Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . A SIXTH DYNASTY TOMB AT THEBES M. PERCY E. NEWBERRY. In llie winter of 18c)5 , I discovered in the necropolis of Thebes llie tombof a 1-î ^ rtGreat Chieftain of the Nomen, which may ])e dated approxi-mately to ihe end of the VI Dynasty : it is consequently the oldestmonument hitherlo found at Thebes. It is situated in the southern face ofthe Helwet el Hawa. a rocky liill to the south-vvest of the Assassîf, andconsists of two small chambers roughiy hewn in the hiil side. The doorwayto it is simpiy a square hole without any attempt at architectu
Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . A SIXTH DYNASTY TOMB AT THEBES M. PERCY E. NEWBERRY. In llie winter of 18c)5 , I discovered in the necropolis of Thebes llie tombof a 1-î ^ rtGreat Chieftain of the Nomen, which may ])e dated approxi-mately to ihe end of the VI Dynasty : it is consequently the oldestmonument hitherlo found at Thebes. It is situated in the southern face ofthe Helwet el Hawa. a rocky liill to the south-vvest of the Assassîf, andconsists of two small chambers roughiy hewn in the hiil side. The doorwayto it is simpiy a square hole without any attempt at architectural décoration ;the walls of the chambers are not even symmetrical, and the outer chamberis separated from the inner one l)y two pillars and a low «ail hewn out ofthe rock. The sculptures and paintings cover the end \\all of the tomb, theouter face of the architrave, the outer face of the right-liand piilar and theright-hand side of the outer chamber. In style the sculptures somewhatresemble ihose of the tombs of about the same period at AswÃ
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