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THE INSCRIPTIONS.
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was no reproach |6 against me coming to the palace.
I did what he said in an excellent manner (?). I was
raised above every equal, and was put at the head of
his friends. [Now]. I am coming \> to the city of
eternity (the other world). I have done what mankind
loves, and the gods praise. I am buried like every
noble distinguished by the Good God. Stretch forth
to me (your) hand in their name, make |8 for me the
hetep da setni (recital of royal offering) according to
what I did upon earth. I am a noble by what he
made me, telling those things that are good, repeating
those things that are dear, (for) it is good to reward a
man according to his works."
1. 2. " levy," see Griffith, Kahun papyri i. 2.
1. 3. Udb may be the same as the word determined
by cloth in " Tomb of Paheri " (IX. 4).
1. 3. Ra-kreret is especially the necropolis of Siut.
50. Plate XVI. The foundation deposits give
the two names of the wife of Siptah called Te-usret-
sotpet-ne-Mut and Sit-Ra-meri[t]-Amen, of whom
scarabs are also known. There are some other
instances of the article being merely written as / in
the XlXth dynasty: see in Brit. Mus.. stele 132, and
palette 12,778.
Plate XVIII. No. XIV. reads "may Ra and
Amen open a good year." No. 7., " firm (steady)
every year." No. 13., "chief treasurer of the whole
land, chief Bay."
Plate XIX. Among the vases of the foundation
deposits of Tausert and Siptah there are two complete
copies of a text, 6 and 10, with a piece 9, and perhaps
other pieces, 7 and 8 : it is remarkable for the very
cursive handwriting, especially in the form of the
article. It reads :
" Year IV. Wine of the third day of the garden in
the Lake of the Whole Land, which is in ... on the
western bank, by the chief vintner Pra-hotpe, who is
under the land steward Pi-besa."
The other complete piece, No. 5, reads :
" Year III. Wine of the third day of the garden of
the temple of Sety Merenptah (Sety II) in the house
of Amen, which is the farm (?) of Turn, by the chief
vintner . . . Anana." For this reading of the " third
day," see the full transcription which will appear in
the volume on the Ostraca of the Ramesseum.
No. 4 may be restored thus :—
[Year x, wine of the] " garden of the house of Sety
Merenptah (Sety 11), in the house of Amen, [by the
chief] vintner Pa-mer-shunet."
No. 3 again mentions " the garden of the house of
Sety II."
No. 1 is part of an inscription naming the wine of
the garden of the " temple of millions of years," of a
place (perhaps " the water of Amen ") " on the west
of Thebes."
No. 2 is one of the most important fragments,
reading: "[Year x] wine of the 21st day . . . queen
of Upper and Lower Egypt, Sit-ra-merit-Amen. . . ."
Though it is not clear in what connection the name
of queen Tausert occurs here, yet this gives the
full and clear reading of the name. The queen here
has the title of the king setni ebyoti, whose feminine
form did not exist. (See Sethe Untersuchungen,
i, 27).
PLATE XX. Here are also some other fragments
of wine jars, but not from foundation deposits. No. 8
reads :—•
" [Year x, wine] of the temple of millions of [years . . .
in the house of] Amen, which is in the north of the pro-
perty of Ramessu II ... by the chief vintner . . . ."
No. 12. " . . . the garden of Merenptah Hetep-
her-maat . . . Puah."
No. 13." ... wine of the fourth day of the . . .
west by Puah."
No. 10. "... wine ... by the vintner (?) Su-ne-
[ra?]"
No. 11 names a " prophet Sety," who is also known
by another piece found in the excavations.
Of the other fragments, No. I seems, so far as can
be seen, to be a piece of a business letter ; all that is
legible is " The prince is standing over the work, one
is . . . his cm let . . . "
No. 2 reads : " The men of the farm (?, qaht) who
one will
" arrest (?) (atau ?)
" [Pa] ur, his mother Henut
"... tny, his mother Atef-res
" . . . , his mother Hent-Ty (?)
"......son of Tent-nub."
No. 3. In this fragment, only the beginning of the
name of Amenhotep II is clear.
No. 4. A razor and a pair of sandals; perhaps, as
Prof. Petrie suggests very ingeniously, a bill of ex-
change.
No. 7. Duplicate of the beginning of the " Nile
hymn" (Pap. Sail. II, ii, 6-7 = Anast VII, vii, 7-8).
The variant shems for seshm is to be noted.
No. 6. "Third month of the sowing season, 13th
day of delivering (?) the bread to the vinedressers by
Hui and Pay. Prs (?) cake, 100 deben daily. Re-
ceived from him in the third month of the sowing
season, at the temple of Tahutmes III (sic) life, health
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was no reproach |6 against me coming to the palace.
I did what he said in an excellent manner (?). I was
raised above every equal, and was put at the head of
his friends. [Now]. I am coming \> to the city of
eternity (the other world). I have done what mankind
loves, and the gods praise. I am buried like every
noble distinguished by the Good God. Stretch forth
to me (your) hand in their name, make |8 for me the
hetep da setni (recital of royal offering) according to
what I did upon earth. I am a noble by what he
made me, telling those things that are good, repeating
those things that are dear, (for) it is good to reward a
man according to his works."
1. 2. " levy," see Griffith, Kahun papyri i. 2.
1. 3. Udb may be the same as the word determined
by cloth in " Tomb of Paheri " (IX. 4).
1. 3. Ra-kreret is especially the necropolis of Siut.
50. Plate XVI. The foundation deposits give
the two names of the wife of Siptah called Te-usret-
sotpet-ne-Mut and Sit-Ra-meri[t]-Amen, of whom
scarabs are also known. There are some other
instances of the article being merely written as / in
the XlXth dynasty: see in Brit. Mus.. stele 132, and
palette 12,778.
Plate XVIII. No. XIV. reads "may Ra and
Amen open a good year." No. 7., " firm (steady)
every year." No. 13., "chief treasurer of the whole
land, chief Bay."
Plate XIX. Among the vases of the foundation
deposits of Tausert and Siptah there are two complete
copies of a text, 6 and 10, with a piece 9, and perhaps
other pieces, 7 and 8 : it is remarkable for the very
cursive handwriting, especially in the form of the
article. It reads :
" Year IV. Wine of the third day of the garden in
the Lake of the Whole Land, which is in ... on the
western bank, by the chief vintner Pra-hotpe, who is
under the land steward Pi-besa."
The other complete piece, No. 5, reads :
" Year III. Wine of the third day of the garden of
the temple of Sety Merenptah (Sety II) in the house
of Amen, which is the farm (?) of Turn, by the chief
vintner . . . Anana." For this reading of the " third
day," see the full transcription which will appear in
the volume on the Ostraca of the Ramesseum.
No. 4 may be restored thus :—
[Year x, wine of the] " garden of the house of Sety
Merenptah (Sety 11), in the house of Amen, [by the
chief] vintner Pa-mer-shunet."
No. 3 again mentions " the garden of the house of
Sety II."
No. 1 is part of an inscription naming the wine of
the garden of the " temple of millions of years," of a
place (perhaps " the water of Amen ") " on the west
of Thebes."
No. 2 is one of the most important fragments,
reading: "[Year x] wine of the 21st day . . . queen
of Upper and Lower Egypt, Sit-ra-merit-Amen. . . ."
Though it is not clear in what connection the name
of queen Tausert occurs here, yet this gives the
full and clear reading of the name. The queen here
has the title of the king setni ebyoti, whose feminine
form did not exist. (See Sethe Untersuchungen,
i, 27).
PLATE XX. Here are also some other fragments
of wine jars, but not from foundation deposits. No. 8
reads :—•
" [Year x, wine] of the temple of millions of [years . . .
in the house of] Amen, which is in the north of the pro-
perty of Ramessu II ... by the chief vintner . . . ."
No. 12. " . . . the garden of Merenptah Hetep-
her-maat . . . Puah."
No. 13." ... wine of the fourth day of the . . .
west by Puah."
No. 10. "... wine ... by the vintner (?) Su-ne-
[ra?]"
No. 11 names a " prophet Sety," who is also known
by another piece found in the excavations.
Of the other fragments, No. I seems, so far as can
be seen, to be a piece of a business letter ; all that is
legible is " The prince is standing over the work, one
is . . . his cm let . . . "
No. 2 reads : " The men of the farm (?, qaht) who
one will
" arrest (?) (atau ?)
" [Pa] ur, his mother Henut
"... tny, his mother Atef-res
" . . . , his mother Hent-Ty (?)
"......son of Tent-nub."
No. 3. In this fragment, only the beginning of the
name of Amenhotep II is clear.
No. 4. A razor and a pair of sandals; perhaps, as
Prof. Petrie suggests very ingeniously, a bill of ex-
change.
No. 7. Duplicate of the beginning of the " Nile
hymn" (Pap. Sail. II, ii, 6-7 = Anast VII, vii, 7-8).
The variant shems for seshm is to be noted.
No. 6. "Third month of the sowing season, 13th
day of delivering (?) the bread to the vinedressers by
Hui and Pay. Prs (?) cake, 100 deben daily. Re-
ceived from him in the third month of the sowing
season, at the temple of Tahutmes III (sic) life, health