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APPENDIX.
tions, and had been lined, paved, and roofed, with blocks from
the Mokattam.
Neither any hieroglyphics nor the remains of a
sarcophagus were observed ; but a piece of basalt
of the following shape was found. Part of a glass
bead, a small scarabams, a common earthenware
figure of a deity, and a small stone scarabams,
were found in the interior of this Pyramid.
NOTES BY MR. BIRCH.
Although these Pyramids are of less interest than those of Gizeh,
the hieroglyphics upon them are of considerable importance, because
they contain the dates, prenomens, and royal standards, of two monarchs.
They are evidently quarry-marks ; but, instead of having been inscribed,
like those in the Pyramids of Gizeh, only upon stone brought from
the Mokattam, they were found on the blocks quarried upon the spot.
This is remarkable. In the former instance, they may have been in-
tended to distinguish the materials, which had been prepared for a
royal edifice; but in the present, their use is not obvious, and they
can have only served to denote the founder of each particular Pyramid.
It appears from them, however, as will be afterwards shewn, that the
Northern Pyramid is the most antient, and the Southern, in which, how-
ever, no royal name was found, is the latest built.
In proceeding to examine the inscriptions, I shall therefore begin
with those which were discovered at the
NORTHERN PYRAMID.
Figs. A, B, were found on the retaining walls. They contain the
prenomcn of the monarch, by whom, probably, the Pyramid was built.
It has been already published by Sir J. G. Wilkinson,3 by M. Rosellini,4
and by Dr. Leemans;5 although the last-mentioned author has con-
founded it with a prenomen, probably that of Shefre, or Chrefren. M.
Lenormant corrected this mistake, and discovered the prenomen of
Shore and of Nepercheres. The phonetic value of the middle character,
is uncertain; but it had probably the sound of UJ or f),
from its resemblance to
which is well understood. The
3 Mat. Hieroglyph. Unpublished Kings, a.
4 Mon. Stor. Teste, Tav. I.
1 Monumens Egyptians portants des Legendes Royaux, &e. 8vo, Leide,
1838, p. 20.
APPENDIX.
tions, and had been lined, paved, and roofed, with blocks from
the Mokattam.
Neither any hieroglyphics nor the remains of a
sarcophagus were observed ; but a piece of basalt
of the following shape was found. Part of a glass
bead, a small scarabams, a common earthenware
figure of a deity, and a small stone scarabams,
were found in the interior of this Pyramid.
NOTES BY MR. BIRCH.
Although these Pyramids are of less interest than those of Gizeh,
the hieroglyphics upon them are of considerable importance, because
they contain the dates, prenomens, and royal standards, of two monarchs.
They are evidently quarry-marks ; but, instead of having been inscribed,
like those in the Pyramids of Gizeh, only upon stone brought from
the Mokattam, they were found on the blocks quarried upon the spot.
This is remarkable. In the former instance, they may have been in-
tended to distinguish the materials, which had been prepared for a
royal edifice; but in the present, their use is not obvious, and they
can have only served to denote the founder of each particular Pyramid.
It appears from them, however, as will be afterwards shewn, that the
Northern Pyramid is the most antient, and the Southern, in which, how-
ever, no royal name was found, is the latest built.
In proceeding to examine the inscriptions, I shall therefore begin
with those which were discovered at the
NORTHERN PYRAMID.
Figs. A, B, were found on the retaining walls. They contain the
prenomcn of the monarch, by whom, probably, the Pyramid was built.
It has been already published by Sir J. G. Wilkinson,3 by M. Rosellini,4
and by Dr. Leemans;5 although the last-mentioned author has con-
founded it with a prenomen, probably that of Shefre, or Chrefren. M.
Lenormant corrected this mistake, and discovered the prenomen of
Shore and of Nepercheres. The phonetic value of the middle character,
is uncertain; but it had probably the sound of UJ or f),
from its resemblance to
which is well understood. The
3 Mat. Hieroglyph. Unpublished Kings, a.
4 Mon. Stor. Teste, Tav. I.
1 Monumens Egyptians portants des Legendes Royaux, &e. 8vo, Leide,
1838, p. 20.