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M. M. II: EGYPTIAN MONUMENT AND RELATIONS 287
In 1913, by raising strips of the slabbing of the paved area immediately
adjoining the spot where the monument was discovered, it was possible to stratum
arrive at an accurate knowledge of the underlying stratum and thus to supply ^°"tam~
a conclusive answer regarding the medium with which the monument was Monu-
associated. Except on the borders of the adjoining Ante-room, whose Late ascer-
Minoan foundations had cut into the earlier deposit, the evidence was ^be^
singularly uniform. M.M.ii.
It was proved to demonstration that the limestone pavement had
simply taken the place of the floor level, of whatever materials, which had
already existed here in the early part of M. M. III. Relics of this latter
Period made complete default, and a Late Minoan stratum was directly
superimposed on one containing typical polychrome and other sherds, as well
as complete specimens of small plain vessels, all of M. M. II b fabric. In two
directions this deposit was crossed by drains, one of terra-cotta, the other of
stone, containing similar relics, the upper surface of these being struck at 50
and 70 centimetres respectively. That the diorite monument belonged to
this widespread M. M. II stratum there can be no reasonable doubt.
The figure is that of a seated male personage who, as will be seen Figure of
from Fig 220, is represented nude. His hands rest on his 1 viiees in a
schematic attitude, and the square throne on which he is seated bears an
inscription behind and on both sides, presenting considerable difficulties.1 It
reads as follows :
Right Side (very ill engraved) : ^ ^ [f|
Left Side: |
AAAAAA -J-X LL
(last sign probably blundered )
Back : ' Devoted to the Great God, Lord of Heaven, heart of Gold,
whom the Wazet-nome (?) produced (?), User, true of voice.'
Sides: 'The Devoted heart of Gold, whom the Wazet-nome (?) pro-
duced (?), User, true of voice, born of the devoted Sat-Hathor, true of voice.'
The collocation
is
the crux of the inscription. Mr. F. LI. Griffith
{Arch. Rep. E. E. F., 1900, p. 6) at first read it
as a strange compound name, but this he now
regards as hardly credible. The last element,
User, is frequent as a proper name and he sug-
gests that the preceding groups represent epi-
thets, or a title, perhaps of some high-priesthood
(or possibly father's or grandfather's name with
filiation signs omitted as in contemporary
hieratic). In his opinion v looks most like
Wazet, the name of the Xth Nome of Upper
Egypt (Aphroditopolite), though the serpent
lacks the ostrich feather on its back.
In 1913, by raising strips of the slabbing of the paved area immediately
adjoining the spot where the monument was discovered, it was possible to stratum
arrive at an accurate knowledge of the underlying stratum and thus to supply ^°"tam~
a conclusive answer regarding the medium with which the monument was Monu-
associated. Except on the borders of the adjoining Ante-room, whose Late ascer-
Minoan foundations had cut into the earlier deposit, the evidence was ^be^
singularly uniform. M.M.ii.
It was proved to demonstration that the limestone pavement had
simply taken the place of the floor level, of whatever materials, which had
already existed here in the early part of M. M. III. Relics of this latter
Period made complete default, and a Late Minoan stratum was directly
superimposed on one containing typical polychrome and other sherds, as well
as complete specimens of small plain vessels, all of M. M. II b fabric. In two
directions this deposit was crossed by drains, one of terra-cotta, the other of
stone, containing similar relics, the upper surface of these being struck at 50
and 70 centimetres respectively. That the diorite monument belonged to
this widespread M. M. II stratum there can be no reasonable doubt.
The figure is that of a seated male personage who, as will be seen Figure of
from Fig 220, is represented nude. His hands rest on his 1 viiees in a
schematic attitude, and the square throne on which he is seated bears an
inscription behind and on both sides, presenting considerable difficulties.1 It
reads as follows :
Right Side (very ill engraved) : ^ ^ [f|
Left Side: |
AAAAAA -J-X LL
(last sign probably blundered )
Back : ' Devoted to the Great God, Lord of Heaven, heart of Gold,
whom the Wazet-nome (?) produced (?), User, true of voice.'
Sides: 'The Devoted heart of Gold, whom the Wazet-nome (?) pro-
duced (?), User, true of voice, born of the devoted Sat-Hathor, true of voice.'
The collocation
is
the crux of the inscription. Mr. F. LI. Griffith
{Arch. Rep. E. E. F., 1900, p. 6) at first read it
as a strange compound name, but this he now
regards as hardly credible. The last element,
User, is frequent as a proper name and he sug-
gests that the preceding groups represent epi-
thets, or a title, perhaps of some high-priesthood
(or possibly father's or grandfather's name with
filiation signs omitted as in contemporary
hieratic). In his opinion v looks most like
Wazet, the name of the Xth Nome of Upper
Egypt (Aphroditopolite), though the serpent
lacks the ostrich feather on its back.