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
BY PERCY E. NEWBERRY
Fig. 1. Fig baskets composed of leaves of the Date Palm (_Phoenix
dactylifera_, L.).
Fig. 2. A. Some species of Compositae not identified.
B. Leaves of the Persea tree (_Mimusops Schimperi_, Hochst.).
C. Leaves of the Grape Vine (_Vitis vinifera_, L.).
D. Stones of the _Balanites aegyptiaca_, Del.
E. Fruit of the Persea tree (_Mimusops Schimperi_, Hochst.).
F. Fruit of the Sycomore Fig (_Ficus Sycomorus_, L.).
G. Young fruit of the Date Palm (_Phoenix dactylifera_, L.).
H. Mature fruits of _Balanites aegyptiaca_, Del.
With the exception of the fragments of flower-stalks (Fig. 2 A) of some
species of Compositae, the specimens figured here are all of well-known
ancient Egyptian plants. Two of them, the _Mimusops Schimperi_ and the
_Balanites aegyptiaca_, are not now known in Egypt proper.
INDEX
A
Aah-hetep, funerary statuette of, 20.
called Ta-nezem, 74.
Aahmes, funerary statuette of, 20.
coffin bearing name of, 84.
Mayor, 32.
Aahmes-nefert-ari, mother of, 3.
earliest portrait of, 2.
wall of, 11, 28.
bricks of, 11, 30.
Aahmes-sa-pa-ar, funerary statuette of, 20.
Abdu, contemporary of Hyksos kings, referred to, 66.
Adze, model of, 31, 40.
Ahat, 49.
Ah-hotep, letter to, 90.
treasure of Queen, referred to, 37.
Ahmosi, 37.
Amen-em-ene, 92.
Amenemhat IV, name on casket, 6, 56.
Amenemhat, 29.
Amenemheb, statuette of, 75, 92.
Amenhetep I, wall of, 11, 28.
bricks of, 11, 30.
scarab of, 8, 72.
Amenhetep II, brick of, 50.
Amenhetep, scribe of the altar, 29.
Amenhetep-en-auf, 25.
Amen-nekht, 92.
Amen-renpet, overseer of workmen, 50.
Amenti-figures, in wax, 25.
Amphorae, buried under graves, 8, 43.
Amulet, _ka-hetep_, 87.
Amulets, Middle Kingdom, 53.
Amuletic necklaces, 60, 80, 82, 85.
Ana, mother of Kemen, 56.
Ankhu, coffin fragment bearing name of, 52.
Antef, funerary statuette of, 20.
Arrows, fragments of, 87.
Asiatics, mentioned, 36.
Assa, King, mentioned, 36.
Atef, funerary statuette of, 20.
Atef-s-senb, 63.
Auf-aa-hor, Mayor of Thebes, 49.
Auy-res, stela of, 62.
Auy-senb, 63.
Avaris, mentioned, 36.
Axe, model of, 31.
B
Bag, small linen, 76.
Bak-en-Khonsu, royal scribe, 49.
_Balanites aegyptiaca_, 28, 94.
Bangles, bead, 70, 78, 82, 84, 85, 86.
Baskets, rush-work, 72, 74, 75, 78, 84.
Batten, weaver’s, 61.
Beads, Middle Kingdom, 53, 59, 60, 71, 87.
sprinkled in mummy wrappings, 70.
Bead-work upon leather, 32.
Bedstead (angarib), 51.
Beki, 92.
Birâbi, 4.
Bird-trap, 77.
Black soil, pit filled with, 63.
Bladder-stone found in mummy, 71.
Boat, model of, 51.
Bowl, alabaster, 80, 83.
faience, 52, 80.
Bracelet, ivory, 81.
Brick, name of, on stone, 41.
Brick-mould, model of, 31.
Brooch, _shen_, 55.
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