Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard CarterCarnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of
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Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of
2. _Rîshi coffin._ Shell, cut out of a stem of a tree, and left
quite plain and rough. Lid, painted detail and feathering like No.
66, but in this case painted upon a yellow ground only. It bears no
inscriptions, and the face is coloured yellow (Pls. LVII, LXII. 2).
Contents:--A well-preserved mummy of a tall man.
3. A very decayed mummy of a man, wrapped in a mat and bound with
cord.
4. A group of broken pots and some vine leaves.
5. _Plain anthropoid coffin._ Like No. 29, but has its face painted
yellow.
Contents:--A mummy of an old woman very loosely wrapped.
6. _Semi-decorated anthropoid coffin._ Lid and shell painted white
with longitudinal and transverse bands in yellow. Face yellow.
Head-dress yellow with blue lines. It bears no inscriptions (Pls.
LIX, LXI. 6).
Contents:--Three mummies covered with a shroud. Two were lying side
by side, the third was reversed with its head towards the feet of
the others. (_a_) The reversed burial, mummy of a woman re-wrapped;
(_b_) mummy of a woman; (_c_) mummy of a man with bead-bangles on
left wrist, the beads were of dark violet glaze (Pl. LXXIII. 6).
7. _Decorated rectangular coffin._ The general ground colour is
yellow, and the design painted upon it is in red, green, dark blue,
and white. On the ends, the figures of _Isis_ and _Nephthys_
kneeling upon _neb_ signs are depicted upon a white ground. The
lid was tied on with ropes of Dôm palm-fibre (Pl. LX. 7).
Contents:--Mummy of an old man, reduced to a mere skeleton. Among
the débris from the abdomen of the mummy was a bladder-stone.
8. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Mummy of a man covered with a sheet. Resting against the
coffin was an earthenware pot (Pl. LXXIV. 8).
_Central passage._
9. The base of a wooden head-rest (this was similar to those found
in the coffins of this cache).
10. _Rîshi coffin._ Broken and in bad condition. It was made and
decorated like No. 2.
Contents:--Mummy of a man very roughly wrapped.
11. _Rîshi coffin._ Shell, plain wood. Lid, the ground colour white
and yellow, and the detail like No. 66. The longitudinal band for
text down the front had no inscription (Pls. LVI, LXII. 11).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman lying flat on its back with the head
turned towards the left. A small child’s mummy was resting on her
feet. Among the débris at the bottom of the coffin were: (1) a few
small beads of greenish blue faience; (2) a cowroid seal of green
glazed steatite (Pl. LXXII. 11); in the hole pierced through the
cowroid seal were remains of thread.
12. _Rîshi coffin._ Like No. 66 (Pl. LVI. 12).
Contents:--A scantily wrapped mummy of a man.
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