
is of
of given
his
monthly
report
visible contained
floor
chambers. four
tomb
interments, in
burials, as
two
is
Garstang Appendix, of
containing These
"several latter
layers
interments"
p^49).
to
Appendix,
nearby".
361
.-
1,
1 m..
947
I
48
a-"
1,
r- x . _.
The main chambers of the Eighteenth Dynasty tomb are 941,942,944 is composed of two chEAbers with separate (see and 949.942 vaults section a... b). (Roman? ) tomb, while 947 and the two 948 is a high-level later broken squares labelled tombs of x are shaft/shaft-and-chamber destroyed by the building the Late Old Kingdom, partially of the New Kingdom structure.
Tomb complex
941-949
A'09
- not
known
"Small "Pot"
40 (1),
160 (1),
163 (1),
- not - not
known known
(not "Glazed pendants, good" these appear on Neg. A. 474 illustrated) bead (not Crystal
illustrated)
- an uncertain
number of
Bruss. 4419) -
952 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
953 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
954 A'09 Location Construction Eastern "Pit Ridge (? ) fill" Neg. A. 475 shows the
below
363
top of an oblong below the ground brick-lined surface shaft, about one metre
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) fabric light Ceramic vessel; grey 10 YR 7/2, painted self-slip, bands weak red 10 R 5/3 - Bruss. 8537 light fabric 5 YR 6/4, Ceramic vessel; reddish-brown self-slip, bands red 10 R 5/6 - Bruss. 8536 painted light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 6/6, slip pink 5 YR 7/4, bands weak red 10 R 4/4 - Bruss. 8535 painted 2.5 fabric light YR 6/6, Ceramic red vessel; self-slip Bruss. 8534 light fabric Ceramic vessel; pink 5 YR 7/4, slip red 10 R 6/6 Bruss. 8533 light light fabric Ceramic vessel; 10 R red 2.5 YR 6/6, slip red 6/6, painted band at mouth grey 2.5 YR 5/0 - Bruss. 8529 light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 10 R 6/6, red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip band at burnished to red 10 R 5/8, painted mouth grey vertically 2.5 YR 5/0 - Bruss. 8532 light 10 R 6/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; red red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip band at mouth grey 2.5 YR 5/0 - Bruss. 8531 painted light 2.5 YR 5/8, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 6/6, red dark grey 2.5 YR 4/0 - Bruss. 8528 paint 10 R 5/6, YR 5/8, fabric 2.5 Ceramic vessel; slipred red band white 5 YR 8/1 burnished to red 10 R 5/8, painted vertically Bruss. 8530 fabric Ceramic vessel; pale red 10 R 6/4 red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip Bruss. 8527 light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 10 R 6/6 red 2.5 YR 5/8, slip Bruss. 8526 YR 6/6 light 2.5 fabric Ceramic vessel: with small red white (horizontally 10 R 5/6 burnished on top, grits, of red slip bottom) to red 10 R 5/8 - Bruss. 8552 on vertically light fabric Ceramic vessel; red 2.5 YR 6/6, slipped and burnished bands grey 2.5 YR 5/0 - Bruss. 8548 to red 10 R 5/8, painted 5 YR 6/6, slip fabric Ceramic vessel; pale reddish-yellow yellow 2.5 Y 8/4 - Bruss. 8547
(14) (15)
'(17)
(16) Ceramic vessel; fabric light 6/8, thin wash pinkish-white (18) Ceramic vessel; Bruss. 8551
(19) fabric Ceramic vessel; R 6/6 - Bruss. 8546
red
10
reddish-yellow
light
red
10
fabric
pink 5 YR 7/4,
slip
light
red 10
6/6
(23) (24)
light 10 R 6/6, fabric Ceramic vessel; red pink 5 YR 7/4, slip faint band around carination traces of a paint white 5 YR 8/1, line around the rim dark grey 2.5 YR 4/0 - Bruss. 8550 Ceramic vessel; 5 YR 6/6, fabric faint reddish-yellow self-slip, paint on upper body white 5 YR 8/1 - Bruss. 8553 Ceramic vessel; fabric light 2.5 YR 6/4, slip light reddish-brown 5 YR 6/4 - Bruss. 8511 reddish-brown Ceramic fabric interior; cow (? ) vessel with moulded on light 5 YR 7/6, slip reddish-yellow red 10 R 6/6, traces of paint Bruss. 8539; two on rim and interior white 5 YR 8/1 one of examples shown on Neg. A. 476 Ceramic vessel; fabric pale red 10 R 6/4, slip red 10 R 5/6, paint line near mouth white 5 YR 8/1 - Bruss. 8538 Ceramic vessel; fabric light (on red 10 R 6/8, slip red 10 R 5/8 10 YR exterior) and red 10 R 4/6 (on interior) with paint white
364
(25) (26) Ceramic vessel; body light red Ceramic vessel; Bruss. 8543
fabric 5 YR 6/6, reddish-yellow paint 10 R 6/6 - Bruss. 8545 fabric 10 pale red 10 R 6/4, slip red
on R
upper 5/6 -
fabric
slip
pale slip
light
red red
red 10 R
10 10 R R 6/4 5/8
6/6
-
fabric Ceramic vessel; Bruss. 8540 fabric Ceramic vessel; Bruss. 8541 fabric Ceramic vessel; Alabaster vessel -B'ham.
10 R 6/6,
Bruss. 8544 -
Stone vessel (illus. not to scale) Stone vessel (illus. not to scale) Ivory bracelet - Liv. E. 7019
"14 scarabs" "Blue drop" (including
B. M. 54689 ?? - not
(37)
Pot types:
86 (3), 87 (1), 92 (2), 93 (4), (1), 104 (2), 108 (2), 144
955 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) smaller - not - not known known
Large faience with a row of wd3t-eye onn one side, amulet, (not illustrated) Cairo 41334 ones on the other [? ]" "Wood feather "Small beads"
956 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
365
(1) Blue glazed Bruss. 4404 scarab inscribed Mnr-r' not illustrated) -
(2)
(3) (4)
"Whorl"
"Small "Pot" glazed fragments"
148 (1)
- not - not
known known
(1)
- one
is
Cairo
41331;
Neg. A. 380;
Munro
1977,
959 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "Late "Top. beads and fragments" 1 scarab" - not - not known known
960 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) & shell, wrapped together" - not - not known known
"Mirror
961 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) pottery dishes, VI" - not "Pit" known
"3 red
963 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) ] blue pendant" - not - not known known
"4 pieces[?
964 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
965 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) with studs" - not known
"Well",
"Wood headrest
966 A'09
Location Construction - not known coffin. feet". Burial of a child with See Plate 48 = Neg. A. 479
"Scarab, "Skull[?
367
"Box A"
Alabaster the vessel, "Stone with spout" "Small alabaster[? "Bone earring" ]"
(8) (9)
(7) (8)
(9)
"Stone
[? ]"
"Box B"
(10)
things
[? ]"
967 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) pot" - not known
"Roman vault" -
Pot types:
186 (2)
968 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
Neg. A. 482 Bruss. 2755; Alabaster vessel 1909,127 Neg. A. 482; Garstang Stone vessel (illus. not to scale) Cairo 41334; Neg. A. 482 Stone vessel (illus. to scale) not -
969 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) vessel vessel vessel Liv. E. 2569; Neg A. 483 Liv. E. 2 13; Neg. A. 483 Liv. E. 2598; Neg. A. 483 - not - not known known
from
Liv. E. 2600; Neg. A. 483 Liv. E. 2689; Neg. A. 483 Liv. E. 2701; Neg. A. 483 leg end of burial"
Neg. A. 483 -
970 A'09
Location Construction "Top of - not path to Ramesseum"
known
"Beads" "Portion table offerings" "Wooden figure [? ] decayed" "Late beads" "Late pot of [? ]"
Ash. 1909.989 -
122 (1)
- not - not
known known
Contents: (1)
(2)
uraeus"
50
Neg. A. 484;
50 =
including -
Plate
(3) (4)
(5) (6)
Small stone palette - Plate 50 = Neg. A. 484 Vessel lid - Plate 50 = Neg. A. 484
Neg. A. 485 -
972 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not "Pit" known
"Ivory lid" "Amulet dog" "Glazed beads" "Stela/slate[? ]" "Late beads"
974 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not known
"Vault"
975 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) stela with name" - not "Pit" known
"Early
976 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
"4 early pots" "Small [? ] figure" [? ] for "Painted wood 119 (4)
bottom"
Pot types:
977 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) group of poor amulets (not illustrated) A. 343 -Neg. - not known
"Vault" -
Small
370
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) "3 scarabs" "Bronze hawk" "Shells" "Late beads" "Scarab with monkey" "Blue beads, 5" "Scarab"
978 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not known
"Vault"
glaze"
979 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) late beads" pot" blue beads" for figure" [? ] of ring" - not - not known known
Pot types:
183 (1)
980 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
49 = Neg. A. 486 Alabaster Plate is Mer. 1973.1.197; vessel - one Alabaster (illus. Plate 49 = Neg. A. 486 to scale) vessel not Alabaster Plate 49 = Neg. A. 486 (illus. to scale) vessel not Alabaster (illus. 49 = Neg. A. 486 Plate to scale) vessel not "2 big painted pot"
371
981 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
982 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
372
983 A'09
Location Construction "Near"
This tomb seems to have been a chambered tomb which was (Ptolemaic? ) period, in the re-used and contained a coffins within stone number of cartonnage sarcophagi. (5) seem to have been used The two New Kingdom stelae as lids for the sarcophagi
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) "Mummy & beads & cartonnage" "Small mummy" "Painting for mummy" "[? ] mummified cats" Probably from this Negs. A. 495-498 (not refs. cit. ) tomb come illustrated, the but two large stelae shown in for one see PM V, 99 and
984 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not "Pit" known
(1)
(= Ash. 1909.992? )
373
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) "Above pit, late beads" "Fragments of glaze" "Bottom, glaze stela" "Glazed wing of scarab, "Top: 1 handled pot"
late"
985 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
(3)
986 A'09
Location This "XII - not it, tomb, an an uncertain number after are from the (= south side of North Cemetery ?) dynasty site" known
figures" large"
987 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known late"
"Vault
(1)
(2) (3) (4)
"Small
beads"
glaze"
988 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
990 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) -1= B'ham. Unnumbered - not known pit. West side chamber"
"Square -
991 A'09
Location Construction - not known descending west under great mastaba. 2 remains of
"Steps a vault"
Contents: (1) (2) Fragmentary wooden (dummy t'eg. A. 503 Ash. 1909.998; "Stela, figure small with Neg. A. 503 ?) canopic jar animal" (not illustrated) (not illustrated) -
adoring
(3)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
"VIth
"Ivory late beads" "Wood bird" "Shell" "2 large pots" "Part of offering table" "2 early [? ] pots" "Red pot & pot" "Shell beads" "Early pots" "Top. 2 large stones"
pot"
Pot types:
119 (4)
"Vault
(1) (2)
993 A'09
Location "Next to 868". it are located - not known This tomb and an uncertain in the "XII dynasty site" number after
Construction
(3)
"Plain
white
alabaster"
994 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) vessel Liv. E. 114 "XII "Pit" dynasty"
995 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "XII dynasty" known
- not
Pot types:
122 (1)
Construction
- not known
376
or located
Contents:
none recorded
996 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) from this tomb area (Liv. inlay ivory of small bronze blade E. 8157), neither is (Liv. E. 967) illustrated and a - not - not known known
Possibly fragment
1000 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) earrings" - not - not known known
"Gold
1001 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not "Pit" known
"Wooden headrest"
1002 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
"From radeem" (1) (2) "Stone with "Late ivory hawk head" beads[? ]"
1003 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
Cypriote spindle bottle (not illus. ) Neg. A. 506 & Neg. A. 543; 1968,113, Merrillees pl. XXXI, 4 Cypriote flask (not illus. ) - Cairo 41369; Neg. A. 506 & Neg. A. 543; 1968,113, Merrillees pl. XXXI, 4
)- Neg. A. 506 Razor(not illus. )- Neg. A. 506 Alabaster illus. vessel and lid(not )- Neg. A. 506 illus. Light vessel and lid(not stone Hone/rubber(not-illus. )- Neg. A. 506 )- Neg. A. 506 illus. Pontil(not "2 VI pots" "Small beads"
1004 A'09
Location Construction Contents: deposit in north-west corner" - not - not known known
"Undisturbed
(1)
(2)
Alabaster
'A Vase, with flattened body and short neck expanding globular lip, 5.5 in. high by 7.5 in. diam.; to a flat arragonite, suddenly is neck of the vase meets the a at the point where the shoulder foliate fault decoration; band of conventional there is a natural from this band to the base, which the in the stone running artist by engraving its has beautified with an open papyrus plant along MacGregor 941 length' whole 'A Bowl, in arragonite, 3.5 in. diam. ' (3) spout, with long channelled MacGregor 973 'A Vase, of low cylindrical form widening (4) suddenly at the base and flat broad lip, in the way up to the projecting all gradually ' MacGregor 976 3 7/8 in. high by 3.75 in. diam.... arragonite, '... another [alabaster form, 5 7/8 (5) cylindrical vessel], of tall MacGregor 976 lip' in. high by 4 in. wide at the flat 'A Vase, in arragonite, (6) body and ridged with long conical neck, ' MacGregor 1007 6.75 in. high... '... another (7) [alabaster 6 in. high' MacGregor 1007 vessel], (8) 'A Vase, of elongated in arragonite, with expanding pear shape, MacGregor 1008 lip.... 8.5 in. high... the neck broken' 'a Vase, of conical (9) 6 5/8 form, with ridged neck, high' in. MacGregor 1009 (10) Bronze mirror handle, 5.25 high MacGregor 1481; in. without Neg. A. 508; Lilyquist 1979,12 n. 110 (11) "1 pot" (12) "Skull"
vessel
Mer. 1977.109.54; -
MacGregor 1008 (? )
378 Contents: (1) (2) Alabaster vessel - Bruss. 2752 "Top: 2 late rings" one is Liv. E. 968 -
1006 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
Large glazed amulet (illus. not to scale) "Mud box: gold[? ] dish (Top)" "Wood box glazed figure [? ] with crown" "Top: 2 stone tables, plain"
1007 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2519 "2 red pots" "Top stone table" to 1009 A'09 - not - not known known or located
none recorded
1010 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not - not known known
"Pot" & "fragment" "Glazed " "Alabaster kohl with stick" "2 scarabs, 1 with lion" and "beads"
1011 A'09
Location - not known
379 Construction Contents: (1) faience ii) light-green iii) Beads of: i) turquoise x2, stone, faience faience iv) blue-green turquoise xl, x14, v) shell x2, vi) faience light-green & light-green faience x2, vii) x2 x3 steatite light-blue faience faience & light-blue dark-blue x3, viii) with faience black band xl, ix) turquoise with stripe, turquoise x) faience dark-blue, faience with traces of xl, xi) light-green Liv. E. 2237
- shallow
grave
(2)
"Pot VI"
1012 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not known [? ] hole"
"Grave
1013 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) [= Neg. A. 512 ?] - not - not known known
(3)
(4)
"Early
"Top.
Large
pot"
blue
seal,
Ra-Menkheper"
1014 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) - not known
"Grave" -
"Genii"
(2)
"Late
beads"
1015 A'09
Location Construction - not "Pit" known
1016 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
1017 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
"2 beads"
1018 A'09
Location Construction "Extreme "XII west of Coptic pit" cemetery"
dynasty
Contents: (1) (2) "Small alabasters" "Egg and some ball faience & carnelian beads"
1019 A'09 Location Construction Contents: from Plate 51 (Neg. A. 515) shows objects 1019 Although tomb-numbers can be seen on some of the is uncertain of these tombs to assign the others A'09 1112 and objects, exactly A'09. which
(1)
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
cup with
self-pedestal"
Mer. 1977.109.73;
P1.51
(7)
"Small
"Vase in 2 portions" P1.51 = Neg. A. 515 "Carnelian disc" scarab" and "Silver "Mirror" P1.51 = Neg. A. 515; Lilyquist 1979,40 "Set of fine glazed beads" including "carnelian "Late Period scissors"
n. 454 legs"
pots"
"Vault" -
eye with
black
Liv. E. 7851
1021 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) "Fine stela with 2 persons against a wall" - not known
Offering-Chapel? -
1022 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) - not - not known known
fabric 2.5 YR 4/4, Ceramic vessel: reddish-brown with wash on upper body dark red 10 R 3/6 - B'ham unnumbered; MacGregor 1703 Flint Liv. E. 7820 flake "Gold plaster mask, broken" "Fragment of curving mud[? ] eye" "Pendant"
1023 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) from - not - not known known
stela
radeem"
- not
122 (1)
- not - not
known known
"Fragment
of
stela,
all
broken"
1026 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not - not known known
1027 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) lid" "XII dynasty known [site? ]"
- not
known
383 Contents: (1) (2) "Amphora, 8 large" "Leg[? ] of wood" 173 (1), 177 (6)
"XII
dynasty known
site"
- not
Liv. E. 7064 -
1030 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) - not known
"Vault" -
1031 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) - not known broken"
"Vaults
1032 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) kohl" "XII - not dynasty known site"
384
(4) Pot "XII types: dynasty 129 (1), pottery" 146 (1)
1033 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not "XII known pit"
(1)
(2) (3)
"Ball
beads"
1034 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 3 fragments in pit" plus 2 further - not "Pit" known
"Top. Bit of pan pottery, fragments "Beads & pot from pit" "Large pot, same" "Beads" "2 small pots" "Basket" "Carnelian bead" "Bone dish"
(7)
(8) (9)
"6 vases"
Pot types:
83 (3),
91 (1),
104 (1),
120 (1),
146 (1)
The very poor Neg. A. 517 shows a skeleton, extended on (2) immediately head, its its back, with object above (4) next to its left leg and object
"Black stone vase with human feet" Bruss. 2659; Neg. A. 518 "Alabaster kohl pot" (illus. Neg. A. 518 not to scale) "Bronze kohl stick" Bruss. 3014; Neg. A. 518 -
385
(4) (5) "Large "Bead" dish"
Pot-types:
104 (1),
122 (1)
1036 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) stela (not illustrated) - not - not known known
1037 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not known
"Deep grave" -
(1)
Pot types:
1038 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "XII site" known
- not
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5)
Alabaster "Alabaster
vessel kohl"
lid
Liv. E. 2602 -
Pot-types:
104 (1),
108 (1),
122 (1)
1039 A'09
Location Construction Contents: "Graves - not near Shuna"
known
386 (1) "5 pots/pits[? 99 (1), ]" 122 (3), 146 (1 - marl)
Pot types:
1040 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Ceramic vessel; fabric Liv. E. 6174 "3 large amphorae" reddish-yellow 5 YR 6/6, self-slip
Pot types:
179 (2),
185 (1)
1041 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Bruss. 8554 - not known early pit, square"
"Large
Ceramic vessel; marl fabric, self-slip "Top. Late beads & Isis amulet"
1042 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) VI" - not known pit"
"Square
"1 alabaster
387
1043 A'09
Location Construction Eastern Ridge (? )
"Deep pit" bottom the (two? ) limestone at of which (Plate door(s) 52 = Neg. A. 524) "2 portcullis led to (see Appendix, chambers" which were "undisturbed" 150; -p. cf. Negs. A. 526 & 527)
Large bronze mirror - Bruss. 3017; Plate 53; Negs. A. 533 & 534 Bronze bowl - Bruss. 2742; Plate 53 = Neg. A. 533; Radwan 1983,97-98 No. 258, p1.49 Bronze ewer - Bruss. 2743; Plate 53; Negs. A. 533 & 538; Radwan 1983, 131 No. 365. pl. 66 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2502; Neg. A. 540 Alabaster vessel - B'ham. A. 59.1984; Neg. A. 540 Vessel of dark-blue faience black line decoration with Liv. E. 145; Negs. A. 533 & 535
Fragment of blue glaze bowl with black decoration Bruss. 2765 (or 1111 A'09 ? ); Neg. A. 533 & 535 Blue/green faience in darker gaming board, inscribed on the back Negs. A. 534-536; MacGregor 263; Pusch 1979, glaze - W. A. G. 48,408; 322-323, pl. 84-85 foil Three plaques Cairo of gold repousse with engraving 41335-41337; Neg. A. 529
(9)
of light
blue faience
and carnelian
(16)
B. M. 65307; Neg. A. 539 III (not illustrated) (13) "Canopic jars" (not illustrated) (if these are the examples shown on Neg. A. 532, then they would probably be Liv. E. 7844-5) (14) Five stone vessels (not illustrated) Cairo 41356-41360 (15) "[? ] ushabtis"
"Late beads" are illustrated objects on Plate are from 1043 A'09) photograph 53 (assuming
Gold mounted scarab-ring (not illustrated) inlay with cloisonne Neg. A. 539; Brovarski Mer. 1977.108.2; No. 329 et al 1982,244-245 Gold mounted green glazed steatite inscribed for Tuthmosis scarab,
all
Pot types:
176 (1),
177 (1),
178 (1),
179 (3),
180
(1),
181
1045 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Wooden model sarcophagus, Bruss. 2771; Neg. A. 542 "Late beads" "Blue figure" "[? ] of blue amulet" "Large pot" with models of three birds and a jackal
Pot types:
1046 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) -
177 (1)
- not -
known
"Vault"
"Ptah-Sokar figure" "Fragment blue pectoral" "Pendants with rosettes" "Fragment blue vase" "Late blue beads" "Fragments cartonnage" "Late pot[? ]" "VI dynasty vase in the "Blue glaze beads"
shaft"
1047 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) "Between - not known Der and Shuna"
1048 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
1049 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
173 (1)
"XII
dynasty known
site"
- not
Liv. E. 2702 Alabaster vessel Fragment of wood - Liv. E. 7013 Fragment of wood - Liv. E. 7017 "Bits of ivory" "Blue cup" "Scarab" "Glaze beads" "2 pots" "Ushabti figure" "Blue marble kohl" "Haemetite kohl stick"
Pot-types:
1051 A'09 Location Construction
104 (2),
122 (8)
"Next -
to
1050" to " refers notebook between objects of these Alternatively, and the to shaft
Possibly two chambers, as the field " and "A ", although the division o1 each of these is not made clear. designations may refer separately chamber
Contents: (1) Ceramic vessel; fabric red 2.5 YR 5/6, slip red 10 R 5/6.
390
burnished to red 10 R 4/6 - Mer. 1977.109.105 on interior Bronze axe-head - Liv. E. 1518, Neg. A. 615 & 620 ) (bracelet? Liv. E. 7018 Large ivory ring "Portions of blue jar" "Broken alabaster dish, complete" "[? ] 2 mirrors" "2 scarabs" "[? ] small disc beads" "Kohl vase" "Small alabaster kohl" "Gold mounted scarab"
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
(12)
"Piece
110 (3),
- "Bir
Tawla"
"2 chambers" -
south
Liv. E. 2543x Sandstone hone/rubber (not illustrated) Inscribed wooden ushabti "5 pots" & "pot" "Ivory fragments" "Kohl stick"
97 (2),
122 (4)
- not - not
known known
(1979,113) Merrillees as coming from of objects gives a collection for this - they this tomb, but there seems to be no solid evidence have been confused with those from 1003 A'09 which he also lists may ) as having a similar The confusion (Ibid. assemblage. may have arisen from Neg. A. 506 belong, since the fieldas to which tombs the objects 1003 A'09 nor 1053 A'09 mention the pieces for neither notebok entries from both tombs appears on The imported on this photograph. pottery Neg. A. 543. (1) (2) Ceramic vessel ('spindle-bottle'): B'ham unnumbered; Neg. A. 543; "2 XVIII pots" burnished slip Merrillees 1968,113, red 2.5 YR 4/8 XXXI, 4 pl. -
Pot types:
79 (1), 86 (1), 87 (3), 89 (3), 97 (4), 122 (16), 123 (9), 124 (11), 138 (5)
104 (26),
112
(1),
"Large pot from sand top" "Fragment alabaster" "Fragment of ushabtis" 105 (2), 116 (1)
"Peet
continued[?
]"
- not
known
Ceramic vessel: with slipped fr'oric silt and burnished -i Lower half of a ceramic concubine Liv. E. 6891 figure Alabaster kohl - Liv. E. 2563 vessel lid, with traces of (one of "2 combs") Ivory Pitt Rivers. Unnumbered comb "Pottery tubes etc. with others like XII" "2 scarabs"
*er. 1977.112.197
Pot types:
1056 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) -
97 (3),
104 (1),
122 (19),
137 (1)
- not - not
known known
1057 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1)
none recorded
(1)
(2) (3)
"Blue ball
beads"
vase" kohl"
1060 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) fragments with name" "West of Shuna"
- not
known
"Wooden coffin
1061 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known
(1) (2)
known - not
"Pit, square brick chamber"
"XIX dynasty ushabti front" yellow with "Late beads" "Bottom for late stela at with 6 figures "? part of a stone table"
bottom"
393
(5) Pot "Glazed types: bowl with 187 (1) spout, blue"
1063 A'09
'Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) Rivers. Unnumbered;? 'eg. A. 546 - not known about 1 metre deep with bones of burial only"
"Grave -
1064 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (1 green long)" - not known
"Grave" -
Pot types:
117 (2)
1065 A'09
Location Construction Contents: trob[? ]" - not - not known known
(1) (2)
117 (2)
- not - not
known known
"Beads
& scarab"
394
Construction known
- not
(3)
- not - not
none recorded
1069 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (not illustrated) Bruss. 2782 - not known of a child"
"Grave -
Small carnelian and bronze beads "Number[? ] of pots from top" "Carnelian pendant" "Glazed object"
1070 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Extreme - not known north"
[? ]"
to
none recorded
(4)
Pot-types:
1074 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) of stela with 6 figures" (not illustrated) Neg. A. 548 - not - not known known
"Fragment
none recorded
1076 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) "Ball beads and eye" - Neg. A. 737 not known not known -
Contents: -
none recorded
or located
- not
1079 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) "Blue ball beads & carnelian" - not - not known known
- not
94 (1),
127 (1),
145 (2)
"Near - not
Shuna (N)"
known
fabric with limestone temper 5 YR 6/6 Ceramic vessel; rough silt Liv. E. 4715 10 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 6/6, slip 10 YR 8/3, painted lines YR 3/2 with single band of 2.5 YR 6/8 - Liv. E. 4048 Ceramic vessel; fabric 5 YR 7/8, slip 10 R 5/8 - Ure. E. 23.35 Ceramic spool (earplug? ) - Liv. E. 2549x
Alabaster Alabaster Alabaster vessel vessel vessel Tamworth un-numbered lid - Ash. 1975.246 and Liv. E. 2566 -
Alabaster vessel - Tamworth un-numbered Ivory knob (? ) - Ash. 1909.978 Wooden pontil - Liv. E. 7298 Haemetite pontil - Liv. E. 7855 Fragmentary copper ring (? ) - Liv. 828
397
(13) (14) (15) (16) (pupil Obsidian from inlaid Fragment of a blue faience Mud sealing Liv. 'ncat. "Glazed figure Isis" 78 (1), (untraced) 89 (2), objects eye ?) 'son of Horus'
(? ) - Liv. E. 260
91 (1), from
92 (1), this
97 (6),
122 (3), 54
138 (4)
"XIIth -
dynasty
site"
with 4 figures each side and
"Stuccoed dedication[?
chamber ]"
Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Fragment of blue faience cup with Bruss. 2764 illustrated) "Stone thing with (I)" "2 fragments pot dolls" "Fragment Coptic pottery" lotus design decoration (not
1083 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) beads, ball" "XIIth dynasty known site"
- not
148 (1)
- not - not
known known
(1) : 2) (3)
(4) (5)
Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.50; Neg. A. 551 Bruss. 2741; Neg. A. 551; Lilyquist Bronze mirror (not illustrated) 40 n. 453 Three stone vessels, like (1) (not illustrated) Neg. A. 551 (not illustrated) stone vessel (not with lid and lug handles
(6)
(7)
illustrated)
Neg. A. 551;
398
1085 A'09 Location Construction Contents: to 1089 A'09 - not - not known known or located
none recorded
1090 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) "12th dynasty known site"
- not
"Bronze fittings from staff" "Small beads" "Carnelian basket[? ] bead" "Ushabti figures"
Pot-types:
95 (1),
104 (8),
108 (2),
122 (3),
144 (1)
1091 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) with 4 columns of inscription" (not illustrated) Bruss. 4408 diameter - not - not known known
Pot-types:
104 (1),
122 (1)
1092 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) handle "12th dynasty known site"
- not
(4) (5)
(6) (7) (8) (9)
Bronze dagger, with ivory pommel and insets of wood on the 1909,128 Neg. A. 390; Garstang & pl. XVII Ash. 1909.981; Ash. 1909.977 Alabaster vessel Alabaster vessel - Bruss. 2761
vessel
Bruss. 2691 -
to
none recorded
1100 to Location
Construction Contents: -
- not
none recorded
1102 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) - not - not known known
scarab"
(1) (2)
"Blue "Pot"
1104 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) "Few small beads" "Green scarab" "Horn-shaped carnelian
pendant"
400
1105 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) to to 1106 A'09 - not - not known known
fabric Ceramic vessel; burnished red 2.5 YR 5/6, slipped and light red 10 R 5/8 - B'ham. Unnumbered; MacGregor 1793 [terra-cotta "... another bowl], for with spout pouring" MacGregor 1793
1107 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 2.5 YR 6/4, "North" - not known
Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1973.1.113. Ceramic vessel; fabric light reddish-brown burnished to red 10 R 4/6; MacGregor 1768 "Small ivory vase on 3 legs" "Amethyst beads" and carnelian "Small shells" "Alabaster dish with spout, small" "Alabaster kohl [pot] and blue lid" "Small alabaster" "Large quantity of garnet beads and blue whole discs, small"
slipped
and
beads.
Fragments
and
(1)
"Small
ball
beads"
1109 A'09
Location Construction - not - not known known
Contents: -
none recorded
or located
401 1110 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) Ceramic vessel; burnished to red Gypsum vessel Obsidian vessel Alabaster vessel fabric 7.5 reddish-yellow 10 R 4/6 - Liv. E. 4993 Liv. E. 2706 Liv. E. 2527 Ash. 1909.985 YR 7/6, slipped and
Fragment
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2762; Neg. A. 552 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2654; Neg. A. 552 Ebony pontil - Liv. E. 7003
of slate palette Liv. E. 6514 -
1111 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) bowl - Bruss. 2765 - not - not known known
1112 A'09 Location Construction Contents: See the (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) comments regarding 1019 A'09 - not - not known known
(8) (9)
Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2522 Alabaster vessel - Liv. E. 2524 Anhydrite vessel - Bruss. 2762 Bronze mirror Lilyquist 40 n. 454 "Alabaster vase in 2, pointed" "Ball beads" and carnelian "Large alabaster vase"
143 (1)
- not - not
known known
402/a Contents: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Bronze arrow-head Liv. E. 965 Liv. E. 966. Bronze fragment Liv. E. 8155 Fragment of ivory bracelet Anhydrite vessel - Liv. E. 2713 Anhydrite to an ostrich spout attached egg - Bruss. 2770 Neg. A. 553; Garstang Alabaster vessel - Mer. 1977.109.69; "Large blue glaze ball beads" "Small carnelian beads"
1909,128
1114 A'09
Location Construction Contents: - not - not known known or located
none recorded
1115 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) Ivory point Liv. E. 7023 - not - not known known
to
none recorded
1120 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) with 2 figures each side" "West "Grave" of Shuna"
not known -
402/b
Bruss. 4439; Neg. A. 554; Speleers Stela of 'Patchaimbanakht' 40 No. 150; Limme 1979,38-39 "Black figure"
"2 bronze heads of staff" "Ivory pin" "Long beads etc. " "Piece of inscribed door jamb" "Front figure" of Ptah-Sokar "Plaster face" "Stone box near top"
1923,
to
none recorded
1127 A'09 Location Construction Contents: (1) faience beads - Liv. E. 2133 - not - not known known
Two green
to
none recorded
1130 A'09
Location Construction Contents: (1) (2) vessel lid" Bruss. 2758 "North - not XII"
known
Anhydrite "Alabaster