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50 THE XTth dynasty TEMPLE AT DEIE, EL-BAHARI.
el-Bahari, in the Cairo JMuseum)/ and, as Ave
should expect from the paintings in the tomb,
the skull is negroid in type. This mummy is
in the British Museum. The other mummy was
wrapped up and quite perfect, but was in no
coffin, and probably belongs to the XXth-XXIst
Dynasty, being a later burial. Broken vt^habtis
of a person named ^^ ^ Unf (? for UnneM;
^^ i ^ j
were found
In a hole broken by the plunderers through
the plaster in the east wall were found
fragments of a small wooden model coffin ; and
a perfect model, containing a small wax figure
wrapped in mummy cloth, like that found in the
tomb of Kauit (see also above), but uninscribed,
was found in the rubbish on the floor (PL ix.,
fig. 8). These model coffins were decorated
with a blue line of hieroglyphs— a prayer for
the spirit of Kemsit (cf. PI. xi.). Two such
models with wax figures were pi'obably placed
in each of these Xlth Dynasty tombs. The}'
were, to all intents and purposes, nxluibUt^. A
box of much the same type, but broader and
without a figure, was found in the great royal
tomb usually called the Bab el-Hosdn (see p. 9),
by Mr. Carter. The bones of a cow were found
near the mouth of the shaft, as in Tomb No. 5
(see above), and somewhat lower down was found
a fragment from a limestone statuette of a man
named Amenemhat (XVIIIth Dynasty), which
was probably thrown in, after the second burial,
from the temple above, where several statues of
officials were placed from the time of the Xllth
to that of the XlXth Dynasty.
No. 11. Tumh of Henhenit. (Plan and Section,
PI. xi.)—Situated to the south of No. 10, this
tomb had originally been under one of the
columns of the temple.
' The idea seems to have been that the deceased
should look through the two great eyes ^^ "^^ which
are always painted or sculptured on one side of the coffins
and sarcophagi of this epoch.— H. H.
.
The pavement had been removed, but when
we discovered the shaft it had been blocked up
by the fall, from the temple above, of a piece of
a large sixteen-sided column (XVIIIth Dynasty).
The shaft was full of the debris of the temple.
The entrance to the chamber had been formerly
closed by two large blocks of sandstone, which
had been only slightly shifted by the plunderers
to allow of the passage of a man's body into the
interior.
Within the chamber was a long limestone
sarcophagus of the same type and construction
as that of Kauit, with the exception that the
long sides, the lid, and the base were each made
of two slabs instead of one, which, of course,
greatly facilitated its removal, also on the top
of the longer side slabs were placed long pieces
of stone with the grooves for the lid. It was,
however, incomplete since the only ornamenta-
tion outside was a line of hieroglyphs painted
green, and two uza eyes on the east side with-
out the customary scenes. On the inside was
the usual line of hieroglyplis, outlined in black,
containing the 1 A formula for the ka of
the royal favourite and priestess Henhenit,
ra ra ^1. (Seep. 56.)
The lid had been broken into three pieces,
which lay on the rubbish accumulation at the
bottom of the chamber.
Fragments of a large square wooden coffin
were found in the shaft, with a line of hiero-
glyphs painted in green on a white ground ;
this, like the sarcophagus, bore the name of
Henhenit, priestess of Hathor, and only royal
favourite (^-();^).
Within the sarcophagus was the mummy of
a Avoman, no doubt Henhenit, lying on the
cloth wrappings. Her hands and feet are small
and delicately formed, her hair short and
straight (PL xL, fig. 8 ; photograph by Mr. J. G.
Milne). This is a very interesting mummy.
It and the sarcophagus have been assigned
to the Metropolitan Museum of New York.