GOLD RAZORS AND NAIL FILES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 10 (Supplement)

GOLD RAZORS AND NAIL FILES

* IN TOMB OF CHEOPS' MOTHER,

The Cairo Museum has . just received a consignment of new finds made by the Harvard-Boston Egyptian expedition in the tomb of Queen Hetep-Heres, the mother of King Cheops. Among the objects were two razors of pure gold with one edge sharpened; three quadrangular knives, also of pure gold and having all four edges sharpened, and a manicure" tool with one end pointed to be used for cleaning the nails and the other end rounded for use in pushing down the cuticle at the base of the nail.

Apart from these implements of gold, the consignment comprises five other razors made of copper and another four rectangular knives of the same metal. Additional gold objects are a drinking cup with a rolled back rim and mouthpiece and two other goblets of smaller size. A little wooden casket, a reproduction of an older model, fragments of which were found on a former occasion, contains eight alabaster jars, Beven of which are filled with the scented ointment characteristic of ancient Egypt.

The lids of-six of the jars bear a description of their respective contents, while hieroglyphic characters on the rim indicate the connection between lid and jar. The lids to the other two jars are no longer preserved. The balance of the alabaster finds making up this consignment to Cairo consist of thirty vessels, two of them being of exceptionally unusual form.