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
Contents:--Mummy of a man. Beside the head, and resting on the
bottom of the coffin, were:--(1) a small wood and ivory jewel-box
(fallen to pieces); (2) an alabaster bowl in the shape of a
cartouche; (3) a blue faience bowl; and (4) a pottery vase (Pl.
LXIX. 53). The mummy had rotted away, and among the débris
were:--(1) round-backed blue glazed steatite scarab, mounted in a
gold funda, bearing on its base the name of the royal daughter,
Neferu-ra (daughter of Queen Hatshepsût); (2) round-backed blue
glazed scarab bearing the prenomen of Thothmes III; (3)
round-backed green glazed scarab, mounted in gold funda, bearing a
decorative pattern; (4) cowroid seal of glazed steatite (worn to
brown) bearing a decorative pattern, and mounted in a gold funda;
(5) high-backed scarab of dark green paste bearing a floral
pattern, and mounted upon a copper-wire ring--the wire is threaded
through the scarab and is passed through a small hole on the other
end of the wire, flattened and pierced for the purpose, and it is
held thus by being twisted round the wire a few times (Pl. LXXII.
53). Fallen out of the small jewel-box (mentioned above) there were
three necklaces. One of them was a long string of violet faience
beads (similar to No. 6, Pl. LXXIII); another was made up of plain
bone beads (Pl. LXXIII. 53); and the third consisted of cornelian,
violet faience, and gold beads, with amulets at intervals made of
gold, silver, cornelian, and blue glass (Pl. LXXIII. 53).
54. _A grey pottery vase_ (Pl. LXXIV. D), bearing a hieratic
inscription (see Chapter XIII, by Dr. Möller).
55. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Two adult and one child’s mummy. Like the coffin they
were very much broken. Among the remains were bone and cornelian
beads, and an ivory bracelet (Pl. LXXIII. 55, on the plate
incorrectly 85).
56. _Rectangular child’s coffin._ Similar to No. 80.
Contents:--Mummy of an infant.
57. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 75.
Contents:--Three adult mummies, which, like the coffin, were
broken. With them was a wooden head-rest (Pl. LXVIII. 57); a
round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl. LXXII. 57); and a
few stray beads of cornelian, faience, and bone.
58. _Rectangular dug-out coffin._ The lid was tied on with rope
(Pl. LXI. 58).
Contents:--Mummy of a man.
59. _Decorated rectangular coffin._ The colouring is similar to
that of No. 7, except that instead of the two goddesses at either
end there are geometrical drawings (Pl. LX. 59).
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