THE
SITE
OF
THE
NORTHERN
TOMBS.
3
i.
pp.
12,
13).
A
rough
recess
has
been
cut
in
the
W.
wall.
The
doorway
to
the
inner
chamber
has
not
been
completely
excavated,
and
the
inner
room
is
not
more
than
begun,
the
upper
part,
as
usual,
having
been
first
attacked.
Drill
holes
are
noticeable
at
intervals
in
the
floor
down
the
axis
of
the
hall.
3b
(Plate
xliv.).
This,
the
finest
of
the
uninscribed
tombs,
is
of
the
same
type
as
the
last,
but
of
much
larger
proportions.
The
facade
has
suffered
much,
but
apparently
had
never
been
inscribed.
Again
we
have
the
arch
of
the
ceiling
flattening
towards
the
N.
end
and
a
trench
near
the
W.
wall.
In
this
case
there
is
also
a
corresponding
groove
in
the
ceil¬
ing
for
about
the
same
distance,
but
not
exactly
above
it.
I
do
not
doubt
that
it
is
a
construc¬
tional
error,
utilized
or
concealed
in
the
finished
tomb.
There
are
recesses
on
the
W.
side,
prob¬
ably
due
to
the
removal
of
patching
stones.
As
in
3c,
the
inner
room
has
not
been
begun.
Evi¬
dence
of
the
mode
of
removing
the
stone
is
afforded
by
a
circular
trench
in
the
floor.
It
is
about
six
inches
wide
and
narrows
to
the
bottom.
As
the
chamber
was
still
extremely
low
on
this
side,
no
machine
of
any
size
could
be
used,
while
the
rough
character
of
the
groove
indicates
hand-work.
3a
(Plate
xliii.)
is
now
nothing
more
than
a
tiny
cave
(uncleared).
Only
a
minimum
of
work
can
have
been
spent
on
it.
The
four
remaining
tombs
are
on
the
W.
side
of
the
gap
in
the
hills.
The
two
inscribed
tombs
are
hewn
in
the
first
available
slope
;
and
some
distance
beyond
these
will
be
found
two
smaller
chambers,
excavated
in
a
low
ledge
of
rock,
which
is
cut
back
deeply
in
each
case
for
a
width
just
sufficient
to
receive
the
portal.
1b
(Plate
xlii.).
The
excavation
of
the
interior
is
still
unfinished
above
and
below.
It
seems
to
have
been
the
intention
to
furnish
it
with
architraves,
though
without
supporting
columns.
Evidence
of
subsequent
occupation
is
given
on
the
one
hand
by
two
recesses,
one
of
which
has
two
cups
to
hold
water-jars
;
and
on
the
other
by
two
pits
excavated
in
the
floor
to
the
shape
of
sarcophagi.
The
dimensions
of
these
pseudo-coffins
only
just
allow
them
to
contain
human
bodies.
A
tethering
staple
has
been
formed
in
the
wall
at
the
head
of
each.
This
seems
accidental,
this
corner
having
been
the
stable
of
the
inhabitants.
The
burial,
no
doubt,
was
of
much
later
date
than
the
tomb.
1a.
Tomb
of
Rudu
(Plates
xlii.,
xxiv.).—
This
small
chamber
was
never
completed,
the
front
and
upper
parts
being
well
finished,
while
the
lower
part
of
the
walls
and
the
back
of
the
room
are
left
in
the
rough.
But
although
this
tomb
was
abandoned
by
the
owner
without
having
been
furnished
with
a
place
of
interment,
the
smoothed
lintel
outside
enabled
either
him
or
some
usurper
to
scratch
a
faint
memorial
of
his
name
and
hopes.
With
difficulty
one
deciphers
"
in
the
presenceof
the
Lord
of
the
Two
Lands,
and
a
good
burial
by
the
gift
(?)
[of
the
king
?]1
on
the
great
cliff
of
A
kh
eta
ten
like
any
favourite
of
Ua-en-ra
(?).
For
(?)
the
lea
of
Rudu."2
Scattered
Tombs.—Besides
this
series
of
tombs
along
the
hill-side
there
are
a
few
of
un¬
known
date
in
the
vicinity,
within
the
hills.
On
passing
through
the
gap,
a
wady
will
be
seen
directly
opposite
and
two
others
to
the
right
and
left.
Between
that
on
the
left
and
the
central
ravine
is
a
track
ascending
the
hills.
Slightly
to
the
right
of
this
path
is
a
tomb
with
a
tiny
doorway.
It
consists
of
a
chamber
some
1
6
feet
by
5,
containing
an
oblong
pit,
8
feet
deep.
From
the
E.
and
W.
ends
of
the
pit
two
good-sized
burial
chambers
are
entered.
Another
tomb
will
be
found
at
the
first
bend
of
the
central
wady,
high
up
the
cliff
and
facing
the
gap.
A
third
and
fourth
will
be
found
back
to
back
in
a
low
ridge
of
rock
to
the
right
of
the
1
Perhaps
a—a
.J.
2
Cf.
L.
D.,
Text,
ii.
p.
141.
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