Egypt Exploration Fund [Hrsg.]: Archaeological report: comprising the work of the Egypt Exploration Fund and the progress of egyptology during the year ... (1895-1896)

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Egypt Exploration Fund [Hrsg.]
Archaeological report: comprising the work of the Egypt Exploration Fund and the progress of egyptology during the year ... — 1895-1896

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Naville, Edouard: Egypt Exploration Fund, [7]: Transport of Obelisks, as illustrated by a Bas-Relief in the temple of Deir el Bahari

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COMPEISING THE WOEK OF THE … Thk Offices of the EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND, 37, Great Russell St., W.C.

Egypt Expoloration Fund

The Rev. Prof. A. H. Sayge, M.A., LL.D. … The Hon. Edward G. Mason (U.S.A.). … H. A. Grubber, Esq., F.S.A. The Rev. W. C. Winslow, D.D., D.C.L. (Boston, U.S.A.). … The Ret. W. MacGbegor, M.A. … The Rev. H. G. Tomkins, M.A.

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COMPRISING THE WORK OF THE … This Offices of the EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND, 37, Great Russell St., W.C,

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a Bas-eeliep in the Temple of Deir … Temple at Kakanis. View from the West Wall . . 14

Egypt Exploration Fund, [6]: Excavations at Deir el Bahari

The excavations of this season at Deir el Bahari were not on a large … comparisons for our guidance in seeking to ascertain how the architect

Like the lateral chambers at Denderah and Edfu, they may have been

excavations in the soil of this court and along the outside of the shrine … from the walls of the temple, there could be no doubt that the tomb … Outside, on box and lid, are lines of blue hieroglyphs giving the name

glyphic. In the coffin had been left pieces of a very thick cartonnnge, … of the earthly life of the deceased, and were intended to answer … together into a corner with the bricks of the door in order to make … transporting stone or perhaps for lowering heavy coffins along the inclined

thick longitudinal plank of sycamore wood, and not from a section across … the dayT, and often at night by candle-light.

and some of them were built into the wall of the kitchen of the Coptic … As Illustrated by a Bas-Relief in the Temple of Deir el Bahaki. … the manner in which colossal statues and obelisks were transported on … and some of them were built into the wall of the kitchen of the Coptic … As Illustrated by a Bas-Relief in the Temple of Deir el Bahaki. … the manner in which colossal statues and obelisks were transported on

Egypt Exploration Fund, [7]: Transport of Obelisks, as illustrated by a Bas-Relief in the temple of Deir el Bahari

" terrasse de l'Est." The lowest row of boats is still in situ; 1 but tlie

tion. The names of the officers who are supposed to perform … "sycamores from the whole land. … - I am indebted to Dr. Sethe's kindness for the reading of the rare sign akh.

" the inhabitants of the nome of Aphroditopolis and of all Egypt are

in order to ship them both; thus the length of the boat was three times … in winter they would have less difficulty in hauling the obelisks on shore

taken as the example to show how each group was composed. Next to … This extraordinary formation is due to the desire of the sculptor for … rule. He drew all the boats together, allowing only the bows to project

with its soldiers, and all tire other ones in turn after the leader ; the line

boats on the river. … Lastly there were three boats 1 which I should call the religious escort … The few lines of text which have been preserved speak of tying the

Egypt Exploration Fund, [8]: Cities of the Faiyûm, Kanaris and Bacchias

C—-CITIES OF THE FAIYUM. … the Faiyum come to be regarded as worked out, that some surprise

Cities of the Faiyum:. … undertaken in good time, and it was resumed for a short week at the end … and with a superimposed mass of rubbish, resulting from Bedawin occupa-

v. On the base of a lion : … but we succeeded in unearthing from both a certain number of papyri, … (b) A long Latin document, found among the sand in a rifled tomb … massacre, and from the style appears to be a composition of the lato … an Attic orator. Judging by the popularity of Hyperides in Egypt as … These five papyri were all written about the same period, the second

Cities op the Faiytjm. … the desert, we struck our tents and moved seven miles eastward to Kum el … Here again we had houses, tombs, and a temple to explore. ■ The houses … figures in relief), and so forth. Coins were legion. Under the brick

name is Socanobconneus, a form of the crocodile god Sebek, who was … 6. A series of forty-two receipts, ranging from the reign of Titus to … January 16th, rendered much service in the unrolling and deciphering … The cemeteries of Bacchias proved less remunerative even than those

Cities op the Faiyum. … Temple at Karanis (Faiyum). The Portal from the East.

Progress of Egyptology, [11]: Archeology, Hieroglyphic Studies, etc.

Explobations have been actively carried on in Egypt during the past year. … two terrible volumes. Naturally such work is most noticeable from

irritating than the most unjustifiable publications issued at the private … tions, conducted as they are with method and guided by the keenest

Thothmes IV., Merenptah, Siptah, and the queen, Tausert. His most … Thebes was a general centre of operations during the last season. Besides

At Philae, Captain Lyons, while surveying for the Egyptian Govern- … proved to be that of the eldest son of Shashanq I., a statue dedicated by … At Lisht, M. Gautier, in investigating the surroundings of the south … Kum Ombo. At Kum er Resras, on the west bank a little south of … The sebakk-diggers of Elephantine have uncovered a graffito of Khufu- … We must also mention Mr. Newberry's work in the Theban necropolis. … two fragmentary duplicates of the great inscription which details the … It is reported that a French Society connected with the Musee

Kojotos, by W. M. F. Petrie, is a publication of the results of work at … Philae. The very obscure hieroglyphic portion of the trilingual … From Thebes, east bank—

Burton and preserved in the British Museum ; Griffith, Mg. Zeit. … From west bank— … without indication of their provenance, we may note the following from … statue A 93. Bevillout, Rev. Egypt, vii. p. Ill; stelae of the XXIInd, … from the important Demetrio collection, including the inscription of … a careful copy of the tablet of Palermo, one of the most extraordinary

documents that we possess of the Old Kingdom. Its existence has been … The principal publication has been that of the account papyri in the … examples: the Papyrus Hood and some small fragments at St. Peters-

latter is now almost complete. The Professor has published a good … After an interval of one year, the second volume of Professor Maspero's … Daressy, Bsc. de Trav. xvii. p. 113, gives a list of the names of the

he chooses especially the form of the royal titles and the shape of the … reference to Jequier's essay on the historical results of the excavations. … Borchardt, JEg. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 142, suggests that the name of Khyan … elaborate treatise on the succession of the kings Thothmes I.—III. and

upon which the genealogy must be largely based, is the work of … Petbte, Proc. Soc. Bib. Arch, xviii. p. 56, examines the succession of … Mallet, Bcc. de Trav. xviii. p. 4, describes an interesting stela of the … The chronology of the Egyptian dynasties has been the subject of

in Petrie's History, vol. i., from an astronomical point of view, and in … mit cler Biblisclien, attempts to reconcile the Biblical with the Egyptian … There has not been much work in this branch during the year, although … Edom or Palestine, mentioned in the story of Sanehat. Cf. Offobd,

Professor Sayce has found the Hyksos god Sufcekh named ou a … there written (j(J w (j ^^<=^=> ^] ^ with the determinative of a … we can form no conclusion from these statements as to the relation … xviii. p. 76, cf. Hommel, p. 17, and Delattre, p. 71. The name of " Bdl, … Daressy publishes a representation of Phoenician ships from a tomb

graffito from Silsileh, and Darbssy, I.e., p. 120, a bilingual hieroglyphic … Schaper, JEg. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 61 et seqq., has occupied himself with the … Dumhler in Jahrb. des Instit. 1895, p. 35, has discussed the Greek … C. Tore, Memphis and, Myhenae, having brought down the date of the … Deeenboukg has written an account of the recently discovered epitaph … to the Pyramid texts in his JEgyplologische Studien. The letters now … Maspeeo, Bee. de Trav. xviii. p. 53, devotes an article to the vocaliza- … certain words in the Pyramid texts ; but it is impossible to follow him in

to recognize the existence of a certain rare negative form mentioned in … the help of Rabbinical Hebrew. He also traces the origin of a Hebrew, … Sir P. Lepage Renouf, continuing his translation of the Book of the … the representation of an Egyptian festival in Graeco-Egyptian times. … the meaning of the " double " represented in certain religious scenes, and

The second series of Petrie's Egyptian Tales has now appeared, and … the Ancient Egyptian plant remains preserved in the Louvre. Unfortu- … Beadvisage, Bee. de Trav. xviii. p. 78, having examined the wood of … the course by which Ancient Egyptian medicine entered Egypt through … contributions to the Egyptian metrology that have appeared since his

different ages. Professor Eisenlohr quotes the Palermo stone just pub- … length on Egyptian metrology, and here publishes, by the way, a fragment … through a number of possessors during the Old Kingdom, from the lists … gives an interesting sketch of the conduct of the labourers in the … Petrie, Egyptian Decorative Art, analyzes and traces the origin and … the plant symbolical of Lower Egypt; he takes the certainly erroneous

Eeman, Mg. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 18, publishes two exquisite reliefs from … statue of the Posno collection. He deals at some length with the treat- … F. C. J. Spureell, Arch. Journ., 1896, p. 46, describes the method … nowhere else, they were ground to a smooth surface before the exquisite … Somees Clarke has contributed an illustrated article on the methods … C. Belgee, Mg. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 24, examines the construction of the … bowls found by Petrie at Gurob, were for washing the face, the inscrip- … An English edition of the Illustrated Catalogue of the National Museum

It is stated that the Coptic ecclesiastical authorities have consented … from those of ours; they will attach importance to points of view undreamed of by … ment unless a director and staff be appointed to deal exclusively with the manage-

any previous training for the work, but who are also destitute of any scientific … " One very obvious injury resulting from hasty excavation is that inflicted on the … Who that has visited the Pyramids does not remember the dismal aspect presented

tombs repeatedly ransacked and plundered, some scattered .remains of the floral … "The inconspicuous material for research into natural history is lost in the hunt … is about as effective for preservation as it would be to pack up the tubes of a … Dr. Schweinfurth proceeds to point out as highly characteristic of the condition … tombs repeatedly ransacked and plundered, some scattered .remains of the floral … "The inconspicuous material for research into natural history is lost in the hunt … is about as effective for preservation as it would be to pack up the tubes of a … Dr. Schweinfurth proceeds to point out as highly characteristic of the condition

Progress of Egyptology, [12]: Graeco-Roman Egypt

Mahaffy's history of the empire of the Ptolemies. Some account of … Mahaffy has prefixed an introduction, contains the text of a very long … a separate document, though they are now joined together. The first

between the cost of manufacturing the oil (which was fixed) and the sum … cases it was at a discount of about ten per cent. (2) At the beginning of … the true exchange ratio, and that the ratio of metal value, from the … .pio_sg_poem, of the second century b.c., in contents resembling the

on vellum and the rest on papyrus, containing loans, sales, accounts, … marriage contracts, and leases. The manner of publication resembles

the Rainer papyri has at last begun. A volume of facsimiles is promised … (Nos. 493-510) ; part of the record of an Alexandrian embassy, to the

the poll-tax, but who succeeded iu asserting his rights on appeal … over the Greek, as well as the native Egyptian, period can afford to

forcibly removing from justice certain persons charged with brigandage ; … of the same sort among- the papyri under his control, but for these and … addition to our palaeographical knowledge, documents of the fourth … three different kinds of artaba (the principal dry measure of capacity in … nounced and given provisional texts of the interesting triple inscription … H. G. Lyons, R.E., the discoverer, and Dr. Borchardt.18 Four Latin … be added that the new edition of Professor Lumbroso's invaluable

is attached to a recent article on the papyri of Messrs. M ah a fry and … and of great palaeographical value. A second volume of the Greek … 1 Revenue Laws of Ptolemy Philadelphus, edited from a Greek papyrus. . . . by … 8 The Empire of the Ptolemies, by J. P. Mahalfy. (London, 1895.) … 13 On Two Inscriptions from Dimeh, in Hermathena, ix. 160 (1895); A new

19 Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, xviii. 107-109. … 1. Biblical and Apocryphal. Dr. A. Sehulte lias during the past year … an elaborate description of some half-dozen fragments of the New … 19 Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, xviii. 107-109. … 1. Biblical and Apocryphal. Dr. A. Sehulte lias during the past year … an elaborate description of some half-dozen fragments of the New

Progress of Egyptology, [13]: Coptic Studies

The Rev. H. Goussen, of Strassburg, has rendered a service to all New … Prof. Hyvernat, who has published so little of late years, begins in the … connection with these texts is that, unlike most of the apocrypha otherwise … details regarding the ornamentation of the various MSS., which will

One of the most interesting publications of the year is also one of the … probably be in favour of the latter ascription. The work apparently relates … Dr. von Lemm continues his successful endeavours to identify the

demonstrated the fact of the existence of such a work some years ago. … of some apparently hopeless remains, not inconsiderable passages from … Dr. Griitzmacher, of Freiburg, from his previous studies of Benedict … several very interesting and otherwise, no doubt, obsolete words, the

meanings of which the editor has happily traced to their hieroglyphic … 4. Philological. Professor Erman has given an explanation of the

named Alloe, identified by Professor Erman with the Arabic samandal,

Transport of Obelisks

Transport of Obelisks, from a bas-relief at Deir el Bahari (see p. 6).

Karte I - V

PROM THE DELTA TO BENI SUEP

FROM BENT SUEF TO EKHMIM.

FROM EKHMIM TO ASWAN".

v op the … IV. —GOSHEN, AND THE SHRINE OF SAFT-EL-HENNEH. Memoir … V.—TANIS.—Part II., including TELL DEFENNEH (the Biblical … VII.—THE CITY OF ONIAS AND THE MOUND OF THE JEW. The … IX.—TWO HIEROGLYPHIC PAPYRI FROM TANIS. An extra Volume. … and the TOMB OF PAHERI AT EL KAB. By J. .1. Tylor and F. Ll.

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THE SEASON'S WORK AT AHNAS AND BENI HASAN. By Edouard

Maßstab/Farbkeil

At Philae, Captain Lyons, while surveying for the Egyptian Govern- … proved to be that of the eldest son of Shashanq I., a statue dedicated by … At Lisht, M. Gautier, in investigating the surroundings _ '' " ■ 11 … Kum Ombo. At Kum er Resras, on the west bank a 1E ^ … The sebakh-diggers of Elephantine have uncovered a grafl E … We must also mention Mr. Newberry's work in the Theb - … two fragmentary duplicates of the great inscription whit =— … It is reported that a French Society connected wit =-

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Transport of Obelisks.

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each line having nine tugs and a leader, and there was a front of three
boats on the river.

The oarsmen are represented on one side only, but we must suppose
that there was the same number on each side ; it would make 32 for
each boat, and a total of 320 oarsmen for each group. Adding to this
number the reises, the officers and the steersmen, we may say that the
crew which towed the obelisks from Elephantine to Thebes was, all told,
over a thousand men.

In the lee of the barge is a canoe much smaller than the tugs, which
probably was the means of communication between the barge and the
land or the boats of the line.

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No. 3.

Lastly there were three boats 1 which I should call the religious escort
of the expedition. Each of them has a pavilion. One of them contains
the empty throne of the queen with a fan over it. In another boat
priests are offering frankincense and a pointed white loaf. I should
think that these offerings were made to Amon ; however, we must
remember that an obelisk is a religious monument having a symbolical
meaning, and we see that a pan of frankincense is placed upon it.
The few lines of text which have been preserved speak of tying the
cables of stem and stern, and also of the " navigation from Elephantine
as far as ... . (Thebes)."

The representation of the transport of the obelisk is unique, and
therefore particularly valuable. The above description and the plate
show how large are the gaps both in picture and text. Let us hope that
in the work of rebuilding, which will soon be undertaken, more of this
interesting exhibition of the art of navigation in ancient Egypt may be
recovered.

Edouaed Naville.

1 For similar boats see Mariette, Deir el Bahari, pi. 12. Duemichen, Hist.
Inschr. II., pi. 21.

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