5. A part of the end of a square coffin, inscribed and giving the name
6. Another coffin board, inscribed with coloured hieroglyphs, reading—
7. A broken arrow-head of flint with serrated edges.
8. Pieces of leather sandals, pottery, and a portion of the neck of a jar with
9. A scribe’s palette with two reed brushes ([Pl. XLV]. 3).
10. The hind half of an exquisitely made frog in glazed steatite, and the fore part of a lion in faience.[24]
When cleared enough to be entered the interior of the tomb presented a scene of utter despoliation. Its chambers were strewn with rubble mingled with bones, skulls, and tomb furniture, shattered and burnt, which only too well corroborated those traces of the ravages which had been found outside. In the central chamber was a burial—a wood dug-out coffin, anthropoid in form, the lid bound at head and shins with rope. Several days were spent in carefully searching the remains in this tomb, and by sifting the sand many times favourable results were obtained. These results are recorded below—