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Excavations at the Royal Palace at Qatna, Syria in 2009 - Photo courtesy Universitat Tubingen
This little monkey holding a container for facial paint discovered in the newly excavated tomb. - Photo courtesy Universitat Tubingen
Numerous vessels of ceramic and granite have been found. The latter are Egyptian imports whose production in the Old Egyptian Kingdom dates to a period 1000 years prior to the existence of the rock-cut tomb. Furthermore, the archaeologists discovered alabaster vessels which might also stem from Egypt. In one of these a collection of gold jewellery was found consisting of rings, rosettes and gold foils. In other parts of the tomb, chased gold foils possibly used for textile or furniture decorative purposes have been uncovered.