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REMARKS ON THE INSCRIPTIONS.
hntj'-pt)." The meaning of the inner transverse curve
over the sign khcnt (hnt) is doubtful.
(3) The god VX^ Horakhti (Rr-hhtj) " Horus
of the horizon," represented as a human figure with
a hawk's head, holding in his hands the symbols of
life ■¥• and happiness j. In front of him are the
words ddb-ef ankh, uas, dedet [dj-f lnl} will ddt) " he
gives life, happiness, and stability," viz. to the king,
whose name is opposite to the god (see R. T., II.,
Pl. XXII., 179; Pl. XXIII., 199, 200, for similar
representations on sealings of earlier royal vineyards;
also K 5. 8).
K 1. 5A, b. Two similar official seals of public
vineyards. The Horus name of King Zoser is re-
peated three times; between, and in a contrary
direction, are the following words :—
(1) W W W kanu (klnw) " vineyards."
(2) 1 j as zefau (Is df>w) " provision office,"
to which apparently the vineyards were subject.
(3) The name of the place where the vineyards
were situated. It is in a, ^ \l eeri (drt) " Wa3l,"
the feminine termination being omitted as usual. It
is probably the same as the later j E (Brugsch,
Thes., V., g5i), or : : „ (Diet, geog., 56), which is
ID
believed to be a name for Memphis. In b,
sebtiu, or anbw, kezu (ibtjw or inbw hdw) ^ :
" the white walls " (\evicbv Tet^o?), the common °J?> : j
name for Memphis in the earliest times, before it was
superseded by the name of King Phiops' pyramid,
Men-nefer (Mn-nfr), Memphis. For the irregular
position of c£ before the third : E, cf. the writing of
nezem-ankh (ndm-'nh) in K 5. 7.
Sealings with inscriptions similar to 5B were
found in the tomb of King Kha-sekhemui at Abydos
They differ only in the name of the king—Kha-
sekhemui instead of Zoser—and in the relative
positions of the three interposed columns of words
(R. T., II., Pl. XXIII., 193). From the close agree-
ment of these inscriptions it appears probable that
the reigns of these two kings occurred near together,
one succeeding the other. Other facts pointing to
the same supposition will be found below (K 1. 6, 7.
Note also an injured sealing from the tomb of King
Kha-sekhemui, which seems to show the name of
King Zoser, R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 211).
K 1. 6. Sealing of another government vineyard.
The Horus name of King Zoser is thrice repeated;
between, and in the same direction, are the following
words, now almost destroyed :—
(1) #. "the Western nomes," i.e. of the Delta
mm (cf. K5. 8 and R. T., II., PL. XXL, 172.).
FKfiil The only legible sign has the shorter
vertical line doubled, as in K5. 8, and placed before
the longer one, as in R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 203.
(2)Ln-1 per-seten per-desher kanu (pr-itnj pr-
dsr klnw) " King's house, red house,
vineyard." Cf. R.T., II., Pl. XXIII.,
191; Pl. XXIV., 206. For the " red
house," see Mr. Thompson's very
ie same name
ingenious interpretation, R. T., II., pp. 54, 191.
(3) ij-<?)n % © A place name. The
apparently occurs as 1 Q %^ on a sealing of
King Kha-sekhemui in an inscription similar to those
discussed above, Ki. 5a, b (A'. T., II., Pl. XXIV.,
202, 204).
The first sign, of which in every case the upper
part is lost, might with equal probability be I waz
(wld), in its early form which is like I sen (s'/i) (see
the name of the uraeus goddess | |L Uazit ( Wkljt),
R. T., II., Pl. XXIII., 192, 196 ; and the word
Uaz-ur (Wld-wr) "sea," ib. Pl. XIX., 152).
The three columns should perhaps be read in
this order, 2, 3, 1: " Vineyard of the red house of
the king's house in the town of Sen(?)pu in the
Western nomes." The inscription would thus cor-
respond very nearly to the inscriptions K 1. 5A, B.
The seal R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 203, may have the
same inscription, but with the name of King
Kha-sekhemui instead of King Zoser.
K 1. 7. A sealing of the famous queen Ne-maat-
Hap (N-m^t-Hp), whose name, "Truth belongs to
Apis,"* is remarkable for its apparently Memphitic
character. The name of the queen is repeated three
times, and is followed (as is shown by the vertical
line before the name) by her titles:
(1) Mut-suten-bati (mwt-dtnj-bjtj) " mother of the
king of Upper and Lower Egypt." On an earlier
sealing of the reign of King Kha-sekhemui (R. T., II.,
Pl. XXIV., 210), she bears another title, mut mesu
seten (mwtmiw itnj) "mother of the king's children,"
i.e. "wife of the king"; which title she receives also
in the somewhat later tomb of Meten in the reign
* A name like Ne-maat-Ra (JV-mS't-r') — Lamares (Amenemha
III.).
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REMARKS ON THE INSCRIPTIONS.
hntj'-pt)." The meaning of the inner transverse curve
over the sign khcnt (hnt) is doubtful.
(3) The god VX^ Horakhti (Rr-hhtj) " Horus
of the horizon," represented as a human figure with
a hawk's head, holding in his hands the symbols of
life ■¥• and happiness j. In front of him are the
words ddb-ef ankh, uas, dedet [dj-f lnl} will ddt) " he
gives life, happiness, and stability," viz. to the king,
whose name is opposite to the god (see R. T., II.,
Pl. XXII., 179; Pl. XXIII., 199, 200, for similar
representations on sealings of earlier royal vineyards;
also K 5. 8).
K 1. 5A, b. Two similar official seals of public
vineyards. The Horus name of King Zoser is re-
peated three times; between, and in a contrary
direction, are the following words :—
(1) W W W kanu (klnw) " vineyards."
(2) 1 j as zefau (Is df>w) " provision office,"
to which apparently the vineyards were subject.
(3) The name of the place where the vineyards
were situated. It is in a, ^ \l eeri (drt) " Wa3l,"
the feminine termination being omitted as usual. It
is probably the same as the later j E (Brugsch,
Thes., V., g5i), or : : „ (Diet, geog., 56), which is
ID
believed to be a name for Memphis. In b,
sebtiu, or anbw, kezu (ibtjw or inbw hdw) ^ :
" the white walls " (\evicbv Tet^o?), the common °J?> : j
name for Memphis in the earliest times, before it was
superseded by the name of King Phiops' pyramid,
Men-nefer (Mn-nfr), Memphis. For the irregular
position of c£ before the third : E, cf. the writing of
nezem-ankh (ndm-'nh) in K 5. 7.
Sealings with inscriptions similar to 5B were
found in the tomb of King Kha-sekhemui at Abydos
They differ only in the name of the king—Kha-
sekhemui instead of Zoser—and in the relative
positions of the three interposed columns of words
(R. T., II., Pl. XXIII., 193). From the close agree-
ment of these inscriptions it appears probable that
the reigns of these two kings occurred near together,
one succeeding the other. Other facts pointing to
the same supposition will be found below (K 1. 6, 7.
Note also an injured sealing from the tomb of King
Kha-sekhemui, which seems to show the name of
King Zoser, R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 211).
K 1. 6. Sealing of another government vineyard.
The Horus name of King Zoser is thrice repeated;
between, and in the same direction, are the following
words, now almost destroyed :—
(1) #. "the Western nomes," i.e. of the Delta
mm (cf. K5. 8 and R. T., II., PL. XXL, 172.).
FKfiil The only legible sign has the shorter
vertical line doubled, as in K5. 8, and placed before
the longer one, as in R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 203.
(2)Ln-1 per-seten per-desher kanu (pr-itnj pr-
dsr klnw) " King's house, red house,
vineyard." Cf. R.T., II., Pl. XXIII.,
191; Pl. XXIV., 206. For the " red
house," see Mr. Thompson's very
ie same name
ingenious interpretation, R. T., II., pp. 54, 191.
(3) ij-<?)n % © A place name. The
apparently occurs as 1 Q %^ on a sealing of
King Kha-sekhemui in an inscription similar to those
discussed above, Ki. 5a, b (A'. T., II., Pl. XXIV.,
202, 204).
The first sign, of which in every case the upper
part is lost, might with equal probability be I waz
(wld), in its early form which is like I sen (s'/i) (see
the name of the uraeus goddess | |L Uazit ( Wkljt),
R. T., II., Pl. XXIII., 192, 196 ; and the word
Uaz-ur (Wld-wr) "sea," ib. Pl. XIX., 152).
The three columns should perhaps be read in
this order, 2, 3, 1: " Vineyard of the red house of
the king's house in the town of Sen(?)pu in the
Western nomes." The inscription would thus cor-
respond very nearly to the inscriptions K 1. 5A, B.
The seal R. T., II., Pl. XXIV., 203, may have the
same inscription, but with the name of King
Kha-sekhemui instead of King Zoser.
K 1. 7. A sealing of the famous queen Ne-maat-
Hap (N-m^t-Hp), whose name, "Truth belongs to
Apis,"* is remarkable for its apparently Memphitic
character. The name of the queen is repeated three
times, and is followed (as is shown by the vertical
line before the name) by her titles:
(1) Mut-suten-bati (mwt-dtnj-bjtj) " mother of the
king of Upper and Lower Egypt." On an earlier
sealing of the reign of King Kha-sekhemui (R. T., II.,
Pl. XXIV., 210), she bears another title, mut mesu
seten (mwtmiw itnj) "mother of the king's children,"
i.e. "wife of the king"; which title she receives also
in the somewhat later tomb of Meten in the reign
* A name like Ne-maat-Ra (JV-mS't-r') — Lamares (Amenemha
III.).
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sfhert
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