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 sewn up in a shroud. Near the head a
wooden head-rest; by the side a walking-staff; and under the head,
wrapped in a piece of linen, were (1) a wooden kohl-pot of trefoil
section, (2) a bronze razor and granular stone hone,[54] (3) a cord
belt and loin cloth (Pl. LXIX. 64). On the third finger of the left
hand was a blue glazed steatite scarab, mounted on gold funda: this
was tied with string (Pl. LXXII. 64).
65. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but
with no traces of colour.
Contents:--Two mummies of a man and woman, lying head to feet, and
covered by a shroud. The mummy of the woman had a broken alabaster
bowl (Pl. LXIX. 65) lying at the feet. The mummy of the man
appeared to be re-wrapped, and had nothing on it.
66. _Rîshi coffin._ Shell--cut out of a tree trunk, and painted
with black, red, and white bands. Lid--the detailed
feather-decoration is painted in red, green, and dark blue on a
white and yellow ground. The face is yellow. The longitudinal band
down the centre has no inscription (Pl. LXII. 66).
Contents:--Mummy of a man.
67. _Rectangular child’s coffin._ This coffin had been enlarged,
and the lid, which was made of old boards, was tied to pegs at
either end of the shell.
Contents:--Mummy of a child, with knees bent.
_Chamber (A)._
68. _Semi-decorated anthropoid coffin._ Similar to No. 6 (Pl.
LVIII. 68).
Contents:--A skeleton of a young man with hardly any traces of
mummification visible.
69. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62 (Pl.
LVIII. 69).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman much decayed.
70. _Rîshi coffin._ Similar to No. 66. The longitudinal band down
the front has the _de hetep seten_ formula, but bears no name:
space for the name has been left blank (Pl. LVIII. 70).
Contents:--Mummy of a woman lying flat on her back, with head
turned towards the left. In front of the face, a wooden head-rest;
under the cheek, a large bronze mirror. On the head was a wig of
plaited hair (Pl. LXX. 70).
71. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62. The
bottom of the coffin was not in place, and was lying on the floor,
only partly under it.
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