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52 THE XIth dynasty TEMPLE AT DEIR EL-BAHARI. el-Hosdn and "No. 14," but very much smaller than these, situated at tlie S.W. an^le of the Western Court. This was apparently found by Lord Duft'erin in 1859, and its entrance was visible before the beginning of the present ex- cavations (see p. 12*. The dromos and tlie tomb itself were, however, entirely filled with rubbish, which we cleared out, in order to inves- tigate it. In the chamber the rubbish had become hardened by water which had got in while the tomb lay open. Full details and measurements of this tomb will be given in Part II, The burial had been violated, nothing beinjj found but a great alabaster sarcophagus, three times the usual size, Avithout incised inscriptions. No Ifi. A small chamber-tomb, with a pit, of the usual type, at the N.W. angle of the Western Court. The pit is 7 ft. long, 3 ft. wide, and 6 ft. (i in. deep. The chamber is G ft. long, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, and only 3 ft. high. Violated, and entirely empty. H. H.
The tombs in which the princesses were buried have been described in tlie preceding chapter. With each tomb was connected a chapel or slu-iae. 01" tlicse we believe we can trace six. Many fragments of these shrines have been pre- served. They have been collected, and cnm- pared, ami if possible one of tiic shrines will be reconstructed for the second part of this book ; but at present we have not yet ascertained the precise dimensions of all and their exact shape, so that their description also must be deferred to the next volume. In these tombs we found three stone sarcophagi of a type characteristic of that epoch. They are of limestone, and probably contained in every case a coffin made of wood or of cartonuage. Of the most perfect, that of Kemsit, only small pieces remain, which, however, could to some extent be pieced together to be copied.' This w(ji-k was done by Madame Naville (PI. xxii. and xxiii.). As the tombs were small, and the pit leading to the chamber very narrow, these coffins were not lowered into the grave in one piece. Each side was a separate stone, and they wei'e put together in the chamber. The coffin of Kauit is made of six pieces, one for each side, the bottom, and t]u> lid. It is now put together in the .Museum at Cairo. In the coffin of Henhenit, ' Altogether several hundred small fragments of the sarcophagus were recovered. The larger ones, which alone could be pieced together, twenty-seven in number, are now in the British Museum. 53 CHAPTER rv. THE SARCOPHAGI OF THE PRINCESSES, liv l^DOUAKI) NaVILLE. now at New York, the long sides are in two halves, so that it consists of eight pieces. These coffins are examples of three lifFerent degrees of completeness in workmanship, and that of Kemsit was, as has been said, the finest. The outside was sculptured, and after the engraving had been finished it was painted. In the inside there is no sculpture, only painting. The coffin of Kauit is completely sculptured. It was finished not long before it was used for the deceased. The iak outline drawn for the engraver is still discernible. There is no painting whatever ; inside, the inscription is simply drawn in Mack. As for that of Henhenit, there is no sculpture at all other than the inscription and the great eyes ^^ at the side. The cutting of the hieroglyphs of the inscription is unfinished, part of them being painted only, and the inside is l>laiik. riic scenes which are represented on these sarcophagi remind one of the tombs of the Old Empire ; the religious te.xts which cover the wooden coffins of the deceased of the Xllth Dynasty are still absent. We must compare the sarcophagi of Kemsit and Kauit with what we find at Gizeh or Sakkarah, with the tomb-walls covered with apparent representations of the present life. Tliere the man is described as hav- ing obtained all the enjoyments which riches and higli social standing may bring him. lie is seen supervising his labourers in the fields, the hunters and fishermen who provide for his table game and fish, all the slaves who have to work for
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THE XIth dynasty TEMPLE M AT DEIR E
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EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND prcaiDcnt F.
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PEEFACE. The excaviition ol the Xlt
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CONTENTS Chapter T ^fKNTunETKi' TT.
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Page 38 and 39: 26 THE XItu dynasty TEMPLE AT JJEIR
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Page 50 and 51: 38 TFIB XlTii DYNASTY TEMPLE AT DKI
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Page 105: The west facing of the Pyramid-Base
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WAR-SCENES Plate XV.
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THE HATHOR-COW. Plate XXXI.
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