Nicholson, Charles: Aegyptiaca (London, 1891)

18 catalogue of egyptian antiquities.

priest of the Queen of Heaven; may she cause
victuals to be served for me (on the top of plinth),
and milk to drop from the jug. May I live as a god
among them by gift of—The continuation of
this part of the inscription would have been on the
front of the plinth, where also the name of the
person represented would have occurred, all which
have disappeared by time or violence. (On the
right thigh), " May the presidents of the choristers
of Amen." (On the plinth, very much defaced),
" Ta Sha, son of a Scribe, A(u)ee."

39. Head of a Statue in dark granite, 9 inches
high.

40. The upper part of a Female Statue.—This
statue was in the sitting position, and probably of an
important personage.

The style of work is that of the late Greek or
Roman period. Syenite, 19^ inches high. The head
and left arm have been restored.

41. Upper part of the Statue of the Wife or
Daughter of Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia (see
Isaiah xxxvii, 9, and 2 Kings, xix).—Who marched
to the assistance of Hezekiah, King of Judah, when
the territory of that sovereign was invaded by
Sennacherib, king of Assyria. This statue was pro-
bably broken at the time of the Babylonish invasion
of Egypt under Nebuchadnezzar, which happened
only a few years after the reign of Tirhakah, or at
the subsequent invasion under Cambyses. The
entire face is modern. She holds in her left hand
the flower <td-, or instrument carried by royal ladies.