CHAPTER
II.
THE
TOMB
OF
TUTU
(o
^
a
A.
Architectural
Features.
Exterior
(Plates
xi.,
xiii.,
xv.).—This
tomb
(No.
8)1
gives
notice
by
its
exterior
aspect
of
the
boldness
which
characterises
its
interior
also.
It
combines
the
appearance
of
a
rock-cut
speos
with
that
of
a
free-standing
mastaba
;
for
the
ex¬
cavators
chose
for
their
purpose
an
isolated
table
of
rock
and
hollowed
it
out
almost
to
the
full
extent
of
its
dimensions.
The
rocky
elevation
not
being
sufficiently
high,
the
floor
of
the
tomb
was
carried
below
the
outside
level,
and
a
long
approach
of
the
same
width
as
the
portal
was
cut
to
meet
it;
but
as
this
alley
wTas
not
pro¬
longed
to
the
dip
of
the
hills,
it
remained
a
sunken
area
into
which
one
descends
by
a
short
slope.
Therefore
only
the
portal
gives
the
full
height
of
the
tomb
;
the
rest
of
the
fagade
is
lower,
rough
in
surface,
and
irregular
in
line.
This
doorway
is
of
the
usual
type
;
room
was
left
on
the
jambs
for
seven
vertical
columns,
but
on
the
right
side
only
five
of
these
have
been
cut,
and
only
the
lower
half
of
the
sixth
and
seventh
on
the
left.
Both
are
now
sadly
damaged.
(For
translations
and
references
see
p.
31).
The
device
on
the
lintel
differs
only
in
detail
from
other
examples
and
is
now
largely
effaced.2
Three
princesses
with
sistrums,
their
nurses,
fan-bearers,
and
scribes,
accompany
the
King
and
Queen,
and
it
is
possible
that
the
Queen's
sister
found
a
place
also.
Above
the
scene
a
row
of
hieroglyphs
ran
both
ways
from
1
"
The
principal
tomb
behind
Hadgi
Qandeel"
of
Hay
;
No.
2
of
Lepsius
and
L'Hote.
2
Shewn
in
Mon.
du
culte
d'Atonou,
T.,
PI.
lii.
See
also
Marietta,
Voyage
dans
la
Haute
Egypte,
i.,
PI.
xviii.
the
centre,
wishing
long
life
to
"
the
Father,
Ra-Aten"
(later
form
of
the
cartouches),
the
King,
and
the
Queen.
Interior
(Plates
xi.,
xii.,
xiii.,
xiv.,
xxxv.,
xxxvi.).3—In
its
main
features
the
hall
cor¬
responds
closely
to
the
general
type
of
large
tomb
(Part
IV.,
p.
8),
the
great
hall
having
been
divided
longitudinally
into
three
aisles
by
two
rows
of
columns.
The
broader
inter-
columniation
of
the
central
columns
leaves
an
aisle
in
the
axis
of
the
tomb,
which
is
further
marked
by
the
disposition
of
the
archi¬
traves.
The
columns
are
twelve
in
number,
each
row
of
six
terminating
at
both
ends
in
pilasters
of
the
familiar
type.
Or,
rather,
this
would
have
been
so
had
they
been
completely
carried
out;
but
the
eastern
corner
of
the
hall
is
still
an
unhewn
and
irregular
mass
to
half
its
height.
The
mode
of
excavation
is
here
plainly
visible
;
the
mass
being
divided
into
blocks
by
deep
benches
and
then
broken
away
by
force.
The
shrines
for
statues,
in
which
the
single
cross-corridor
tomb
generally
terminates,
and
which
we
saw
planned
for
each
of
the
three
aisles
in
Tomb
16
(V.,
vii.),
are
in
a
still
more
advanced
state
of
preparation
in
this
tomb,
all
three
having
been
begun
on
the
south
side.4
As
in
that
tomb,
the
portal
of
the
middle
shrine
is
simple,
while
those
on
either
side
of
it
have
3
Plans
and
sections
drawn
with
the
most
admirable
care
and
completeness
are
given
by
Hat,
3ISS.,
29847,
fol.
44,
49,
50;
L'Hote
gives
sketch-plans
(Papiers,
iii.
298);
Lepsius
(J).
Text,
II.,
p.
145),
a
plan
and
section;
Mon.
du
eulte
d'Atonou,
a
plan
(p.
107).
4
For
convenience
and
analogy
I
as-ume
that
the
tomb
faces
west
instead
of
north-west.
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