DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4222#0032
22
EOYAL TOMBS OP THE 1st DYNASTY.
similar nature. The long spotted robe is like
that belonging to a conquering people on the
slate palette with giraffes (Brit. Mus.).
6. Piece of ivory Avith figure of a subject
bearing; a stone vase on the head.
7. Part of an ivory bracelet.
8. 9. Pieces of ivory with parts of a figure
and of a dog.
10. Piece of ivory box with name of Aha, and
Bener-ab.
11. Piece of ivory decoration with figures of
early huts. The sides appear to be of reeds
or maize-stalks bound together ; and the roof
was probably of palm ribs interlaced and covered
with palm-leaf mats, like the Bisharin tents of
the present day at Aswan. These huts are like
those shown on the mace head of Narmer, and
on the long slate palette. The upper part of
this ivory slip has the dome top of the hut and
a subject bearing a branch, as in fig. 5 (see
Fouilles, in extenso, 1899, pi. xlii.).
12. A figure of a Libyan captive on ivory,
with the feather in the hair.
13. Unexplained fragment of ivory.
14. Flint arrow-heads from tomb B 18.
Some dozens of these Avere found in the filling
of the pit. Some hundreds had, however, been
already removed in the French Avork, though
unfortunately not one of them is noAv to be found
in the Cairo Museum.
15. Figures of subjects bringing vases as
offerings, on an ivory panel.
16. Piece of ivory Avith a part of a standard,
from Avhich an arm has projected holding a
mace, possibly part of the group Aha.
17. Piece of ivory with a standard, from
which is an arm holding a cord. Below is
perhaps ua she, as on the slate palette of
Narmer, " the prince of the lake," i.e. Fayum.
18. 19. Pieces of an ivory cup.
20. Slip of ivory Avith a row of five captives
bound together ; much like the work of groups
of captives from Hierakonpolis.
21. Pl. V. 1. Two pieces of an ivory tablet
were so different in appearance that their con-
nection Avas not seen until they Avere photo-
graphed. They seem to name " Hathor in the
marshes of King Zer's city of Dep" or Buto (Br.
Geog. 939-41). The figure of Hathor with the
feather between the horns is already knoAvn.
This label may have been attached to an offering
made from Buto at the royal tomb. Unless the
continuity of the name can be disproved, it
shows that Buto far doAvn in the marsh of the
Delta Avas already established at the beginning
of the 1st Dynasty, and named after Zer, just
as the farms and toAvns of the Old Kingdom Avere
named after the kings Avho founded them.
2,3. Small i\7ory labels, burnt. 2 names the
commander of Zer's palace, Zer-hor-ab; and 3
may refer to the ruler of the Fayum, ur she.
4. A long box of ivory divided in tAvo length-
ways (see pl. xxxv. 13), has a similar inscrip-
tion on either side, the better of which is shoAvn
here. It gives one of the best examples of the
zer sign, and was found with other objects
covered OA^er by the brick steps of the XVIIIth
Dynasty in the tomb of Zer.
5. A piece of a limestone vase names a man
Tsreit-her.
6. A piece of an ivory Avand bears the name
Mer-neit ; it may, of course, have strayed over
from the tomb of that king.
7. Several ivory cylinder cups were inscribed
for King Zer ; this example sIioavs how complete
the style of draAving the royal haAvk had become
at this early date. The conventions are fixed in
the final form Avhich lasted doAvn to Roman times.
8 is a small ivory label with a ram and an
unknown sign.
9, 10, are wooden labels, respectively for
arroAvs and for clothing.
11. Only a piece of one ebony cylinder for
sealing was found, although thousands of im-
pressions were placed in the tombs, from which
over two hundred different seal inscriptions
have been copied. This piece is about a third
of a cylinder ; it bears ankh and mut around the
bitten tntl
12, A P1'
petals carve
polished cm
13,14-
vases to k»
the hand of
15. Otto
EOYAL TOMBS OP THE 1st DYNASTY.
similar nature. The long spotted robe is like
that belonging to a conquering people on the
slate palette with giraffes (Brit. Mus.).
6. Piece of ivory Avith figure of a subject
bearing; a stone vase on the head.
7. Part of an ivory bracelet.
8. 9. Pieces of ivory with parts of a figure
and of a dog.
10. Piece of ivory box with name of Aha, and
Bener-ab.
11. Piece of ivory decoration with figures of
early huts. The sides appear to be of reeds
or maize-stalks bound together ; and the roof
was probably of palm ribs interlaced and covered
with palm-leaf mats, like the Bisharin tents of
the present day at Aswan. These huts are like
those shown on the mace head of Narmer, and
on the long slate palette. The upper part of
this ivory slip has the dome top of the hut and
a subject bearing a branch, as in fig. 5 (see
Fouilles, in extenso, 1899, pi. xlii.).
12. A figure of a Libyan captive on ivory,
with the feather in the hair.
13. Unexplained fragment of ivory.
14. Flint arrow-heads from tomb B 18.
Some dozens of these Avere found in the filling
of the pit. Some hundreds had, however, been
already removed in the French Avork, though
unfortunately not one of them is noAv to be found
in the Cairo Museum.
15. Figures of subjects bringing vases as
offerings, on an ivory panel.
16. Piece of ivory Avith a part of a standard,
from Avhich an arm has projected holding a
mace, possibly part of the group Aha.
17. Piece of ivory with a standard, from
which is an arm holding a cord. Below is
perhaps ua she, as on the slate palette of
Narmer, " the prince of the lake," i.e. Fayum.
18. 19. Pieces of an ivory cup.
20. Slip of ivory Avith a row of five captives
bound together ; much like the work of groups
of captives from Hierakonpolis.
21. Pl. V. 1. Two pieces of an ivory tablet
were so different in appearance that their con-
nection Avas not seen until they Avere photo-
graphed. They seem to name " Hathor in the
marshes of King Zer's city of Dep" or Buto (Br.
Geog. 939-41). The figure of Hathor with the
feather between the horns is already knoAvn.
This label may have been attached to an offering
made from Buto at the royal tomb. Unless the
continuity of the name can be disproved, it
shows that Buto far doAvn in the marsh of the
Delta Avas already established at the beginning
of the 1st Dynasty, and named after Zer, just
as the farms and toAvns of the Old Kingdom Avere
named after the kings Avho founded them.
2,3. Small i\7ory labels, burnt. 2 names the
commander of Zer's palace, Zer-hor-ab; and 3
may refer to the ruler of the Fayum, ur she.
4. A long box of ivory divided in tAvo length-
ways (see pl. xxxv. 13), has a similar inscrip-
tion on either side, the better of which is shoAvn
here. It gives one of the best examples of the
zer sign, and was found with other objects
covered OA^er by the brick steps of the XVIIIth
Dynasty in the tomb of Zer.
5. A piece of a limestone vase names a man
Tsreit-her.
6. A piece of an ivory Avand bears the name
Mer-neit ; it may, of course, have strayed over
from the tomb of that king.
7. Several ivory cylinder cups were inscribed
for King Zer ; this example sIioavs how complete
the style of draAving the royal haAvk had become
at this early date. The conventions are fixed in
the final form Avhich lasted doAvn to Roman times.
8 is a small ivory label with a ram and an
unknown sign.
9, 10, are wooden labels, respectively for
arroAvs and for clothing.
11. Only a piece of one ebony cylinder for
sealing was found, although thousands of im-
pressions were placed in the tombs, from which
over two hundred different seal inscriptions
have been copied. This piece is about a third
of a cylinder ; it bears ankh and mut around the
bitten tntl
12, A P1'
petals carve
polished cm
13,14-
vases to k»
the hand of
15. Otto