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grapes also in 04. H. 1¼" to 1⅛", diam. of mouth 3⅛".
Pl. XC.

Ast. ix. 6. 01. Lid of basket, woven in fine cane skein.
Oblong, with all sides convex, giving beautiful form.
Pattern of weave is 'twill', the weave in adjoining
quarters being reversed. Bands of blue-stained cane are
carried in straight lines at even distances across short way
of lid. Sides of lid composed of bands of cane the full
depth of lid, worked over by the thin skein from top. A
thin round cane is laid all round under edge to give a finish.
Very good work. 11⅜" × 6⅛" × ¼". Pl. XCIII.

Ast. ix. 6. 06. Five pastry frs., in form of animals rather
bear-like. Heads missing, and some of the limbs. One

broken in small pieces. Through each is a thin twig as
a core on which to press the paste. Fragile. Length
about 3".

Ast. ix. 6. 07. Small cushion, of flax (?) canvas, stuffed
with grass. 11" × 4". Pl. C.

Ast. ix. 6. 08. Pottery jar, of broad amphora shape but
without handles. Out-turned rim, rounded on top. Band
of four roughly incised lines of chevron orn. between incised
annular lines round widest circumference, and one line
of chevrons round neck. Grey, with exterior distempered
black and traces of painted decoration similar to Ast. i.
1. 03. Sand-encrusted and discoloured. H. 4"; diam.,
base, 2⅛", rim 2⅛", gr. at shoulder 4⅛". Pl. XC,

OBJECTS EXCAVATED IN TOMB x. 1

Ast. x. 1. 01. Frs. of twill silk, dark cream, with quarry
pattern in rows of alternate pink brown and light green
buff; each quarry divided into four by two diameters.
Quarries are placed in chessboard order. Largest piece
3¼" × 2⅛". Warp perished. Pl. LXXVIII.

Ast. x. 1. 02. Frs. of fine silk gauze, small lozenge as
Ast. i. 7. 04. Colour brown. Very fragile. Pl. XXXVI.

Ast. x. 1. 03. Frs. of figured silk, in brown and blue on
pale buff ground (faded); same pattern as Ast. i. 7. 06.
Pieces have taken shape of some rounded object, for they
may have formed a long narrow case. 4" × 1⅛". Pl.
XXXVI.

Ast. x. 1. 04. Fr. of printed silk (two pieces joined);
blue, yellow stripes about 2⅛" wide. On yellow, an elliptical
bunch of leaves and flowers repeated at intervals of 11",
with two small rosettes furnishing the space.
On blue, a palmette-shaped bush (yellow) on which two
confronting ducks with upraised wings; bush repeats
opposite intervals in yellow stripe. Two small palmettes
in spaces.
Ground of fabric mustard yellow. Printing, a fine blue
with green tint from combination with yellow. Surface
calendered; printing blurred. Well preserved. 29" × 15".
Width of silk 22". Pl. LXXXII.

Ast. x. 1. 05. Frs. of figured silk, from a garment. Three
are carefully shaped, by pinking and turning under, into
small leg-of-mutton shape. One is a band with edges turned
under, attached to pieces of yellow damask, and lined with
coarse canvas. Remaining two are portions of a similar
band.
Pattern consists of rows of six-petalled elliptical rosettes,
blue, with buff centre and brown markings in petals. Space
between rosettes ⅜", space between rows 1". Rosettes
in one row are opposite spaces in next.
Between rosette rows is a row of pyramidal bushes
with bright green leaves lined brown, and blue flowers,
placed point towards interval in one rosette row and base
resting on rosette below. Above pyramid between two
rosettes a small leaf or flower (faded) veined blue, the

character varying in different rows. Above this a four-
petalled blue flower. All a good deal faded.
Damask has a bold floral design, not very good, on ogee
lines. Gr. frs. 10⅛" × 1⅛". Damask 9¼" × 3½". Pl. XXXVI,
LXXXV.

Ast. x. 1. 06. Frs. of figured silk. Pink ground (generally
faded to buff or yellow), large blue six-petalled rosettes,
with red and blue centre outlined yellow, and russet in
petals. Between these are small yellow six-petalled rosettes
with blue and red centre. Below small rosettes blue
flowers in profile between two green leaves with crossed
stalks. Below rosettes repeating bunches of leaves with
blue flowers in profile and then the blue flowers with
crossed stalks reversed. All warp perished. Largest
piece 11" × 2". Pl. LXXVIII, LXXXIII.

Ast. x. 1. 07. Frs. of figured silk. Two strips in twill
weave. Blue ground with fine bold rosettes faded to buff.
Centre of rosette is a four-petalled flower with heart-
shaped petals. Surrounding this a clever design of linked
palmettes, alternately of the fleur-de-lis and flower in
profile type. A second type of rosette alternates in ad-
joining row, but only a portion of this is present. Well
preserved. 11⅜" × 1⅛". Pl. LXXIX.

Ast. x. 1. 08. Figured silk. Collection of frs. of elabo-
rately striped material. Type same in all, with variations
in details.
Chief stripe is dark blue with six-petalled buff rosettes;
on each side of this are narrow yellow, brown, and buff
lines; on one (brown) small buff rings. Outside this are
stripes shaded blue, brown, yellow, buff, light yellow, pale
green, dark green, blue, brown and so on, all narrow lines.
The effect is very lively. Warp perished. Cf. Ser. iv.
Pl. CVII, Ch. Iv. 0028. Gr. fr. 7" × 2⅛".

Ast. x. 1. 09. Clay head of demon; same grotesque type
as Ast. vii. 2. 03, but features exaggerated in all respects.
Peak of hair painted dark red; flesh reddish pink, with
black moustaches and tuft of beard on chin; arched
eyebrows in high relief, green with cross-lines of black.
Eyeballs white in vermilion sockets, irises of eyes green

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