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Owing to a combination of circumstances and the pressure of a great variety of work upon the author,
this memoir in its entirety did not come into the Editor's hands until the present month, when it was already
long overdue to the subscribers ; the text was then in type, and all but three of the plates had been printed off
Consequently there was little of either time or opportunity for a revision that was found to be much needed,
especially for the plates of scenes in the Main Chamber of Tomb No. 3.
The additions and corrections on pp. 37, 72, and elsewhere, are due principally to a comparison of
Hay's MSS., 29,813, and 29,847, foil. 61, 62, the latter containing copies of short inscriptions relating to the
scenes of Tomb No. 2. Unfortunately Mr. Newberry's original materials were not available, so that some slight
gaps in our information still remain unfilled. The Editor has naturally abstained from tampering with the text
in regard to matters of fact, excepting where the amplest evidence existed in favour of a correction.
The Editor cannot but congratulate Mr. Newberry upon his achievement in general, and looks forward with
the highest hopes to future volumes undertaken with a prospect of complete success.
British Museum,
28th March, 1893.
N.B.—An asterisk (*) attached to a hieroglyph in the text signifies that the printed form is inexact :
reference should be made to the plates or to the corrections on p. 85.
P. 9 and passim, The horns of the printed sign do not correctly represent those of the oryx, which
have an even curve.
this memoir in its entirety did not come into the Editor's hands until the present month, when it was already
long overdue to the subscribers ; the text was then in type, and all but three of the plates had been printed off
Consequently there was little of either time or opportunity for a revision that was found to be much needed,
especially for the plates of scenes in the Main Chamber of Tomb No. 3.
The additions and corrections on pp. 37, 72, and elsewhere, are due principally to a comparison of
Hay's MSS., 29,813, and 29,847, foil. 61, 62, the latter containing copies of short inscriptions relating to the
scenes of Tomb No. 2. Unfortunately Mr. Newberry's original materials were not available, so that some slight
gaps in our information still remain unfilled. The Editor has naturally abstained from tampering with the text
in regard to matters of fact, excepting where the amplest evidence existed in favour of a correction.
The Editor cannot but congratulate Mr. Newberry upon his achievement in general, and looks forward with
the highest hopes to future volumes undertaken with a prospect of complete success.
British Museum,
28th March, 1893.
N.B.—An asterisk (*) attached to a hieroglyph in the text signifies that the printed form is inexact :
reference should be made to the plates or to the corrections on p. 85.
P. 9 and passim, The horns of the printed sign do not correctly represent those of the oryx, which
have an even curve.