CHAPTER XI
OTHER ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED
By Howard Carter
IN the removal of the lower strata of Site 14 the mass of sand, amounting to many thousands of cubic metres, contained but few things to which any great importance could be attached. In fact, days were passed while extricating the masonry of the ‘Valley’-Temple without hardly a single object coming to light. Among the few things discovered the most important were:—
1. A genealogical stela in limestone, measuring 44 x 29 cms., coloured, and of the ‘Household of the mother of the Mer Shen of Amen, Zed-Amen-auf-ankh’ ([Pl. XLI]). It mentions the following personages:—
- The Lady Nes-ta-nebt-Asheru.
- The Priest of Amen in Karnak, Hor.
- His mother, the Lady Nes-ta-nebt-Asheru.
- The Priest of Amen-Ra, Hor, son of the Priest Pedemut.
- Her mother Ta-bak-en-ta-Ashat-qa.
- The Governor of Thebes Hor-se-Ast, son of Zed-Aah.
- The Chief Royal Scribe Bak-en-Khonsu, son of the Mayor of Thebes Auf-aa-hor.
- His mother, the Lady Mes-per, daughter of the Priest of Amen-Ra Hor, son of Zed-Amen-uah-es.
- The Chief Royal Scribe Hor, son of Zed-Amen-uah-es.
- The mother of the Lady Nes-ta-nebt-Asheru, Nes-Khonsu-pa-khred.
- The Priest of Amen-Ra Nekht-ef-mut.
- Her mother, the Lady Ta-aa, daughter of the Priest of Amen Hor-kheb, son of Ahat.[22]
2. Along the sloping base of the boundary of the ‘Valley’-Temple, on the north side, were three small mud-brick feretories or shrines. They were ‘lancet-arch’ in form, measuring 50 cms. high, 40 cms. broad, and rather more in length, with, in front, a small arched opening ([Pl. XLII]. 2). One was built against the wall, a little above the pavement level, and facing north; the others were some distance from the wall and facing east. In one were a few dried dates and leaves ([Pl. LXXIX]), and near by at a lower level were the bones of a gazelle. These feretories may have been shrines erected to pet animals buried there, and possibly are of quite late date.
3. A stamped brick of Amenhetep II.
4. A stamped brick of Thothmes III.
5. Part of the back and leg of a bifold wooden chair, inlaid with ivory and ebony, and of an earlier date than the XVIIIth Dynasty (? XIIth Dynasty).