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ROYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
the earliest type, like those of Narmer and Alia.
No. 781 is probably the same. As the locality
points to these being of the age of Aha it seems
not unlikely that these are corruptions of the
Aha hawk holding the shield and club. The
jars are shown in xxxix. 2 ; xl. 8.
10—110. The whole of these must be con-
sidered together, as they may be entirely copies
of one inscription more or less degraded. The
best examples, such as 11, 12, L(>, 20, 21 seem
to be distinctly of Mersekha. The fortified
enclosure around the name may refer to the
tomb, as the eternal fortress of the king. An
imperceptible gradation of corruption leads
through the forms 13, 14, where the hha is
drawn as an oval with spots ; through 25, 2(5,
where the panelling below the inscription is
made into a square and the hha into a neb;
through 44, where the mer and se are made
alike; and so to the rough scrawl of oval signs
as 75, and even these signs alike as in 72.
Looking at the extreme ignorance and careless-
ness of the marking it seems unlikely that Ave
should give any importance to such variations as
in 71, 77—80, Avhich might be supposed to
show some other name. The source of these
jars agrees Avell to their being of Mersekha-
Semempses ; 100 of them are found in his tomb,
or betAveen that and the tomb of Qa, 3 are found
in Z, 1 in T, 1 in X, and 5 in Q : all these
latter seem to ha\^e merely been scattered by
accident, as none Avcre discovered undisturbed.
Ill—156. All of these seem to be intended
for the same inscription, Avhich is given on the
stone Abases, viii. 11, 12; ix. 1 to 4; and also
on the stele, xxx. The place 8a ha neb avc have
already noted (p. 21) is probably the name of
the tomb of king Qa. The various forms on
the stones are 1 of Hor'ha'sa, 3 of Sa'ha'neb,
1 of Sa'neb'ha. On the pottery it is, hoAvever,
in every case Ha'sa only, agreeing Avith the
Horha'sa of viii. 11. The form also of a tablet
on steps is like that on the stone. But these
names on pottery are scattered over nearly all
the cemetery : taking only those Avdiich clearly
shoAV the order of signs there are 2 from W (age
of Zet?), 2 from Merneit, 4 from Den, 14 from
Azab, 3 from Mersekha, 5 of him or Qa, and 3
from Qa. No doubt some may be merely scat-
tered, but as most of them are found far from
Qa they cannot all be attributed to the tomb of
Qa, to which the Sa'ha'neb stone bowls belong.
Bence Ave must rather regard the Sa'ha as
being the generic name of the tomb in the
1st Dynasty, which Avas used by Qa specifically,
Avith neb added to it.
PL xlvii. begins the knoAvn hieroglyphs of
human form. 159 is a man standing, possibly a
variant of Mersekha, as it comes from the next
tomb to his. 160—162 and 838 (?) seem possibly
intended for the sacred emblem of Osiris at
Abydos; the head, or rather Avig, Avhich is
shoAvn so often in the temple, as the object of
adoration in the sacred bark, and also as the ab
hieroglyph in the name Abdu = Abydos. The
usual printed forms of that sign ab are absurd ;
the best examples in the great temple sIioav a
Avig on a stand, sometimes Avith a head fillet
around it, and the uraeus rising from that, sur-
mounted by the double feather.
163—168 show the lea arms on legs. 169 the
disc and Avings and lea arms, carrying back this
emblem from the IVth Dynasty (Khufu, Hist, i.
38) to the 1st. Possibly Nos. 253, 48-3—485 are
the same.
170, 171 is perhaps the licrhend, as it is drawn
Avith a A^ery short neck on the stele, xxxii. 13.
172—187, neter ha, the divine ka; none later
than Azab. The sign neter is ahvays drawn
with a double top in this original form, as on
the ivories xiii. 2, xiAr. 12a, and the stele xxxii.
8, and cannot therefore be an axe.
188—207, ha Avith a disc, sometimes Avith
strokes across it, as in 190, 1(J2, 193; probably
all of Mersekha, a few having strayed to Den,
Merneit, and Qa. 208, ha and du, double hill
sign. 209—236, ha with a forked sign ; 237
—249, ha Avith a square. These second signs
*
-:
„ of the id ser
serpents 414-421,
^2-433. As so oft
j placed together
sample of a s
by the most i:
i—such
npr in several plat
fish with t
\ lose with serpents
'■'.the ordinary type
ahetomb of Merneit.
"itaiis hieroglyph!
:%witli?^. -
k 4&M05 neter, \
:^10thethree.hil
")ear inverted 1
3 W next to
a man leanin
lis knees. }
4 ro^d, as it
^ % stan,
lt' ^533
^oeeurrin
)H,
mer.
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ROYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
the earliest type, like those of Narmer and Alia.
No. 781 is probably the same. As the locality
points to these being of the age of Aha it seems
not unlikely that these are corruptions of the
Aha hawk holding the shield and club. The
jars are shown in xxxix. 2 ; xl. 8.
10—110. The whole of these must be con-
sidered together, as they may be entirely copies
of one inscription more or less degraded. The
best examples, such as 11, 12, L(>, 20, 21 seem
to be distinctly of Mersekha. The fortified
enclosure around the name may refer to the
tomb, as the eternal fortress of the king. An
imperceptible gradation of corruption leads
through the forms 13, 14, where the hha is
drawn as an oval with spots ; through 25, 2(5,
where the panelling below the inscription is
made into a square and the hha into a neb;
through 44, where the mer and se are made
alike; and so to the rough scrawl of oval signs
as 75, and even these signs alike as in 72.
Looking at the extreme ignorance and careless-
ness of the marking it seems unlikely that Ave
should give any importance to such variations as
in 71, 77—80, Avhich might be supposed to
show some other name. The source of these
jars agrees Avell to their being of Mersekha-
Semempses ; 100 of them are found in his tomb,
or betAveen that and the tomb of Qa, 3 are found
in Z, 1 in T, 1 in X, and 5 in Q : all these
latter seem to ha\^e merely been scattered by
accident, as none Avcre discovered undisturbed.
Ill—156. All of these seem to be intended
for the same inscription, Avhich is given on the
stone Abases, viii. 11, 12; ix. 1 to 4; and also
on the stele, xxx. The place 8a ha neb avc have
already noted (p. 21) is probably the name of
the tomb of king Qa. The various forms on
the stones are 1 of Hor'ha'sa, 3 of Sa'ha'neb,
1 of Sa'neb'ha. On the pottery it is, hoAvever,
in every case Ha'sa only, agreeing Avith the
Horha'sa of viii. 11. The form also of a tablet
on steps is like that on the stone. But these
names on pottery are scattered over nearly all
the cemetery : taking only those Avdiich clearly
shoAV the order of signs there are 2 from W (age
of Zet?), 2 from Merneit, 4 from Den, 14 from
Azab, 3 from Mersekha, 5 of him or Qa, and 3
from Qa. No doubt some may be merely scat-
tered, but as most of them are found far from
Qa they cannot all be attributed to the tomb of
Qa, to which the Sa'ha'neb stone bowls belong.
Bence Ave must rather regard the Sa'ha as
being the generic name of the tomb in the
1st Dynasty, which Avas used by Qa specifically,
Avith neb added to it.
PL xlvii. begins the knoAvn hieroglyphs of
human form. 159 is a man standing, possibly a
variant of Mersekha, as it comes from the next
tomb to his. 160—162 and 838 (?) seem possibly
intended for the sacred emblem of Osiris at
Abydos; the head, or rather Avig, Avhich is
shoAvn so often in the temple, as the object of
adoration in the sacred bark, and also as the ab
hieroglyph in the name Abdu = Abydos. The
usual printed forms of that sign ab are absurd ;
the best examples in the great temple sIioav a
Avig on a stand, sometimes Avith a head fillet
around it, and the uraeus rising from that, sur-
mounted by the double feather.
163—168 show the lea arms on legs. 169 the
disc and Avings and lea arms, carrying back this
emblem from the IVth Dynasty (Khufu, Hist, i.
38) to the 1st. Possibly Nos. 253, 48-3—485 are
the same.
170, 171 is perhaps the licrhend, as it is drawn
Avith a A^ery short neck on the stele, xxxii. 13.
172—187, neter ha, the divine ka; none later
than Azab. The sign neter is ahvays drawn
with a double top in this original form, as on
the ivories xiii. 2, xiAr. 12a, and the stele xxxii.
8, and cannot therefore be an axe.
188—207, ha Avith a disc, sometimes Avith
strokes across it, as in 190, 1(J2, 193; probably
all of Mersekha, a few having strayed to Den,
Merneit, and Qa. 208, ha and du, double hill
sign. 209—236, ha with a forked sign ; 237
—249, ha Avith a square. These second signs
*
-:
„ of the id ser
serpents 414-421,
^2-433. As so oft
j placed together
sample of a s
by the most i:
i—such
npr in several plat
fish with t
\ lose with serpents
'■'.the ordinary type
ahetomb of Merneit.
"itaiis hieroglyph!
:%witli?^. -
k 4&M05 neter, \
:^10thethree.hil
")ear inverted 1
3 W next to
a man leanin
lis knees. }
4 ro^d, as it
^ % stan,
lt' ^533
^oeeurrin
)H,
mer.