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AHY DOS I.
this lea name is Shepses, so the king's throne
name is Shepses-kaf, "his ka is noble." This
is the only instance of a personal name derived
from the ka name.
The Vth Dynasty is represented by the lower
part of a limestone seated figure of Assa
(pi. lv, 2). ISTo figures of this king are hitherto
known. The stone is a soft fawn-coloured
limestone ; and the upper part was originally
joined on by tenons, the dowel holes of which
are seen on the upper surface. The work is
fine and detailed, making us regret the loss
of the head and body. The inscription is
merely the ka name and throne name. The
Vlth Dynasty inscriptions have already been
described.
The Xlth Dynasty opens Avith an important
stele of Nekht, a son of King Antef (pis. lv, 8,
lvii). Unhappily only two quarters of it
remain, which were found in the square temple
ruins. The stone is a coarse, soft, limestone,
which was cut very thick in order to give it
sufficient strength. The signs are roughly cut,
and were coloured red. The figures are those
of a king Antef and his son Nekht, before
whom probably stood a figure of Anher or of
Osiris. The temple of Antef is named, which
we might call the Antefenm in Abydos. And
Nekht is the follower of the royal son of the
Heq Antef; so he must have been attached to
an elder brother's retinue. The mention of the
E(',([ points to this king being the first of the
Antefs, as the later kings use the usual royal
titles.
Antef V built largely at Abydos, probably
renewing the temple of Osiris, as he did that
of Min at Koptos. We found many pieces of
columns of fine white limestone (pis. lv, 3—5 ;
lvi) ; and one architrave with cartouches read-
ing in each direction from a central anhh, as on
the slab of Usertesen (pi. lviii) ; but the edges
had been trimmed off, so as to form a rough
octagonal pillar in later times, and only a
narrow middle strip of the face remains, so that
we left the block on the site. The pieces of
columns do not fit together, excepting that
lv, 4 and 5, may reasonably fit at an original
joint in the stone. On pi. lvi the total height
of the columns is indicated at the top by the
first column, and continued below by the
parallel inscription on the second. The dimen-
sions of the capital arc 18*1 inches wide at top,
17-1 below, 8-8 high; the shaft 1T"4 wide at
24 doAvn, but dressed narrow just below the
capital to give it some projection. It is
remarkable that, even in this temple of Osiris,
the king is named as beloved of Anher of Theni.
The piece of column on the left in pi. lvi is of
rather a different style, and might be of a
another reign, perhaps of Usertesen I. Most
of these pieces of columns are taken for the
Cairo Museum.
25. Of the Xllth and Xlllth Dynasty there
are many striking remains; the colossal red
granite statues of Usertesen I found by Mariette,
showing that the temple Avas greatly adorned
at this time. To the later part of the Xlltli,
or to the Xlllth Dynasty, must be attributed
the head of a colossal statue of red granite
(lv, 6, 7), which was found with other fragments
beneath a mass of loose dust a little to the
south of the Kom es Sultan in the great
temenos.
The slab of Usertesen I, shown in pi. lv, 9, 10,
and pi. lviii, is of a form as yet unknown. In
the photograph (9) it is seen to be a thick slab,
finished on the front and sides, but rough below
with a projection downward along the back. It
is about 9 inches thick, 3 ft. deep back, and 4 ft.
wide. Now not far from it, also to the south
of the Kom cs Sultan, lay another block (10),
of the same width, and of a depth backward
which would just end clear of the projection in
the upper block. What clenches their relation
is that the two strange grooves in the front of
the upper block (9) exactly fit over the two
holes in the lower block (10). The lower block
is quite rough and unfinished around the edges,
ly t0 bf
Hence the i
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dka st p' i
]te middle line
^es; but the spa.
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leflole arrangement i
5f taffiE temples elsei
The ends of the largt
rcrad the sides of the 1
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back edge. The names <
iriptions have all be<
i: kit we can recover
personal name three groi
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AHY DOS I.
this lea name is Shepses, so the king's throne
name is Shepses-kaf, "his ka is noble." This
is the only instance of a personal name derived
from the ka name.
The Vth Dynasty is represented by the lower
part of a limestone seated figure of Assa
(pi. lv, 2). ISTo figures of this king are hitherto
known. The stone is a soft fawn-coloured
limestone ; and the upper part was originally
joined on by tenons, the dowel holes of which
are seen on the upper surface. The work is
fine and detailed, making us regret the loss
of the head and body. The inscription is
merely the ka name and throne name. The
Vlth Dynasty inscriptions have already been
described.
The Xlth Dynasty opens Avith an important
stele of Nekht, a son of King Antef (pis. lv, 8,
lvii). Unhappily only two quarters of it
remain, which were found in the square temple
ruins. The stone is a coarse, soft, limestone,
which was cut very thick in order to give it
sufficient strength. The signs are roughly cut,
and were coloured red. The figures are those
of a king Antef and his son Nekht, before
whom probably stood a figure of Anher or of
Osiris. The temple of Antef is named, which
we might call the Antefenm in Abydos. And
Nekht is the follower of the royal son of the
Heq Antef; so he must have been attached to
an elder brother's retinue. The mention of the
E(',([ points to this king being the first of the
Antefs, as the later kings use the usual royal
titles.
Antef V built largely at Abydos, probably
renewing the temple of Osiris, as he did that
of Min at Koptos. We found many pieces of
columns of fine white limestone (pis. lv, 3—5 ;
lvi) ; and one architrave with cartouches read-
ing in each direction from a central anhh, as on
the slab of Usertesen (pi. lviii) ; but the edges
had been trimmed off, so as to form a rough
octagonal pillar in later times, and only a
narrow middle strip of the face remains, so that
we left the block on the site. The pieces of
columns do not fit together, excepting that
lv, 4 and 5, may reasonably fit at an original
joint in the stone. On pi. lvi the total height
of the columns is indicated at the top by the
first column, and continued below by the
parallel inscription on the second. The dimen-
sions of the capital arc 18*1 inches wide at top,
17-1 below, 8-8 high; the shaft 1T"4 wide at
24 doAvn, but dressed narrow just below the
capital to give it some projection. It is
remarkable that, even in this temple of Osiris,
the king is named as beloved of Anher of Theni.
The piece of column on the left in pi. lvi is of
rather a different style, and might be of a
another reign, perhaps of Usertesen I. Most
of these pieces of columns are taken for the
Cairo Museum.
25. Of the Xllth and Xlllth Dynasty there
are many striking remains; the colossal red
granite statues of Usertesen I found by Mariette,
showing that the temple Avas greatly adorned
at this time. To the later part of the Xlltli,
or to the Xlllth Dynasty, must be attributed
the head of a colossal statue of red granite
(lv, 6, 7), which was found with other fragments
beneath a mass of loose dust a little to the
south of the Kom es Sultan in the great
temenos.
The slab of Usertesen I, shown in pi. lv, 9, 10,
and pi. lviii, is of a form as yet unknown. In
the photograph (9) it is seen to be a thick slab,
finished on the front and sides, but rough below
with a projection downward along the back. It
is about 9 inches thick, 3 ft. deep back, and 4 ft.
wide. Now not far from it, also to the south
of the Kom cs Sultan, lay another block (10),
of the same width, and of a depth backward
which would just end clear of the projection in
the upper block. What clenches their relation
is that the two strange grooves in the front of
the upper block (9) exactly fit over the two
holes in the lower block (10). The lower block
is quite rough and unfinished around the edges,
ly t0 bf
Hence the i
|>oD' m 9 inch
dka st p' i
]te middle line
^es; but the spa.
,S*is»otenoUg
^mustbedueto p]
leflole arrangement i
5f taffiE temples elsei
The ends of the largt
rcrad the sides of the 1
I; lis proves that the
ik, tat stood clear an
back edge. The names <
iriptions have all be<
i: kit we can recover
personal name three groi
Ik Horus name in th
iliost useless to us owi
k bwn of this p(
::-- itre are the Nos
'j|tlieXIIIth Dynasty
^2isbarredbythe H
:■
to
em-sat, wil
; c^ups in the pe
30, Sebekhotep I a]
^Ub.l,lcro(
"^ who**,
^jwell, The *
**** ^h, th
'^tarnenti. T:
*eii for thPp0' ,
it, ne wiro 1
% n +1,