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FIVE YEARS
EXPLORATIONS AT THEBES
OXFORD
PLATES AND LETTERPRESS
PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY HORACE HART

Image not available: ELECTRUM STATUETTE OF A YOUTH XVIIITH DYNASTY: PERIOD OF AMENHETEP I.
ELECTRUM STATUETTE OF A YOUTH
XVIIITH DYNASTY: PERIOD OF AMENHETEP I.

FIVE YEARS
EXPLORATIONS AT THEBES
A RECORD OF WORK DONE 1907-1911
BY
THE EARL OF CARNARVON
AND
HOWARD CARTER

WITH CHAPTERS BY
F. LL. GRIFFITH, GEORGE LEGRAIN, GEORGE MLLER
PERCY E. NEWBERRY AND WILHELM SPIEGELBERG
WITH SEVENTY-NINE PLATES AND FRONTISPIECE
HENRY FROWDE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
1912

PREFACE

T he following volume contains a record of work done in the Theban Necropolis during the years 1907-11. In the editing of this report I have availed myself of the generous help of several scholars, whose names appear at the heads of the chapters they have contributed. To these gentlemen I wish to tender my sincere thanks for their co-operation.

Mr. Howard Carter has been in charge of all operations; and whatever successes have resulted from our labours are due to his unremitting watchfulness and care in systematically recording, drawing, and photographing everything as it came to light.

To Professor Sir Gaston Maspero, the Director-General of the Service des Antiquits, I wish to proffer my thanks for his most kind and valuable support; as also to Mr. Weigall, who, in the course of his official work, has given me his most willing assistance. To Dr. Budge I should also like to express my indebtedness for several valuable suggestions.

CARNARVON.

Highclere ,
August 1911.

CONTENTS

PAGE
By the Earl of Carnarvon
.	By the Earl of Carnarvon
The Mortuary Chapel and Sepulchre of Teta-ky. By Howard Carter
The Paintings and Inscriptions of the Vaulted Chamber of Teta-ky. By George Legrain
The Funerary Statuettes From Tomb of Teta-ky. By Percy E. Newberry
Excavations in the Valley of Dr El Bahari. By Howard Carter
Work Done in the Birbi. The Seventeenth Dynasty Tomb No. 9. By Howard Carter
The Carnarvon Tablets I and II. by F. Ll. Griffith
The Valley-temple of Queen Hatshepst. By Howard Carter
Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves. By Howard Carter
Demotic Papyri and Ostraca. By Wilhelm Spiegelberg
Colonnade and Foundation Deposit of Rameses IV. By Howard Carter
Other Antiquities Discovered. By Howard Carter
The Late Middle Kingdom and Intermediate Period Necropolis. By Howard Carter
Hieratic Texts from Tomb No. 37. By George Mller
The Vegetable Remains. By Percy E. Newberry
ILLUSTRATIONS: PLATES I-LXXIX

ILLUSTRATIONS

Electrum Statuette of a Youth: XVIIIth Dynasty Period of Amenhetep I FIGURES IN TEXT
FIG.	PAGE
Excavations in the Birbi
First Appearance of the Valley-Temple Wall
The Valley-Temple Wall
Tomb No. 25
Tomb No. 37
Uninscribed Cones of the Eleventh Dynasty
Votive Cake-offeringTomb of Kha-em-hat
Chert Chisels and Hammers
Scarab from Tomb No. 5
Hieratic Inscriptions from Valley-Temple
Graffiti on Stones from Valley-Temple
Gilt Copper Vessel from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves
Ptolemaic Coins from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves
Key to Gaming-board

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF PLATES AT END
PLATES I-XII: TOMB OF TETA-KY:
(1) Open Court-yard; (2) Vaulted Chambers.
Plan of Tomb.
(1) Right Wall of Painted Niche; (2) Left Wall of Painted Niche.
(1) Ceiling Decoration; (2) Ceiling Decoration and Frieze.
Scenes on North Wall.
Scenes on Eastern and Western Walls.
Scenes on Southern Wall.
(1) Shawabti Figure in Model Coffin; (2) Shawabti Figure of Sen-senb.
Model Coffins.
(1) Table for Offerings; (2) Funerary Statuettes.
PLATES XIII-XXIV: DR EL BAHARI VALLEY:
Panoramic View showing the Sites excavated.
Tomb No. 5 before and after opening.
Plan of Tomb No. 5.
Series of Coffins from Tomb No. 5.
Tomb No. 5, Antiquities from.
Tomb No. 4, Limestone Statuette; and Pottery from Tombs Nos. 1-16.
(1) Foundations of Wall of Amenhetep I and Aahmes-nefert-ari; (2) Offerings to a Tree.
(1) Serpentine Wall; (2) Bathing Slab.
(1) Offerings from Dromos Deposit; (2) Brick-lined Hole for Dromos Deposit.
Dromos Deposit. (1) Pottery and (2) Implements.
(1) Childs Toy; (2) Pottery from Excavations; (3) Stamped Bricks of Amenhetep I and Aahmes-nefert-ari.
Panoramic View showing Site of Valley-Temple and of Dromos Deposits.
PLATES XXV-XXIX: TOMB No. 9:
(1) Three sides of a Canopic Box; (2) Three Canopic Jars in Pottery.
Types of Pottery.
Carnarvon Tablet I, obverse.
Carnarvon Tablet I, reverse.
Carnarvon Tablet II, obverse and reverse.
PLATES XXX-XXXII: HATSHEPSTS VALLEY-TEMPLE:
Plan of Hatshepsts Valley-Temple and Neighbouring Tombs.
Northern Boundary Wall of Valley-Temple.
(1) Tally-stone of Hatshepst; (2) Stamped Brick of Hatshepst; (3) Wooden Hoe; (4) Stamped Bricks of Hatshepst and Thothmes I.
PLATES XXXIII-XXXIX: PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES:
View of Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves over Site No. 14.
(1) Amphorae beneath Floor of Vaulted Grave; (2) Faade of Vaulted Grave.
XXXV XXXVI	{ Carnarvon Papyrus I.
Demotic Dockets and Inscribed Potsherd.
	{ Carnarvon Papyrus II.
PLATE XL: SITE No. 40:
Foundation Deposit of Rameses IV.
PLATES XLI-XLIII: SITE No. 14:
A XXIInd Dynasty Stela.
(1) Osiride figure; (2) Mud Feretory or Shrine; (3) Reed Burial of a Man; (4) Inscriptions on Underside of Lid of a Box.
Funerary Statuettes and Model Coffins.
PLATES XLIV-XLVII: TOMB No. 24:
(1) Statuette of Ankhu; (2) Mummy Decoration; (3) Wooden Doll; (4 and 5) Faience Bowl.
(1) Jewel-box; (2) Contents of Jewel-box; (3) Scribes Palette.
(1) Jewel-box; (2) Contents of Jewel-box.
Pottery Vessels and Pans.
PLATES XLVIII-LII: TOMB No. 25:
(1) Ivory and Ebony Toilet-box; (2) the same with Drawer and Lid open.

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