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APPENDIX.
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and of Anuhis." The titles of " Athor, mistress (of the fields of the
sun ?)" also appear; and "giver of life, of stability, and of power, like
the sun for ever." At the upper corner is the name " Hat." The three
horizontal lines express " the opening of the (quarries) to cut the good
and white stone (calcareous stone) of the precincts, for the temples of
the pure god of the lands of the south, under the arm of the military
chief, attached to the charge of the signet (?)... ." The lower part
of the tablet is erased, but the inscription is amply illustrated by other
tablets, containing similar formulas. They usually terminate with the
name of the officer, under whose charge the excavation took place, and
who probably cut the inscription as a record of himself, as well as of
his sovereign, and of the quantity of stone taken away. Parts of the
inscription are obscure, especially the end of the second, and the com-
mencement of the third line; but it is possible to read " the priest of
the lands of the south." (?) I have already observed, however, that the
term, which at an earlier period signified a "god," was afterwards used
to express "priest," "prophet-priest." Several of the symbols, espe-
cially the larger, do not appear to have been correctly copied, and
their forms are unusual, and cannot be made out; but, by a reference
to other tablets, in the upper line, the "caves (quarries) of the rock,"
" in order to draw forth,"1 may be deciphered.
No. 2.—This tablet is in the shape of a propylceon, and a long in-
scription round the lintels, although partially effaced, records on the left
side, that Amenophis II. under the titles of "the mighty Horus, the
greatly vigilant, the king, the sun, the chief of the worlds, has paid
devotions to the gods and goddesses, and has opened the quarries to
take away the good and white stone, for the temples ....;" and on
the right side, " make him a giver of life like the tun" In the upper
compartment the monarch is represented offering water and incense to a
train of deities, Amoun, Harsiesi, Souchis, Anubis, Athor, and Pasht.
In the second he adores Phtah, Osiris, Penterotei,2 Ashtaroth, Pasht,
Athor, and Sate. The five lines beneath are, " In the fourth year of the
sanctity of the king, he the king, the sun, the ruler of the world, the
son of the sun, Amonophth, the giver of life, commanded the opening
to the arrangement of H. Rosellini; but this author also ascribes a reign of
forty-four years to Anionemhe V., which at all events is not impossible. The
absence of a prenonien makes it uncertain to which of the above-mentioned
monaicha this tablet belonged ; but it was probably to the immediate prede-
cessor of Amasis. Cf. Wilkinson (J. G.), "Mat. Hier." Dynasty I. PI. I.
Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tav. IV. 96, p. 198.
1 If the "great god of the land of the south" means Osiris, or Anion, the
stone was probably required for the repairs of the temples at Thebes, or at
Abydos.
* A form of Horus.
95
and of Anuhis." The titles of " Athor, mistress (of the fields of the
sun ?)" also appear; and "giver of life, of stability, and of power, like
the sun for ever." At the upper corner is the name " Hat." The three
horizontal lines express " the opening of the (quarries) to cut the good
and white stone (calcareous stone) of the precincts, for the temples of
the pure god of the lands of the south, under the arm of the military
chief, attached to the charge of the signet (?)... ." The lower part
of the tablet is erased, but the inscription is amply illustrated by other
tablets, containing similar formulas. They usually terminate with the
name of the officer, under whose charge the excavation took place, and
who probably cut the inscription as a record of himself, as well as of
his sovereign, and of the quantity of stone taken away. Parts of the
inscription are obscure, especially the end of the second, and the com-
mencement of the third line; but it is possible to read " the priest of
the lands of the south." (?) I have already observed, however, that the
term, which at an earlier period signified a "god," was afterwards used
to express "priest," "prophet-priest." Several of the symbols, espe-
cially the larger, do not appear to have been correctly copied, and
their forms are unusual, and cannot be made out; but, by a reference
to other tablets, in the upper line, the "caves (quarries) of the rock,"
" in order to draw forth,"1 may be deciphered.
No. 2.—This tablet is in the shape of a propylceon, and a long in-
scription round the lintels, although partially effaced, records on the left
side, that Amenophis II. under the titles of "the mighty Horus, the
greatly vigilant, the king, the sun, the chief of the worlds, has paid
devotions to the gods and goddesses, and has opened the quarries to
take away the good and white stone, for the temples ....;" and on
the right side, " make him a giver of life like the tun" In the upper
compartment the monarch is represented offering water and incense to a
train of deities, Amoun, Harsiesi, Souchis, Anubis, Athor, and Pasht.
In the second he adores Phtah, Osiris, Penterotei,2 Ashtaroth, Pasht,
Athor, and Sate. The five lines beneath are, " In the fourth year of the
sanctity of the king, he the king, the sun, the ruler of the world, the
son of the sun, Amonophth, the giver of life, commanded the opening
to the arrangement of H. Rosellini; but this author also ascribes a reign of
forty-four years to Anionemhe V., which at all events is not impossible. The
absence of a prenonien makes it uncertain to which of the above-mentioned
monaicha this tablet belonged ; but it was probably to the immediate prede-
cessor of Amasis. Cf. Wilkinson (J. G.), "Mat. Hier." Dynasty I. PI. I.
Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tav. IV. 96, p. 198.
1 If the "great god of the land of the south" means Osiris, or Anion, the
stone was probably required for the repairs of the temples at Thebes, or at
Abydos.
* A form of Horus.