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Excavations at Nuri
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Henuttakhabit was the eldest daughter of Madiqan by the father of Aspalta, and thus
both sister and step-daughter to Aspalta; that Nansalsa and her daughter had both been
wives of Aspalta’s father; and that Aspalta on becoming king had married his father’s
wife, Madiqan, and adopted his sister Henuttakhabit. Marriages between royal brother
and sister are well established, and very complex relationships have no doubt arisen; but
the confusion involved in making Henuttakhabit the sister of her father is more than my
own credulity will bear. On the other hand, if the term is taken to mean simply
“relative” or “peer”, and the term to mean “member of the royal family,” then
Anlaman was the husband of Nansalsa, the father of Aspalta and Madiqan, and ap-
pointed his daughter Madiqan to the priesthood; Aspalta, having married his sister,
the priestess, Madiqan, succeeded his father, Anlaman, and in his third year appointed
Henuttakhabit, the daughter of himself and Madiqan, to succeed her mother, Madiqan,
as priestess of Amon. This seems to me the only consistent and common sense inter-
pretation of the statements contained in the two stelae.
d. The stelae of Harsiotef and Nastasen. The stelae of Harsiotef and Nastasen
are generally acknowledged to be of later date than the others because of the degeneration
of the language. The stela of Harsiotef is dated in his thirty-fifth year and gives the names
of his mother, Thesmale i I CS ™ t >)> anc^ Bis Queen> Bathyly
(1 2 ) ■ The stela of Nastasen, dated in his 8th year, names in
the same way, his mother, Palkha f^ gg and his queen Sakh-
makh In the text, Nastasen mentions three earlier kings,
Aspalta, Harsiotef, and Piankhalara and ?/)>
thus clearly placing these kings before his own time. He also mentions fighting with a
chief whom Prof. Schafer has suggested might be Cambyses, though the context points
to a Sudanese chief.
VII (2). The forms and the types of construction of the pyramids. As stated
in §V, all the royal tombs at Nuri are constructed on the same general plan. Never-
theless, certain differences in form, construction, and material arrest the attention. An
examination of these differences results in the division of the pyramids into four groups,
which are indicated throughout this report by the letters a, b, c, and d. This grouping
is borne out by the objects found in and about the pyramids as well as by other evidences,
and thus becomes a matter of prime importance for the chronological order of the pyra-
mids. In discussing these groups, the principle must be kept in mind that the line of
technical development is always to be sought in the large tombs. The small pyramids
of the kings were built after the death of the king, and are as a rule on sites which would
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Henuttakhabit was the eldest daughter of Madiqan by the father of Aspalta, and thus
both sister and step-daughter to Aspalta; that Nansalsa and her daughter had both been
wives of Aspalta’s father; and that Aspalta on becoming king had married his father’s
wife, Madiqan, and adopted his sister Henuttakhabit. Marriages between royal brother
and sister are well established, and very complex relationships have no doubt arisen; but
the confusion involved in making Henuttakhabit the sister of her father is more than my
own credulity will bear. On the other hand, if the term is taken to mean simply
“relative” or “peer”, and the term to mean “member of the royal family,” then
Anlaman was the husband of Nansalsa, the father of Aspalta and Madiqan, and ap-
pointed his daughter Madiqan to the priesthood; Aspalta, having married his sister,
the priestess, Madiqan, succeeded his father, Anlaman, and in his third year appointed
Henuttakhabit, the daughter of himself and Madiqan, to succeed her mother, Madiqan,
as priestess of Amon. This seems to me the only consistent and common sense inter-
pretation of the statements contained in the two stelae.
d. The stelae of Harsiotef and Nastasen. The stelae of Harsiotef and Nastasen
are generally acknowledged to be of later date than the others because of the degeneration
of the language. The stela of Harsiotef is dated in his thirty-fifth year and gives the names
of his mother, Thesmale i I CS ™ t >)> anc^ Bis Queen> Bathyly
(1 2 ) ■ The stela of Nastasen, dated in his 8th year, names in
the same way, his mother, Palkha f^ gg and his queen Sakh-
makh In the text, Nastasen mentions three earlier kings,
Aspalta, Harsiotef, and Piankhalara and ?/)>
thus clearly placing these kings before his own time. He also mentions fighting with a
chief whom Prof. Schafer has suggested might be Cambyses, though the context points
to a Sudanese chief.
VII (2). The forms and the types of construction of the pyramids. As stated
in §V, all the royal tombs at Nuri are constructed on the same general plan. Never-
theless, certain differences in form, construction, and material arrest the attention. An
examination of these differences results in the division of the pyramids into four groups,
which are indicated throughout this report by the letters a, b, c, and d. This grouping
is borne out by the objects found in and about the pyramids as well as by other evidences,
and thus becomes a matter of prime importance for the chronological order of the pyra-
mids. In discussing these groups, the principle must be kept in mind that the line of
technical development is always to be sought in the large tombs. The small pyramids
of the kings were built after the death of the king, and are as a rule on sites which would