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REMARKS ON THE INSCRIPTIONS.
K 2. 21, found in the same tomb as those which we
are now considering. It seems therefore very prob-
able that the King of the Horus-name Sa-nekht
{Si-nlyt) was one of the immediate successors of
Zoser. The cartouche, on which this conclusion is
based, contains a name which is almost broken away
on the sealing, but some traces of the last sign are
still visible. From examination of the original I am
led to believe that it can hardly be restored other-
wise than as LJ ka (kt) in its archaic form with a
curved base, which was the usual form in inscriptions
of the three earliest dynasties (R. T., I. and II.
passim; L., D., II., 39^, b, from the reign of Neb-ka).
Among the personal names of the kings of the Illrd
Dynasty two end with the sign LJ ka (ki), viz.
(^zy ul Neb-ka (Nb-ki), and Cq J \j\ Nefer-ka-Ra
(Nfr-k;-rc). Judging by the other sealing inscriptions
the cartouche could not extend above the head of
the hawk of the Horus-name opposite. The remain-
ing space within the oval would not then be sufficient
for the signs O and T, even if they were written beside
o
instead of the usual
cf. the title of Meten
CTT]
each other,
©J
u
I
u
There
would, however, be just room enough for the smaller
sign ^r7. I think therefore that we are entitled to
regard the royal name within the oval as that of
King Neb-ka, who, according to the Turin Papyrus
and the Abydos tablet, was the predecessor of Zoser,
or, according to the Westcar Papyrus and the Sak-
kara tablet, one of his immediate successors. But
whether the Horus-name Sa-nekht (S;-nfyt) belonged
to the same Neb-ka or to a later king, cannot be
decided yet.
Between the repetitions of the Horus-name—
probably three as usual—stand the titles of the
official, written in a contrary direction. What
remains is as follows :—
(6) The word kha (h<), which means " to appear,"
"to rise," "to be crowned as king," " festival," or
" crown" ; and the word n I shems (snii) " to ac-
company, to follow."
(7) [(^37 j U J V |nO/ii\Aii\/I\/1 hen shenut Neb-
ka (hn-snwt Nb-kl) " servant of King Nebka's gran-
aries." The sign V hen (hn) is quite clear in the
original. (For the peculiar use of hen (hn) "servant,"
he?i per mat seten
[hn pr mwt dtnj~\ "servant of the house of the king's
mother." L., D., II., 120).
(8) I nekht kheru (nht hrw) " strong of
voice," a title frequently borne in the Old Kingdom
by officials of the granaries (Maspero, Etudes
egyptiennes, II., 135-139. Examples of the Illrd
Dynasty are L., D., II., 5; Berlin 13,503). The
horizontal line above the ww« is perhaps the margin
of the inscription.
(9) The signs ^ | t...sh (t...s); below them,
what appears to be the lower margin line. This
fragment possibly gave the continuation of the titles
on 7 or 8.
(10) Apparently the hieroglyph <z=> r. This
may fit on to the lower part of fragment 8 or the
upper part of fragment 9.
11-16, 18, 19. Fragments of sealings made by
the intermingled rolling together of two separate
seals on the clay. Both seals belonged to the same
man, Anpu-hotep (Inpw-htp), a common name in
the Old Kingdom (Mar., Mast., 203, 327; Davies,
Ptah-hetep, II., Pl. XX.).
The inscription on the first seal apparently reads
^3. fk r£=5\ ^ I • The name comes first, as on
7^ -"^ lj^\ I 0 the seal of queen Ne-maat-hap
= <^> \ "¥" (N-m;H-hP)> Kl- 73 then the titles
' follow:
(1) Mer shent Anpu (mr snt Inpw) "chief of the
shent (hundred ?) of Anubis." (For the title mer shent
(mr snt), a common one in the Middle Kingdom, see
Spiegelberg, A.Z., XXXVI., 138. For the writing
of the god's name [jackal and temple] see above,
Ki. 2).
(1) Neter uz nefer ankh (ntr wd nfr cnJ}) "a god
in commanding, good in life" (see above, K 1. 3A).
The second seal gives the name Anpu-hotep
repeated three times between the titles. To this
inscription belong also the signs ^a^ ~ ft J-a.
-^fl=A
D
on
fragment 12, the signs 3-^ on fragment 11
-(?)
(below, to the right), and fragment 19.
K 2. 17. A few signs er-neb-ary (r nb irf) from
another sealing.
K2. 18, 19. See above, 11-16.
K 2. 20. Fragment of an official sealing contain-
ing a Horus name; the frame in which the name
was enclosed has a different ornamentation from
In addition to the
E
those on the other sealings.
K 2. 21, found in the same tomb as those which we
are now considering. It seems therefore very prob-
able that the King of the Horus-name Sa-nekht
{Si-nlyt) was one of the immediate successors of
Zoser. The cartouche, on which this conclusion is
based, contains a name which is almost broken away
on the sealing, but some traces of the last sign are
still visible. From examination of the original I am
led to believe that it can hardly be restored other-
wise than as LJ ka (kt) in its archaic form with a
curved base, which was the usual form in inscriptions
of the three earliest dynasties (R. T., I. and II.
passim; L., D., II., 39^, b, from the reign of Neb-ka).
Among the personal names of the kings of the Illrd
Dynasty two end with the sign LJ ka (ki), viz.
(^zy ul Neb-ka (Nb-ki), and Cq J \j\ Nefer-ka-Ra
(Nfr-k;-rc). Judging by the other sealing inscriptions
the cartouche could not extend above the head of
the hawk of the Horus-name opposite. The remain-
ing space within the oval would not then be sufficient
for the signs O and T, even if they were written beside
o
instead of the usual
cf. the title of Meten
CTT]
each other,
©J
u
I
u
There
would, however, be just room enough for the smaller
sign ^r7. I think therefore that we are entitled to
regard the royal name within the oval as that of
King Neb-ka, who, according to the Turin Papyrus
and the Abydos tablet, was the predecessor of Zoser,
or, according to the Westcar Papyrus and the Sak-
kara tablet, one of his immediate successors. But
whether the Horus-name Sa-nekht (S;-nfyt) belonged
to the same Neb-ka or to a later king, cannot be
decided yet.
Between the repetitions of the Horus-name—
probably three as usual—stand the titles of the
official, written in a contrary direction. What
remains is as follows :—
(6) The word kha (h<), which means " to appear,"
"to rise," "to be crowned as king," " festival," or
" crown" ; and the word n I shems (snii) " to ac-
company, to follow."
(7) [(^37 j U J V |nO/ii\Aii\/I\/1 hen shenut Neb-
ka (hn-snwt Nb-kl) " servant of King Nebka's gran-
aries." The sign V hen (hn) is quite clear in the
original. (For the peculiar use of hen (hn) "servant,"
he?i per mat seten
[hn pr mwt dtnj~\ "servant of the house of the king's
mother." L., D., II., 120).
(8) I nekht kheru (nht hrw) " strong of
voice," a title frequently borne in the Old Kingdom
by officials of the granaries (Maspero, Etudes
egyptiennes, II., 135-139. Examples of the Illrd
Dynasty are L., D., II., 5; Berlin 13,503). The
horizontal line above the ww« is perhaps the margin
of the inscription.
(9) The signs ^ | t...sh (t...s); below them,
what appears to be the lower margin line. This
fragment possibly gave the continuation of the titles
on 7 or 8.
(10) Apparently the hieroglyph <z=> r. This
may fit on to the lower part of fragment 8 or the
upper part of fragment 9.
11-16, 18, 19. Fragments of sealings made by
the intermingled rolling together of two separate
seals on the clay. Both seals belonged to the same
man, Anpu-hotep (Inpw-htp), a common name in
the Old Kingdom (Mar., Mast., 203, 327; Davies,
Ptah-hetep, II., Pl. XX.).
The inscription on the first seal apparently reads
^3. fk r£=5\ ^ I • The name comes first, as on
7^ -"^ lj^\ I 0 the seal of queen Ne-maat-hap
= <^> \ "¥" (N-m;H-hP)> Kl- 73 then the titles
' follow:
(1) Mer shent Anpu (mr snt Inpw) "chief of the
shent (hundred ?) of Anubis." (For the title mer shent
(mr snt), a common one in the Middle Kingdom, see
Spiegelberg, A.Z., XXXVI., 138. For the writing
of the god's name [jackal and temple] see above,
Ki. 2).
(1) Neter uz nefer ankh (ntr wd nfr cnJ}) "a god
in commanding, good in life" (see above, K 1. 3A).
The second seal gives the name Anpu-hotep
repeated three times between the titles. To this
inscription belong also the signs ^a^ ~ ft J-a.
-^fl=A
D
on
fragment 12, the signs 3-^ on fragment 11
-(?)
(below, to the right), and fragment 19.
K 2. 17. A few signs er-neb-ary (r nb irf) from
another sealing.
K2. 18, 19. See above, 11-16.
K 2. 20. Fragment of an official sealing contain-
ing a Horus name; the frame in which the name
was enclosed has a different ornamentation from
In addition to the
E
those on the other sealings.