PREFACE

The 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 Antiquités, 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

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[PREFACE.] By the Earl of Carnarvon[v]
[INTRODUCTION]. By the Earl of Carnarvon[1]
[Chapter I]The Mortuary Chapel and Sepulchre of Teta-ky. By Howard Carter[12]
[II]The Paintings and Inscriptions of the Vaulted Chamber of Teta-ky. By George Legrain[14]
[III]The Funerary Statuettes From Tomb of Teta-ky. By Percy E. Newberry[19]
[IV]Excavations in the Valley of Dêr El Bahari. By Howard Carter[22]
[V]Work Done in the Birâbi. The Seventeenth Dynasty Tomb No. 9. By Howard Carter[34]
[VI]The Carnarvon Tablets I and II. by F. Ll. Griffith[36]
[VII]The ‘Valley’-temple of Queen Hatshepsût. By Howard Carter[38]
[VIII]Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves. By Howard Carter[42]
[IX]Demotic Papyri and Ostraca. By Wilhelm Spiegelberg[46]
[X]Colonnade and Foundation Deposit of Rameses IV. By Howard Carter[48]
[XI]Other Antiquities Discovered. By Howard Carter[49]
[XII]The Late Middle Kingdom and Intermediate Period Necropolis. By Howard Carter[51]
[XIII]Hieratic Texts from Tomb No. 37. By George Möller[89]
[XIV]The Vegetable Remains. By Percy E. Newberry[94]
[INDEX]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Y],[Z][95]
ILLUSTRATIONS: PLATES I-LXXIX[At end]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[FRONTISPIECE]
Electrum Statuette of a Youth: XVIIIth Dynasty
Period of Amenhetep I
FIGURES IN TEXT
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[1.]Excavations in the Birâbi[2]
[2.]First Appearance of the ‘Valley’-Temple Wall[3]
[3.]The ‘Valley’-Temple Wall[5]
[4.]Tomb No. 25[6]
[5.]Tomb No. 37[7]
[6.]Uninscribed Cones of the Eleventh Dynasty[8]
[7.]Votive Cake-offering—Tomb of Kha-em-hat[9]
[8.]Chert Chisels and Hammers[10]
[9.]Scarab from Tomb No. 5[27]
[10.]Hieratic Inscriptions from ‘Valley’-Temple[39]
[11.]Graffiti on Stones from ‘Valley’-Temple[40]
[12.]Gilt Copper Vessel from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves[43]
[13.]Ptolemaic Coins from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves[44]
[14.]Key to Gaming-board[57]