Petrie, William M. Flinders [Bearb.]: The royal tombs of the first dynasty (Part II): 1901 (London, 1901)

THE INSCRIPTIONS.

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70, 75, 78, 138 (?), 140, 149, 153, 158, 161, 173 ;
and, except in the last three cases, always is in
immediate connection with the Horus name of
a king, six of whom are thus named. It must
therefore be a title, and probably one implying
royal favour rather than an office of administra-
tion ; perhaps ' ruling in the king's heart' is

meant, cf. later

a

<^<

_S

etc." H. T.

cd-mr, according to Brugsch,' inspector

of canals'; according to Maspero, a high fiscal
official. A frequent title in the Old Kingdom,
and in these early sealings at least always in
connection with the name of a city. It occurs
fifteen times, viz. on 24, 49, 56, 64—67, 84, 149,
153, 154, 158, 161, 163, 178." H. T.

153. "The group Lj is probably a proper

name, as will be seen by comparing this sealing
with No. 161, where we have the name of the
chancellor Hemaka (see B. T., i., p. 41) occu-
pying a corresponding position. The name
occurs also on No. 29 (B. T., i., PL xxi., reign
of Merneit), and No. 149 (0 omitted) : nos.
149 and 153 belonging to the reign of Den."
H. T.

PI. xx. 158. From a comparison with No.
161 it seems evident that , . is a proper name,
Mezr-kJ. For the reading, see Sethe, A. Z.,
xxx. 52." H. T.

49. PL xxi. 164. Mr. Petrie quotes a seal
in his own collection with the Horus name
CI (Hist., i., 2nd ed., p. 24). This he
believes to combine the two royal

n

(?)

(?)

.(?)

names

1 & <0 and g P . It will be

observed that on the Abydos seals and else-
where (except the later cartouches in the tomb
of Shera) the former is invariably a Horus
name (for Lower Egypt?), the latter a Set name
(for Upper Egypt ?). On Mr. Petrie's seal we
may at any rate recognise the Horus name
Sekhem-ab. In the next series (Kha-Sekhemui)
the deities are-associated over the single Horus-
Set name, which name also itself signifies the
union in a remarkable manner. Here, with

the Horus name, we have a southern seal

^ Q, __ , probably to be read htm c nb Q;mc,

" seal of every document (?) of the South
country" (or for " seal" read "chancellor");
but Set wears the crown of Upper Egypt in
179.

165. " \ ® tf hr stn, 'next after the king'

(Eeman, Aegypten, p. 82, otherwise Maspero,
Etudes Eg., ii., 266), very common in the Old
Kingdom." H. T.

| ^1 Vs zf'w, "office of the fatlings (?)."
According to our present evidence this appella-
tion or title commences in the Hnd Dynasty.
Where the sealing is complete it is usually in

connection with ^ (201), ^ (167, 174, 183),

or ^g (192). Once Ave have | ^Tl ft (166)"
The same combination as here recurs in 195.

176. The first group here should be the title
of priest of the goddess figured below, i.e.,
possibly Isis, according to the second group

rl, though her headdress seems to be that

n

J]

, in fact, seems

of a Nile-goddess. Her name
to occur again at her feet.

In 178, 179, 199, 200 (De Moegan, liech., ii.,

figs. 816, 819), we have a group V\ (?) n, the

bird in which is very variable, attached to male
deities, in 179 Set, in 178 Osiris (?), in 199
Shu (?).

PL xxii. 178—80. The name of the place

seems to be | TO ^^ " the ships of the king."

184. " Chancellor of Northern tribute (?)."
190. A fragmentary specimen was published
last year as 87.

PI"

3 ^

in 201

(U

in De Morgan,

I ii is a word

Bech., ii., fig. 820, fl I - ® "

for sealing. " Sealing (?) of everything " : in
201 "■>—c must mean "in good condition." Mr.

Thompson would make I | ^ = srSwty, " sealer "

(= &§ A. #., 1894, p. 65, 1898, p. 145, 1899,
p. 86), and perhaps the title of an official is