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THE INSCRIBED TABLETS, Ac.
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top, and below that repetitions of a name or title
written with Neit, hh, and two yokes.
12. A piece of a thin vase of crystal has
petals carved in low relief on the surface ; it is
polished outside, but finely ground inside.
13, 14. These two inscriptions show the
vases to have been used for the " washing; of
the hand of the double lord."
15. Other fragments were found of the
strangely carved flat dish of dolomite marble,
found last year (R. T. i. xii. 10).
16. Among the carbonized fragments was
found a wooden carving of an ear of bearded
barley.
17. A unique clay sealing with a very
elaborate door pattern of King Zer is shown
here.
18. The figure of a corded jar was engraved
on a stone bowl, similar to the jar outline on
pi. va. 24.
Pl. Va. 1—5 are small fragments of
inscription on stone and ivory; 4 and 5 being
from ivory cups.
6. An ivory label bearing up-as, as on pieces
22, 23, and an uncertain sign below.
7 is a metal pin, apparently of base gold, as,
though not bright, there is no trace of green
copper corrosion upon it. The pattern of con-
centric circles round a spot also occurs on the
early ivories, and therefore there is no ground
for assigning this to a later age.
8. A fragment of an ivory tablet shows the
king walking, and a small attendant following
with a standard. Below is a canal.
9—12 are ivory fragments which do not fit
any yet known. 12 seems to show the king on
a throne and a lesser figure upon his knee, an
anticipation, perhaps, of Akhenaten's family
group.
13. A piece of an ebony tablet is scarcely
legible. The enclosure contains apparently
three bound captives.
14 is a square tipped rod of ivory, with the
sign of the same, engraved upon it.
15—18. Fragments of ivory disconnected ;
possibly the remainders may be found in some
other collection.
1 9, 20. Pieces of stone bowls with du (?) l-hent
and hotep.
21. Apiece of a stone bowl inscribed Mer-
neit may very probably have strayed from
the tomb of that king, as it is roughly incised
like his other works.
22, 23, 24. Pieces of stone bowls, bear up ast
Jchent, up ast, and the outlines of a corded jar.
Pl. VI. 1. A fragment of an ivory bracelet,
bearing anlch and uas alternately.
2. The head of a snake in ivory, carefully
carved.
3, 4. Two lions carved in ivory were found
in one of the private tombs around that of Zer.
They are much worn on the bases by sliding
about; and the lines of the fur are worn off by
long continued handling just at the centre of
gravity. It is evident therefore that they were
playing pieces in some game, probably the
same as the prehistoric game of four lions and
a hare (see Naqada vii. 2). The form of the
lion is more advanced than that of the lion
found in the Naqada Mena-tomb (De Morgan,
Becherches ii. 699); but the tail turns up the
back with a crook at the end in the regular
prehistoric mode. The two spots over the eyes
of the lesser lion are not usual on Egyptian
figures, but are known, I am informed, on
Mesopotamian figures.
5—io. Some arrow-heads of crystal were
found, and the handle end of a crystal knife.
These do not bear the same regular and delicate
work as the flint arrow-heads, and they are
doubtless funerary offerings.
11__16. Flint arrow-heads were also found
around the tomb of Zer, mostly of the same type
as those of Mena. Two are, however, of a form
entirely unknown as yet in any country (13,14).
The end is of the chisel form, and this passes
below into the pointed form. It might be made
with a view to a second use of the arrow after
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top, and below that repetitions of a name or title
written with Neit, hh, and two yokes.
12. A piece of a thin vase of crystal has
petals carved in low relief on the surface ; it is
polished outside, but finely ground inside.
13, 14. These two inscriptions show the
vases to have been used for the " washing; of
the hand of the double lord."
15. Other fragments were found of the
strangely carved flat dish of dolomite marble,
found last year (R. T. i. xii. 10).
16. Among the carbonized fragments was
found a wooden carving of an ear of bearded
barley.
17. A unique clay sealing with a very
elaborate door pattern of King Zer is shown
here.
18. The figure of a corded jar was engraved
on a stone bowl, similar to the jar outline on
pi. va. 24.
Pl. Va. 1—5 are small fragments of
inscription on stone and ivory; 4 and 5 being
from ivory cups.
6. An ivory label bearing up-as, as on pieces
22, 23, and an uncertain sign below.
7 is a metal pin, apparently of base gold, as,
though not bright, there is no trace of green
copper corrosion upon it. The pattern of con-
centric circles round a spot also occurs on the
early ivories, and therefore there is no ground
for assigning this to a later age.
8. A fragment of an ivory tablet shows the
king walking, and a small attendant following
with a standard. Below is a canal.
9—12 are ivory fragments which do not fit
any yet known. 12 seems to show the king on
a throne and a lesser figure upon his knee, an
anticipation, perhaps, of Akhenaten's family
group.
13. A piece of an ebony tablet is scarcely
legible. The enclosure contains apparently
three bound captives.
14 is a square tipped rod of ivory, with the
sign of the same, engraved upon it.
15—18. Fragments of ivory disconnected ;
possibly the remainders may be found in some
other collection.
1 9, 20. Pieces of stone bowls with du (?) l-hent
and hotep.
21. Apiece of a stone bowl inscribed Mer-
neit may very probably have strayed from
the tomb of that king, as it is roughly incised
like his other works.
22, 23, 24. Pieces of stone bowls, bear up ast
Jchent, up ast, and the outlines of a corded jar.
Pl. VI. 1. A fragment of an ivory bracelet,
bearing anlch and uas alternately.
2. The head of a snake in ivory, carefully
carved.
3, 4. Two lions carved in ivory were found
in one of the private tombs around that of Zer.
They are much worn on the bases by sliding
about; and the lines of the fur are worn off by
long continued handling just at the centre of
gravity. It is evident therefore that they were
playing pieces in some game, probably the
same as the prehistoric game of four lions and
a hare (see Naqada vii. 2). The form of the
lion is more advanced than that of the lion
found in the Naqada Mena-tomb (De Morgan,
Becherches ii. 699); but the tail turns up the
back with a crook at the end in the regular
prehistoric mode. The two spots over the eyes
of the lesser lion are not usual on Egyptian
figures, but are known, I am informed, on
Mesopotamian figures.
5—io. Some arrow-heads of crystal were
found, and the handle end of a crystal knife.
These do not bear the same regular and delicate
work as the flint arrow-heads, and they are
doubtless funerary offerings.
11__16. Flint arrow-heads were also found
around the tomb of Zer, mostly of the same type
as those of Mena. Two are, however, of a form
entirely unknown as yet in any country (13,14).
The end is of the chisel form, and this passes
below into the pointed form. It might be made
with a view to a second use of the arrow after