thp: age of bkonze in egypt. 509 



and precious stones, the handle of a fiiu of wood hiininated with gold, 

 an ebony mirror of gold and gilded bronze, etc. But along with these 

 were found in the tomb of the queen various arms and a small boat of 

 massive gold mounted upon a wooden chariot with wheels of bronze 

 and a similar boat of silver. In the golden boat twelve oarsmen are 

 seen, also of gold, who are rowing under the orders of the helmsman and 

 pilot in the prow. In the center of the boat a diminutive personage 

 holds an ax and a baton of authority; a cartouche engraved behind 

 the helmsman teachey us the death for which he was originally pre- 

 destined. This boat is King Kamos. The vessel itself is a symbol of 

 the craft on which the deceased must embark aci'ordiug to the ci-eed of 

 the Egyptians, and be borne to Abydos in order to enter the other 

 world. 



Upon a few other objects found in this tomb may be read the names 

 of the kings, Kamos, Ahmos, and the prenomen of the latter, Nibpehtiri. 



The arms found in the tomb are of great importance to our subject. 

 They are three i)ouiards with blades of bronze and gold; two axes, one 

 of gilded bronze, the other of silver; nine small hatchets, three of gold 

 and six of silver; and a baton of authority, made of black wood and 

 gold. 



The ligures that we are about to refer to are grouped upon the plates 

 apart from the text here subjoined. One of the poniards was originally 

 sheathed in a scabbard of gold.* The handle is of wood, and orna- 

 mented with small triangles in cornelian, lapis-lazuli, feldspar and gold 

 forming the reverse. For the ])ommel, four female heads in pricked 

 gold ; an inverted bull's head conceals the soldering of the blade to the 

 handle. The body of the blade is of dark bronze, inlaid with massive 

 gold and damascened. Upon the upper face abo\'e the prenomen 

 ISibpehtiri a lion is pursuing a bull, in advance of which two locusts 

 are quietly ])roceeding. The lower facet bears the name of Ahmos I 

 and fifteen flowers in full bloom which issue one from another and disap- 

 pear toward the point of the blade. Another poniard (Fig. 18) has a 

 gold handle, the blade being of bronze. The third poniard (Fig. 11) is 

 formed with a very heavy blade, and a disk of silver serving as a handle. 

 Figure 12 exhibits tlu', poniard from a side point of view. t 



One of the large axes is represented in Fig. 20. The handle is of 

 cedar wood, ornamented with a golden leaf The name of tiie king, 

 Ahmos, is here traced in incrustations of lapis-hi/adi, coriuilian, tur- 

 quoise, and green felds])ar. The blade is provided with a simple handle 



'The figures which h(;re reitrcsoiit the oljjocts preserved in the umsciim ,it Bonla(| 

 are executed after pliotographu wliich, through the Icind instruiucutaiity ot'M. I'iclil 

 and IVI. IJrug.sch liey, were execu ted lor me. Tlie description of (lie snini)tiu)us arms 

 in the tomb of A'hhotep are taken from tlie Guide du Visilciir (tu Mnm'e dc Iionhi([, by 

 Maspero, pp. 79-8:5. Compare Erman, .J<A/ypteii, p. ()12. 



t Fig. 12 is designed from Fig. .^(M in the first volume of I'errot and Chipiez, ouvr. 

 cit., where it is exactly indicated .as representing a i)in. 



