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MINOR EXPLORATIONS.
delphus, were almost equally abundant. It is
impossible from tbe detacbed fragments to decide
what part eacb king took in tbe building. Soter's
work was frequently on a small scale, the hiero-
glyphs and figures being in relief on a flat
ground. Tbe signs in this relief work are often
mutilated by tbe mason. Thus in the title
"•^j^ the O of some blocks has been reduced
almost to a in fig. 8, and in another block to o.
Some of the ill-worked sculpture was rejected,
and carved over again on the other side of the
block.
The following may be attributed to Soter :—
1. A pretty piece with his cartouches between
hawks
3, now at Boston. 2. .Numerous blocks
like fig. 8 (measuring 15 x 12 in). On these
Soter is said to be beloved of Hathor Khut, the
soul of Isis. Ba n dst, " the soul of Isis," is
hardly more than a grammatical variation of the
name of the goddess Bast. 3. Below these, no
doubt, was the series, of which specimens (re-
versed and so from the opposite side of the
temple) are now at Tarraneh, each showing the
king standing before an altar piled with offerings
"to his mother," but without figures of Hathor.
4. A block at Kum Abu Billuh.
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5. On a larger scale are Hathor mer (as fig. 9)
same block -j ^ f^Tfc
image of Horus giving life to (?) the avenger of
his father, Soter above each inscription )f
and, 6, the hitherto unknown standard title, which
must be assigned to Soter:—
d A 0
' Life of Ka-Horus, tbe very mighty, valorous
king, lord of the two diadems, possessing the
two lands with power as ruler; smiting . . . .'
Also, 7, ilJjjlTiS^ " CHathor' or a
temple], in the most beautiful locality that exists in
Mafek, and 8, 8
a. O
" Life of Hathor of Mafek, Nub Iuthet on her
bark ... in the palace ?" and " Life of Horus
Samtaui, great god in Mafek . . ."
The work of Ptolemy Philadelphia, as far as I
could ascertain, was always on a large scale, the
figures sculptured in cavo relievo, and the hiero-
glyphics incised.
The cornice (PI. xx. fig. 12) belongs to the
younger Ptolemy, together with several inscrip-
tions. These generally related to scenes in which
the king (nearly natural size) offered to Hathor
(cow-headed or human-headed, and with various
crowns), e.g. Hathor mer (cf. fig. 9), A Q
*^ ; and *^f8^»
5Q
a
A O
fel^CMVli These are
merely titles of the king.
MINOR EXPLORATIONS.
delphus, were almost equally abundant. It is
impossible from tbe detacbed fragments to decide
what part eacb king took in tbe building. Soter's
work was frequently on a small scale, the hiero-
glyphs and figures being in relief on a flat
ground. Tbe signs in this relief work are often
mutilated by tbe mason. Thus in the title
"•^j^ the O of some blocks has been reduced
almost to a in fig. 8, and in another block to o.
Some of the ill-worked sculpture was rejected,
and carved over again on the other side of the
block.
The following may be attributed to Soter :—
1. A pretty piece with his cartouches between
hawks
3, now at Boston. 2. .Numerous blocks
like fig. 8 (measuring 15 x 12 in). On these
Soter is said to be beloved of Hathor Khut, the
soul of Isis. Ba n dst, " the soul of Isis," is
hardly more than a grammatical variation of the
name of the goddess Bast. 3. Below these, no
doubt, was the series, of which specimens (re-
versed and so from the opposite side of the
temple) are now at Tarraneh, each showing the
king standing before an altar piled with offerings
"to his mother," but without figures of Hathor.
4. A block at Kum Abu Billuh.
i i i
3
<5
Ml III
□
V
^ in
11
A □
c± a
T
000
5. On a larger scale are Hathor mer (as fig. 9)
same block -j ^ f^Tfc
image of Horus giving life to (?) the avenger of
his father, Soter above each inscription )f
and, 6, the hitherto unknown standard title, which
must be assigned to Soter:—
d A 0
' Life of Ka-Horus, tbe very mighty, valorous
king, lord of the two diadems, possessing the
two lands with power as ruler; smiting . . . .'
Also, 7, ilJjjlTiS^ " CHathor' or a
temple], in the most beautiful locality that exists in
Mafek, and 8, 8
a. O
" Life of Hathor of Mafek, Nub Iuthet on her
bark ... in the palace ?" and " Life of Horus
Samtaui, great god in Mafek . . ."
The work of Ptolemy Philadelphia, as far as I
could ascertain, was always on a large scale, the
figures sculptured in cavo relievo, and the hiero-
glyphics incised.
The cornice (PI. xx. fig. 12) belongs to the
younger Ptolemy, together with several inscrip-
tions. These generally related to scenes in which
the king (nearly natural size) offered to Hathor
(cow-headed or human-headed, and with various
crowns), e.g. Hathor mer (cf. fig. 9), A Q
*^ ; and *^f8^»
5Q
a
A O
fel^CMVli These are
merely titles of the king.