CONTENTS.1
I.
THE CITY OF ONIAS AND THE MOUND OF THE JEW.
By BDOUARD NAVILLB.
P4.GB
Peepacb ....... 3
TELL EL YAHOODIEH.
The Egyptian City :
Former accounts .... 5
The Tell......6
Excavations of Brugsch-Bey . . 6
Discoveries of Mr. Chester and others . 6
Enamelled disks .... 6
Monuments visible in 1887. . . 7
Monument of Seti L . . . .7
Reason for fresh excavations . . 8
Remains of the middle kingdom, doubtful 9
Hyksos period and XVIIIth dynasty . 9
Seti I. and Rameses II. . .9
Menephtah.....10
Rameses III......10
Discovery of an unknown king . . 10
the same name in the XXIInd
dynasty . . . . .10
the same name in the inscription
of Piankhi . . . .11
probable identity . . .11
Not Heliopolis . . . . .11
Perhaps referred to in the Harris Pa-
pyrus . . ... 12
The Necropolis :
Discovery of late rock-cut tombs . . 13
similar tombs in Syria . . 13
inscriptions resembling those from
Sidon . . . . .13
1 The following Tables were prepared by Mr. Griffith.
The Necropolis—continued.
translations
Jewish and other proper names
a metrical epitaph
evidently a Jewish cemetery.
Further cemetery
interments in heaps of basalt
a child's tomb
painted coffins .
inscriptions
Cypriote pottery
probable Greek or Roman date
evidence of amulets and scarabs
untrustworthy
The City of Onias :
Accounts of Josephus
Was it at Tell el Yahoodieh ? .
Leontopolis
City of Destruction
City of the sun .
Scenae Veteranorum
Conclusion
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BELBEIS, SAMANOOD, ABUSIR, TUKH
EL KARMUS.
belbeis :
The City of Bailos . • . . .22
Remains at Belbeis
Bubastis agria .
Another Tell el Yahoodieh
Vicus Judseoruni
Saft el Henneh .
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I.
THE CITY OF ONIAS AND THE MOUND OF THE JEW.
By BDOUARD NAVILLB.
P4.GB
Peepacb ....... 3
TELL EL YAHOODIEH.
The Egyptian City :
Former accounts .... 5
The Tell......6
Excavations of Brugsch-Bey . . 6
Discoveries of Mr. Chester and others . 6
Enamelled disks .... 6
Monuments visible in 1887. . . 7
Monument of Seti L . . . .7
Reason for fresh excavations . . 8
Remains of the middle kingdom, doubtful 9
Hyksos period and XVIIIth dynasty . 9
Seti I. and Rameses II. . .9
Menephtah.....10
Rameses III......10
Discovery of an unknown king . . 10
the same name in the XXIInd
dynasty . . . . .10
the same name in the inscription
of Piankhi . . . .11
probable identity . . .11
Not Heliopolis . . . . .11
Perhaps referred to in the Harris Pa-
pyrus . . ... 12
The Necropolis :
Discovery of late rock-cut tombs . . 13
similar tombs in Syria . . 13
inscriptions resembling those from
Sidon . . . . .13
1 The following Tables were prepared by Mr. Griffith.
The Necropolis—continued.
translations
Jewish and other proper names
a metrical epitaph
evidently a Jewish cemetery.
Further cemetery
interments in heaps of basalt
a child's tomb
painted coffins .
inscriptions
Cypriote pottery
probable Greek or Roman date
evidence of amulets and scarabs
untrustworthy
The City of Onias :
Accounts of Josephus
Was it at Tell el Yahoodieh ? .
Leontopolis
City of Destruction
City of the sun .
Scenae Veteranorum
Conclusion
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15
15
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20
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21
BELBEIS, SAMANOOD, ABUSIR, TUKH
EL KARMUS.
belbeis :
The City of Bailos . • . . .22
Remains at Belbeis
Bubastis agria .
Another Tell el Yahoodieh
Vicus Judseoruni
Saft el Henneh .
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