63. _Decorated rectangular coffin._ The coloration of the detail, painted upon a strawberry-coloured ground, is similar to No. 7. On the end panels, the goddesses _Isis_ and _Nephthys_ are standing with the arms upheld (Pl. LX. 63). Contents:--Two mummies of a man and a woman, lying side by side, and covered with a shroud. Beside the head of the woman were two grey pottery vases, and a larger one in black pottery; a dark blue faience bowl, and a wooden kohl-pot (Pl. LXVIII. 63). The woman had within the wrappings of the head a broken ivory comb (Pl. LXVIII. 63); and near the hands, lying loosely, were two cowroid seals (Pl. LXXII. 63 A). The man had no ornament upon him. 63 A. _A four-stringed musical instrument_ (Pl. LXXI. 63 A). The _neck_, _back_, and _belly_ are made of one piece of sycomore wood. The _belly_ is hollowed out like a trough, and has its two sides curved slightly inwards at the middle, thus forming a kind of waist (this was probably due to the tension of the strained skin that covered it). Across the _belly_, longitudinally, is the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ to which the lower fixed ends of the strings are attached: the tapering end of this combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ was inserted into a socket at the juncture where the _belly_ and _neck_ join, and its lower and broader end was bound to a protuberance, made for the purpose, at the extreme end of the _belly_. Near the top end of the _neck_, and into the back of it, the four _key-pegs_ for receiving the strings are inserted. The strings themselves (their lower ends being fixed to the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_), which were passed along the side of the _neck_ and twisted round the _key-pegs_, had their upper ends brought over the _neck_ and slipped under the tightened portion of the strings which pressed against the side of the _neck_ (see Fig. 92, Pl. LXXI). For a _sounding-board_, skin was stretched over the whole of the _belly_, with an aperture left at the juncture of the _belly_ and _neck_ to allow the combined _tail-piece_ and _bridge_ to be inserted into its socket. The total length of the instrument is 1·37 metres. This particular specimen I believe to have been an actual instrument, while the others, Nos. 27, 28, and 92, were merely small models. With these models there are slight variations in the construction, but as the main idea is the same it is unnecessary to describe them. 64. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but has no traces of colour upon it.