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THE JAR INSCRIPTIONS.
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The ordinary formula (see Nos. 16, 23, etc.), always
imperfect, is—
Year ....
Wine of the house of Aten
West river • chief of the vineyard N.
On a few the names of the chiefs of the vineyard
are faintly visible, and may be read, Seta(s) 89, 92),
Ani (23, 2nd) ; Pa-aten-hes-su (24), the word hes is
clear on one example, Hui-nefer (26), Hatta (29),
Hui (30), Khai (94), Nefer-hotep (96), Zai (97).
The " western river " is very frequent. We have also
(15) the "western river in (?) the southern bah of the
castle." In all probability the western river is
identical with the Bahr Yusuf. Memphis is men-
tioned on 93, and the " northern oasis" {i.e., El
Khargeh) on 94.
Besides the " house of Aten " we find often " the
house of Ankh-aten " (29, 30), and once " [the house
of] Aten? in Memphis" (31). Also once (13) "the
house of the sun rejoicing in the horizon (Akhet)."
This is a title of the Aten deity, and is important as
giving the man with raised arms as a variant of the
hieroglyphics—hai. A dated potsherd of the fourth
year (91) is interesting for its reference to the " house
of Ra Harakhti " (Ra, Horus of the two horizons), in
place of the "house of Aten." Ra Harakhti was
really the deity of the Aten worship. During the
earliest stage of the heresy, at Thebes, the hawk-
headed human form was actually retained in repre-
sentations, but afterwards, at Akhetaten (Tell el
Amarna), it was replaced by the many-armed
disk or Aten. The inscription just quoted in fact
shews us Amenhotep IV. as a worshipper of the
Ra-Harakhti, a year or two before the Aten-worship
was adopted.
We also find the " house of Ra who is in Kebhu (at
Heliopolis ?)" (76), and "the house of Neith in .... "
(85). The reference to Neith is remarkable ; probably
these also date from before the establishment of the
Aten-worship.
Other sherds introduce the names of kings,
" [the house of Amen]hotep neter hak uas" (i.e.,
Amenhotep IV. before he changed his name) (i2))
"the house of Akhenaten of long life" (8, 88); "the
house of the queen" (11, 90); and "the house of
Thyi" (14). "The house of Neb maat ra" (Amen-
hotep III.) (4 and 3); and " [the house of] Kha-em-
maat" (the same) (9). There are several of " the
house of Sehotep-ra " (5); "of Sehotep-aten " (21),
perhaps heretical designations of Amenhotep III.,
avoiding the hated name of Amen. No. 10 gives the
temple (?) of Ra-aa-kheper-ka (Thothmes I.). One
sherd mentions " wine of the house of the great seer,"
i.e., the chief priest of the sun (6); another (3), more
perfect, runs—
"Year 16 wine good good of the tribute of [the
house of?]
the great seer of the Aten Ra-mery."
The tomb of this highly-honoured priest at Tell el
Amarna is well known.
77. The other classes may be dismissed in a few
words.
Oil, neheh, is found on numerous sherds, of which
all the examples, except one, date from the second
year, and they are in better condition than any of the
other series. No. 32 reads—
" Year 2 oil of the house of Aten brought by
the her pedt chief of the mercenaries (or of trans-
port ?) Ra, son of Ra-mai, purified by the super-
intendent of ointment Ray son of Ramai and the
guardian Apy."
In one case the first officer is named Hui, and the
second Aniy (No. 36).
But the oil was often brought by a her menshu or
chief of trading-ships ? Unfortunately their names
are not clearly legible. The officers charged with
clarifying are the same as before (Nos. 38-42).
Next in importance is the
Meat, a7if der, perhaps "pounded meat," or at least
meat preserved in some way. In the Theban tombs
we see wild-fowl plucked and stowed in jars, no doubt
with salt ; perhaps the meat preserved in these jars
at Tell el Amarna was of a similar kind. Atif der
is amongst the provisions named in a papyrus of the
time of Amenhotep III. (Mariette, Papyrus de Boulaq,
Tome II, PL. III). The sherd No. 101 appears to
be a fragment of a list of various meats.
The dates extend from the seventh to the twelfth
year.
No. 46. "Year 10 preserved meat of the festival of
Aten . . . Ankh-aten of the A kkit of Pharaoh."
Akhit is a new word, meaning perhaps " kitchen."
It is evidently a name chosen for its alliteration with
Akhenaten, Akhetaten, etc.
In one case (43) meat has been potted in the year
10 in a jar that had held wine of the year 5.
On some of these meat jars "children of the Aten "
are mentioned (44-5, 98); and 54, 87 give—
" Year 7 preserved meat (?)... storehouse of
(or for) the Ka of Ankh-ra (life of Ra) . . . feast
of Ankh-aten."
Shedeh dates from the year 10 to the year 12. It
33
The ordinary formula (see Nos. 16, 23, etc.), always
imperfect, is—
Year ....
Wine of the house of Aten
West river • chief of the vineyard N.
On a few the names of the chiefs of the vineyard
are faintly visible, and may be read, Seta(s) 89, 92),
Ani (23, 2nd) ; Pa-aten-hes-su (24), the word hes is
clear on one example, Hui-nefer (26), Hatta (29),
Hui (30), Khai (94), Nefer-hotep (96), Zai (97).
The " western river " is very frequent. We have also
(15) the "western river in (?) the southern bah of the
castle." In all probability the western river is
identical with the Bahr Yusuf. Memphis is men-
tioned on 93, and the " northern oasis" {i.e., El
Khargeh) on 94.
Besides the " house of Aten " we find often " the
house of Ankh-aten " (29, 30), and once " [the house
of] Aten? in Memphis" (31). Also once (13) "the
house of the sun rejoicing in the horizon (Akhet)."
This is a title of the Aten deity, and is important as
giving the man with raised arms as a variant of the
hieroglyphics—hai. A dated potsherd of the fourth
year (91) is interesting for its reference to the " house
of Ra Harakhti " (Ra, Horus of the two horizons), in
place of the "house of Aten." Ra Harakhti was
really the deity of the Aten worship. During the
earliest stage of the heresy, at Thebes, the hawk-
headed human form was actually retained in repre-
sentations, but afterwards, at Akhetaten (Tell el
Amarna), it was replaced by the many-armed
disk or Aten. The inscription just quoted in fact
shews us Amenhotep IV. as a worshipper of the
Ra-Harakhti, a year or two before the Aten-worship
was adopted.
We also find the " house of Ra who is in Kebhu (at
Heliopolis ?)" (76), and "the house of Neith in .... "
(85). The reference to Neith is remarkable ; probably
these also date from before the establishment of the
Aten-worship.
Other sherds introduce the names of kings,
" [the house of Amen]hotep neter hak uas" (i.e.,
Amenhotep IV. before he changed his name) (i2))
"the house of Akhenaten of long life" (8, 88); "the
house of the queen" (11, 90); and "the house of
Thyi" (14). "The house of Neb maat ra" (Amen-
hotep III.) (4 and 3); and " [the house of] Kha-em-
maat" (the same) (9). There are several of " the
house of Sehotep-ra " (5); "of Sehotep-aten " (21),
perhaps heretical designations of Amenhotep III.,
avoiding the hated name of Amen. No. 10 gives the
temple (?) of Ra-aa-kheper-ka (Thothmes I.). One
sherd mentions " wine of the house of the great seer,"
i.e., the chief priest of the sun (6); another (3), more
perfect, runs—
"Year 16 wine good good of the tribute of [the
house of?]
the great seer of the Aten Ra-mery."
The tomb of this highly-honoured priest at Tell el
Amarna is well known.
77. The other classes may be dismissed in a few
words.
Oil, neheh, is found on numerous sherds, of which
all the examples, except one, date from the second
year, and they are in better condition than any of the
other series. No. 32 reads—
" Year 2 oil of the house of Aten brought by
the her pedt chief of the mercenaries (or of trans-
port ?) Ra, son of Ra-mai, purified by the super-
intendent of ointment Ray son of Ramai and the
guardian Apy."
In one case the first officer is named Hui, and the
second Aniy (No. 36).
But the oil was often brought by a her menshu or
chief of trading-ships ? Unfortunately their names
are not clearly legible. The officers charged with
clarifying are the same as before (Nos. 38-42).
Next in importance is the
Meat, a7if der, perhaps "pounded meat," or at least
meat preserved in some way. In the Theban tombs
we see wild-fowl plucked and stowed in jars, no doubt
with salt ; perhaps the meat preserved in these jars
at Tell el Amarna was of a similar kind. Atif der
is amongst the provisions named in a papyrus of the
time of Amenhotep III. (Mariette, Papyrus de Boulaq,
Tome II, PL. III). The sherd No. 101 appears to
be a fragment of a list of various meats.
The dates extend from the seventh to the twelfth
year.
No. 46. "Year 10 preserved meat of the festival of
Aten . . . Ankh-aten of the A kkit of Pharaoh."
Akhit is a new word, meaning perhaps " kitchen."
It is evidently a name chosen for its alliteration with
Akhenaten, Akhetaten, etc.
In one case (43) meat has been potted in the year
10 in a jar that had held wine of the year 5.
On some of these meat jars "children of the Aten "
are mentioned (44-5, 98); and 54, 87 give—
" Year 7 preserved meat (?)... storehouse of
(or for) the Ka of Ankh-ra (life of Ra) . . . feast
of Ankh-aten."
Shedeh dates from the year 10 to the year 12. It