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 woman. Hair plaited; on wrists, bangles of
double strings of bone and cornelian beads; on third finger of left
hand a scarab (Pl. LXXII. 76), and few beads strung on thread; and
tied round the fourth finger of the same hand was a small cornelian
pendant drop.
_Chamber (B)._
77. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 77). Similar
to No. 62.
Contents:--Three mummies covered with a shroud: one was of a man,
and the other two of children. The children’s mummies were
bitumenized and bound in knotted and twisted linen. The mummy of
the man (bearded) had on the third finger of the left hand a scarab
mounted upon a silver ring (Pl. LXXII. 77 C). The scarab, made of
steatite (brown), bore an ornamental Hathor design.
78. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 78). Similar
to No. 75.
Contents:--Mummy of a woman covered with a shroud. Under the head a
basket containing a dark brown stone kohl-pot, an alabaster vase,
and a cedar-wood comb. Near the basket were two black pottery
long-necked vases (Pl. LXVIII. 78). Lying on the breast, and under
the wrappings, was a small basket (Pl. LXVIII. 78) containing bone
and cornelian bead-bangles (Pl. LXXIII. 78), and three scarabs and
two cowroids. On the neck an amuletic necklace; and on the third
finger of the left hand two gold-mounted cowroids. The scarabs were
two of glazed steatite mounted in gold fundi, and one of cornelian;
the cowroids were three of glass mounted in gold, and one of
steatite mounted in gold (Pl. LXXII. 78). The amuletic necklace was
composed of lapis-lazuli, gold, cornelian, and garnet beads, strung
more or less haphazard between gold amulets (Pl. LXXIII. 78).
79. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_ (Pl. LIX. 79). Similar
to No. 75 (head and foot pieces missing and lid partly open).
Contents:--Mummy of a young woman, which appeared to have been
re-wrapped. On the neck a necklace (Pl. LXXIII. 79) composed of
gold, lapis-lazuli, and cornelian beads.
80. _Rectangular child’s coffin_. Square box, oblong in form, made
of wooden planks. The lid had upright head and foot pieces (Pls.
LIX. and LXI. 80).
Contents:--Mummy of an infant.
_South Wing._
81. _Plain rectangular flat-topped coffin_. Similar to No. 75. This
coffin was open, its lid lying by its side, and was empty.
_North Wing._
82. _Two ivory castanets._ The ends shaped like human hands, and
curved. They were lying in the débris of the corridor of the tomb.
_Niche (G)._
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