Fig. 1. A. Rough red pottery, coloured red, with white band. B. “ “ with white spots. C. “ “ coloured red with white stripes. D. “ “ rim and neck coloured red. E. Fine red pottery, plain. F. Grey pottery, with [Illustration: hieroglyph] written in red upon it. G. Pink pottery, plain. H. Grey pottery, ornamented with black, red, and yellow drop pattern. I. Very fine terra-cotta pottery, plain. J. Fine red pottery, coloured red or terra-cotta. K. Soft red pottery, plain. L and N. Fine red pottery, with rims coloured red. M. Fine red pottery, with white surface. Fig. 2 illustrates two trays divided into compartments and two small vases, made of a very coarse red pottery. Botanical specimens found in this tomb are figured in Pl. LXXIX. 2 under the letters A and H. The latter, a stone fruit, was found in great quantities, as well as frequently in the other tombs that were opened. _Pit Tomb No. 25._ A pit tomb partially concealed by the paving-blocks of the terrace colonnade and foundations of the north boundary wall of the temple. In the upper rubbish filling the pit were bricks from the doorway and broken pottery, giving evidence of former riflers; and, after a descent of some three metres or more, the openings of the sepulchral vaults at either side were exposed. These chambers, half-filled with earth that had poured in from the shaft, had in them remains of coffins, oblong in form, broken, and ant-eaten. They were of plain, thick wood, without decorations, and only the inner shell had, in some cases, bands of inscription. In the shaft itself, at the bottom, was a single coffin, dragged out from one of the chambers at the time of the early violation. At first this grave seemed to be a great disappointment. But when, in Lord Carnarvon’s presence, the men found in the lower filling of the shaft an ivory pin and a piece of a box with silver binding[25], our hopes were raised. Lord Carnarvon at once stopped the workmen until a time when full surveillance of the clearing could be made. It was a difficult job, most careful work had to be done with trowel, bellows, and sometimes a spoon, extricating fragile objects while stones and sand poured down from the overhanging masonry above in a menacing manner at every gust of wind.