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Annales Du Service Des Antiquités De L'egypte "HI ;'f JK liii T ANNALES DD SERVICE DES ANTIQUITfiS DE L'^GYPTE »' < / , SERVICE DES ANTIQUITES DE L'EGYPTE ANNALES DU SERVICE DES ANTIQUITES DE L'EGYPTE TOME VIII LE CAIRE IMPRIMERIE DE L'lNSTITUT FRANCAIS D'ARCHEOLOGIE ORIENTALE M DGGGG VII 3r ,j <y 617825 ANNALES DU SERVICE DES ANTIQUITES DE L'EGYPTE. —5«ci— RAPPORT SUR UNE INSPECTION FAITE A TELL EL-WAQA PAR AHMED BEY KAMAL. Monsieur le Directeur general, J'ai I'honneur de vous informer que, conformdmeni a voire leltre du 5 mars dernier, je me suis rendu a Tell el-Waqa au nord de Mahallah-el- Kobra , et que j'y ai examine les blocs a ntiques dont M . Edgar vous avail signals I'exislence. Get endroil ^lait encore au xvin" siMe occupe par des habila- lions; mais le village a 6ii ^vacu^ el les maisons onl »5t(5 d^truiles a la suile d'un combat pendant la domination francaise. Piusieurs pressoirs a huile furenl dtablis sur le site au temps de Mohammed Ali, et les meules furenl taillees dans des blocs provenant d'un Edifice pharaonique. Ces pressoirs ont 4te a leur tour abandonn^s el les meules sonl demeur^es abandonn^es sur le sol. Je n'en ai rencontre qu'une seule qui portal les restes d'une inscription hi^roglyphique ^""B^ VW. J'ai profit^ de Toccasion pour rechercher si la ville ne conlenail pas quelques monuments ou debris de monuments inconnus. J'y ai Irouve, vers le centre, dans un endroit nomm^ Souq-el-Qasab, un fragment en granil Annalit, 1907. 1 [2] -2- rose long de 1 ni. 80 cent, sur m. 3o cent, de largeur. II porle le pro- tocole de Psam($tique II (XXVI" dynastie) trac^ en une ligne verli- ^ cale sur la longueur du fragment. En voici la copie : ^> Ce fragment a i\.6 encaslr^ dans la maconnerie d'une clterne qui ©*0 appartient h une propriele priv(5e. II est d'un beau style, mais le texte qu'il nous rend n'est pas assez important pour que j'estime qu'il convienne de I'acheter et de le transporter au Mus^e. M J'ai remarqu^ ca et la dans les rues des fragments de granit •* ou de calcaire qui proviennent certainement de quelque temple .ffV. pliaraonique : aucun d'eux ne portait la moindre inscription. Pill Veuillez agr(5er, Monsieur le Directeur g^n^ral, i'expression du profond respect avec lequel je suis voire tout d^vou^ servi- leur. V Lc 1 8 avril 1906. A. Kamal. LES CERCUEILS DES PRETRES D'AMMON (DEUXIEME TROUVAILLE DE DEIR EL-BAHARI) PAR M. GEORGES DARESSY. J'ai donned dans un pr^c(5dent article'" les details de la d^couverte de la sepulture des pretres th^bains contemporains dela fin dela XXI' dynastic; je dois completer ces indications par des renseignements sur les cercueils extraits de cette cachette , notamment les diff^rents num^ros qui leur ont eti5 assignes, et par un inventaire sommaire des objets trouves sur les momies lors de leur demaillotage. Dans le souterrain meme j'avais dresse une liste des sarcopbages au fur et a mesure de leur enlevement. G'est cette liste A qui m'a toujours servi pour la designation des momies et des objets qui lesaccompagnaient'^'. En baut du puits pendant se pr^parait le , que chaque jour transport vers le flcuve, M. Bouriant faisait un autre releve des produits dela trouvaille. Cette liste que je d^signerai B contient un plus grand nombre de numeros que la mienne parce qu'elle intercale parmi les cercueils des caisses de menus objets, des coffrets a statuettes funeraires, des figures osiriennes creuses renfermant des papyrus, etc., sans que toutefois cet inventaire soil complet, car beaucoup de monuments sortis du puits de Deir el-Babari isolement ou en caisses fermees n'y ont pas Hi not^s. Au Mus«5e de Gizeb les principaux cercueils , les plus beaux ou les mieux conserves ont H6 port(5s au Livre d'enlrde, ce qui a donn(5 un troisii^me num^ro a cent trente-qualre cercueils, quelques-uns d'entre eux qui <5taient emboites ayant (5t^ dedoublt^s pour faciliter le transport ont 6l& inscrits sous plusieurs numciros. La Notice des monuments du Musie de Gizch, pr^paree par M. Virey, ''' La sepulture des pretres d'Ammon, iininiqu& a M. LiebJein qui la iiis^ree t. ilans les Annates, t. I, ]). i4i. dans son Dicttomiaire des noms , IV, <"' G'est cette mtoie lisle que j'ai com- n" 254 /i. [2] — U — mentionne quarante et un cercueils; mais la encore plusieurs parties d'un m(5me sarcophage cxposees s6par^ment ont recu des num^ros diffi^rents. En 1896 le Gouvernement ^gyptien ayanl gracieusement offert aux Puissances etrangt^res un certain nombre de cercueiis, seize lots de valeur sensiblement ^gale , composes chacun de quatre ou cinq pieces furent tir^s au sort par les repr^sentants des Puissances'". Le tableau suivant est compose au moyen de toutes ces donn^es. Je dois toutefois pr^venir que si les sarcophages portant un nom ont pu 6lre assez facilement identifies, pour ceux qui sont anonymes les notes forc^ment sommaires que j'avais prises au moment de la decouvertc n'ont pas toujours suffi a les faire reconnaitre sans hesitation, et qu'il n'est pas impossible qu'il se soit gliss^ quelques erreurs dans la correspondence indiqu(5e ci-dessous des num^ros successivement assign^s a ces cercueils. < — 5 — [3] •< CdH en 7 1 . — 7 — [5] NUM^RO NUMERO du NOM DU PERSONNAGE CATALOGUE D'ENTREE. ou OU NATUnE DE L'OBJET. DU LOT. 46 Coffretde'^V^"^- 47 Coffretdet:^j=l.>||!!;!|. 48 Caisse d'objets divers. 40 ^9 99650 Lot 4 (femme). /il 5o Loti6(?) Anonyme 29632 Lot 3 trt • 1. Le nom a ete efface. 42 5i 29713 43 29641 44 53 29657 Lot 4 't5 54 99652 Lot 3 [' 40 55 29651 i e ®"'' carton- Lot 1 Sous les pieds ^ '"^ 47 56 JJJl^ 4^ ! ^ 48 57 29634 L0I6 ' 49 58 99733 jr /~~-N T 1 w Cafasde-^^- 6o Cafas de "VH* 6i Osiris de JJ!^ ^ 69 Osiris. 63 Osiris noir. 64 Osiris noir. 65 Osiris entoure de fleurs. 66 StMede^Jl + IT^ ' 67 Coffretde'i^Jt + ! xn [6] — 8 — •< u [7] pa H en 63 87 U 65 6G 67 68 [8] — 10 — NUMERO NUMERO du NOM DU PERSOMyACE CATALOGIE OU OU NATURE DE L'OBJET. Dt LOT. 80 102 29686 Lot i4 Anonyme (femme). 81 io/> 296/19 1 155 82 .o5 29709 Lot i4 83 io6 99658 84 107 29683 iiSg 108 Stele de-;|^T^^". 85 109 29680 Anonyme. 86 10 29711 87 29706 29716 88 1 1 42 29794 89 Anonyme (femme). l3 29674 Lot 1 90 Anonyme. 91 i5 99707 Lot 7 92 16 Anonyme. 93 '7 9/» 18 99714 Lots 3,11 95 19 99718 ii35 9fi 190 99712 Lol 6 97 31 29716 98 29 — 11 ['•»] [10] — 12 — < in 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 13 — [11] 135 136 137 138 139 140 lAl U2 U3 1/4 A [12] — 14 — < H en 150 — 15 [13] NOM DU PERSONNAGE. — [14] 16 NATURE DES STATUETTES. 117 Email. T 46 Email. i3 Email. 1 A2 lllmail. T - I 48 Email. 42 Terre peinte en blanc. T 96 Email. 77 Email. T l39 Terre enduite de blanc. 147 Email. 37 Email. T i33 Email. T 04 Email. 109 Terre cuile rouge. 106 Terre peinte en blanc ou en vert. 22 Terre cuile. 120 Terre cuile peinte en jaune ou en vert el vernie. T 59 Email. — 17 — [15] MOM DU PERSONNAGE. [16] — 18 — Voici la liste des cercueils qui ont ^t^ donn& en 1898 aux Puissances ^trang^res par le Gouvernement ^gyptien avec I'indication des colieclions oil se trouvent maintenant ces monuments iorsque j'ai pu me procurer ce renseignement. Premier lot. — France. — Mtisee du Louvre. Paris. 89. Anonyme. 2^ LOT. — AuTRiCHE. — MusSe de Vienne. N~io. -VV^ • 4^- 26. ^®®. 59. Couverciede J\^^^ * ^• 68. *T^-^. lis. *~^ '^ rm\. 3* LOT. — TuRQUiE. — Mnsee de Constantinople. 4' LOT. — Grande-Bretagne. — British Museum. Londres. N* a 9. Anonyme. - - 19 [17] 5^ LOT. — Italie. — Musee de Fbrence. N°' i5. Anonyme (femme). 9 0. Anonvme (femme). 56. ^V^. '™^ "^ '—" 60. S -."^ et ^ — ® 1. i/i8. ^^j;;!!;!!;. 6* LOT. — RussiE. — Divers musees; un cercueil est a Irkoutsk. ^''*^'^ ^^ Kazan. 96. ^ "^^^ '^ • 7* lot. — Allemagne. — Musee de Berlin. N°' i3. Anonyme. 6 1 . Anonyme. i^y. Anonyme. 8'' lot. — Portugal. — Musee de la Societe de Geographie. Lisbonne. N°' 4. Anonyme. ay. Anonyme. i36. '=. - [18] — 20 9* ''O'''- — Suisse. N" 5. Anonyme. 54. Anonyme. qli. Anonyme. 1 o« LOT. — Etats-Unis. 3q. I — -^. 0. tt-f\ J, 65. wy'^. 1*= 1 LOT. — Pays-Bas. — Musee de Leyde. N"/i7. S " ®|. 88. !n-V'^F;- i3o. Anonyme. 1 2« LOT. — Grece. — Musee central. Atiienes. N'"67. Anonyme. i3/j. Anonyme. i3* LOT. — EspAGNE. — Musk urcheologique. iMADnii). N" 3. AV^ • 4-- 128. Anonyme. , 21 - - [19] 1 i" LOT. — Suede et Norvege. — Muse'c national. Stockhomii. Musee Victoria. Upsal. ^"' 7" '^ZI^^'*'' ^"«^c de Chrisliania. Sy. Anonyme. 8o. Anonyme. »-~A I III I 1 5« LOT. — Belgique. — Musee de Bmxelles. !V°' 9 . Anonyme. i8. Anonyme. i3c). Anonyme. 1 6« LOT. — Danemark. — Musee royal. Copenhague. 33. j^'^^— • ^ h 1 . Anonyme. Les cercueils anonymes yS et 1 9 5 ont ete envoy^s au Mus^e d'Alexandrie. 7" 1 LOT. — Vatican. — Musee elrusque de Corlone. Pendant ledepouillementd'unepartie desmomies, fait en majeure parlie avoc i'assistancc du docteur Fouquet qui s'esl occupi^ plus speciaiement de la partie medicale et anthropologique , il a et^ trouve un certain nombre d'ob- jets , amulettes ailes , papyrus , pectoraux en forme d'epervier aux d^ploy^es scarabees, bretelles en cuir, etc., sans compter les linges portant des in- scriptions, notamment la pi^ce de grosse toile placee imm^diatement sous .
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