Reisner, George Andrew: The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr (Band 3): A provincial cemetery of the pyramid age, Naga-ed-Der (Oxford: University Press by John Johnson, 1932)

OBJECTS FOUND IN CEM. N 500-900

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b. Insects, reptiles, mammals:
i. Beetle with wings closed (or wingless), seen from above'.
Fig. 48, No. 16. Button-seal, Mahasna, M 427.
Fig. 47, No. 7. Button-seal, ivory, N 505.
Fig. 47, No. 9. Button-seal, ivory, N 508.
Cf. later scarab-seals, Newberry, l.c., pl. XXV, No. 27, &c.
ii. Spider (identified by Newberry), seen from above'.
Fig. 48, No. 17. Button-seal, Mahasna, M 76.
iii. Dragon-fly, seen from above'.
Fig. 48, No. 18. Button-seal, Mahasna, M 400.
See also fig. 1, No. 8, and fig. 2, No. 15.
iv. Frog, seen from above'.
Fig. 47, No. 15. Button-seal, steatite, N 751.
Fig. 48, No. 19. Button-seal, Hu W, pl. XXV.
v. Lizard or crocodile, seen from above:
Fig. 48, No. 20. Button-seal, Newberry, l.c., fig. 43.
*Fig. 50, No. 22. Oblong stamp-seal, N 3769.
vi. Crocodile and man (enemy):
Fig. 48, No. 13. Button-seal, SF 5006. See above, Man.
Fig. 50, No. 21. Oval plaque, ivory, N 428.
vii. Two lizards or crocodiles, separated by meander lines:
*Fig. 50, No. 11. Early scarab, steatite, SF 42.
viii. Two lions couchant, seen from the side, heads in opposite directions:
Fig. 47, No. 18. Button-seal, steatite, N 898.
Fig. 48, No. 21. Button-seal, Hu Y no, pl. XXV.
Fig. 48, No. 22. Button-seal, with hippopotamus head carved on ring-shank, Mahasna,
M43.
Cf. two crocodiles, two fish, two scorpions, &c., in later scarab-seals; Kerma, IV, pl. 40,
No. 11—90; Newberry, l.c., pl. XLII, Nos. 30, 31.
ix. Gazelle or antelope, two fore-quarters joined:
Fig. 48, No. 23. Button-seal, Newberry, l.c., fig. 33.
Fig. 48, No. 10. Button-seal, with two hawks’ heads carved on ring-shank; see (1) g,
above.
? Fig. 47, No. 11. Button-seal, steatite, N 609.
x. Bee (?), seen from side:
Fig. 47, No. 17. Button-seal, faience, N 780.
xi. Flower pattern:
*Fig. 50, No. 14. Early scarab-seal, SF 231.
c. Composite designs:
i. Two apes (or men) with dragon-fly, in hatched circle:
Fig. 47, No. 8. Button-seal, ivory, N 506.
ii. Man and flower (?), &c.:
Fig. 47, No. 12. Button-seal, ivory, N 615.