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ABYDOS III.
(see pi. lviii, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), and there
was some of the black incised ware, 6 and 7. A
most interesting set of fragments shoAved strong
Cypriote influence (pi. lviii, 8, 9 and 10); but
the most interesting find of all was the neck of a
false-necked vase, No. 11 of the same plate.
This is the kind with the moderately light
yellow slip, and the black very deep and glossy
in colour. Another fragment of the same vase
was found, but though I offered a good reward
for the other pieces, we did not get any more of
it. This is, I think, the earliest specimen
known of the false-necked vase to which a
definite date may be given.
Clay toys were moderately plentiful; and, as
will be seen, the majority of the dolls have holes
by which hair might be attached to them.
On pi. xlviii are shown the designs from the
examples of blue-glazed pottery that we found.
There were great numbers of fragments of this
ware in every room, but they were mostly
without ornament.
In the store-rooms we found a considerable
number of the store jars still in place. One of
them was about two-thirds full of ointment.
When found it was caked quite hard, but after
being put in the sun for a few hours, it melted.
The plan will be found to explain the two
large houses and the store-rooms quite well.
The houses are semi-detached and very nearly
alike. House 2 has been altered slightly after
it was built.
Had we been able to dig over the whole town
we should probably have obtained more
information and antiquities from the small
houses of the workmen ; but this was impossible
owing to the season coming to an end.
69. Dr. Spiegelberg has very kindly
examined the ostrakon, and favoured us with
the following account of it:—
" The hieratic text, whose facsimile and hiero-
glyphic transcription is given on pi. liv, is written
in red ink upon white limestone (0,20m X
0,23). The rather rough style of writing may
well belong to the XVIIIth Dynasty. The
title, ' To inform you about the objects left
behind (deposited?) with me in the village,' shows
that we have before us a business letter. The
whole of the recto is occupied by the detailed
enumeration of these 'objects.' There are among
them, ' 3 sacks (medimni) of barley, 1^ sacks
of wheat, 29 bushels (hrs) of onions (Vid)'
Among the other objects, introducing some new
words into our dictionary, a good many are
obscure. There are objects of wood and of
stone, among which I quote, ' a box, two legs of
a foot-stool, 12 bricks of natron, 1 door and
2 pieces (? = mrutf) of sawn wood.'
" The verso begins thus : ' The things that are
with PesJi°de and Sheryet-Ree (fern.), they are all
written down.' Whether this refers to the
enumeration on the recto I cannot decide. It
continues with this private communication
for 8heryet-Bec, 'Let Amen-m-vf dwell in my
house, that he watches it. Write how you
are! '
" The last phrases sound as if the writer had
suddenly gone away from home and sent some
orders to arrange his affairs.
" The second piece, a red potsherd (Ostrakon
0,09 x 0,02) of about the same date, perhaps a
little later, is some exercise piece of a pupil.
The compound preposition lift hr is so often
repeated in the few extant lines that one may
guess that the pupil has studied upon this
piece the use of that preposition."
inscriptions publisl
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whole range of Egyp
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among them is the re
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of considerable phil
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ABYDOS III.
(see pi. lviii, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), and there
was some of the black incised ware, 6 and 7. A
most interesting set of fragments shoAved strong
Cypriote influence (pi. lviii, 8, 9 and 10); but
the most interesting find of all was the neck of a
false-necked vase, No. 11 of the same plate.
This is the kind with the moderately light
yellow slip, and the black very deep and glossy
in colour. Another fragment of the same vase
was found, but though I offered a good reward
for the other pieces, we did not get any more of
it. This is, I think, the earliest specimen
known of the false-necked vase to which a
definite date may be given.
Clay toys were moderately plentiful; and, as
will be seen, the majority of the dolls have holes
by which hair might be attached to them.
On pi. xlviii are shown the designs from the
examples of blue-glazed pottery that we found.
There were great numbers of fragments of this
ware in every room, but they were mostly
without ornament.
In the store-rooms we found a considerable
number of the store jars still in place. One of
them was about two-thirds full of ointment.
When found it was caked quite hard, but after
being put in the sun for a few hours, it melted.
The plan will be found to explain the two
large houses and the store-rooms quite well.
The houses are semi-detached and very nearly
alike. House 2 has been altered slightly after
it was built.
Had we been able to dig over the whole town
we should probably have obtained more
information and antiquities from the small
houses of the workmen ; but this was impossible
owing to the season coming to an end.
69. Dr. Spiegelberg has very kindly
examined the ostrakon, and favoured us with
the following account of it:—
" The hieratic text, whose facsimile and hiero-
glyphic transcription is given on pi. liv, is written
in red ink upon white limestone (0,20m X
0,23). The rather rough style of writing may
well belong to the XVIIIth Dynasty. The
title, ' To inform you about the objects left
behind (deposited?) with me in the village,' shows
that we have before us a business letter. The
whole of the recto is occupied by the detailed
enumeration of these 'objects.' There are among
them, ' 3 sacks (medimni) of barley, 1^ sacks
of wheat, 29 bushels (hrs) of onions (Vid)'
Among the other objects, introducing some new
words into our dictionary, a good many are
obscure. There are objects of wood and of
stone, among which I quote, ' a box, two legs of
a foot-stool, 12 bricks of natron, 1 door and
2 pieces (? = mrutf) of sawn wood.'
" The verso begins thus : ' The things that are
with PesJi°de and Sheryet-Ree (fern.), they are all
written down.' Whether this refers to the
enumeration on the recto I cannot decide. It
continues with this private communication
for 8heryet-Bec, 'Let Amen-m-vf dwell in my
house, that he watches it. Write how you
are! '
" The last phrases sound as if the writer had
suddenly gone away from home and sent some
orders to arrange his affairs.
" The second piece, a red potsherd (Ostrakon
0,09 x 0,02) of about the same date, perhaps a
little later, is some exercise piece of a pupil.
The compound preposition lift hr is so often
repeated in the few extant lines that one may
guess that the pupil has studied upon this
piece the use of that preposition."
inscriptions publisl
^comparatively fe
whole range of Egyp
Jynasties have yield
j, which, while multij
attaching to this obscure
m time afford fresh rj
among them is the re
king Sekhemab Pert
1 Dynasties are not re]
le Kingdom there i
of considerable phil
i containing the nam
'f Queen Auhetabu (I
leofAahmesI, which m
8 cenotaph at Abydo:
iTeta-shera, takes rank j
!|g official monuments
•^es. Besides this,
"^^ctsmustbea
^a%- The rem
not% of importa
^hetombofHo!
'<lfewcan°Picjars *
* Ptolema-' a
afew^fragmer
Options
of the
E.
' Stele Of a „
(?) u n Woman,
k S Pushed, j