The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Abbreviations
Collaborators Cited in the Catalogue
Conventions
Chapter 1. The Tomb Site in the Southwest Wadys (Valleys)
Physical Description
Survey of Human Activity
Tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty
Ramesside (and Later?) Funerary Figures
Non-dated Petroglyphs and the Recording of Graffiti
Graffiti of the Later New Kingdom—Coptic Period, A. J. Peden
Third Intermediate—Ptolemaic Period Finds of Lortet/Gaillard and Carter
Similar Finds
Dating and Significance of Later New Kingdom—Roman Remains
Coptic Remains
Figures 1&ndasdh;15
Chapter 2. Archival and Museum Documentation of Wady Qurud's Tomb 1
Documentation of the Tomb and Its Objects, 1916–48
Documents 1–9
Accounts of the Tomb's Location and Its Objects, 1916–43
Figures 16–27
Chapter 3. Archaeological Excavations at Tomb 1 by the MMA, 1988
Introduction
Goals
Organization and Acknowledgments
Conventions
Architecture
The Tomb Site as Found
General Scheme of Excavation
Description of Clearance and Context of Finds (Fig. 28)
Pottery Introduction and Acknowledgments
Overview of the Tuthmoside Pottery
Organization and Conventions of Pottery Registers
New Kingdom Pottery Register (p. 1–p. 102)
Post-New Kingdom Pottery Register (p. 103–p. 108)
Register for Pottery of Uncertain Date (p. 109–p. 113)
Small Finds
Items According to Provenance
Conclusions from 1988 Field Work
Figures 29–85
Chapter 4. Introduction to Catalogue Objects Associated with Tomb 1
History of Non-Excavated Objects
Study of the Non-Excavated Objects, 1918–2001
Description of This Study
Scope (Figs. 86–8)
General Organization
Authorship
Format and Conventions
Criteria for Placement in the Catalogue Sections
General Comparative Sources
Technical and Formal Indicators of Provenance and Date for the Gold Work (Figs. 89–91)
Chapter 5. Catalogue Part A, Objects Assigned to Tomb 1 (1–165)
Funerary Items
Canopic Jars (1–12)
Ritual Vessels (13–5)
Mummy Fittings (16–43)
Models (?) (44–7)
Vessels and Lids
Ointment Storage Jars and Lids (48–86)
Precious Vessels and Lids (87–99)
Precious Vessels of Undetermined Use (100–5)
Toilet Implements
Mirrors (106–7)
Jewelry
Introduction
Head Ornaments (108–14; Figs. 92–3)
Various Rosettes (115–28)
Body Ornaments (129–36)
Limb Ornaments (137–50)
Loose Beads (151–61)
Miscellaneous Items (162–3)
Objects of Undetermined Function
Miscellaneous Items (164–5)
Figures 94–193
Chapter 6. Catalogue Part B, Objects Less Surely Linked to Tomb 1 (166–213)
Introduction
Vessels and Lids
Ointment Storage Jars and Lids (166–73)
Precious Vessels (174–5)
Jewelry
Head Ornaments (176–9)
Body Ornaments (180–7)
Loose Parts (188–212)
Object of Undetermined Function
Miscellaneous Item (213)
Figures 194–219
Chapter 7. Catalogue Part C, Objects of Various Dates (214–324)
Indeterminate Date
Funerary Item (214)
Jewelry (215–7)
Objects of Undetermined Function (218–22)
Pre-Tuthmoside Date
Jewelry (223–5)
New Kingdom and Later Date
Jewelry (226–9)
Modern Date, Including Inscriptions
Introduction (Fig. 220)
Technical and Formal Indicators of Provenance and Date for the Gold Work (Figs. 221–6)
Funerary Items (230–44)
Vessels, Ointment Storage Jar Inscriptions (245–50)
Vessels, Precious Examples (251–71)
Jewelry (272–322; Figs. 227–33)
Objects of Undetermined Function (323–4)
Figures 234–62
Chapter 8. Specific Discussions and Overview
Specific Discussions
The Names of the Foreign Wives (Figs. 263–6), James E. Hoch
The Foreign Wives in Their Historical Period (Figs. 267–8)
Overview
Appendix 1. Graffiti in Wadys Sikket Taqet Zaid and Gabbanat El-Qurud
Appendix 2. Analyses of Catalogued Metal Objects
Objects Believed Ancient
Indeterminate Object
Objects Believed Modern
Appendix 3. Analyses of Various Glasses
Appendix 4. Documentation for the Interpretation of Gazelle Diadem
Concordances
Concordance 1, Past and Current Locations of Objects with Catalogue Numbers
Concordance 2, Catalogue Objects with Past and Current Locations
Works Cited
Illustration Credits
Indexes
Index 1, General
Index 2, Egyptian Words
Met Art in Publication
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Citation
Lilyquist, Christine, James E. Hoch, and A. J. Peden. 2003. The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.