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44 THE XIth dynasty TEMPLK AT DKIK KLUAllARI Xo. o. Deptli of sliaft, iit liither end. 10 ft. 5 in.; at further end 15 fr. 10 in.; length 10 ft. 10 in. : width. 4 ft. .") in. Three steps at hottom, the lowest very close to the door. Height of door, 4 ft. 5 in. ; width, 1 ft. 7 in. ; breadth of jamb, 2 ft. Kemains of brick sealing- wall, 2 ft. higli. Height of chamber, 4 ft. .'> in. ; length, !) ft. 4 in. ; Avidth, G ft. 6. in. Violated. In the shaft was found a j^oor burial of late period. The mummy was wrapped in a torn and dilapidated cloth ; no coffin or ushabtis. In the chamber were found the remains of the original XIth Dynasty burial. Some of the cloth in which the mummv was wrapped is fine and fringed ; some, of coarser texture, has a border ofl)lue lines. The mummy, which was that of a woman, Avas in fragments. The skull (lower jaw missing), two feet, and an arm (PI. x.) are now in the British Museum (Xos. 40924—7) The skull has patliological alterations ; a swelling of the bone on either side of the head, probably indicating a condi- tion of inflammation before death. The feet and hand are very delicate, and the nails of the latter are carefully tinted ^vith henna. With these remains were found three pairs of silver bangles 2:^ to 3^- in. in diameter ; one pair is solid, another wire, the third is hollow and has a curious toggle-joint. An odd one, of this type, Avas also found, and Avas retained at Cairo. The others are in the British ]\Iuseum (Nos. 40929—31),' as is also a necklace of bright dark and light-blue and Avhite cylinder beads Avith a plain blue glazed clasp at each end (Xo. 40928, see PI. X.). This object is as characteristic of burials of this period as is the elaborate funerary furniture of boats, model granaries, etc. With the exception of the boat, which was smashed up, only the small oars remaining, the furniture Avas in this tomb Avell preserved. The chief objects are a granary of the usual kind, and a model ' The solid pair weigh 233-5 grs. troy (15- 13 grms.) and 221-3 grs. (14-34 grms.) each ; the wire pair 116 grs. (7-516 grms.) and 115-3 grs. (7-47 grms.) ; the hollow pair 107 grs. (6-933 grms.) and 95 grs. (6-155 grms.). bakery and brewery of unusual type. The granary has, as usual, its small Ayooden men ascending the stairs Avith sacks of grain Avhich they are throAving down into the sealed chambers of the granary through holes left for the purpose, while a scribe, seated in tlie court belo\y, keeps tally (PI. ix., fig. 5). In the other model, Avhich measures 31 inches by 18J, Ave see a line of Ayomen hard at Avork grinding the grain Avith rollers, Avhich are painted red to represent red quartzite. A line of squatting men, facing the corn-grinders, sifts the "-rain throuo-h sieves. Back to back Avith them are the bakers, squatting in front of their tall l)lack ovens, and a line of breAvers placing the bread in red vats to ferment in order to make the beer. A reis stands, thong-stick in hand, overseeing the work. This fine model (PL ix., figs. 3, 7) has been assigned to the British Museum, and is uoav exhibited Avith the other \lt\\ to Xllth Dynasty models of the same kind in the Fourth Egyptian Koom (Case 188; Xo. 40915). The granary has gone to America. These models, Avhich are always found in tombs of this age,- Avere placed in them Ayith the idea that tliey A\'0Lild turn into ghostly boats, granaries, bakeries, and slaves, to serve the dead in the next Avorld. It is the same idea as that of the ushahtl or " answerer," who, Avhen the dead man " is set to do any of the labours Avhich are " to be done there in the tomb Avorld, to plough " the fields, to fill the canals Avith water, to carry " sand of the east to the Avest," ansAvers, " Here " am I, Avhen ye call ! " These little Avooden boatmen, bakers, brcAvers, and grain-bearers are in fact all of them v)
The othei" objects from this tomb, v/hich Iiavo been described above, are (1907) all temporarily exhibited in the North (Semitic) Gallery of the British ^luscum. No. 4. (PI. ix., figs. 1, 2.) Of the same type. Leniith of shaft at top, 10 It. .') in. ; at bottum, 10 ft. Width, o ft. Least depth, 14 ft. 7 in. ; greatest depth (over entrance to chamber), 1 it. .") in. Hciglit of entrance to chamber, "> ft. .') in. widtli, 4 ft. 1 in. ; height of steps, 1 It. 1 in. Brick scaling- wall (broken down); height, 4 ft.; widtli. I ft. 11 in. (IM.ix.fig. 1). Chamber: lenfjth, 11 ft. li ft. 10 in. Violated. .") in.: width, li It. ."> in. : heiiilit In the shaft nothinu^ was found. In the chamber Avas found a sccondar\^ burial ul' the XXth-XXIst Dynasty. The coffin, of the usual type of this period, was found resting awry on the slope of the rubliisli with which the chamber was half filled ; it had simply been thrust into the chamber without any attempt at cleaniu
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Page 7 and 8: EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND prcaiDcnt F.
Page 9 and 10: PEEFACE. The excaviition ol the Xlt
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WAR-SCENES Plate XV.
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