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STORE-CITY OF PITHOM AND THE EOUTE OP THE EXODUS
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likely that this title occurred on a list of
priests at Denderah,1 where the texts concern-
ing Pithom are destroyed. Auhau means, pro-
perly, with long limbs. It is one of those titles
which have a symbolic sense, of which we do
not understand the meaning or the origin, and
it was peculiar to the locality of Succoth. A
man might be an auhau, and at the same time
an TO, a prophet; a usual title, found in all
the temples of Egypt. The deceased addresses
the priests who are entering the temple: "Au
hau unti, and all the priests who go into the
sacred abode of Turn, the great god of Succoth, let
them say that a royal offering be made to the Ka
of the beloved of the great god .. . that the cere-
monies be made to the Ka of him ivhose name is
not destroyed2 in the temple before....." &c.
This inscription alone would be sufficient to
prove that it was the Abode of Turn, Ha Turn,
or Pithom of Succoth, which lay buried under
Tell el Maskhutah.
No oval of any kind gives us the reign to
which this monument belongs. It is very likely,
however, that it is earlier than the Saites.
Plate VI.—Before going on to the Saite and
Ptolemaic monuments, I must mention a three-
sided calcareous stone, on each face of which is
an engraved subject. In the middle we see a king
with his hands raised, in the act of worshipping
the god Horus. The lower part of his cartouche
is still extant; but, despite the most careful
inspection, I could not succeed in deciphering
these signs, and therefore in determining the
king whose name they contain. The same king
appears on the two other faces ; on one he holds
his bow and his mace and seems about to start
for a military expedition ; on the other, on the
contrary, he holds by the hair a prisoner
with his elbows tied behind his back, which
indicates that the campaign must have been
successful, and that the king had been victorious.
1 Brugscli, "Diet. Geog.," p. 1376.
2 The negative _n_ has been omitted.
This stone was found among remains of the cal-
careous wall at the foot of the monolith.
Plate VII. a, b. —-Following the chronological
order, we now come to two monuments of which
we have only small fragments, but which are both
important. These fragments belonged to two
statues of white limestone which had been erected
in symmetrical relation to each other. I had at
first attributed them to the Ptolemaic epoch; but
the great similarity of style with the Saite monu-
ments published in Appendix II. leaves no doubt
as to the date. One of them is the statue of a
man of which we have about two-thirds, while
the shoulder only of the statue of the woman has
been preserved. The size and the style of the
inscription, and all else, indicate that these monu-
ments were erected together. The statue of the
man, discovered on the 10th of February, was
the first thing which confirmed the opinion I had
formed at Ismailiah, that Maskhutah was the
site of Pithom and not of Raamses. There are
three lines of text at the back of the statue :
unfortunately they are broken at the top and
at the end:
Live 1.—I go into his abode with joy, and I go out with
praise. My lord Turn and my lady Hathor give me food
and provisions in abundance, all good things, and children
in great number.
The next line gives us the titles of the priest:
Line 2.—.....the metal vase ;3 the Auhau, the chief
of.....,4 the head of the storehouse, the official of the
temple of Turn of Succoth, the prophet of Hathor of An, the
prophet Fames5 Isis, the son of the Auhau, the official the
prophet.....
.....thou art pure in the presence of all; thou pleasest
thy lady Hathor, who is in perpetual joy; she grants that
thy name may remain with this statue,6 in the abode of
Turn the great living god of Succoth. It will not be
destroyed.
The few signs which are still extant of the
3 Brugsch, "Diet. Hier.," vol. vii. p. 1261.
4 (j) <§. (2*3" > a new wor(h °f which I do not know
the sense.
6 On the reading mes of the lock of hair ^, cf. Bergmann,
"Hier. Inschr.," p. 16.
6 q <?. [J Q . The papyrus Ebers contains a word
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likely that this title occurred on a list of
priests at Denderah,1 where the texts concern-
ing Pithom are destroyed. Auhau means, pro-
perly, with long limbs. It is one of those titles
which have a symbolic sense, of which we do
not understand the meaning or the origin, and
it was peculiar to the locality of Succoth. A
man might be an auhau, and at the same time
an TO, a prophet; a usual title, found in all
the temples of Egypt. The deceased addresses
the priests who are entering the temple: "Au
hau unti, and all the priests who go into the
sacred abode of Turn, the great god of Succoth, let
them say that a royal offering be made to the Ka
of the beloved of the great god .. . that the cere-
monies be made to the Ka of him ivhose name is
not destroyed2 in the temple before....." &c.
This inscription alone would be sufficient to
prove that it was the Abode of Turn, Ha Turn,
or Pithom of Succoth, which lay buried under
Tell el Maskhutah.
No oval of any kind gives us the reign to
which this monument belongs. It is very likely,
however, that it is earlier than the Saites.
Plate VI.—Before going on to the Saite and
Ptolemaic monuments, I must mention a three-
sided calcareous stone, on each face of which is
an engraved subject. In the middle we see a king
with his hands raised, in the act of worshipping
the god Horus. The lower part of his cartouche
is still extant; but, despite the most careful
inspection, I could not succeed in deciphering
these signs, and therefore in determining the
king whose name they contain. The same king
appears on the two other faces ; on one he holds
his bow and his mace and seems about to start
for a military expedition ; on the other, on the
contrary, he holds by the hair a prisoner
with his elbows tied behind his back, which
indicates that the campaign must have been
successful, and that the king had been victorious.
1 Brugscli, "Diet. Geog.," p. 1376.
2 The negative _n_ has been omitted.
This stone was found among remains of the cal-
careous wall at the foot of the monolith.
Plate VII. a, b. —-Following the chronological
order, we now come to two monuments of which
we have only small fragments, but which are both
important. These fragments belonged to two
statues of white limestone which had been erected
in symmetrical relation to each other. I had at
first attributed them to the Ptolemaic epoch; but
the great similarity of style with the Saite monu-
ments published in Appendix II. leaves no doubt
as to the date. One of them is the statue of a
man of which we have about two-thirds, while
the shoulder only of the statue of the woman has
been preserved. The size and the style of the
inscription, and all else, indicate that these monu-
ments were erected together. The statue of the
man, discovered on the 10th of February, was
the first thing which confirmed the opinion I had
formed at Ismailiah, that Maskhutah was the
site of Pithom and not of Raamses. There are
three lines of text at the back of the statue :
unfortunately they are broken at the top and
at the end:
Live 1.—I go into his abode with joy, and I go out with
praise. My lord Turn and my lady Hathor give me food
and provisions in abundance, all good things, and children
in great number.
The next line gives us the titles of the priest:
Line 2.—.....the metal vase ;3 the Auhau, the chief
of.....,4 the head of the storehouse, the official of the
temple of Turn of Succoth, the prophet of Hathor of An, the
prophet Fames5 Isis, the son of the Auhau, the official the
prophet.....
.....thou art pure in the presence of all; thou pleasest
thy lady Hathor, who is in perpetual joy; she grants that
thy name may remain with this statue,6 in the abode of
Turn the great living god of Succoth. It will not be
destroyed.
The few signs which are still extant of the
3 Brugsch, "Diet. Hier.," vol. vii. p. 1261.
4 (j) <§. (2*3" > a new wor(h °f which I do not know
the sense.
6 On the reading mes of the lock of hair ^, cf. Bergmann,
"Hier. Inschr.," p. 16.
6 q <?. [J Q . The papyrus Ebers contains a word
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