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EOYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
many examples of King Qa (see pi. viii.).
Apparently the same name is placed on the
ivory lid of Neit-hotep, No. 11, for though
irregular in form the sign is closely like the
example No. 9. As we have pointed out in
sects. 4, 9, this indicates that Neit-hotep was
closely related to King Sma, and as she appears
to have been the wife of Mena, this suggests
that Sma was her father, reigning next before
Mena.
12. An ivory jar of Neit-hotep found, with 11,
in a grave of a domestic of King Zer ; she had
probably been a handmaid of Queen Neit-hotep,
and so had received the disused toilet articles.
13, 14. These inscriptions, as si, are on hard
pottery and alabaster, and should be compared
with other early groups, up as {Royal Tombs, i. ;
iv. 5 ; here, xxv. 2).
15. An irregularly cut piece of serpentine
bowl seems to have a part of the same group as
on the sealing No. 113 (pi. xv.). These differ
from the group of three birds on the vases of
the Naqada Mena-tomb, as those always have
small wings above the back.
20. Pl. III. 1. The large thick label of ivory
has the hawk developing toward the later form,
with the tail sloping down and a separate wing
tip. The name of Aha is followed by the palm
tree and heart, which often occur on small
objects of this reign, see iii. 20 ; iiiA. 9, 11, 13 ;
De Morgan, Becherches ii., figs. 813, 814. It
has been well suggested that this is the name
of a queen or daughter of Mena; and this
name Bener-ab—" sweet of heart:'—would be
very probable ; moreover, as these objects are
all small pieces of ivory, they are likely to be
from toilet articles.
2. (See also the drawing, pl. xi. 1.) An ebony
tablet of Aha—Mena was broken in pieces in the
previous excavations, and only the upper two
parts have been recovered. This seems to have
been an enumeration of captives, of which the
number is lost below, but the name remains,
apparently Khent-ta or Nubia, " the land of the
bow." The king is said to be mes Anpu, "born
of Anubis " ; just as on the other ebony tablets,
iii. 4, iiiA. 5, 6 = x. 2 and xi. 2, he is said to be
born of Horus and Amiut (a form of Anubis).
Then follows the name of a town or palace.
3. An ivory label apparently belongs to objects
from Khent-ta, or Nubia. ' It might further
refer to "wood from Sha," Pa-sha, a town of
Upper Nubia (Br. Geog. 767), or Shat, a district
of Nubia (Br. Geog, 774). This is from B 10.
4. The upper half of an ebony label, in good
condition, is apparently duplicated in the lower
half, 6, of a label now carbonized. In front of
the name of Aha is a building with the IchaJcer
ornament. Next is res meh shep, perhaps
receiving (captives) of the south and north.
Below is a superintendent standing, and a man
seated, apparently stabbing a seated captive in
the breast. This suggests a scene of sacrificing
captives at the royal funeral. Lastly is the title,
" born of Horus and Amiut" (Anubis).
5. A well-cut piece of a dolomite marble
bowl, with the name of Aha followed by pa t.
Compare the fragment of a porphyry cup from
the tomb of Den (R. T. i. xi. 7) with the same
bird after the name.
7. The name of Aha on another piece of
dolomite marble.
8. A piece of the top of an ebony tablet,
showing the horns and ear of an ibex, and a
branch (Jchet) bowl (neb) and numerals 23.
9—18. Small ivory labels, with signs incised,
and, in one instance, painted (17). Three bear
numbers ("100" on 9, "6" on 14, "8" on
16) like the labels with numbers in the Naqada
tomb of Mena, though here these are too few
to be the numbers of beads on a necklace like
the Naqada labels. The hippopotamus occurs
on No. 11, and the elephant on No. 18. The
birds can hardly be identified in view of the
diversity of drawing of well-known bird hiero-
glyphs at this time.
19. An ivory slip from an inlay with the
scorpion holding a pick, like the scorpion tribal
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20
EOYAL TOMBS OF THE 1st DYNASTY.
many examples of King Qa (see pi. viii.).
Apparently the same name is placed on the
ivory lid of Neit-hotep, No. 11, for though
irregular in form the sign is closely like the
example No. 9. As we have pointed out in
sects. 4, 9, this indicates that Neit-hotep was
closely related to King Sma, and as she appears
to have been the wife of Mena, this suggests
that Sma was her father, reigning next before
Mena.
12. An ivory jar of Neit-hotep found, with 11,
in a grave of a domestic of King Zer ; she had
probably been a handmaid of Queen Neit-hotep,
and so had received the disused toilet articles.
13, 14. These inscriptions, as si, are on hard
pottery and alabaster, and should be compared
with other early groups, up as {Royal Tombs, i. ;
iv. 5 ; here, xxv. 2).
15. An irregularly cut piece of serpentine
bowl seems to have a part of the same group as
on the sealing No. 113 (pi. xv.). These differ
from the group of three birds on the vases of
the Naqada Mena-tomb, as those always have
small wings above the back.
20. Pl. III. 1. The large thick label of ivory
has the hawk developing toward the later form,
with the tail sloping down and a separate wing
tip. The name of Aha is followed by the palm
tree and heart, which often occur on small
objects of this reign, see iii. 20 ; iiiA. 9, 11, 13 ;
De Morgan, Becherches ii., figs. 813, 814. It
has been well suggested that this is the name
of a queen or daughter of Mena; and this
name Bener-ab—" sweet of heart:'—would be
very probable ; moreover, as these objects are
all small pieces of ivory, they are likely to be
from toilet articles.
2. (See also the drawing, pl. xi. 1.) An ebony
tablet of Aha—Mena was broken in pieces in the
previous excavations, and only the upper two
parts have been recovered. This seems to have
been an enumeration of captives, of which the
number is lost below, but the name remains,
apparently Khent-ta or Nubia, " the land of the
bow." The king is said to be mes Anpu, "born
of Anubis " ; just as on the other ebony tablets,
iii. 4, iiiA. 5, 6 = x. 2 and xi. 2, he is said to be
born of Horus and Amiut (a form of Anubis).
Then follows the name of a town or palace.
3. An ivory label apparently belongs to objects
from Khent-ta, or Nubia. ' It might further
refer to "wood from Sha," Pa-sha, a town of
Upper Nubia (Br. Geog. 767), or Shat, a district
of Nubia (Br. Geog, 774). This is from B 10.
4. The upper half of an ebony label, in good
condition, is apparently duplicated in the lower
half, 6, of a label now carbonized. In front of
the name of Aha is a building with the IchaJcer
ornament. Next is res meh shep, perhaps
receiving (captives) of the south and north.
Below is a superintendent standing, and a man
seated, apparently stabbing a seated captive in
the breast. This suggests a scene of sacrificing
captives at the royal funeral. Lastly is the title,
" born of Horus and Amiut" (Anubis).
5. A well-cut piece of a dolomite marble
bowl, with the name of Aha followed by pa t.
Compare the fragment of a porphyry cup from
the tomb of Den (R. T. i. xi. 7) with the same
bird after the name.
7. The name of Aha on another piece of
dolomite marble.
8. A piece of the top of an ebony tablet,
showing the horns and ear of an ibex, and a
branch (Jchet) bowl (neb) and numerals 23.
9—18. Small ivory labels, with signs incised,
and, in one instance, painted (17). Three bear
numbers ("100" on 9, "6" on 14, "8" on
16) like the labels with numbers in the Naqada
tomb of Mena, though here these are too few
to be the numbers of beads on a necklace like
the Naqada labels. The hippopotamus occurs
on No. 11, and the elephant on No. 18. The
birds can hardly be identified in view of the
diversity of drawing of well-known bird hiero-
glyphs at this time.
19. An ivory slip from an inlay with the
scorpion holding a pick, like the scorpion tribal
to***
20, A* ivC
cc
lift these
twist patterc
fe as old as
crescents be.
the XHtK D
I, An iv<
ilia,
a, See th
this, much
ins. 2. T
complete o
fad in to
work the u
top line af
"born of I
and a shrii
blance of t
on this pla
is a man
above, pos
a bull ru-
stretched
position i
sW star
4e stork
wiHcattl
three bo?
certain p;
p«Sle,
Hy,
Hi
«1
16.
ill 5