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THE INSCRIPTIONS.
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Hierakonpolis ii, 70, 14, 15. Finally, ■¥■ ®
may signify " living, protected."
The present writer wishes it to be understood
that the notes supplied above are in nearly all
cases entirely conjectural. The time has not
yet come for any renderings of these early texts
to be regarded as certain; and this being the
case, guesswork must at present be suffered to
take the place of a more scientific treatment.
72. PI. xiii. Mr. Weigall has already dealt
with the stele of Auhetabu, hence it needs no
further discussion here.
PL xiv. Funereal stele of the Middle King-
dom. The formulae are devoid of interest.
The chief persons are Ay and Useru, and a
woman Meres, respectively their mother and
wife. Among other persons, two men, Iseneb
and Apy, and two women, Atiab and Merkhet,
are named.
PI. xv, 3. Proscynema for an " uartu-ofUcer
of the table of the prince," a not uncommon
title. Middle Kingdom.
6. Proscynema in favour of a A*Z» %®
a/vaw 7cz» ° (" of the Vizier "). The title occurs
elsewhere, but somewhat differently spelt, e.g.,
§& ^ V fil it V |§|vLViUiws->208- Middle
Kingdom.
PI. xviii, 3. Ushabti-fi.gu.re of " the overseer of
the two granaries, Amenemheb, the son of the
scribe Dehuti, born of Nesnub " ; inscribed with
the 6th chapter of the Book of the Dead. The
two vertical lines contain the following words :—
"The town god of the overseer of the two
granaries, Amenemheb. (It) is placed behind
him and in front of him; his lea in front of his
face every day. It is | (]( (an epithet of
Osiris), the true of voice; the overseer of the
two granaries, Amenemheb." This obscure
formula is known from statues of the Saite
period, on which it appears frequently, and with
a number of variants; cf. the articles of Piehl,
A. Z., 1879, pp. 143 foil. ; ibid. 1880, pp. 64 foil.;
and of Naville, A. Z., 1880, pp. 24 foil. The
figure here under discussion appears to give
the earliest known text. XVIIIth Dynasty.
6. Ushabti-figure of the singer of Isis,
Pathau.
12. Canopic jar of the same lady. Not
earlier than the XXth Dynasty.
73. PI. xix. At top of plate, four fragments
of an obelisk. The fragment on the right gives
an epithet ("binding the lands, Horus . . .
. . "), of the Pharaoh who made the dedication:
the two larger of the three remaining pieces
state that " (he made it as) his monument
to his father Horakhti," and " to his father
Khepra, lord of the castle," respectively.
XlXth (?) Dynasty.
Below, on the left, a block Avith prayers in
favour of " the chief scribe of the king, Tetaty."
The wish, " may he (i.e. Horus) grant a good
life in the palace in reception of favours every
day," is a departure, though one of a not
unusual kind, from the stereotyped phrases.
XlXth Dynasty.
In the middle, a similar block dedicated to
and to " the
The same
stone mentions a " singer of Isis, Hathor."
XlXth Dynasty.
On the right is an invocation on behalf of
" the aden- officer1 of the great corps of Tehen-
Aten, Kara." The man is known from a stele
published by Makiette, Gat. gen. d'Abydos, 1062.
There is a statue of a " fanbearer of the corps
of Nebmaatra (Amenophis III.) Tehen-Aten,"
by name Karnes, in the British Museum (No.
1210).
The words Tehen-Aten, i.e. " the sun-disk
glitters," recur in other connections during the
reigns of Amenophis III and Akhenaten; a
town, a temple, and a dahabeyah, of Tehen-
Aten are known besides the corps here so
1 Head /vwCw.
O
" the scribe of the king Kh
ary,
scribe of the king Amenemheb."
41
Hierakonpolis ii, 70, 14, 15. Finally, ■¥■ ®
may signify " living, protected."
The present writer wishes it to be understood
that the notes supplied above are in nearly all
cases entirely conjectural. The time has not
yet come for any renderings of these early texts
to be regarded as certain; and this being the
case, guesswork must at present be suffered to
take the place of a more scientific treatment.
72. PI. xiii. Mr. Weigall has already dealt
with the stele of Auhetabu, hence it needs no
further discussion here.
PL xiv. Funereal stele of the Middle King-
dom. The formulae are devoid of interest.
The chief persons are Ay and Useru, and a
woman Meres, respectively their mother and
wife. Among other persons, two men, Iseneb
and Apy, and two women, Atiab and Merkhet,
are named.
PI. xv, 3. Proscynema for an " uartu-ofUcer
of the table of the prince," a not uncommon
title. Middle Kingdom.
6. Proscynema in favour of a A*Z» %®
a/vaw 7cz» ° (" of the Vizier "). The title occurs
elsewhere, but somewhat differently spelt, e.g.,
§& ^ V fil it V |§|vLViUiws->208- Middle
Kingdom.
PI. xviii, 3. Ushabti-fi.gu.re of " the overseer of
the two granaries, Amenemheb, the son of the
scribe Dehuti, born of Nesnub " ; inscribed with
the 6th chapter of the Book of the Dead. The
two vertical lines contain the following words :—
"The town god of the overseer of the two
granaries, Amenemheb. (It) is placed behind
him and in front of him; his lea in front of his
face every day. It is | (]( (an epithet of
Osiris), the true of voice; the overseer of the
two granaries, Amenemheb." This obscure
formula is known from statues of the Saite
period, on which it appears frequently, and with
a number of variants; cf. the articles of Piehl,
A. Z., 1879, pp. 143 foil. ; ibid. 1880, pp. 64 foil.;
and of Naville, A. Z., 1880, pp. 24 foil. The
figure here under discussion appears to give
the earliest known text. XVIIIth Dynasty.
6. Ushabti-figure of the singer of Isis,
Pathau.
12. Canopic jar of the same lady. Not
earlier than the XXth Dynasty.
73. PI. xix. At top of plate, four fragments
of an obelisk. The fragment on the right gives
an epithet ("binding the lands, Horus . . .
. . "), of the Pharaoh who made the dedication:
the two larger of the three remaining pieces
state that " (he made it as) his monument
to his father Horakhti," and " to his father
Khepra, lord of the castle," respectively.
XlXth (?) Dynasty.
Below, on the left, a block Avith prayers in
favour of " the chief scribe of the king, Tetaty."
The wish, " may he (i.e. Horus) grant a good
life in the palace in reception of favours every
day," is a departure, though one of a not
unusual kind, from the stereotyped phrases.
XlXth Dynasty.
In the middle, a similar block dedicated to
and to " the
The same
stone mentions a " singer of Isis, Hathor."
XlXth Dynasty.
On the right is an invocation on behalf of
" the aden- officer1 of the great corps of Tehen-
Aten, Kara." The man is known from a stele
published by Makiette, Gat. gen. d'Abydos, 1062.
There is a statue of a " fanbearer of the corps
of Nebmaatra (Amenophis III.) Tehen-Aten,"
by name Karnes, in the British Museum (No.
1210).
The words Tehen-Aten, i.e. " the sun-disk
glitters," recur in other connections during the
reigns of Amenophis III and Akhenaten; a
town, a temple, and a dahabeyah, of Tehen-
Aten are known besides the corps here so
1 Head /vwCw.
O
" the scribe of the king Kh
ary,
scribe of the king Amenemheb."