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MINISTRY OF FINANCE, EGYPT.

SURVEY DEPARTJY.I:ENT.

THE

ARCHOJ-"OGICAL SURVEY OF NUBIA.


REPORT FOR 1907-1908.

PtATES AND PLANS ACCO~IPANYING VOLUME I.

CAIRO:
NATIOXAL PmXTIKG DEPARTMEN"T,
1910.
THE ARCHJEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NUBIA.

REPORT FOR 1907-1908.

PLATES AND PLANS ACCOMPANYING VOLUME I.

CONTENTS.

P.\G&

Li:,lt of Plates with Description of the Views and Objects 1


List of Plans... ... ... ... .., 25
Oollotypes (numbered 1 to 73) .
Plans (numbered I to .XXX) .
LIST OF PLATES

WITH DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEWS AND OBJECTS.

NOTE.-The numbers in brnckets [ ) are the photogmphic register numbers.

PLATE 1.
a. Shellal, Cemetery 7, the whole plain, seen from the north-west. [A 63J.
b. Shellal, western end of Cemetery 7, seen from the southeast. Roman fort
marked with white crosses. [A 66J.
c. Shellal, eastern knolls of Cemetery 7. In the foreground, knoll 141-159. [A 48].
PLATE 2.
a. Shellsl, Cemetery 7, E-group graves before excavation. [A 51].
b. Shellsl, Cemetery 7, E-group graves after excavation. [B 207J.
c. Shellsl, Cemetery 7, part of knoll 201-260 after excavation. [B 209J.
'PLATE 3. Early Dynastic Period. Undisturbed multiple burials.
a. Grave 7 : 317, first view. [C 548].
b. Grave 7 : 317, top burial. [C 594].
c. Grave 7 : 317, second burial. [C 609].
d. Grave 7 : 317, lowest burial. [C 646].
e. Grave 7 : 346, upper skeleton. [C 655].
f. Grave 7 : 346, lower skeleton. [C 724].
PLATE 4. Early Dynastic Period. Examples of disturbance.
a. Grave 7 : 340, central plundering. [C 651].
b. Grave 7: 340 (on Plate, 7 : 370 by misprint), untouched legs. [C 680].
c. Grave 7: 335, plundered. [C 564].
d. Grave 7: 324, body turned over. [C 596].
e. Grave 7 : 320, heads plundered. [C 556].
j. Grave 7 : 104, accidental disturbance. [C 276].
'PLATE 5. aEarly B-group Graves.
a. Grave 7: 149, looking south. [C 345].
b. Grave 7 : 229, looking east. [C 453].
c. Grave 7 : 222, looking south. [C 449].
d. Grave 7 : 207, looking south. [C 434].
e. Grave 7 : 257, covered with hala (grass). [C 519].
J. Grave 7: 250, ostrich feathers.. [C 446].
PLATE 6.
a. Grave 7: 202, from the south. [C 419].
b. Grave 7: 224, from the east. [C 451].
c. Grave 7 : 204, from the west., [C 420].
d. Grave 7: 190, with copper ~e, from the south. [C 510J.
e. Grave 7: 147, goatskin covering. [C 344].
l. Grave 7: 151, Negro. [e. 347].
.1. Grave 7: 150, goatskin and matting. [C 346].
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PLATE 7.
a. Grave 1: 232, goat. [C 456].
b. Grave 1: 252, three dogs. [C 451].
c. Grave 1: 255, two goats. [0459].
d. Grave 1: 216, child with bone bracelets. [C 513].
e. Grave 1: 118, over 7: 119. [C 379].
f. Grave 1: 119. [C 424].
PLATE 8. Burials of C and ~roups.
a. Grave 1: 161, plundered. [C 391].
b. Grave 7: 162, unplundered. [C 392J.
c. Grave 7: 156, superstructure. [C 390J.
d. Grave 7: 164, E-group.. [C 401].
e. Grave 1: 156, burial. [C 400] .
.f. Grave 7: 148, E-group. [C 356].
g. Grave 7: 182, E-group. [C 428].
It. Grave 7: 181, E-group. [0 427] .
. PLATE 9.
a. New Empire pit 7: 7, bones in pit. [B 223].
b. ,Executioner's trench 7: 11, looking down. [B 222].
c. Executioner's. trench 7: 21. [B 247].
d. Roman fort, trench filled with bricks. [0 542].
e. ~ewEmpire chamber 7: 13, section of debris. [0 550].
PLATE 10.
a. General view of Cemeteries 2 and 3 on Hesa. [B 3].
b. View of eastern part of Cemetery 3 before excavation. [B 22].
c. View ofeastern end ofCemetery 3after excavation. Tomb 15 marked with a cross.[A 37].
,PLATE U.
a. Tomb 3: 15, undisturbed door-block. [0 35].
b. Tomb 3: 15, sealed coffin. [0 732].
c. Tomb 3: 15, mummy in coffin. [B 305].
d. Tomb 3: 91, undisturbed door-block. [0 25].
e. Tomb 3: 91, interior. [C 876].
f. Tomb 3: 91, coffin A open. [0 877].
PLATE 12.
a. Tomb 3: 94. [0 880].
b. Coffin 3: 75 : h, papyrus roll. [0 1009].
c. Tomb 3 : 32, showing reuse. [0 188].
d. Tomb 3: 153, sealed coffins in broken chamber. [B 99].
e. Tomb 3: 88,clay coffins, plundered. [B 157].
,t: Tomb 3: 5, stone coffins, plundered. [B 83].
PLATE 13.
a. Cartonnage mummy 3 : 71 : E, ruined by damp. [A 82].
b. Cartonnage mummy 3: 91: B, covered with cloth. [A 90].
c. ,Oartonnage mummy 3 : 91 : B. [A 104].
d. Gilt cartonnage mummy 3: 154: A. [A 97].
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PLATE 14.

a. MUll?-my.case 3: 91: A, front. [A 86].


b. Mummy-case 3 : 91: A, back. [A 103].
c. Mummy of 3 : 91 : A. [A 88].
d. Mummy and pottery coffin from 3: 15. [A 76].

PLATE 15.
a. Stela 3 : 98 and 100. [B 660].
b. SteIa 3 : 96. [B 666].
c. Stela 3 : 96. [B 662J.
d. Stela 3: 17 and5!. [B 662j.
6. Stem 3: 132. [B 6a3].
f. Stela 3: 112. [B 664].
g. Stem 3: 51 and 57. [B 661].
h. Stela 3 : 28. [A 265].

PLATE 16.
a. Hesa, Cemetery 2, seen from south, before excavation. [B 24].
b. Cemetery 2, middle part, seen from east, after excavation. [A 15].

PLATE 17.

a. Tomb 2: 1,270, superstructure. [B 58].


b. Tombs 2 : 1,612 (in front) and 2: 1,618 (behind). [B 143].
c. Tombs 2: 1,249-1,273 (in front) and 2: 1,306 (right background). [B 506].
d. Graves 2 : 295-297, showing wrappings. [R 167].

PLATE 18.
a. Tomb 2: 1,063, superstructure. [C 1533].
b. Tomb 2: 1,063, filling. [C 1535].
c. Tomb 2: 1,063, burial. [C 1536].
d. Grave 2 : 381. [C 1056).
6. Grave 2 : 892. [e 125].
f. Superstructure, 2: 431. [C 1089] .
.q. Grave 2: 53: A, burnt bones. [e ].
h. Graves 2 : 119-120. [e 331].
i. Grave 2 : 160. [e 88}.

PLATE 19.

a. Biga, Cemetery 5, previous to excavation, looking south. [A 36].


b. Rigs., Cemetery 5, after excavation, looking BOuth. [A 56].

PLATE 20. The Biga Cemetery.


a. Vault 5: 145. [B 225].
b. Vault 5 : 145, contracted burial. [B 398].
c. Vault 5 : 100. [B 238].
d. Small vault 5: 117, superstructure with lamp-niche.. [C 1138].
6. Small vault 5 : 98, back end. [C 488].
f. Small vault 5 : 22, entrance. [C 364].
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PLATE 21.
a. Cemetery 8, Coptic Church, north-western entrance. [C 949].
b. Shellal, Cemetery 8, Coptic Church, looking south. [A 73].
c. Cemetery 8, tombs 81-87, under anne~ to Coptic Church. (B 311].

PLATE 22.
a. Cemetery 8, Coptic Church, northern half, seen from the west. . (l~ 310].
b. Cemetery 8, Coptic Church,' southern half, seen from the west. [E 309].

PLATE 23.
a. Khor Bahan, Cemetery 17, on the terrace of the upper tents.. Looking east. [A 130].
b. Cemetery 17, seen from the south. [A 13,1].
PLATE 24.
a. Cemetery 17, as found, disturbed by sebbakhin. From the north.. [E 396].
b. Cemetery 17, after excavation. From the north. [A 121].
c. Cemetery 17, near graves 5, 86, 6. Looking west. [B 400].

PLATE 25.
a. Grave 17: 63, undisturbed. [R 415].
b. Grave 17: 89, tray burial. [B 429].
c. Grave 17 : 66, double burial. [C 1301].
d. Gravc 17 : 66, as disturbed by plunderers.
e. Grave 17: 86, natural decay.
f. Graves 17 : 69, 68, 82, plundered.
PLATE 26.
a. Grave t 7 : 7, remains of wooden coffin. [B 407].
b. Grave 17: 7, skeletons. [B 409].
c. Graves 17: 58 and 59. [B 414].
d. Grave 17: 5. [C 1227].
e. Grave 17 : 50, plundered. [B 410].
/. Grave 17 : 78, plundered. [C 1317].

PLATE 27.
a. Grave 17 : 56, plundered. [B 413].
b. Grave 17 : 83. [C 1323].
c. Objects 17 : 40 from 17 : 64. [C 1271].
d. Grave 17 : 67, two dogs. [C 1305].
e. Mace-handle, arrow-points, etc., in 17 : 78. [B 424].
f. Mace-heads with handles in 17 : 88. [B 428].
PLATE 28.
a. Grave 17 : 26, dogs. (C 1257].
b. Grave 17 : 15, Late Predynastic. [C 1249].
c. Grave 17 : 27, Early Dynastic. [C 1258].
d. Grave 17 : 48, B-group. [C 1278].
e. Grave 17 : 1, Early Dynastic. (0 1222].
f. Grave 17 : 103. (C 1339].
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PLATE 29.
a. Khor Ambukol, Cemetery 14, on crest of sandy knoll, seen from the east. [A 110].
b. Shemat el Wab, Cemetery 16, seen from the west. [A 111].
PLATE 30.
a. Grave 14 : 18, B-group. [C 918].
b. Grave 14 : 7, B-group. [C 1415].
c. Grave 14 : 29, C.group. . [C 982].
d. Grave 14: 26, E-group. [C 979].
e. Grave 16 : 1, New Empire. [C 1209].
f. Tomb 14 : 54, door-block, Roman Period. [C 991].
g. Tomb 14 : 54, interior. [C 1151].
PLATE 31.
a. Gudhi, Cemetery 15, between the black crosses, seen from the south-east. [A 132].
b. Grave 15 : 54, New Empire. [C 1197].
c. Grave 15 : 71, Roman Period. [C 1205].
PLATE 32.
a. Tomb 15 : 46, entrance-block. [C 1190].
b. Tomb 15: 46, buriaL [C 1191].
c. Tomb 15 : 47, buriaL [C 1192].
d. Tomb 15 : 44, burial. [C 1188].
. e. Tomb 15 : 40, entrance-block. [C 1182].
f Tomb 15 : 40, burial. [C 1183].
g. Tomb 15 : 36, entrance-block. [C 1177].
h. Tomb 15 : 36, burial. [C 1178].
PLATE 33.
a. Dabod, general view of Cemetery 23, from the north. [B 528].
b. Dabod, view of Cemetery 24, from the temple. [B 530].
c. Dabod, view of Cemetery 25, from the west. [R 532].
PLATE 34.
a. Dabod, general view of valley, temple and Cemetery 23, from the north.
west. [A 125].
b. Dabod, Cemetery 22, before excavation, from the north. [A 133].
c. Dabod, Cemetery 23, New Empire graves in the foreground, archaic graves
in the middle. Looking south. [A 153].
PLATE 35.
a. Grave 23 : 1, Late Predynastic. [C 1416].
b. Grave 23 : 19, Late Predynastic. [C 1428').
c. Grave 23 : 45, Early Dynastic. [C 1449].
d. Grave 23 : 12, B-group. [C 1422].
e. Grave 22 : 159, Cgroup. [C 1406].
f. Grave 22: 70, ram burial. [C 1353].
PLATE 36.
a. New Empire tomb 23: GO A, chamber seen through roof. [A .,134].
b. New Empire tomb 23: 62. [C 1461].
c. New Empire tomh 23: fil. [C 1463].
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PLATE 37.
a. Grave 24: 2. [C 1504].
b. Tomb 24:1, chamber C seen through entrance. [C 1554].
c. Tomb 24:1, chamber B, New Empire objects near floor. [C 1508].
d. Grave 24: 5, under cliff. . [C 1558].
e. Tomb 24:~1, entrance. [C 1562].
;: Tomb 24: 51, chamber B. [C 1566].
PLATE 38.
a. Roman tomb 24:109. [C 1576].
b. Roman tomb 24:116. [C 1582].
c. Roman tomb 25: 65, in mud. [C 1606].
d. Tomb 2TH4, in mud. [C 1614].
e. Grave 27: 120. .[C 1620].
PLATE 39.
a. Birein, Cemetery 30, seen from north. [B 542].
b. Birein, Cemetery 30, archaic part, looking west. [A 238].
PLATE 40.
a. Grave 30:38, upper body. [C 1682].
b. Grave 30: 38, lower body. [C 1684].
c. Grave 30:2, upper body. [C 1646].
d. Grave 30 :2, lower body. [C 1647].
e. Grave 30: 3, plundered upper body. [C 1648J.
f. Grave 30: 36, two dogs. [C 1677].
PLATE 41.
a. Grave 30: 6, B-group. [C 1654].
b. Grave 30: 15, C-group. [C 1661].
c. Grave 30:21, New Empire. [C 1668J.
d. Grave 30:17 (on Plate, 30: 10 by misprint,) New Empire. [C 1663].
e. Mud-cut chamber 36: 78 (on Plate, 36 : 18 by misprint), Roman period. [C 1782].
j: Mud-cut chamber 36 :26, Roman period. [C 1770].-
PLATE 42.
a. Wadi Qamnr,Byzantine (?) fort and Cemetery 33. [B 550J.
b. Wadi Qamar, Cemetery 34, ~een from east. [B 551J.
c. Khartum, Cemetery 36, seen from south. [A 180J.
PLATE 43.
a. Siali, Cemetery 40, northern end,with Cemetery 41 at Meris, across the
river. Looking north-west. [A 267].
b. Siali, Cemetery 40, southern end, looking south. [A 218].
PLATE 44.
a. Grave 40 : 33. [C 1827J.
b. Grave 40: 65. [C 1837J.
c. Grave 40: 73. [C 1843].
d. Grave 40: 15. [C 1818].
e. Grave 40: 11, double beehive type. [C 1813J.
t: Grave 40 : 55 (on Plate, 50: 55 by misprint), recess grave. [C 1832J.
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PLATE 45.
a. Meris-Markos, group 41: 200, looking south. Archaic camp marked with
crosses. [A 217].
b. Meris-Markos, graves 41 : 419-422 in right foreground, graves 41 : 423-430
in left middle ground. Note multitude of our small trial pits. [A 223].

PLATE 46.
a. Meris-Markos, Predynastic Camp 41: 300. The small pillars of sand mark
depth of deposit on old surface. Looking north. [B 535].
b. Meris-Markos, Predynastic Cemetery 41: 401-418, liear Predynastic
Camp. Looking south. [A 216].
PLATE 47.
a. Graves 41 : 401, 402, 403, Predynastic. [B 582].
b. Grave 41 : 404, as found. [B 583].
c. Grave 41: 404, interior. [B 585].
d. Grave 41 : 421, Early Dynastic. [B 596].
e. Grave 41: 424, C-group. [B 599].

PLATE 48.
a. Meris-Markos, Cemetery 41: 500, seen from the south-west. [A 226].
b. Grave 41 : 503, C-group~ [B 607].
c. Grave 41 : 511, C-group. [B 61'3].
PLATE 49.
a. Grave 41: 105, intrusive burials. [C 1900].
b. Grave 41 : 138, beehive type. [B 566].
c. Grave 41 : 130. [B 565].
d. Grave 41: 207, B-group. [B 571].
e. Grave 41: 227, B-group. [C 1910].
;: Grave 41 : 215, B-group. [B 576].
PLATE 50.
a. Dehmit, Bugga el Gharb, Cemetery 43, seen from the khor, looking north-east. [A 240].

PLATE 51. Predynastic Graves.


a. Grave 43 : 25. [C 1960].
h. Grave 43 : 6. [C 1949].
c. Grave 43 : 26. [C 1961].
d. Grave 4~ : 22. [C 1952].
e. Grave 43 : 32. [C 1966].
I. Grnve 43 : 23. [C 1958].
PLATE 52. Predynastic Graves.
a. Grave 43: 62, recess grave. [C 1991].
b. Grave 43: 64, recess grave. [C 1993].
c. Grave 44: 22. [C 2016].
d. Grave 44: 20. [C 2014].
e. Grave 44: 8. [C 2005].
;: Grave 44: 5. [C 2004].
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PLATE 53.
a. Dehmit, looking north from Post "Station. Cemetery 45 marked with a
white cross. [A 262J ..
b. Dehmit, Shem Nishai, Cemetery 45:. groups 200 and 300, looking south-west. [A 261J.
c. Dehmit, Shem Nishai, Cemetery 45: groups 300 and 400, looking west. [A 259].,
PLATE 54. Early Dynastic Burials.
a. Grave 45: 494, beehive type, intrusive burial. [C 2087J.
b. Grave 45: 437, double beehive type, lower chamber. [C 2073J.
c. Grave 45: 470, beehive type. [C 2078J.
d. Grave 45: 117, recess grave. [C 2023].
e. Grave 45: 250, recess grave. [C 2051J.
l Grave 45: 446, recess grave. [C 2074].
PLATE 55. Early Dynastic and B-group Burials.
a. Grave 45: 254, unplundered. [C 2054J.
b. Grave 45: 400, plundered. [C 2062J.
c. Grave 45: 403, double burial. [C 2065J.
d. Grave 45: 236. [C 2047J.
e. Grave 45: 405. [C 2067J.
f. Grave 45 : 498, b~rial.#ed in bundle. [C 2090J.
PLATE 56. Burials of the B-group.
a. Grave 45: 546, alabaster jar. [C 2096J.
b. Grave 45 : 201, unplundered. [C 2026J.
c. Grave 45 :' 412, wrapped in skin. [C 2070J.
d. Grave 45: 210, wrapped in skin. [C 2031 J.
e. Grave 45 : 404, plundered. [C 2066J.
f. Grave 45 : 220, leather bag. [C 2039J.
PLATE 57.
a. Grave 45: 257. [C 2055J.
b. Grave 45 : 611. [C 2100].
c. Grave 45 : 496. [C 2088].
d. Grave 47 : 1. [C 2102J.
e. Grave 47 : 5, New Empire. . [C 2103J.
f. Grave 49: 14 (on Plate, 49: 15 by misprint), recess grave. [C 2117J.
PLATE 58.
a. Metardul, Cemetery 50, Early Dynastic part in the khor east of the cliff
seen in Plate 58 b. Looking east. [A 270].
b. Metardul, Cemetery 50, C-group part at mouth of khor, before excavation.
Looking south-west. [A 271].
PLATE 59.
a. Grave 50: 84, in mud, five burials. [C 2139J.
b. Grave 50: 84, undisturbed lower burials. [C 2140J.
c. Grave 50 : 38, in gravel. [C 2135].
d. Grave 50 : 237, C-group. [C 2146].
e. Grave 50 : 2, New Empire burial intruded in archaic grave. [C 2120].
l Grave 50 : 20, New Empire grave. [C 2128].
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PLATE 60.
a. Pottery of the Early Dynastic Period. [A 281].
1. 17 : 88 : 16, black-topped, red-polished.
2. 17 : 47(45) : 3, black-topped, red-polished. (M.P.)
3. 17 : 68 : 14, black-topped, red-polished.
4. 17 : 66' : 4, black-topped, rea-polished.
5. 17 : 88 : 5, black-topped, red-polished:
6. 17 : 50 : 4, black-topped, red-polished.
7. 17 : 78 : 9, black-topped, red-polished.
8. 17 : 68 : 19, black-topped, red-polished.
9. 17 : 68 : 11, black-polished.
10. 17 : 68 : 4, black-polished.
1 L 17 : 10 : 5, black.polished.
12. 17 : 15 : 4, black-topped, red-polished.
13. 17 : 50 : 5, black-topped, red-polished.
14. 17 : .50 : 10, black-topped, red-polished.
15. 17 : 66 : 7, black-topped, red-polished.
16. 17 : 68 : 2, black-topped, red-polished.
17.17: 78: 4, black-polished.
18. 17 : 15 : 1, black-topped, red-polished.
19. 17 : 50 : 2, black-topped, red-polished.
20. 17 : 57 : 9, black-topped, red-polished.
21. 17 : 6 : 1, black-topped, red-polished.
22. 17 : 58 : 11, black-topped, red-polished.
23. 17 : 50 : 24, black-topped, red-polished.
24. 17 : 7 : 6, black-topped, red-polished.
25. 17 : 50 : 23, black-topped, red-polished.
26. 17 : 49 : 1, black-topped, red-polished.
27. 17 : 82 : 5, black-topped, red-polished.

b. Pottery of the Early and Middle Predynastic Periods.


1. 17: 68: 13, red-polished, E.P. II 7.
2. 17: 66: 12, red-polished, black inside, M.P. I .1.
3. 17: 50: 42, red-polished, E.P. U 4.
4. 17: 66: 29, red-polished, M.P. II 4.
5. 17: 50 : 28, red-polishe:l, E.P. Il 4.
6. 17: 82 : 1, red-polished, black-topped, KP. I 2.
7. 17: 50: 58, black-incised, E.P. III 1.
8. 17: 6 : 2, red-polished, white line, E.P. III 4.
9. 17: 40 (64): 5, fine pink ware, with red-painted whorls, !LP. III 1.
10. 17: 66: 20, red-polished ware, M.P. II 9.
11. 17: 89: 1, thin red-polished ware, KP. II 10.
12. 17: 66: 17, fine pink ware, M.P. III 2.
13. 17: 66 : 21, fine pink ware, M.P. III 2.
14. 17: 66 : 18, thick red-polisl:el ware, M.P. I V 4.
15. 17: 50: 30, red-polished, E.P. II 9.
16. 17: 15: 2, fine hard drab ware, M.P. III 3.
17. 17: 66 : 14, smooth coarse ware, M.P. IV 5.
18. 17: 66 : 3, smooth coarse ware, M.P. IV 7.
19. 17: 66 : 1, smooth coarse ware, M.P. IV 10.
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c. Pottery of the Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods.


1. 7: 321 : 1, hard pink ware, E.D. VII 3.
2. 40: 14: 1, black-mouthed ware, E.D. I 3.
3. 40: 8 : 1, black-mouthed ware, E.D. I 6.
4. 40: 33 : 2, black-mouthed ware, E.D. I 15.
5. 40: 4: 1, black-topped, red-polished, E.D. I 22.
6. 40: 33: 8, black-topped, red-polished; E.D. I 19.
7. 40: 33 : 9, plum-polished, E.D. III 6.
8. 40: 14: 2, plum-polished, E.D. III 9.
9. 40: 70 ; 1, red-poliBhed pink ware, E.D. V 6.
10. 40: 73 : 5, red-polished pink ware, E.D. V 5.
11. 40: 3 : 2, black-topped, red-polished, E.D. I 26.
12. 45: 470: 1, red-decorated pink ware, E.D. VI 1.
13. 7: 104 : 2, red-decorated pink ware, RD. VI 2.
14. 40: 20 : 1, red-decorated pink ware, E.D. VI 6.
15. 40: 33: 3, hard pink ware, RD. VII 4.
16. 40: 65: 2, hard pink ware, RD. VII 4.
17. 7 :321 :3, red-decorated pink ware, E.D. IX 22.
18. 7: 104: 6 (?), red-decorated pink ware, E.D. IX 14.
19. 40: 73: 6, hard pink ware, E.D. VII 25.
20. 40: 13 : 1, hard grey ware, RD. IX 1.
21. 40: 73: 9, hard pink ware, RD. IX 10.
22. 40: 42: 8, hard grey ware, E.D. IX 7.
23. 40: 33 : 7, hard pink ware, RD. VII 23.
24. 40: 11 : 2, smooth coarse ware, KD. X 1.
25. 40: 33 : 1, hard pink or buff ware, KD. VIII 4.

PLATE 61.
a. Pottery of the Early Dynastic Period.
1. 7: 360: 6, smooth pink ware, RD. VII 10.
2. 7: 317: 6, smooth pink ware, RD. VII 9.
3. 7: 334: 3, smooth pink ware, RD. VII 17.
4. 7: 316: 1, smooth pink ware, E.D. VII 16.
5. 7: 340: 10, smooth pink ware, RD. VII 26.
6. 7 : 338 : 1, smooth pink ware.
7. 7: 321: 3, smooth pink ware, E.D. VII 20.
8. 40: 70: 3, smooth pink ware (red), E.D. VII.
9. 40: 70: 2, hard pink ware, pebble-polished, E.D. V 14.
10. 40: 15: 4, hard pink ware, plum-polished, RD. III 4, with pot-mark.
11. 7: 360: 4, hard pink ware, red-painted, pebble-polished, E.D. V 11.
12. 40: 65: 1, hard pink ware, red-painted, pebble-polished, RD. V 22.
13. 40: 73: 4, hard pink ware, red-painted, pebble-polished, RD. V 12.
14:. 7: 360: 3, black-mouthed ware, dull, E.D. I 13.
15. 40: 73 : 2, hard pink ware, red-painted, pebble-polished, RD. 14.
Hi. 7 : 327 : 3, thin brown ware, red-painted, pebble-polished, E.D. 14.
17. 40: 14: 3, hard pink ware, plum-polished, RD r III 5.
IH. 7: 341: 1, red ware, red wash, pebble-polish, RD. V 17.
19. 7: 360: 1, red ware, red wash, pebble-polish, E.D. V 7.
20. 40: 73: 1, red ware, red wash, pebble-polish, RD.. V 9,
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21. 7: 327 : 5, red ware, plum wash, pebble-polish, KD. In 1.


22. 40 : 73 : 3, red ware, red wash, pebble-polish, E.D. V 10.
23. 7: 346 : 2, red ware, red wash, pebble-polish, KD. V 17.

h. C-group Pottery.
1. 41 : 520: x, black-polished black ware, thick, white-filled incised pattern, Fig. 160, N0.4.
2. 14: 5 : x, hard pink-grey surface,'black interior, punctured pattern, Fig. 92, No. 4.
3. 41 : 425 : x, brig.ht red-polished, black-topped ware, Fig. 158, No. 4.
4. 41 : 504 : x, black-polished black ware, thick, white-filled incised pattern, Fig. 160,
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5. 23 : 42 : 3, thin red-polished black ware, black mouth and inside, incised pattern,
Fig. 99, No. 16.
6. 41 : 528 : x, black-polished black ware, white-filled incised pattern, Fig. 160, No,. 3.

c. Neu' Empire Pottery.


1. Type N.K XXV 5.
2. Type N.K XX.VI 2 (47 : 18 : 22).
3. Type N.K XXV 4.
4. Type N.K XI 5 (47 : 18 : 1).
5. Type N.E. XIV 6 (40 : 72 : 17).
6. Type N.K XXIV 3 (40 : 137 : 4).
7. Type N.E. XIX 2.
8. Type N.K XVIII 3.
9. Type N.K XIII 3 (40 : 107 : 2).
10. Type N.K VIII 2.
n. Type N.E. XII 6.
12. Type N.E. VII 11.

PLATE 62.
a. Small Predynastic Flints, scale 1: 1. ~ame numbers as in, b.
3. 17 : 78 : x, three arrow-heads.
4. 17 : 50 : x, eleven examples of chalcedony arrow-tips.
5. 17 : 6 : x, fragments of wood with chalcedony teeth set in (a saw-like instrument).
6. 17 : 26 : x, twelve flint tips (for arrows or chisels ?).
8. 17 : 50 : x, nine samples of chalcedony arrow-tips.

h. Predynastic Flint and Chalcedony Implements and JVeapons, scale 1: 2.


1. 17 : 60 : x, eleven pieces.
2. 17 : 66 : 34, 45, 46, 42, four pieces, and 52, a copper blade in form of a flint.
3. 17 : 78 : x, three arrow-heads. '
4. 17: 50 : x, nine examples of chalcedony arrow-tips.
5. 17 : 6 : x, fragments of wood with chalcedony teeth set in (a saw-like instrument).
6. 17 : 26 : x, a flint chip and twelve flint tips (for arrows or chisels ?).
7. 17 : 58 : x, four flint chips.
8. 17 : 8 : x, five Hint chips and eleven chalcedony arrow-tips.
9. 17 : 58 : 6, a finely worked flint lance-head.
10. 17 : 58 : 7, a finely worked flint lance-head.
n. 17: 68 : 6, a finely worked fish-tail dagger blade.
12. 17 : 68 : x, flint chip.
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13. 17 : 68 : x, flint chip.


14. 17 : 68 : 7, finely worked fish-tail dagger blade.
15. 17 : 50 : 48, Hint chip.
16. 17 : 50 : 44, arrow~ or lance-point, light coloured pink Hint.
17. 17 : 50 : 47, flint Hake.
18. 17 : 88 : :c, spear-point black flint.
19. 17 : 57 : 15, broad knife, the underside Hat (not worked).
20. 17 : 57 : 11, narrow knife, edge not chipped, underside -Hat.
21. 17 : 56 : 24, 19, 21, 3, 24', 23', 25, 21', flint Hakes.
22. 17 : 56 : 17, broad knife, both sides worked.
23. 17 : 56 : 18, like No. 22.
24. 17 : 56 : 1, sickle-flint (?) with saw-like edge.
25. 17 : 56 : 25, same.
26. 17 : 56 : 20, same.

c. Stone Mace-heads and other Objects.


1. 17 : 78 : 18, wooden handle wrapped with leather. Also 17 : 78 : 22; 17: 88 : 15;
17 : 88 : 15'.
2. 17 : 88 : 10, diorite. Also 17 : 35 : x; 17: 95 : 1.
3. 17 : 70 : 1, diorite.
4. 17 : 70 : 2, limestone. Also 17 : 6 : iV.
5. 1i : 68 : 3, alabaster.
6. 17 : 56 : 5, brecchia.
7. 17 : 88 : 13, porphyry.
8. 17 : 88 ': 12, brecchia.
9. 17 : 76 : x, porphyry, game block.
10. 17 : 78 : 2, diorite (?). Also 17 : 58 : 14.
11. 17 : 50 : 36, diorite. Also 17 : 5 : 1; 17: 78 : 1.
12. 17 : 89 : 2, alabaster.
13. 17: 83 : 9, 10, 11, alabaster.

PLATE 63.
a. Predynastic Slate Palettes.
1.' 17 : 86 : 1.
2.17:61:1 (a1so17:68:20).
3. 17 : 74 : 1.
4. 17: 89 : 5 (also 17 : 57 : 15; 17: 47 : 2).
5. 17 : 15 : 6.
6. 17: 50 : 41 (also 17 : 7 : 4; 17: 79 : 4).
7. li: 60 : 1 (also 17 : 6 : 4):
8. 17 : 49 : 6.
9. 17 : 48 : 5.
10. 17 : 66 : 4~1.

Predynastic and Early Dynastic Palettes and Pebbles~

1. 4l : 311, slate from archaic camp.


2. 30 : 41 : 4, slate.
3. 30: 34: 1, slate.
4. 40 : 5 : 1, slate.
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5. 17 : 63 : 2, slate with inlaid eye and a leather string passed through the suspension hole.
6. 45 : 497 : 1, slate.
7. 43 : 64 : 2, slate.
8. 45 : 498 : 2, slate.
9. 17: 66 : 59, slate.
10. 17: 56 : 11, slate.
11. 43 : 23 : 4, slate, suspension hole on side.
12. 41 : 207 : 1, slate.
13. 41 : 217 : 4, slate, broken.
14. 45 : 546 : 3, slate, same type as Nos. 3, 4.
15. 43 : 22 : 3, slate.
16. Seven pebbles from Cemeteries 40 and 43, and a large red stone from 43 : 16 : 5.
17. 40: 73 : 14, slate, incised lines on edge.
18. 40: 19 : 1, slate, incised lines on edge.
19. 40: 3 : 4, slate, incised lines on edge.
20. 40 : 46 : 1, slate, not incised.
21. 40 : 7 : 1, slate (green stain).
22. 40 : 17 : 1, slate.

c. Early Dynastic Palettes, etc.


1. 14: 14 : .x, alabaster.
2. 45 : 497 : 3, red pottery.
3. 50: 52 : 3, quartz.
4. 40 : 73 : 11, pinkish-white quartz.
5. 40: 103 : .x, quartz pounding stone.
6. 17: 3 : 3, slate.
7..50: 42 : .x, quartz.
8. 40 : 33 : 4, quartz.
~}, 40 : 65 : 3, quartz pebble.
10. 17 : 3 : 2, slate.
11. 50: 37 : 1, quartz (curved).
12. 23 : 106 : .x, quarzite.
13. 40 : 42 : 9, white quartz.
14. 40 : 15 : 2, black and white stone (porphyry?).
15. 7: 240 : 2, pebble palette.
16. 40: 57 : 1, quartz.
17. 40 : 1 : 2, quartz.
18. 41 : 205 : ,'I.', diorite (?).

d. Late Predynastic, Early Dynastic and B-group, Stone Implem~nts and IJTeapons~

1. 40 : 1 : 4, soft white mass.


2. 7: 3.27 : 6, quartz.
3. 7: 207 : 2, diorite.
4. 7: 207 : 4, diorite.
5. 7: 229 : 1, black and white speckled stone.
G. 24 : 9 : 1, hard green stone.
7. 24 : 9 : 2, hard green stone.
8. 7: 230 : 9, hard black stone.
9. 7: 234 : 1, hard black stone.

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10. 7: 230 : 2, black and pink speCkled stone.
11. 41 : camp, surface.
12. 41 : 316 : A, hard dark stone.
13. 41 : camp, surface, hard dark stone.
14. 41 : 313 : hard black-grey stone.
15. 41 : 302 : A, hard stone.
16. 41 : 312 : C, slate whorl or button.
17. 41 : 316 : B, dark stone.
18. 41 : 316, dark greenish-grey stone.
19. 41 : 311 : A, grey stone.
2Q. 41 : 305 : E, grey stone.
_21. 41 : 305 : A, grey stone.
22. 41 : 305, a flint nodule.
23. 41 : 306, on the right, pear-shaped grey s~ne mace-head and 4 clay (?) pellets; on
the left, metallic ore and resin.

PLATE 64. Stone Vessels.

a. Early Predynastic Stone Vessels from Cemetery 17. Numbers are from left to right.
1. 17 : 83 : 5, brecchia.
2. 17 : 83 : 6, basalt.
3. 17 : 83 : 1, basalt.
4. .17 : 50 : 35, basalt.
5. 17 : 83 : 7, brecchia.

b. Early Predynastic Stone Vessels from Cemetery 17. From left to right.
1. 17 : 6 : 10, alabaster.
2. 17 : 83 : 3, alabaster.
3. 17 : 6 : 3, alabaster.
4. 17 : 83 : 2, alabaster.
5. 17 : 83 : 4, alabaster.
6. 7: 317 : 5, alabaster.

c. Above, 17 : 68 : 8, alabaster.
Below, 45 : 604 : x, alabaster.

d. Early Dynastic porphyry bowl from Grave 40 : 55.

e. Middle Predynastic limestone pot from 17 : 15. Scale 1 : 1.

f. Early Dynastic Period, 23 : 45 : 3. Diorite (?). Scale 1 : L

,q; Early Dynastic Period, 23 : 45 : 4, a beautiful translucent green stone. Scale 1 : 1.

h. Limestone, 47 : 1 : 4, probably Early Dynastic. Stained b~ack by fire (?).

i. New Empire, 24 : 1 : 92, alabaster.

j. New Empire, from left to right:-


1. 7: 6 : 6, green serpentine.
2. 7: 11 : 36, polished brownishblack stone.
3. 23 : 60 : 3, grey-black stone.
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4. 24 : 4 : x, grey-black stone.
5. 50 : 111: 7, black-olished pottery.
6. 23 : 60 A : 14, hard speckled grey-black stone.
7. 7: 3 : i, hard speckled grey-black stone.
8. 7: 5 : 42, hard speckled grey-black stone.

k. New Empire Vessels, from left to right:-


1. 7: 14 : 2, alabaster.
2. 7: 5 : 31, alabaster.
3. 7: 11 : 21, alabaster.
4. 7: 14 : 1, alabaster.
5. 7: 11 : 37, alabaster.
6. 7: 4 : 1, duck's body and the cup of alabaster: duck's head and basis of yellow
limestone. Cemented together. Feathers and outlines of flowers in black.
7. 7: 5 : 40, alabaster.
8. 24 : 1 :88, alabaster.

PLATE 65. Gold, Copper and Bronze Objects, and a mud seal impression.
a. Copper and Gold, Archaic Period.
1. 43 : 78 : 3, fish-hook, copper.
2. 17 : 15 : 10, bracelet, copper.
3. 17 : 15 : x, bow-tip, gold.
4. 17 : 15 : ,v, bow-tip, gold.
5. 17 : 66 : 42, knife blade, flint form, copper.
6. 40 : 73 : 9, scorpion amulet, pierced through neck for suspension, copper.
7. 40 : 33 : 10, dog, pierced through shoulder for suspension, copper.
8. 40 : 3 : 5, bracelet, copper.
9. 41 : 500 : 2, basket-work awl with wooden handle, copper.
10. 47 : 23 : x, basket-work awl, copper.
11. 54: surface, same.
~~j30 : 1 : 10, awl, copper with bone handle.
14. 22 ~ 139 : ,v, fish-hook, copper.
15. 7: 190 : 1, piercer with string tied around middle, copper.
16. 29 : 7 : 1, piercer.

b. Archaic Copper.

~:~17 : 6~ : 17, three copper needles with bone case. Also 17 : 56 : 12.
3. 17 : 84 : 6, copper needle with eyelet broken off.
4. 41 : 217 : 1, copper needle with pierced eyelet.
5. 40 : 14 : 4, copper harpoon, with traces of binding on shaft.
6. 41 : 307, copper axe from camp.
7. 51 : 2. : x, pierced needle.
S. 7: 190 : 2, adze (broken and bent).
9. 7: 190 : 3, axe (bent).
10. 54, surface, basket-work awl, see PI. 65 a 11.
11. 41 : 500 : 2, see PI. 65 a 9.
12. 22 : 139 : x, fish-hook, see PI. 65 a 14.
13. 24: 5 : 2, fish-hook.
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c. Copper and Bronze, New Ernpire.


1. 7: 6 : x, kohl stick.
2. 7: 5 : 6, koW stick and spoon.
3. 7: 9 : x, model axe-head, thin.
4. 7: 14 : aJ, thin pla,te.
5. 40: 72 : W, arrow-head.
6. 7: 21 : x, arrow-head with expandillg barb.
7. 28 : 1 : 3, scissors.
8. 40 : 72 : N, pincers.
9. 40 : 107 : aJ, pincers.
10. 40 : 72 : x, pincers.
11. 7: 11 : N, pincers with straight arms.
12. 7: 11 : x, pincers.

d. Mirrors.
1. 7: 117 : 1, B-group.
2. 41 : 423 : 1, C-group.
3. 23 : 86 : 7, C-group.
4. 7: 6 : 1, New Empire.

e. Bronze bowl, 23 : 60 A: 12, New Empire.

j. Two pieces of a mud seal impression found in 40 : 43 : :,v, Early Dynastic. Scale 1 : 6.

PLATE 66. Ivory, Horn, Bone, Leather, Feathers, Tortoise-shell, Shells.


a. Predynastic Ivory, Horn and Bone. [B 434].
1. 17 : 9 : 3, oval saucer.
2. 17 : 83 : 9, ornamental hair comb.
3. 17 : 78: 16, horn (spear-head f). (17: 6 : 14; 17: 68 : 22; 17: 78 : 17 ;
17:78:27; 17:84:9; 17:88:11; 17:88:14).
4. 17 : 66 : 60, ring.
5. 17 : 56 : 23, claws of a carnivore used as pendants.
6. 17 : 56 : 14, fragments of incised ivory.
7. 17 : 68 : 10, ivory cup.
8. 17: 6 : x, hairpin (17 : 82 : .'1:).
9. 17 : 70 : 3, ivory.
10. 17 : 95 : 3, ivory.
11. 17 : 50 : 45, bone needle case (17 : 68 : 17, see PI. 65 b 2; 17: 84 : 7).
12. 17 : 56 : 1, bone needle case.
13. 17 : 56 10, bone piercer (17 : 95 : X; 17: 55 : 5).
14. 17 : 78 : 13, ivory comb.
15. 17 : 56 : 15, ivory tusk with black-filled incised pattern (17 : 56 : 16).
16. 17 : 78 : 14, ivory comb, ornamental top.
17. 17 : 78 : 11, ivory comb, top broken off.
18. 17 : 5 : x, ivory comb, top broken off.
19. 17 : 84 : 3, bone dagger (?).

b. Early Dynastic to C-group. [A 305].


1. 43 : 82 : x, slate bracelet.
2. 41 : 402 : 5, shell bracelet.
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3. 17 : 3 : 4, shell bracelet.
4. 7: 321 : 7, ivory bracelet.
5. 50 : X :~, bone bracelet.
6. 50 : 20 :~, ivory ring.
7. 7: 313 : 4, ivory ring.
8. 50 : 37 : ~, shell ring.
9. 49 : 7 : ~, shell ring.
10. 41 : 423 : 3], ivory ring.
11. 41 : 423 : ~, shell ring.
12. 41 : 423 : 3, ball, white stone.
13. 30: 28 : 3], bone ring.
14. 45 : 405 : 2, shell bracelets.
15. 45 : 254 : 9, ivory bracelet.
16. 7: 234 : 7, ivory bracelet.
17. 7: 237 : 1, tortoise-shell bracelet.
18. 7: 254 : 11, tortoise-shell bracelet.
19. 7: 190 : 5, ivory armlet.
20. 7: 224 : 1, ivory figure.
21. 17 : 83 : 8, fragment of ivory mace-head (?).
22. 41 : 105 : 5, ivory bead.
23. 41 : 105 : 5, ivory bead.
24. 41 : 105 : 5, ivory bead.
25. 40 : 15 : 1, ivory spoon.
26. 50 : X : 3], ivory discs.
27. 7: 142 : 3], bone ornament, pierced through middle (tip broken off).
28. 7: 222 : 4, bone spoon.
29. 7: 250 : 4, horn spoon.
30. 7: 263 : 3, horn spoon, with handle.
31. 14: 6 : 1, ivory comb.
32. 23 : 46 : 1, ivory ornament.
33. 14: 18 : 1, ivory comb.
34. 50: 37 : 3], ivory pin.
35. 23 : 100 : 3], ivory pin.
36. 45 : 494 : 9, bone awl.
37. 7: 145 : 6, bone scraper (?).
38. 45: 494 : 17, bone awl.
39. 45 : 275 : 2, horn.
40. 7: 230 : 6, stripped horn.
41. 7 : 253 : 3], bone scraper ( ?).
42. 45 : 507 : 3J, bone awl.
43. 45 : 275 : 3, bone harpoon point.
44. 7 : 222 : 2, bone needle.
45. 23 : 83 : 3], bone needle.
46. 30: redim bone needle.
47. 41 : 419 : 3], bone piercer.
48. 41: 238 : 3], ivory piercer.
49. 41 : 238 : 3], ivory piercer.
50. 45 : 494 : 11, bone awl.
51. 45 : 494 : 15, bone awl.
52. 7 : 254: 7, wooden hairpin (?).
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53. 7 : 209 : 5, woo:len hairpin (?), broken.


54. 7 : 250 : 5, bone needle, pierced.
55. 7 : 263 : 1, bone awl.
56. 7: 209 : 3, 'bone bodkin.
57. 7 : 209 : 4, bone piercer.
58. 7 : 263 : 2, bone awl.

c. Feather fans from 45 : 498 : 3 (cf. 30 : 5 : 1).

d. Leather bottle (?) from 45 : 403 : 7.

e. Shells. Nos. 1-6, 10, 11, 14, 15, are forms found in ~arly Dynastic and B-group
graves. No. 7 occurs in C-group, in New Empire graves and later. Nos. 8 and 9
show the same shell which occurs most frequently in the Early Dynastic graves.
No. 12 is apparently coral, Early Dynastic. No. 13 represents the small shell so
commonly found in the B-group graves.

PLATE 67.
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Necklaces. [A 289, 290,291].
1. 17 : 68 : 18, clear light green crystal.
2. 17 : 15 : 12, garnet and green-glazed beads, in original order.
3. 17 : 70 : 4, carnelian beads.
4. 17 : 15 : 11, carnelian, green-glazed beads and lapis lazuli beads, in original order
.1. 17 : 6 : 11, slate beads and shell beads.
6. 17 : 66 : 58c,6 glazed beads, No.s. 5, 10, 15,20, 30, 36, from left; rest garnet,
in original order. .
7. 17 : 66 : 58b, barrel-shaped silver beads and garnet beads, in origin8l order.
8. 50 : 37 : 7, carnelian ami garnet in alternate groups of abOut 10,', in original order.
9. 40 : 37 : .x, the same. '
10. 17 : 58 : 2, carnelian beads, in original order.
11. 17 : 58 : 15, carnelian and garnet beads, in original order.
12. 17 : 66 : 58a, carnelian beads (dark) and translucent green crystal beads (light)
in alternate groups, in original order.
13. 17 : 58 : 15, green-glazed steatite beads.

PLATE 68.
a. Early Dynastic Beads. [A 292]
1. 23 : 24 : .x, green-glazed crystal beads.
2. 7: 346 : 12, shell beads.
3. 7: 211 : .x, green beryl beads.
4. 17 : 94 : 1, 2, slate beads, shell beads and alabas~r pendant.
5. 7: 346 : 10, carnelian and green-glazed beads, in original order.

b. B-t/rouP and C-group Beads. [A 294].


1. 7: 276 : 5, carnelian (dark) and blue-glazed beads, in original order.
2. 7: 276 : 4, carnelian (dark) and shell beads, in originalorder.
3.. 7 : 190 : 6,opaque carneliari beads.
4. 7: 190 : 7, gold and electron beads, in original order.
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PLATE 69.

a. a-group Beads. [A 295].


1. 23 : 28 : 2, hard black and white stone.
2. 23 : 86 : 5, black-glazed beads, with pebble pendant.
3. 30: redim, ca.rnelian.
4. 23 : 41 : 2, camelian and green-glazed crystal beads alternating, in the original
order.
5. 23 : 86 : 4, shell pendants. The original thread was twisted between each two,
80 that the pendants lay flat, side by side, as shown here.

b. C-group Beads. [A 296].


1. 7: 114 : neck, blue-glazed amulets.
2. 50: 239 : x, hard black and white speckled stone.
3. 22 : 148 : 2, greenish-blue glazed beads.
4. 7: 123 : 1, seeds and blue-glazed beads, in original order.
5. 7: 121 : 2; blue-glazed.
6. 7: 123 : 2, blue-glazed.

PLATE 70.

a. Amulets, Pendants, Beads (Early Dynastic).


1. 40 : 70 : x, camelian-pendants and blue.glazed amulets (animal heads).
2. 40: 14 : x, from left to right:- rock crystal, green stone, green stone, green-
glazed, shell, green-glazed, shell, carnelian.
3 and 6. 7: 321 : x, above (3) from left to right: alabaster (4 pieces), carnelian
(1 pendant), carnelian (6 beads); below (6) from left to right : carnelian
(6 pendants), translucent green stone (4 scorpions and anotlrer amulet).~
4. 45: 146 : x, six carnelian pendants.
5. 45 : 105 : x, ten green-glazed beads, three carnelian pendants, and a transparent
selenite pendant.
6. See No. 3.
7. 7: 317 : 11, a dark green steatite pendant with inlaid eyes.
8. 7: 359 : x, green stone.
9. 7: 334 : .1', ivory pendant.
10. 7: 352 : x, pierced pebble pendant. -
11. 7: 311 : x, two carnelian pendants.and one slate scorpion.
12. 17 : 3 : 6, a lion of translucent green stone, pierced lengthwise.
13. 23 : 47 : 3.
14. 45 : redim.
15. 45 : 127 : x, crystal pendant and two carnelian beads.
16. 60: 2 : x, crystal above and pebbles below.
17. 50: 26 : x,above, green stone and alabaster ; below, alah-l.ster and motheror-pearl.
18. 23: 45: 1, above: carnelian E4 pieces), crystal (1 piece), shell (2 pieces), trans-
lucent green stone (2 pieces) ; below: translucent green barrel-shaped bead,
three translucent green cylindrical beads, one garnet bead, six small beads
green stone and lapis lazuli, four carnelian beads (dark), and one crystal
bead.
19. 7: 366 : x, porphyry.
20. 23 : 43 : 3, speckled pebble.
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h. Amulets, Pendants, Beads, etc., of the C-group and late B-group.


1. 7: 185 : 1, shell and black glass paste beads, mother-of-pearl plaques.
2. 7: 189: x, mother-of-pearl plaques, black glass paste (3), shell (4).
3. 7: 183 : x, three mother-of-pearl plaques, a crystal arrow-head" two green
glazed beads, two shell beads, a cylindrical glazed bead, a shell, and an
amethyst bead.
4. 7: 186 : x, three mother-of-pearl plaques, and fonr shell beads.
5. 7 ': 134 : 2, carnelian, blue-glazed steatite, small shell, and above small green-
glazed beads.
G. 7: 174 : x, mother.of.pearl ring.
7. 7: 121 : 6, mother-ofpearl.
8. 7: 121 : 8, 7, 1, mother-of-pearl (1) and bone (2).
9. 7: 276: 3, bronze (or copper).
10. 7: 276 : 2, 3, bone bracelet, bronze ornament.
11. 7: 119 : 1, 4, plaited leather and three wooden pendants.
12. 22 : surface debris, glazed beads. ,
13. 22 : 133 : x, four glazed beads, two carnelian beads and three shell pendants
(ostrich egg-shell ?).
14. 41 : 500 : 4, alabaster pendant, and fragment of carnelian.
15. 41': 529 : x, two mother.of-pearl pendants.
16. 41 : 520 : x, blue-glazed steatite.
17. 7: 117 : 3, 4, two glazed beads, a carnelian chip, gold beads, carnelian beads.
18. 22: 168 : x, fifteen dark green-glazed amulets, a blueglazed crumb bead, and
two blue-glazed beads.
19. 30: 27 : x, blue-glazed amulets.
c. New Empire Amulets, etc.
1. 7: 5 : 1, four glazed beads (light), two carnelian beads (dark), It piece of gold
plate, a cowrie.
7 : 3 : 4, a jasper button ring.
7 : 5 : 3, glass cartouche.
7 : 5 : 2, glass ring.
7 : 3 : 1, the sacred eye and the nine figures on the right.
2. 7 : 6 : x, the twelve figures on the left are of thin blue-glazed paste (the small
lion above is from 7 : 9 : x) ; two rings of shell; two blue-glazed beads; a
bronze earring; a red jasper button ring; a blue-glazed ring; 7 blue-glazed
beads; a small shell; two glass ball beads; a tooth-shaped shell pendant.
3. 7 : 10 : x, bright blue-glazed, black details.
4. 7: 7 : .'1:, all blue-glazed.
5. 7 : 11 : southern chamber, carnelian.
6. 7: 14 : x, above, eye-amulet of glass set in gold, two eye-amulets of glass, ram
of blue paste, two faience beads; below: two faience, bronze ring, two
carnelian.
7. 9 : 9 : x, two glazed steatite amulets and a blue-glazed ring.
8. 23 : 60 A, 11 h, 30, carnelian button ring and two blue-glazed amulet pendants.
~). 24 : 1 : 49-53, 61, 63, 65.
10. 23: 16 : 4, carnelian.
11. 43 : surf~e.
12. 40 : 107 : x, four blue-glazed and one bronze (on the right).
13. 40 : 72 : x, two gold and one carnelian set in gold on the left; two blue-glazed
amulets and one variegated glass (the last from 40 : 107).
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PLATE 71.

a and b. Scarabs.
1. 7: 3 : 3, light green frit (?).
2. 7 : 6 : N aud 7 : 6 : x, green-blue-glazed steatite.
3. 7 : 7 : x (two), green-glazed steatite.
4. 7 : 9 : .x, dark green stone blank, and 7 : 9 : x, glazed steatite.
5. 7 : 10 : x, blue glass. -
6. 7 : 11 : .x, dark blue faience, pale blue glass, blue-glazed steatite set in gold, and
five glazed steatite scarabs.
7. 7 : 11 : S, dark blue glass.
8. 7 : 13 : .x, glazed steatite.
9. 7 : 14 : x, glazed steatite.
10. 9 : 9 : 3, blue-glazed.
11. 14 : redim, glazed steatite cylinder.
12. 16 : 2 : 9, green-glazed steatite.
13. 16 : 1 : 6, green-glazed steatite.
14. 23 : 22 : 7, green-glazed steatite.
15. 23 : 31 : x, green-glazed steatite.
16. 23: 16 : 2, green-glazed faience.
17. 23 : 16 : 1, green-glazed steatite.
18. 23 : 83 : 3, green-glazed steatite, and 23 : 61 : 8, green-glazed steatite.
19. 24 : 1 : 48, 93, 94, the first three blue-glazed. stffitlte, the fourth unglazed; the
fifth (hedgehog) and the sixth (smrab) are blue-glazed steatite; the seventh
(24 : 1 : 93) is amethyst; the eighth is carnelian; and the ninth (24 : 1 : 94)
is blue-glazed steatite.
20. 24 : 4 : Xi blue-glazed steatite.
21. 24: 10 : x, blue-glazed steatite.
22. 24 : 51 : 23, green-glazed steatite.
23. 28 : 3 : 3, green-glazed steatite.
24. 30: 19 : 1, dark blue-glazed.
25. First one, 40 : 72 : E; next four, 40 : 72 : N ; next five, 40 : 72 : E ; last three,
40: 72 : N.
26. The first one, 40 : 72 : W ; the second, 40: 72 : E; the third, 40 : 72 : W; the
fourth and fifth, 40 : 72 : E ; the sixth, 40 : 72 : W (carnelian).
27. 40 : 107 : X, four pieces.
28. 45 : 600, surface.
29. 45 : 419 : .x.
30. 48 : 101 : x, blue-glazed faience.
31. 47 : 1 : x, green-glazed steatite.
32. 47 : 5 : 11, green-glazed steatite.
33. 47 : 1 : x, blue faience.
34. 47 : 18 : 14, blue faience.
35. 47 : 18 : 25, steatite.
36. 50: 326, blue-glazed.
c. lJ<;hebtis. [A 299].
1. 7: 2 :.x, faded blue faience with black lines, inscribed.
2. 7: 2 : x, blue faience with black lines.
3. 37 : 18 : x, faded faience.
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4. 24 : 1 : 12, blue faience.


5. 7: 14 : .x, bright blue" faience.
6. 7: 2 : C, dark green faience.
7. 24 : 1 : 91, fine white limestone, painted.
8. 7: 11 : 24, limestone.
9. 7: 5 : 4, limestone.
10. 7: 2 : .x, limestone.
11. 7: 4 : 3, limestone.
12. 7: 4 : x, pottery, plastered.
13. 7: 4 : 4, pottery plastered.

PLATE 72.
a.
1. Blue faience kohl tube, 24 : 1 : 47.
2. Blue-green faience saucer withnymphaea caerulea pattern in black lines, 7 : 13 : x.
3. Green-glazed steatite kohl box held by a monkey, 40 : 72 : 17.

b. Limestone lion covered with gold foil, 24 : 1.

c. Two plaster masks, painted and gilded (scale 1 : 2) 7 : 9 : .x.

d. Objects from E-group graves in Cemetery No. 7. A copper coin found on the surface.
Twelve pieces from 7 : 181 in the following- order: above, Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8,
4, 3; below, 5, io, 9, 6 (three shells). The eight pieces on the lower part
of the picture are from 7 : 164 in the following order: (on the left)
Nos. 4, 2, 3; (on the right), Nos. 1 and 5.
e. Ptolemaic amulets from Cemetery No. 3.
1. 3: 18 :.x, blue glass paste.
2. 3: 53 : .x, gilded bronze.
3. 3: 138 : .x, all blue-glazed faience.
4. 3: 75 : B. The scarab, the girdle amulet, the heart amulet and two of the
sacred eyes, are of red glass paste. The sacred eye in the middle is of
green glass paste. The other objects are gilded cartonnage.
5. 3: 71 : E. Heart amulet and girdle amulet of red glass paste. Four pieces
of gilded cartonnage.
6. 3: 56 : x, gilded wooden scorpion and two gilded plaster balls.
7. 3: 71 : E. The four genii, the three girdle amulet8, the menat-amulet, the four
ded-amulets, the stair amulet and the two beads, are of green faience. The
nipples and finger-nails are of gilded cartonnage.
t: Byzantine Amulets and Beads.
1. 39 : 35 : x, blue-glazed amulets (five), ivory amulet (on right), five glass beads.
2. 39 : 38 : "c, four glass beads and a blue-glazed amulet.
3. 39 : 15 : x, clear glass pendant, blue-glazed amulet, shell and eight opaque glass
beads.
4. 41 : 56 : .x, lead ring, a cowrie shell and glass beads.
5. 42: from the ear of a well-preserved b?dy, bronze.
g. Byzantine Bro!"ze Cuins from the surface debris of Cemetery 3.
1-4. Near 3 : 51.
5. Near 3 : 52.
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h. Bronze Coins from Cemetery 7.


1-2. From the surface debris on the north of the Early Dynastic cemetery in the
street at Shellal village.
3. From the executioner's trench, 7 : 1l.
4. From the eastern trench of the larger Roman camp in Cemetery 7.

z. Coins and Seals from surface debris in Cemetery 2.


1. Indistinct lead seal, showing an antelope (?) and a palm branch, near 2 : 200.
2 a~d 3. Two copper coins from surface debris on the eastern side of the cemetery.
4, 5, 6. Wax impressions, human head, on strings, from near 2 : 204.

j. 1. Near 2 : 218. A 20-sided blue faience object with a Greek letter A to l' on
each face.
2. Fragment of a blue.glazed box from superstructure of 2 : 1570.

PLATE 73.

a. 1. 34: 109 : x, carnelian and white glass.


2. 24 : 13 : neck, yellow and black glass.
3. 41 : 103 : x, blue paste beads.
4. 15: 50 : x, agate beads.
5. 24 : 13 : x, blue and green glass paste, alternating.
6. 39 : 79 : x, alternating groups of red and white glass beads on the left, and
green glass beads on the right.

b. Pottery of the X-,group.


1. 34: 109 : 5, light reddish-brown ware, red wash, black and white decorations~
2. 34: 109 : 4, same ware.
3. 15: 44 : 5, same ware.
4. 15: 44 : 4, same ware, no decorations.
5. 15 : 43 : 7, fine pink ware, incised decorations.
6. 15: 43 : 2, smooth coarse ware.
7. 34: 10'9 : 7, smooth red ware, black spirals.
8. 15: 43 : 3, red ware, red wash, incised lines.
9. 15: 43 : 4, hard yellowish ribbed ware.
10. 15: 52 : 1, hard light-red ware.
11. 34: 113 : x, smooth coarse ware, incised lines.
12. 15: 46 : 2, smooth red ware, black decorations.
13. 41 : 22 : 3, smooth coarse ware, black leaf, incised circles.
14. 34: 109 : 2, smooth coarse ware.
15. 15: 44 : 2, smooth coarse ware, incised lines.
16. 41 : 22 : x, smooth coarse ware.
LIST OF PLANS.

PI,A~ I.-Topographical map of the Nile Valley from Aswan to J\alab~ha; scale 1 : 250,000.
PI.AN I1.-Topographical map showing the sites of Cemeteries 1-17; scale 1: :!5,000.

PLAN IlL-Topographical map showing the sites of Cemeteries 15, 18-36; scale 1 : 25,000.
PLAN IV.-Topographical map showing the sites of Cemeteries 37-46 ; scale 1: 25,000.
PLAN V.-Topographical map show}ng the sites of Cemeteries 47-53 ; scale 1 : 25,000.
PLAN VI.-Topographical map showing the sites of Cemeteries 54-.56; scale 1: 25,000.
PLAN VII.-Topographie:tl maps of Cemeteries :!, 3, and 5, and detail plan of Cemetery 5.
PLAN VIII.-Detail plan:'! of Cemete)'ics 2 and 3 ; scale 1 : .500.
PLAN IX.-Topog1"uphical map of Shellal, and Cemeteries 1, 7, 8 and, 9 ; scale 1: 5,000..
PLAN X.-Detail plan of Cemetery 7 ; scale 1: 500.
PLAN XI.-Detail plan of Cemetery X and topographical maps of Cemeteries 12 and 13.
PLAN X~I.-Topographicalmap of Cemetery 14, and detail plan!'; of Cemet~ries 14 and 15.

PLAN XIlI.-Topographical maps pf Cemeteries 15, 16, IX, and 19 ; scale 1: 2,500.
PLAN XIV.-Topographicalmap and detail plan of Cemetery 17.
PLAN X V.-Topographical map of Dabod and Cemeteries 22-28 ; sCflle 1 : 5,000.
PLAN XVT.-Det.'lil plans of Cemetel'ies :!:! aud 2~ ; scale 1 : 500.
PLAN XVII.-Detail plan of Cemetery 24; scale 1: 200.
PLAN XVIlI.-Detail plan of Cemetery 25, and topographical maps of Cemeteries 30-35.
PLAN XIX.-Topographical map of Cemeteries 21 and 2~), and detail plans of Cemeteries
27 and 29.
PLAN XX.-Detail plans of Cemeteries 30, 34, and ;35; scale 1: 500.
PLAN XXI.-Topographical map and detail plan of Cemetery 36.
PLAN XXII.-Topographical map of Cemeteries 39, 41 and 42; scale 1 : 5,000.
PLAN XXIII.-Detail plan of Cemetery 39 ; scale 1 : .500.
PLAN XXIV.-Dete'til plan of Cemetery 40; scale 1 : 500.

PLAN XXV.-Detail plan of Cemetery 41.


PLAN XXVI.-Detail plans of Cemeteries -12 flnll 4;3, find topographical map of Cemetery 43.
PLAN XXVII.-Topographical map of \Vadi Shelll Nishai, and Cemeteries 44-4G;
scale 1 : 5,000.
PLA~ XXVIII.-Detail plans of Cemeteries H, 45 awl 46, scale 1: 500.
PLAN X XIX.-Det'1il'plan of Cemetery 50, and topographical plans of Cemeteries -1: 7, 48,and 50.
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})LAN ..XXX Hen. I maps 0 f ('.emetenes
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