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74 MINOR EXP
must represent the crocodile form of Ea (1. 22)
or Seb (1. 21) ; see p. 73. A prolonged examina-
tion might lead to the recovery of the figures and
inscriptions, but I could decipher only a few
scraps.
The shrine is now placed in the citadel as a
trough for cattle and reservoir for a small fountain
in the courtyard.
On the south side of El 'Arish are the ruins of
Rhinocolura, partly buried under sand drifts. Not
far from the citadel a stone building of Christian
period was discovered by a man planting palm trees;
I give a plan on PI. xxvi. of the portion that was
cleared by the order of the governor. The walls
are built of, and faced with, thin slabs of fossili-
ferous limestone, a harder ochreous or reddish
stone being used for the pavement and thresholds.
The numerous niches are raised about 2 ft. 6 in.
above the floor. The most elaborate of these
(fig. 3), with crosses on the pilasters, is at a in
the plan. It measures 1 foot 3 inches in depth,
and the framing projects 5 inches from the wall.
At b is a similar niche, but without the crosses
and rather smaller: c and g are like b, 3 feet
high: d and e are round-headed, small, one foot
in depth, and the edges flush with the wall.
/ and h are similar to d, but 2 feet 8 inches high;
i resembles b but is almost flush ; j, k are of the
type fig. 2, the former 2 feet high. In the corner
at I is a large semicircular or apsoidal domed niche,
reaching to the pavement, and intended possibly
for a religious purpose; m, n, o are imperfect, p
resembles b ; and q, the position of which I did not
note, is like fig. 2, measuring 18 inches by 2 feet 2;
r is a trap-door with frame to receive a slab,
forming the entrance into a crypt with barrel roof,
measuring 10 ft. 6 x 6 ft. 6, well built and the
walls plastered, but without graffiti. In the
centre of each end is a small square niche, plain,
with projecting edges, and in each side a similar
niche flush with the wall. I should suppose that
this chamber was a treasury or strong-room rather
than a prison-cell.
(See also Academy, May, 1888, p. 132; in the
last line of the letter, North-East should be cor-
rected to North-West. Note also that Xafiplov
X"-pai means the ' camp' not the «ditch' of
Chabrias.)
must represent the crocodile form of Ea (1. 22)
or Seb (1. 21) ; see p. 73. A prolonged examina-
tion might lead to the recovery of the figures and
inscriptions, but I could decipher only a few
scraps.
The shrine is now placed in the citadel as a
trough for cattle and reservoir for a small fountain
in the courtyard.
On the south side of El 'Arish are the ruins of
Rhinocolura, partly buried under sand drifts. Not
far from the citadel a stone building of Christian
period was discovered by a man planting palm trees;
I give a plan on PI. xxvi. of the portion that was
cleared by the order of the governor. The walls
are built of, and faced with, thin slabs of fossili-
ferous limestone, a harder ochreous or reddish
stone being used for the pavement and thresholds.
The numerous niches are raised about 2 ft. 6 in.
above the floor. The most elaborate of these
(fig. 3), with crosses on the pilasters, is at a in
the plan. It measures 1 foot 3 inches in depth,
and the framing projects 5 inches from the wall.
At b is a similar niche, but without the crosses
and rather smaller: c and g are like b, 3 feet
high: d and e are round-headed, small, one foot
in depth, and the edges flush with the wall.
/ and h are similar to d, but 2 feet 8 inches high;
i resembles b but is almost flush ; j, k are of the
type fig. 2, the former 2 feet high. In the corner
at I is a large semicircular or apsoidal domed niche,
reaching to the pavement, and intended possibly
for a religious purpose; m, n, o are imperfect, p
resembles b ; and q, the position of which I did not
note, is like fig. 2, measuring 18 inches by 2 feet 2;
r is a trap-door with frame to receive a slab,
forming the entrance into a crypt with barrel roof,
measuring 10 ft. 6 x 6 ft. 6, well built and the
walls plastered, but without graffiti. In the
centre of each end is a small square niche, plain,
with projecting edges, and in each side a similar
niche flush with the wall. I should suppose that
this chamber was a treasury or strong-room rather
than a prison-cell.
(See also Academy, May, 1888, p. 132; in the
last line of the letter, North-East should be cor-
rected to North-West. Note also that Xafiplov
X"-pai means the ' camp' not the «ditch' of
Chabrias.)