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OBJECTS BEFORE THE IVth DYNASTY.
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tile, with a hawk, probably from a royal ka-
name. The flat top of the name-square and
the low tail of the bird show that it is after
Mena, but the squat attitude is only on some of
Zer (seals 105, 106) and one example of Zet
(seal 1). This is probably therefore of the reign
of Zer. The design is incised and filled in with
coloured inlay: probably the original colours
were green for the tile and purple for the inlay.
32. Fragment of a vase of king Aha-Mena,
green with purple inlay originally. The re-
storation of the colour and form is shown on
pi. iv, from accurate measurements of the piece
32 and other pieces of the neck ; the open out-
line is only a conjectural completion of it. The
style of the hawk and of the /id-name is exactly
that known to belono- to the reign of Mena, and
this is evidently contemporary with the king.
It shows that glazed work was already developed
on a larger scale then, and with inlaid colours
hitherto only known much later.
33. Glazed tile of uniform green colour, see
also pi. i. It has no groove or dovetail on the
back, but is quite plain; it does not seem
therefore to have been intended to insert in a
Avail, but rather as if made for a votive
offering. The figure is of a low type, the negroid
variety of the prehistoric people, and neither of
the pure Libyan nor dynastic races. From the
inscription we must attribute him to the Ann,
who are known as an aboriginal people in Egypt,
lie appears to be a chief named Tcra-netcr,
"devoted to God," of the fortress of the Ann
in the town of Hemen. This, and No. 30 intro-
duces us to a style of work in relief on glazed
tiles which has not been met with before.
34. 35, two figures of cast copper. The style
is entirely un-Egyptian, and 34 is closely like
copper figures found in the Diktaean cave
in Crete, such as No. 436 in the Candia
Museum.
36 shows two fragments of a glazed relief tile,
with the signs mer, anlch, zet, in, zeser, the
corner of a Zrf-name (?), a town sign, and a ram
holding an uas sceptre. See pi. i, for a coloured
copy.
37 is a kneeling captive with the arms bound ;
compare the captive in HieraJconpolis, xxi, 2, 3 ;
xxii, 3.
38. 39, figures of boys, with the hand to the
mouth.
40, figure of a girl with close-fitting garment,
cut in a V opening on front and back, see pi. iv.
The hair is thrown to one side, and plaited in a
tail on the back.
41, an old ape holding a young one in her
arms, and with some other object, possibly a
baby ape, see pi. iv.
42 to 48, human figures and fragments. With
46 compare Hierah., xviii, 7. 47 bears a pot
on the head, and wears only a girdle round the
waist.
39. PI. vi. 49 is a unique figure of a seated
ape, with two small ones seated below the feet;
the head is lost.
50-61, 64, 65. As many as sixty-nine figures
of apes were found in this chamber, of which a
selection of all the varieties is here given.
Some, as 52, were large, and made hollow ;
others, as 58, were cut out of a flat sheet with
hardly any detail.
63, a cow vaguely carved in quartz, probably
glazed originally.
66-69, 78, quadrupeds, probably pig, dog,
and lioness.
70, 71, 73, hippopotami. 72, frog. 74-76,
crocodiles.
77, a figure with a lioness head, but swathed
round cylindrically, with a line of edge running
down it; see the rejoetition in fig. 136.
40. PI. vii. 79, 80, birds.
81-84, hawks of early type, without legs;
probably early in the 1st Dynasty.
85, locust ?, see also on pi. i.
86, ape walking, of simple but spirited work ;
see pi. i.
87, piece of inlay representing a stem and
branches of a palm tree ; see pi. i.
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tile, with a hawk, probably from a royal ka-
name. The flat top of the name-square and
the low tail of the bird show that it is after
Mena, but the squat attitude is only on some of
Zer (seals 105, 106) and one example of Zet
(seal 1). This is probably therefore of the reign
of Zer. The design is incised and filled in with
coloured inlay: probably the original colours
were green for the tile and purple for the inlay.
32. Fragment of a vase of king Aha-Mena,
green with purple inlay originally. The re-
storation of the colour and form is shown on
pi. iv, from accurate measurements of the piece
32 and other pieces of the neck ; the open out-
line is only a conjectural completion of it. The
style of the hawk and of the /id-name is exactly
that known to belono- to the reign of Mena, and
this is evidently contemporary with the king.
It shows that glazed work was already developed
on a larger scale then, and with inlaid colours
hitherto only known much later.
33. Glazed tile of uniform green colour, see
also pi. i. It has no groove or dovetail on the
back, but is quite plain; it does not seem
therefore to have been intended to insert in a
Avail, but rather as if made for a votive
offering. The figure is of a low type, the negroid
variety of the prehistoric people, and neither of
the pure Libyan nor dynastic races. From the
inscription we must attribute him to the Ann,
who are known as an aboriginal people in Egypt,
lie appears to be a chief named Tcra-netcr,
"devoted to God," of the fortress of the Ann
in the town of Hemen. This, and No. 30 intro-
duces us to a style of work in relief on glazed
tiles which has not been met with before.
34. 35, two figures of cast copper. The style
is entirely un-Egyptian, and 34 is closely like
copper figures found in the Diktaean cave
in Crete, such as No. 436 in the Candia
Museum.
36 shows two fragments of a glazed relief tile,
with the signs mer, anlch, zet, in, zeser, the
corner of a Zrf-name (?), a town sign, and a ram
holding an uas sceptre. See pi. i, for a coloured
copy.
37 is a kneeling captive with the arms bound ;
compare the captive in HieraJconpolis, xxi, 2, 3 ;
xxii, 3.
38. 39, figures of boys, with the hand to the
mouth.
40, figure of a girl with close-fitting garment,
cut in a V opening on front and back, see pi. iv.
The hair is thrown to one side, and plaited in a
tail on the back.
41, an old ape holding a young one in her
arms, and with some other object, possibly a
baby ape, see pi. iv.
42 to 48, human figures and fragments. With
46 compare Hierah., xviii, 7. 47 bears a pot
on the head, and wears only a girdle round the
waist.
39. PI. vi. 49 is a unique figure of a seated
ape, with two small ones seated below the feet;
the head is lost.
50-61, 64, 65. As many as sixty-nine figures
of apes were found in this chamber, of which a
selection of all the varieties is here given.
Some, as 52, were large, and made hollow ;
others, as 58, were cut out of a flat sheet with
hardly any detail.
63, a cow vaguely carved in quartz, probably
glazed originally.
66-69, 78, quadrupeds, probably pig, dog,
and lioness.
70, 71, 73, hippopotami. 72, frog. 74-76,
crocodiles.
77, a figure with a lioness head, but swathed
round cylindrically, with a line of edge running
down it; see the rejoetition in fig. 136.
40. PI. vii. 79, 80, birds.
81-84, hawks of early type, without legs;
probably early in the 1st Dynasty.
85, locust ?, see also on pi. i.
86, ape walking, of simple but spirited work ;
see pi. i.
87, piece of inlay representing a stem and
branches of a palm tree ; see pi. i.