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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
[16] Carter, _Tomb of Hâtshopsítû_, Chap. VI, and Carter and Newberry,
_Tomb of Thoutmosis_, pp. 1-5, Nos. 46001-46035.
[17] The deposit of implements was missing in this case.
[18] Jequier, _Le Papyrus Prisse et ses variantes_ (Pap. Brit. Mus.
10371 and 10435, Tablette Carnarvon au Caire), Paris, 1910; Maspero,
_Recueil_, Vol. XXXI, p. 146.
[19] The tablet is made of wood covered with stucco of fine plaster for
a writing surface.
[20] Edgar, _Cat. Gen. C. M. Graeco-Egyptian Coffins_, pp. ii, iii.
[21] I hope to publish a full translation of both texts with commentary
shortly.
[22] For this translation thanks are due to Professor Newberry.
[23] The translation is due to Professor Newberry.
[24] Found in second sifting.
[25] This was part of the toilet-box, Pls. XLVIII-IX.
[26] See Coffin-tomb No. 27.
[27] In the Cairo Museum eight similar vases belonging to a toilet-box
bear the names of sacred oils, Nos. 18652-8.
[28] In the Cairo Museum is a wooden tray for mirror with two hollows or
receptacles for materials for polishing (?) mirror face, No. 44012.
[29] Petrie, _Kahun, Gurob and Hawara_, Pl. XVI, p. 30, a similar
gaming-board in pottery.
[30] For knuckle-bones see group No. 25, tomb No. 37. Cp. Quibell,
_Excavations Saqqara_, p. 114, Pl. LXIII. Dice: I have found three
specimens among objects from the rubbish heaps of the temple of Dêr el
Bahari, and as there were no antiquities here that could be later than
the XVIIIth Dynasty, one is led to suppose that the dice are of the same
date. Two of the dice were of clay and one was made of limestone.
[31] For the numerical order of the holes see Fig. 14. Only one piece
aside can be played at a time, as if more they might win the same hole
and hence clash; and only one die used.
[32] This is known by some adhering to one another when found.
[33] See Tomb 24, Pl. XLVI, Fig. 2 G, and amulet necklace of Vth
Dynasty, Petrie, _Deshasheh_, Pl. XLVI. This type of necklace seems
almost a necessary adjunct to the dead in the earlier periods.
[34] See Tomb 24, Pl. XLVI. A.
[35] See example Pl. LIII. 4.
[36] See figure found in Tomb No. 54.
[37] Feathered.
[38] Poulterer (?).
[39] Opposite Tomb No. 27.
[40] 22·50 metres = 74 ft. approximate.
[41] Not numbered or excavated yet.
[42] It has been suggested that it was made for a tree, but no vegetable
remains were found here, and it seems too deep for such a purpose.
[43] Maspero, _Guide C. M._, 1911, pp. 386, 510, and Lacau, _Cat. Gen.
C. M._, No. 28108.
[44] _Annales_, 1903, Tome IV, p. 70. A coffin of a certain Heq-Tau.
‘The bottom of the coffin is divided into small compartments by a kind
of wooden frame or trellis, each division being filled with earth,
probably representing cultivated land.’
[45] An Arabic expression introduced by Vassalli.
[46] See specimen, Mariette’s _Monuments divers_, Pl. LI, coffin of
Aqhor. Another specimen was found in Tomb 27 in 1910 (Pl. LIII. 3).
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