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BENI HASAN.
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nome.
Antonine Itinerary, but Maspero1 places it
farther south. 00 ™* " The island of ..."2
was also, perhaps, within the Oryx nome, but
it is only mentioned twice in the inscriptions.
It was connected with the worship of Khnem,
who is also called Lord of _ m Tomb
No. 14.3 None of these names are found
elsewhere, and the reading of some of them
is doubtful.
Cities of It is necessary to add a few notes on the
outside °*,uer geographical names that occur in the
the Oryx Beni Hasan inscriptions.
The north of the Oryx nome was bounded
by the Jackal or Cynopolite nome; * the
south by the Hare or Hermopolite nome.5
The northern boundary of the former was the
Oxyrhynchite province.6
Mernefeet is known only from the Bio-
graphical Inscription of Khnemhotep II.;7
it is perhaps to be identified with the modern
Dcr el-Bersheh, a small village about fifteen
miles south of Beni Hasan. Het-sehotep-
ab-ra is likewise mentioned but once in the
same inscription.8 The name means " the
palace (?) of Amenemhat I.," and it may be
another name for the Thet-taui, or Het-
thet-taui, which is mentioned in the Turin
papyrus and elsewhere as the residence of
that king. The site of Thet-taui is unknown,
but it was probably near the Fayum. Het-
sehotep-ab-ra may, however, be some other
royal residence. <>| ^0 a name for which no
reading has yet been found, is mentioned in
1 Proc. S.B.A., vol. xiii., pp. 520-521.
s Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., H. vii., and cf. p. 85 of
the same volume.
3 L.c, p. 85.
4 L.c, PI. xxv., line 51.
5 L.c
8 L.c, PI. xxvi., line 144.
7 L.c, line 174.
8 L.c, PI. xxiv., line 66.
9 L.c, PI. xxxii.
a tomb at Asyut ; it was evidently an im-
portant city like Menat-khufu, and must
have been in Middle Egypt. Khaea1 is
perhaps a place-name, but is altogether
doubtful. Kebti (Coptos), the modern Koft,
is mentioned once, and is well known.2
Two city-names are commonly found
closely associated in the titles (ari Nekhen
and her tep Nekheb) of judicial and other
functionaries throughout Egypt, and occur
thus in each of the inscribed tombs at Beni
Hasan. These are the twin cities of Nekhen
and Nekheb, placed opposite each other on
the two banks of the Nile, and now repre-
sented by the ruins of Kom el-Ahmar and El-
Kab. Nekheb was the capital of the third
nome of Upper Egypt.
The following sacred cities connected with
the worship of the funerary gods are found
in almost every tomb. Ut (god Anubis)
may have been one of the oases in the
western desert; Tatu (god Osiris) Busiris,
the capital of the ninth nome of Lower
Egypt; and Abtu (god Osiris) Abydos, the
capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt.
Kash8 (Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. viii., and Foreign
p. 25), = Ethiopia, is a name frequently found
in the inscriptions of the Middle Kingdom and tribes,
later times. The Four Foreign Lands (Beni
Hasan, Part I., PI. viii., and p. 25), reached
by a southward voyage, must have been in
Ethiopia, and were probably the countries
named Amam, Wawat, Arthet and Meza in
earlier inscriptions. The remarkable group
of foreigners figured in Tomb No. 14* may
probably be referred to the Libyans, called
the Themehu by the ancient Egyptians.
Aamu is a well-known designation of the
tribes on the north-east of Egypt and of the
1 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. xxxv.
2 L.c, PI. viii.
3 The Biblical fch3 Kush.
4 L.c, Pis. xlv. and xlvii.
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nome.
Antonine Itinerary, but Maspero1 places it
farther south. 00 ™* " The island of ..."2
was also, perhaps, within the Oryx nome, but
it is only mentioned twice in the inscriptions.
It was connected with the worship of Khnem,
who is also called Lord of _ m Tomb
No. 14.3 None of these names are found
elsewhere, and the reading of some of them
is doubtful.
Cities of It is necessary to add a few notes on the
outside °*,uer geographical names that occur in the
the Oryx Beni Hasan inscriptions.
The north of the Oryx nome was bounded
by the Jackal or Cynopolite nome; * the
south by the Hare or Hermopolite nome.5
The northern boundary of the former was the
Oxyrhynchite province.6
Mernefeet is known only from the Bio-
graphical Inscription of Khnemhotep II.;7
it is perhaps to be identified with the modern
Dcr el-Bersheh, a small village about fifteen
miles south of Beni Hasan. Het-sehotep-
ab-ra is likewise mentioned but once in the
same inscription.8 The name means " the
palace (?) of Amenemhat I.," and it may be
another name for the Thet-taui, or Het-
thet-taui, which is mentioned in the Turin
papyrus and elsewhere as the residence of
that king. The site of Thet-taui is unknown,
but it was probably near the Fayum. Het-
sehotep-ab-ra may, however, be some other
royal residence. <>| ^0 a name for which no
reading has yet been found, is mentioned in
1 Proc. S.B.A., vol. xiii., pp. 520-521.
s Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., H. vii., and cf. p. 85 of
the same volume.
3 L.c, p. 85.
4 L.c, PI. xxv., line 51.
5 L.c
8 L.c, PI. xxvi., line 144.
7 L.c, line 174.
8 L.c, PI. xxiv., line 66.
9 L.c, PI. xxxii.
a tomb at Asyut ; it was evidently an im-
portant city like Menat-khufu, and must
have been in Middle Egypt. Khaea1 is
perhaps a place-name, but is altogether
doubtful. Kebti (Coptos), the modern Koft,
is mentioned once, and is well known.2
Two city-names are commonly found
closely associated in the titles (ari Nekhen
and her tep Nekheb) of judicial and other
functionaries throughout Egypt, and occur
thus in each of the inscribed tombs at Beni
Hasan. These are the twin cities of Nekhen
and Nekheb, placed opposite each other on
the two banks of the Nile, and now repre-
sented by the ruins of Kom el-Ahmar and El-
Kab. Nekheb was the capital of the third
nome of Upper Egypt.
The following sacred cities connected with
the worship of the funerary gods are found
in almost every tomb. Ut (god Anubis)
may have been one of the oases in the
western desert; Tatu (god Osiris) Busiris,
the capital of the ninth nome of Lower
Egypt; and Abtu (god Osiris) Abydos, the
capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt.
Kash8 (Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. viii., and Foreign
p. 25), = Ethiopia, is a name frequently found
in the inscriptions of the Middle Kingdom and tribes,
later times. The Four Foreign Lands (Beni
Hasan, Part I., PI. viii., and p. 25), reached
by a southward voyage, must have been in
Ethiopia, and were probably the countries
named Amam, Wawat, Arthet and Meza in
earlier inscriptions. The remarkable group
of foreigners figured in Tomb No. 14* may
probably be referred to the Libyans, called
the Themehu by the ancient Egyptians.
Aamu is a well-known designation of the
tribes on the north-east of Egypt and of the
1 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. xxxv.
2 L.c, PI. viii.
3 The Biblical fch3 Kush.
4 L.c, Pis. xlv. and xlvii.