Nicholson, Charles: Aegyptiaca (London, 1891)

38 catalogue of egyptian antiquities.

The other side of the stone—

Lieutenant Amen—territorial scribe Hora, scribe
of wine skins, Pioer—Lieutenant of the granaries
maise* .... of Thoth—forwarded to the citadel of
the citadel of the scribe Anient, the scribe Hora.

98. Fragment oe Fine Lime-stone, on which is
a demotic writing in fine black ink. Irregular in
form. 7 inches long by 5 inches wide.

99. Fragment of the same quality of Stone,
containing fourteen lines of Sahidic.

It is a letter from some person to " the most
reverend deacon (?) and anchorite Father Ka/io/uX
(Camel)." The ends of the lines being broken off,
the purport of the letter is not clear. 5^ inches by
A\ inches.

100. A Fragment of White Calcareous Stone,
containing eleven lines of Sahidic. It is a letter
from some person to a superior, and begins thus :—
" I prostrate myself to the sole of the feet of your
honoured reverence, with all ceremony (or in all
manners)." The rest is too much defaced to give
any sense. Irregular in form. 4 inches long, 3 inches
wide.

101. Small Tablet of the Prescribed Form,
with 5 vertical lines of hieroglyphics, from the Apis
caves at Sakkara. 6 inches long, 3f inches wide.

102. Fragment of a Large Jar.—It contains
sixteen lines in the demotic character, apparently a
reckoning or settlement of account. There are a
few letters on the inner side. Porous earthen vases
were used in great abundance for cooling water in all

* Seteruu.