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Legs have lower part carved in form of animal leg ; as
L.B. III. 1, but shorter ; above is oblong brick-like member,
and above again a flat disc-like member set on edge,
coming immediately below mortised upper half of leg
which holds ends of chest proper.

Round upper edge ran relief band of cable pattern cut
on separate strips of wood and attached by wooden dowels.
Fair condition ; wood hard. H. 3′ 2″, depth of chest
1′ 6″, capacity of cupboard 3′ 5½″ × 2′ 1″. Pl. XV.

N. XXVI. 04. a-d. Four frs. of wooden cupboard, as
N. XXVI. 01 but smaller ; a and b a pair of legs, c and d
(joining) boards of bottom or top. Legs exactly as in Ser.
iv. Pl. XLVII, L.B. III. 1, except that one sunk groove
takes place of three at top of beast-leg, and foot is placed
on small base of plinth. Boards rabbeted, plain. Good
condition. Legs, H. 2′ 7″, with 3½″, thickness 1⅜″;
boards (joined) 2′ 3⅛″ × 1′ 2″.

N. XXVI. 05-6. Pair of wooden capitals (?). Each
cut in one piece, in form roughly of cylinder, bevelled
inwards from ends for distance of about 2″, to narrower
neck, and swelling again to form quasi-globular middle
section. Tenon in middle of each end of each ; one in
each case cut off sq., the other roughly pointed. Some-
what rudely cut ; good condition but 05 cracked ; remains
of black paint on 06. Length with tenons c. 1′ 1″, without
9½″ ; diam. of ends and middle 7″, of necks 4″, of tenons 2⅛″.

N. XXVI. 07-9. Three specimens of wood, roughly
trimmed ; wood hard and split. Gr. fr. (09) 1′ 10″ × 3″ × 2⅛″.

N. XXVI. 010. a and b. Frs. of carved wooden up-
rights from architrave from doorway ; (a) is from
the L. and (b) from R. Both carved on face only, with
same patterns. Down centre a band of imbricated laurel
leaves (cf. Strzygowski, Kopt. Kunst, Cairo Museum, p. 85,
No. 7368) c. 1⅜″ wide, between plain fillets, ⅜″ wide.

Towards inner edge, a band of long flat billets ⅜″ wide ;
each billet 1⅜″ long, the intervals between billets, c. ⅜″, cut
into transverse prism, ridge outwards, by sloping cut
above and below from ridge. Towards inner edge of
architrave, plain surface, c. ⅜″ wide, on slightly lower
plane than billets. This edge is worn round in places, and
chipped and irregular from wear. Outer edge has plain
fillet c. ⅜″ wide.

Outer return surface of (a) is roughly channelled to a
depth of ⅜″ and width 1⅜″, as though to fit against a round
post. In (b) the corresponding surface is flat. Inner
return surfaces adjoining jambs, and back surfaces, plain
in both.

Each has a rectangular tenon cut on the lower end for
jointing to sill. Tenon is flush with inner surface on one
side, is cut back from face about ⅜″ and measures ⅜″ in
thickness, 2″ (a) and 2⅛″ (b) in breadth, and 1″ to 1½″
projection. Upper end of (a) broken and cut away. That
of (b) sawn off for convenience of transport. Split,
weather-worn, and perished on surface.

Carving rough but effective. Laurel leaves produced
by series of diagonal cuts in opposite directions forming
lozenge shapes, and the upper half of each lozenge cut
back as in 'chip' carving. (a) Length 3′ 1⅜″, breadth
c. 5″, thickness 3″. (b) Length 3′ 2⅜″, breadth 5″, thick-
ness 2⅝″.

N. XXVI. 011. Wooden socket, or 'striking plate' for
wooden lock. Consists of one piece of wood 7″ long, of
which 2⅜″ is a tenon for fixing in door frame and has
dowel hole. Outer end, 4⅛″ × 4″ × 2⅜″, has all outer corners
rounded off, and is pierced through laterally by bolt-hole,
1⅛″ × 1⅜″. From above downwards is a small hole, perhaps
for extra pin to keep bolt in position when shot. See
Ser. i. pp. 191 sq., Kha. v. 006, for type of lock, with
drawing. Pl. XVI.

OBJECTS FOUND NEAR RUIN N. XLI

N. XLI. 01. Fr. of cast-iron cauldron, similar to N. 025
but probably smaller. Handle and portion of side only.
Much oxydized. 5⅜″ × 3⅜″, span of handle 4″. Pl. XXVII.

N. XLI. 02. Bronze finger-ring, thin. Plain, flat bezel,
roughly lozenge-shaped. Hook roughly chased on each

side of bezel ; broken at thin part opposite bezel, where
was original joint. Diam. ⅞″.

N. XLI. 03. Bronze ring, strong, of even breadth and
thickness ; cast. Surface reeded. Diam. 1⅙″, breadth
3⁄16″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED IN RUINS N. XLII–XLIII

N. XLII. 01. Turned wooden bowl, with flat shallow
foot. Much split and weathered. Diam. 4″, h. 2⅜″,
thickness ⅜″. Pl. XVI.

N. XLII. 02. Terra-cotta spinning-whorl, cut from
potsherd. Flat disc, pierced. One side coated with dull
buff slip. Diam. 1⅛″ × 5⁄16″.

N. XLII. 03. Fr. of woollen fabric, in faded crimson, over-
sewn at one edge. Open texture, plain weave. 6″ × 3⅛″.

N. XLII. 04. Fr. of wood, prob. half of disc originally
circular ; hacked with knife along broken edge. 4⅝″ ×
2″ × 3⁄16″.

N. XLII. 05. Irregular block of mulberry wood, partly
cut and partly broken. Hard. 3⅛″ × 1⅞″ × 1⅜″.

N. XLII. i. 01. Carnelian bead ; spherical, poor quality.
Diam. 7⁄16″.

N. XLII. i. 02. Bowl of horn spoon ; with continuation
for attachment to handle, shaved to wedge shape for
splicing, and drilled with two holes for pegs (dowels).
Bowl 2⅜″ × 1⅜″, length of tang 2″. Pl. XVI.

N. XLII. i. 03. Wooden cleat, small, freshly cut ; as
Ser. iv. Pl. XXVIII, N. XIV. iii. 0017. Prob. used in loom.
2″ × 3⁄16″.