New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-30
WHAT WAS FOUND AT TANIS.

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The House of the Painter" contained paint pots,
co.oss limestone tablets ruled i'll squares like our
sectional copying paper lump emery Iof erasing pur-
poses and the ike. These two houses are OF early
ptolemaic date AM they seem TO have been deserted
and runcd long before the time OF the Eucolic Revolt
Not so the house OF Bahashin and the House Of
the Geek Term which were Ill occupation up to the
moment of the outbreak.
Bakakhin and the owner OF the House OF the Greek
Term were ncXtdoOr ncgbbors. and they lived III
two large mansions situate III the north gateway oi
the great temple enclosure both houses were plum
,ercd and both persisted III the general coni1ap
II so happencd however that when the iOoringH gave
way III EaAasLins roOas, the furniture was precipi-
tated into the cellar, and so burned unce the deUrs
whereas the other house which Probably did not take
ire 80 soon, moi Only more thoroughly sacked Tut
was apparently better worth sacking Many hun
dreds OF Bakakhin's possessions have consequently
been found, while comparatively lew OF his ncishbors
belongings were lett Tor the explorer lheif mousse
hold goois betray something Of the ways and tastes
of the owners Bakakhin a man OF business, and
PERHAPS a man of law His neighbor was apparently
a man of culture possibly Roman ana II 80,
Government o.cial. Everything III bahakhihs house,
save a few small objects OF Syrian arr was thoroughly
Egyptian; but the other. being vrtuoso. possessed
beautiful things which can only nave oeen ofouSht
from Italy and Greece. Again, Bakakhlns cellar
cupboard contained elk waste-paper baskets iuii oil
bu,lness letters and business documents written on
p.pyrus IN the denote current Egy tian script oil
Inc period whereas III similar Dasketiu' dlsco'-
,ed IN the adoinng mansion half OF the papyrl were
written in Greek which it need scarcely he sail was
the scholarly aud literary language oil the time Also
instead OF being mere eruibped uotes accounts ih-
fpfI
rolls such as beitted gentltmans library III the
time OF the C1safs -, .....,
value the most interesting object III Bakakhins house
was portrait statuete OF himself bearing his name
upon the front OF the pedestal akashih' sou o. ,i9
,,,n,her Ta.Ankh As the work OF provincial
artist in an age of decadence 1t may be iDdulgently
criticised at all events 1t places the man before us
.in bis habit as be lived -snort oaid' deoohair.
with placld kindly face. which looks as IT 1t might
beong TO a brother OF the Janus W OGDEN Wan at
BonIak Ills numerous belongings, his Lamps, bis
iaKstaud his drawing materials JUS lo.s anu paas'
his cups saucers, bowls amphOrt mOrtars proh%or'
amulets and hOusehOl gOds are all III one case ~
Tie I,r,ish Museum. oIgh fewer things were t)ind
in the oining house those few were chiefly objects
- lie tb. two most important being the Glass
Iodiac aud the Greek Term. Tue loIiner' painted
in gold and color on "a sheet ol uih steeh'su
gIoss IA the only specimen OF ancient glass;
painting, anu Is executed III me hhrse r"uipean sly
Of decorative design This square OF glass brsl sur
founded by border line OF gliding within which
are series OF circles Ill gliding the trst circle CON
RAINING heads emblematc OF the twelve months VI Tue
var the next containing the twelve signs oil me
zodiac aud the centre an ornamental device whIch
900 mich laurel to be III eligible. The vacant spaces
OF ground work are parseme WIN g".d stars.
The ~hoe thing has suffered terrible damage oemS
broken into about 200 fragments, and mucD waIpeu
nd twiated Dy the action Of fire. Still. repaiiod Us
il IA with much expenditure OF care and ski ~ Mr
petrie the beauty of the design is fully apprecable,
and MANY of heads perfect Two or three are
esoeciaily beautiful and spirited one, youth win
locks blown by the wind is REMARKABLY ike inc
tamous Pompciian head of Achilles IN the Br tlsh
Museum The latter. charming GItcV- oman
female head. terminal pillar. is executed III what
looks like Carra.a marble IL SUI ported limestone
shelf which lay beside it when found This interest,
ing work the most perfect OF ITS school ami perl"i
discovered during the excavations of 1854 has iound
a home at Boston. The owner OF these things, u 'nh
evidently of taste and wealth. must have Posso.seo
Jewels plate money, yet n much worn coin oil YES
pasan was ali the treasure that bis house contained.
In Bakakhln's cellar, the only object ionhd III the
way OF precious metal was tiny silver spatua III may
be that the neghbors escaped while there was YET
time taking their ValusbIes w'th them but The hand
OF the plunderer Is nevertheless vislbio Ihe sloIea
the big jars and spilled about the floor III the search
ior hidden One OF the waste bnsAels
lined and left upon the stairs, and the beak Of fine