Contents:—Mummy of a woman lying flat on her back, with head turned towards the left. In front of the face, a wooden head-rest; under the cheek, a large bronze mirror. On the head was a wig of plaited hair ([Pl. LXX]. 70).
71. Plain rectangular gable-topped coffin. Similar to No. 62. The bottom of the coffin was not in place, and was lying on the floor, only partly under it.
Contents:—Mummy of a woman covered with a mat with long pile. On her right side, a wooden cylinder covered with leather and containing six musical reeds. These reeds were (1) 36·5 cms. long, with four notes; (2) 36·5 cms. long, with three notes; (3) 30·5 cms. long, with two notes; (4) 28 cms. long, with four notes on one side (three were intentionally blocked up with resinous material), and on the other side there was a hole or note; (5) 25 cms. long, with five notes (a crack mended with resinous material); (6) 23·5 cms. long, with five notes. The reeds average 12 mms. in thickness. Under the woman’s legs was a basket containing two flints, two lumps of clay, a reed kohl-pot and two wooden kohl-sticks, a piece of a wooden comb,[55] a splinter of wood, some bone and faience bead-bangles, and a small plaited lock of hair. In the womb were traces of an embryonic skeleton ([Pl. LXIX]. 71).
72. Viscera box. Similar to No. 20, with rounded lid ([Pl. LXI]. 72). No inscriptions.
Contents like Nos. 19 and 20.
73. Decorated anthropoid coffin of the New Empire. Similar in fashion to No. 23, but rougher in detail and finish (Pls. LVIII. and LXII. 73). The lid was fixed in place by wooden pegs, and it bore the name
Contents:—Mummy of a woman covered with a shroud. On the right side of the head was a broken kohl-pot; and at the top of the head, rolled in linen, a chignon, a pottery vase containing a kind of pomade which bore prints of the ancient fingers, and an ebony comb and bone hair-pin ([Pl. LXX]. 73). The mummy was sewn up in a sheet, which, when removed, exposed transverse bindings which continued down to the bitumenized body. The arms were crossed over the abdomen. On the head, over the natural hair, a plaited wig much decayed.
74. Decorated anthropoid coffin of the New Empire. This coffin ([Pl. LVIII]. 74) is fully illustrated by [Plate LXIII], Figs. 1, 2. It bears the name of
