Nicholson, Charles: Aegyptiaca (London, 1891)

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On the plain part at the back are the remains of an
inscription in two columns of beautifully
formed characters, in which the name of
Tirhakah occurs, after which would have
followed the name of the person represented,
as may be conjectured by the character imme-
diately below the cartouche, which usually precedes
the ovals containing the names of queens ; so that if
this statue represents a daughter of Tirhakah, as Mr.
Birch is inclined to suppose, from the circumstance
of the king's name appearing first, she must also have
been the wife of a king.

The statue has been in the erect position. Black
granite, 23 inches high. This fragment was bought
at Thebes.

42. The Feet and part of the Plinth of the
Statue of a Queen, for on the pedestal or plinth
was a figure of Tvlilus, the sustainer of the throne of
Egypt, bringing the Papyrus, the Lotus, and three
water jars. The feet are well executed. The statue
was in a walking position, and must have been about
three feet high. Alabaster. A portion of the
pedestal has been restored.

43. Fragment of a Granite Statue of the
Queen of Egypt who was the Wife of Psammeti-
chus III—The Pharaoh-Hophra of the Bible, men-
tioned by name by the prophet Jeremiah—xliv, 30
—and again in chapter xlvi, 2, when this Pharaoh
was with his army " by the river Euphrates in
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
smote, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah," and alluded to twice in the

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