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
83. _Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin._ Similar to No. 62, but
of small size and thinly coated with white paint. Upon the top of
the coffin was a decayed mummy of a person of immature age, and
with it were three gold earrings (Pl. LXIX. 83). The contents of
the coffin were two children’s mummies lying one upon the other,
and resting upon the top one was a small round basket (Pl. LXIX.
83) containing: (1) a wristlet of bone and cornelian beads (Pl.
LXXIII. 83); (2) a necklace of bone beads (for example see 53, Pl.
LXXIII.); and (3) a necklace of violet faience beads. Upon the
lower mummy were two small bundles of linen containing fruit of the
_nebek_-tree, which were bound together with a string of blue
faience beads. This mummy had upon its left wrist(?) a bangle of
bone and faience beads (Pl. LXXIII. 83).
Behind the coffin were three pots (Pl. LXXIV. G) leaning against
the back wall of the niche. The niche (_G_) seems to have been
specially made for these burials, which were covered up by the
stone chippings made in its excavation. These burials appear to
have been made in the tomb when left open after its destruction,
but before it was used as a storehouse.
_Passage (L)._
84. _Dug-out anthropoid child’s coffin_. The shell, cut out of a
tree stem, was very roughly made. The lid was missing.
Contents:--Mummy of an infant decayed, and among the débris were
minute blue faience and gold beads (Pl. LXXIII. 84).
_Central Passage._
85. _An ivory castanet._ Burnt, and with end shaped like a human
hand; it differed from No. 82 by being straight. This was found in
the layer of rubbish that covered the floor of the passage. It
appears to belong to the original interment of the tomb.
_Hall (C)._
86. _A wooden statuette and fragment of a wooden coffin of the
Middle Kingdom._ The statuette, broken, is covered with stucco and
painted, and is of exceedingly coarse workmanship. It represents a
woman carrying upon her head a linen basket. The fragment of coffin
bore an inscription reading [Illustration: hieroglyph]
_perkheru_-offerings for the devoted one _Henŷt_. These antiquities
were found in the layer of rubbish that covered the floor, and
probably belong to the original interment of the tomb (some parts
of the statuette came from the small chamber _F_).
87. _A wooden jewel-box._ This is similar to the box found in tomb
No. 24 (Pl. XLVI).
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