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THE INSCRIBED TABLETS, &c.
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22, 23. Pieces of the dish with reliefs, in
dolomite marble, like that in pi. v. 15.
24. Piece of dolomite marble, inscribed
" libation to Anubis."
25,26. Pieces of a tray of brown schist,
elaborately carved with basket pattern.
22. Pl. VII. 1. Piece of serpentine bowl of
King Zet. '
2. Piece of a large and thick bowl of rough
of
King
Zet. Scale about one
limestone
third.
3. Piece of ivory rod of King Zet.
4. Piece of dolomite marble bowl, inscribed
for Zet.
5. 6. The only impression of the royal seal of
King Den. The whole design of the seal appears
to be, (1) The ha name Den with the haAvk
above. (2) The king standing. (3) An inscrip-
tion, era se ab en .... nebti. (4) Den having
hooked a crocodile is drawing him up out of the
water, and preparing to spear him. (5) The
king's personal name, Setui or Semti. (6) Den
wrestling with a hippopotamus. A small part of
such an impression was found last year, and was
the first object which showed that Den was the
name of Setui.
7. On a tall alabaster cylinder jar is an
inscription in high relief, with the standard of
the goddess Mafdet and the name of Den. This
is the only such relief inscription yet found.
8. A portion of an ivory plaque shows around
the edge the line of a fortification, implying that
the whole subject is within a city. The gate
with khalcer ornament is seen at the left. With-
in the walls is a sacred enclosure with a ram in it,
and a shrine, above which is a bucranion, similar
to the doorways on an ivory carving from
Hierakonpolis, surmounted with bucrania
(Hierahon. xiv.) ; note the use of animal skulls
for hanging up, by the " pan-grave " people
(Diospolis Parva xxxix.). In 9 we see a part of
a duplicate of No. 8, showing the king's name
and title, and the head of a man. These plaques
were smashed up in the general wreck of these
tombs by the Mission Amelineau, like so many
other precious records.
10. The upper part of the finely-engraved
crystal vase, figured in Royal Tombs i. vii. 4, was
found this year. The whole group can now be
restored. The lioness goddess Mafdet is standing
holding an iias sceptre, beneath her is the title
" mistress of the house of life."
11. Another fragment of a wooden tablet of
Den does not seem to join any of those already
published last year, but it is a duplicate of that
figured in R. T. i. xi. 4 and xv. 18, in part, and
probably in the whole.
12. A small ivory panel from a box bears the
most crisp and fine cutting of this reign.
Beside the name of Den there is the uraeus of
judgment, the sign of gold, and the sign of a
seal. The latter is instructive, as hitherto that
hieroglyph has been taken to be a figure of a
finger ring, but such a ring is quite unknown at
this age, and the base of it is far too long for a
bezel of any period. It is clearly the figure of a
signet cylinder rolling on the clay. This group
suggests that the box had contained the golden
seal of judgment of King Den.
13. A cylinder of ivory has the lower end
polished quite flat, and the upper end slightly
coned and pierced with a small hole in the
axis. It is exactly adapted for the handle of
a measuring cord. On it is the hieroglyph
of a measuring cord, and the king's name,
Setui.
Pl. VIIa. 1. Fragments of an ivory tablet,
with the king holding turns of cord on his arm ;
his name above, Setui ; and the jackal standard
in front. It may be part of one found last
year (R. T. i. xi. 8 and xiv. 8).
2. A piece of an ebony tablet. The three
signs in the fortified enclosure may perhaps be
the same as on the tablet pl. va. 13.
3. A fragment which is a duplicate of the
piece in R. T. i. xi. 5 and xiv. 12, with the title
mes Tehuti, like mes Anpu, &c.
4. An ebony fragment which seems to be a
25
22, 23. Pieces of the dish with reliefs, in
dolomite marble, like that in pi. v. 15.
24. Piece of dolomite marble, inscribed
" libation to Anubis."
25,26. Pieces of a tray of brown schist,
elaborately carved with basket pattern.
22. Pl. VII. 1. Piece of serpentine bowl of
King Zet. '
2. Piece of a large and thick bowl of rough
of
King
Zet. Scale about one
limestone
third.
3. Piece of ivory rod of King Zet.
4. Piece of dolomite marble bowl, inscribed
for Zet.
5. 6. The only impression of the royal seal of
King Den. The whole design of the seal appears
to be, (1) The ha name Den with the haAvk
above. (2) The king standing. (3) An inscrip-
tion, era se ab en .... nebti. (4) Den having
hooked a crocodile is drawing him up out of the
water, and preparing to spear him. (5) The
king's personal name, Setui or Semti. (6) Den
wrestling with a hippopotamus. A small part of
such an impression was found last year, and was
the first object which showed that Den was the
name of Setui.
7. On a tall alabaster cylinder jar is an
inscription in high relief, with the standard of
the goddess Mafdet and the name of Den. This
is the only such relief inscription yet found.
8. A portion of an ivory plaque shows around
the edge the line of a fortification, implying that
the whole subject is within a city. The gate
with khalcer ornament is seen at the left. With-
in the walls is a sacred enclosure with a ram in it,
and a shrine, above which is a bucranion, similar
to the doorways on an ivory carving from
Hierakonpolis, surmounted with bucrania
(Hierahon. xiv.) ; note the use of animal skulls
for hanging up, by the " pan-grave " people
(Diospolis Parva xxxix.). In 9 we see a part of
a duplicate of No. 8, showing the king's name
and title, and the head of a man. These plaques
were smashed up in the general wreck of these
tombs by the Mission Amelineau, like so many
other precious records.
10. The upper part of the finely-engraved
crystal vase, figured in Royal Tombs i. vii. 4, was
found this year. The whole group can now be
restored. The lioness goddess Mafdet is standing
holding an iias sceptre, beneath her is the title
" mistress of the house of life."
11. Another fragment of a wooden tablet of
Den does not seem to join any of those already
published last year, but it is a duplicate of that
figured in R. T. i. xi. 4 and xv. 18, in part, and
probably in the whole.
12. A small ivory panel from a box bears the
most crisp and fine cutting of this reign.
Beside the name of Den there is the uraeus of
judgment, the sign of gold, and the sign of a
seal. The latter is instructive, as hitherto that
hieroglyph has been taken to be a figure of a
finger ring, but such a ring is quite unknown at
this age, and the base of it is far too long for a
bezel of any period. It is clearly the figure of a
signet cylinder rolling on the clay. This group
suggests that the box had contained the golden
seal of judgment of King Den.
13. A cylinder of ivory has the lower end
polished quite flat, and the upper end slightly
coned and pierced with a small hole in the
axis. It is exactly adapted for the handle of
a measuring cord. On it is the hieroglyph
of a measuring cord, and the king's name,
Setui.
Pl. VIIa. 1. Fragments of an ivory tablet,
with the king holding turns of cord on his arm ;
his name above, Setui ; and the jackal standard
in front. It may be part of one found last
year (R. T. i. xi. 8 and xiv. 8).
2. A piece of an ebony tablet. The three
signs in the fortified enclosure may perhaps be
the same as on the tablet pl. va. 13.
3. A fragment which is a duplicate of the
piece in R. T. i. xi. 5 and xiv. 12, with the title
mes Tehuti, like mes Anpu, &c.
4. An ebony fragment which seems to be a