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KOM ISHGAU
BY
J. E. QUIBELL.
Kom Isbgau is a village in the middle of the Hôd Tema, 7 kil. to the
S. W. of the town of Tema and equally far from the désert and the Nile.
Its height above the cultivation points it out, even from a distance, as being
an ancient site, and ail the wells are ancient, cylindrical shafts lined with
red brick : there are, too, a few ancient blocks of stone, notably one wilh
the cartouche of a Ptolemy, but the village is hardly known as a source
of antiquities.
Early in this year 1901, however, the villagers, wliile constructing a tomb
(fasguyeh) on the edge of the Muslim cemetery, cameupon a large mass of
papyrus. There was, I was assured, nearly a cubic mètres of it : it lay in an
ancient bouse, with a mat above it and a matbelow. Those who found it did
not know that papyrus or, as they called it, banana leaf had any value.
Some had been found before by sebakh diggers and burnt. Anolher pile
had been found and covered up again, apparently from the feeling that it
was something uncanny. But, this time, the brother of the omdeh did know
its value, and he seized the greater part of what was found. The chief of
the guards took some more and nearly everyone in the village had a
sample.
Word was sent to dealers at Tema, Luxor, Ekhmim, who promptly
came. At first, the price was bad, a complète roll selling for a few piastres,
but it soon rose and some rolls changed hands at as much as Lst. 7.
A certain dealer then, moved by jealousy or public spirit, sent notice
of what was going on to our inspector at Abydos, and he informed the
mamur at Tema. The latter behaved with vigour. Going with a police
guard to the village, he tried to seize the papyrus. The attempt was a
failure : the more enterprising of the fellahin hid their stores, the more
timid burnt theirs so as to avoid any trouble with the governmenl.
BY
J. E. QUIBELL.
Kom Isbgau is a village in the middle of the Hôd Tema, 7 kil. to the
S. W. of the town of Tema and equally far from the désert and the Nile.
Its height above the cultivation points it out, even from a distance, as being
an ancient site, and ail the wells are ancient, cylindrical shafts lined with
red brick : there are, too, a few ancient blocks of stone, notably one wilh
the cartouche of a Ptolemy, but the village is hardly known as a source
of antiquities.
Early in this year 1901, however, the villagers, wliile constructing a tomb
(fasguyeh) on the edge of the Muslim cemetery, cameupon a large mass of
papyrus. There was, I was assured, nearly a cubic mètres of it : it lay in an
ancient bouse, with a mat above it and a matbelow. Those who found it did
not know that papyrus or, as they called it, banana leaf had any value.
Some had been found before by sebakh diggers and burnt. Anolher pile
had been found and covered up again, apparently from the feeling that it
was something uncanny. But, this time, the brother of the omdeh did know
its value, and he seized the greater part of what was found. The chief of
the guards took some more and nearly everyone in the village had a
sample.
Word was sent to dealers at Tema, Luxor, Ekhmim, who promptly
came. At first, the price was bad, a complète roll selling for a few piastres,
but it soon rose and some rolls changed hands at as much as Lst. 7.
A certain dealer then, moved by jealousy or public spirit, sent notice
of what was going on to our inspector at Abydos, and he informed the
mamur at Tema. The latter behaved with vigour. Going with a police
guard to the village, he tried to seize the papyrus. The attempt was a
failure : the more enterprising of the fellahin hid their stores, the more
timid burnt theirs so as to avoid any trouble with the governmenl.
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