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
20. _Viscera box._ Painted white, with the _de hetep seten_ formula
upon the lid giving the name [Illustration: hieroglyph] Ta-nezem.
Depicted upon the four sides of the box are human-headed canopic
jars, with, written on either side, the usual formulae in vertical
bands (Pl. LXI. 20). The interior, divided into four compartments,
contained similar matter to No. 19 (see coffin No. 24).
21. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Like No. 75 (broken).
Contents:--Mummy of a man covered with a sheet. At the side of the
left shoulder a wooden head-rest (Pl. LXVIII. 21), with, engraved
upon its stem, the deities _Bes_ and _Taurt_. On the third finger
of the left hand a scarab mounted on a silver ring (Pl. LXXII. 21).
The scarab is round-backed, of green glazed steatite, and has
inscribed upon its base the ‘Divine Wife, Hatshepsût’.
22. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Like No. 75 (broken).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman, decayed and fallen to pieces. In the
débris traces of plaited hair and two red jasper scarabs (Pl.
LXXII. 22).
23. _Decorated anthropoid coffin of the New Empire._ Ground colour
white. Head-dress, blue striated with yellow lines. Face, yellow,
with the eye-sockets of bronze, eyeballs of aragonite, and pupils
of obsidian. Decoration, round the neck a collarette painted to
represent rows of coloured beads, fringed with drop pendants, and
with hawk-headed clasps. Below, over the breast, the vulture
_Nekhebyt_ and goddess _Nut_. On either side, at the ankles, the
jackal _Anubis_ is represented resting on his pylon. At the feet
_Isis_ and at the head _Nephthys_. There are three transverse bands
round the body and one longitudinal band down the front, all of
which contain the usual religious formulae with the owner’s name
[Illustration: hieroglyph] Tahuti. On the sides of the shell, in
the panels formed by the bands of hieroglyphs, are representations
of the different gods facing legends dedicated to them. The lid was
fixed to its shell by stud-headed wooden pegs.
Contents:--Mummy of a man with his hands crossed over the thighs.
On the third finger of the left hand, attached by string, was a
round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 23).
Beneath the coffin, and lying on the floor of the chamber, was a
walking staff 142 cms. in length. The bark upon the stick was
intact and it resembles that of cherry wood. The end was worn, and
at the handle a natural projecting branch was trimmed so as to form
a crutch.
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