Edwards, Amelia B.: Pharaohs, fellahs and explorers (New York, NY, 1892)

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PHARAOHS, FELLAHS, AND EXPLORERS.

glyph representing a band—being rendered with the most
perfect trutb and delicacy. The throne-name, " Ra-ma-ka,"'
is surrounded by a palm-frond bordering, and the family
name, "Amea-Knum Hatasu," by a border of concentric spi-
rals. The wood of this cartouche is the same as that of the
basilisks upon the arms, being very hard and close-grained,
and of a tawny, yellow hue, like boxwood. Some gorgeously
colored throne-chairs depicted on the walls of a side-chamber
in the tomb of Ttameses III. at Thebes show exactly into
what parts of the framework these royal insignia were in-
serted, and might serve as models for the complete restora-
tion of this most valuable and interesting relic.

It is a significant fact that the dark wood of the chair and
the lighter wood of the basilisks are of growths unknown to
Egyptian soil; and it may well be that both originally form-
ed part of that very cargo which the exploring squadron of
Queen Hatasu brought home to Thebes, some three thousand
five hundred years ago, from the far distant shores of the
Land of Punt.

LITTLE CABINET OF HATASU.