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THE INSCRIPTIONS.
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(?)
r~\r~i
Beyond the royal titles are
jj =© j( 0 U • Possibly we may render this,
"He who traverses the Pool of Horus (cf. 28),
the royal axe-maker (cf. xv. 1 6), the first, the
governor Henu-ka (cf. 28)." Three more cha-
racters follow, but are obscure.
27. Part of stn'y byty and Nebty titles, as
Maspero suggests.
28 = xi. 12. The injured compartment on the
right would seem to give a king's name Ket . . ,
Ket-ur (?). To make %* (?) the determinative
of would be against the concise spelling of
kings' names. The rest of the signs on the
tablet are uninjured : | 0 ^-^ | \ _J£> make an
obscure combination, cf. 26 and xv. 16.
29 corresponds to some extent with 26,
having on the right the ■ , the boat with throne,
and c v\ above. On left, Horus name Qa-a, Avith
a special Nebty name | Sen, not found else wb ere.
A/WW\
Beyond is -<s>- j\ ^m (?) "u=* ,, (?) " Doing
things, distinguishing (?), royal axe-maker (?)."
30. The word designating the captive seems
to be > ^ i.e. Sty, "the Asiatic (?)," followed
by an oval sign of land.
35. We now reach the long series of jar
sealings rolled from cylinders (cf. xii. 3—7),
which Prof. Petrie has so carefully copied from
numerous impressions, each more or less imper-
fect and obscure.
PI. xviii. 1. The Horus name of Zet.
3.
The same with
" Reigning Sovereign," per
name Aty, in Sety's list I 1)^|Y
A Yty, meaning
laps his personal
4. The same with
B-
) c ,
wy,
" entrance of
two doors," which may have reference to the
frontier stations, alternating with the figure of
an embattled enclosure containing the characters
(?)
5.
The same enclosure, alternating with
""I ?t?) LJ • Probably I "^, recurring in xxiii.
40 with the name Hetep, is a title, szty (?),
"sealer (?)," and the other two signs form a
proper name.
6. The same name and title with another
title ^?- cd mi; common in later times; a city
J © Db; a sign resembling
Cf. perhaps 81 on pi.
PI. xix. 7. Same name and title with (j ^-
name, possibly
a man
xxix.
swimming.
ymwt, vx and
original god (?)."
8.
" inheritance of the
and other signs.
9. § {) tfi iffand birds' The sign \recurs of
the same form in xxv. 50, &c.
10. §i ill LJ -__a (the LJ holds a curved wand
in one hand), " Chief of the three dancers (?) "
(compare Deshasheh, pi. xii. and p. 47 note),
or " Chief of the three throwers of the
boomerang (?)."
11. A very remarkable example of cursive
accounts. At the top is probably a date
°n^f?^ "l0th day' festival of • • • '"
Then follow names of articles indicated by
vague picture-signs, with numerals beneath,
n <; go," ^ ^ " 220." This was no doubt intel-
ligible enough as a reminder to the scribe, but
to us it is very obscure.
12 includes the boomerang-thrower, a bird
resembling an ostrich, and a group of LJ and
^^ which often occurs on private stelae of this
period (pis. xxxi., xxxii.). It may read /,-J i/h,
" spiritualized ha," as a term for a deceased
person in a state of bliss; or it may be a
priestly title such as s'y'h h' (?), " he who
spiritualizes the lea," by services.
15. The same group with
<&<
and
^
H-t
ylyt (?), "Residence of the cow (?)," which if
rightly read is the name of a city in the Western
Delta (Libyan nome), or perhaps of some other
city such as Dendereh, which was dedicated to
the cow-goddess Hathor.
16. The "glorified la (?), Ap."
18. Strange swimming signs, &c, and J
overseer,
20.
other signs.
(?) in mountainous oval, and
43
(?)
r~\r~i
Beyond the royal titles are
jj =© j( 0 U • Possibly we may render this,
"He who traverses the Pool of Horus (cf. 28),
the royal axe-maker (cf. xv. 1 6), the first, the
governor Henu-ka (cf. 28)." Three more cha-
racters follow, but are obscure.
27. Part of stn'y byty and Nebty titles, as
Maspero suggests.
28 = xi. 12. The injured compartment on the
right would seem to give a king's name Ket . . ,
Ket-ur (?). To make %* (?) the determinative
of would be against the concise spelling of
kings' names. The rest of the signs on the
tablet are uninjured : | 0 ^-^ | \ _J£> make an
obscure combination, cf. 26 and xv. 16.
29 corresponds to some extent with 26,
having on the right the ■ , the boat with throne,
and c v\ above. On left, Horus name Qa-a, Avith
a special Nebty name | Sen, not found else wb ere.
A/WW\
Beyond is -<s>- j\ ^m (?) "u=* ,, (?) " Doing
things, distinguishing (?), royal axe-maker (?)."
30. The word designating the captive seems
to be > ^ i.e. Sty, "the Asiatic (?)," followed
by an oval sign of land.
35. We now reach the long series of jar
sealings rolled from cylinders (cf. xii. 3—7),
which Prof. Petrie has so carefully copied from
numerous impressions, each more or less imper-
fect and obscure.
PI. xviii. 1. The Horus name of Zet.
3.
The same with
" Reigning Sovereign," per
name Aty, in Sety's list I 1)^|Y
A Yty, meaning
laps his personal
4. The same with
B-
) c ,
wy,
" entrance of
two doors," which may have reference to the
frontier stations, alternating with the figure of
an embattled enclosure containing the characters
(?)
5.
The same enclosure, alternating with
""I ?t?) LJ • Probably I "^, recurring in xxiii.
40 with the name Hetep, is a title, szty (?),
"sealer (?)," and the other two signs form a
proper name.
6. The same name and title with another
title ^?- cd mi; common in later times; a city
J © Db; a sign resembling
Cf. perhaps 81 on pi.
PI. xix. 7. Same name and title with (j ^-
name, possibly
a man
xxix.
swimming.
ymwt, vx and
original god (?)."
8.
" inheritance of the
and other signs.
9. § {) tfi iffand birds' The sign \recurs of
the same form in xxv. 50, &c.
10. §i ill LJ -__a (the LJ holds a curved wand
in one hand), " Chief of the three dancers (?) "
(compare Deshasheh, pi. xii. and p. 47 note),
or " Chief of the three throwers of the
boomerang (?)."
11. A very remarkable example of cursive
accounts. At the top is probably a date
°n^f?^ "l0th day' festival of • • • '"
Then follow names of articles indicated by
vague picture-signs, with numerals beneath,
n <; go," ^ ^ " 220." This was no doubt intel-
ligible enough as a reminder to the scribe, but
to us it is very obscure.
12 includes the boomerang-thrower, a bird
resembling an ostrich, and a group of LJ and
^^ which often occurs on private stelae of this
period (pis. xxxi., xxxii.). It may read /,-J i/h,
" spiritualized ha," as a term for a deceased
person in a state of bliss; or it may be a
priestly title such as s'y'h h' (?), " he who
spiritualizes the lea," by services.
15. The same group with
<&<
and
^
H-t
ylyt (?), "Residence of the cow (?)," which if
rightly read is the name of a city in the Western
Delta (Libyan nome), or perhaps of some other
city such as Dendereh, which was dedicated to
the cow-goddess Hathor.
16. The "glorified la (?), Ap."
18. Strange swimming signs, &c, and J
overseer,
20.
other signs.
(?) in mountainous oval, and