Vol.05.p.085

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January 2, 1913 (continued)

[G 2381 A, continued]
written in later, with the name and titles of Ptah-sebw=Ibby [Sabuptah Ibebi]. Then follows a list of fifty columns of offerings, each column containing two offerings
We then lifted out the alabasters, the copper mirror, the stick, the cakes of mud (possibly representing cakes of bread - ten in number), and so cleared the way for the removal of the coffin. We then brought down a board cut to carry the western side of the coffin. This was lifted out without difficulty, as it was in sound condition, deposited on the board, and sent up to this house. The ends were then taken out, north and south, and sent up to the house. Finally, with great difficulty, by inserting short cross-boards, we managed to lift out the east end, the lower board of which is in very bad condition, and sent that up to the house. We then took a rather large picture by flashlight of the body from the waist up, and so were ready to proceed with the removal of the necklace. In the process of mummification, the body seems to have been smeared with a light layer of Nile mud, and the necklace was under this layer. Thus we were able to lift out large blocks of the mud covering, with parts of the necklace preserved intact. There were at least seven strands, each consisting of a band of small fold beads and two bands of short cylindrical beads of blue glaze. The bottom row was a row of long oval gold beads, with two small beads between each long bead at top and bottom, fastened behind the neck with two semi-circular gold clasps. Almost underneath the head, but a little to the east, was another round cake of mud, yellowish in color. The bottom boards of the coffin are entirely decayed. It looks as if water had stood in the coffin as well as in the

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