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THE OBJECTS FROM THE PALACE
Hathor face appeared on the side of the pole. The
gold face is highly burnished. The hair and collar
were of bronze inlaid with strips of gold; the
bronze has changed to bright green carbonate of
copper, amid which shine the polished gold threads
of inlay. Of course this unique piece stays in the
Cairo Museum.
33. Two fine pieces of ivory work are the lotus,
and the man bearin g offerings of birds (Edinburgh).
Probably both of these were attached to ebony fur-
niture. The lotus may have come from the side of
a throne, and the offerer from a casket or small
object. Though the work is minute and careful, it
is but a crude copy of the early style, and cannot
be compared with works of the Pyramid age.
The head of a sistrum in pale green stone-ware
is a good piece of the conventional style. It is rare
to get these fragile articles even as complete as this,
which lacks the handle. (Oxford.)
The piece of a bowl of deep blue glaze was found
in the fosse opposite the old broadway. It belonged
to King Zeher, in Greek Teos, of whom only two
stone inscriptions are known. It reads " Son of the
sun, lord of the crowns, Zeher sotep en Anhur, king
of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of both shores,
Ar-maat-en-Ra, gifted with life like the sun. Mani-
fested in heaven (beloved ?) of the gods." (University
College, London.)
34. PL XV. In the N.E. hall of the palace some
bronze figures were found : an Amen (Reading Mus.),
large but of ordinary work, a very perfect Ptah
(Reading), an Ibis with very thick legs (Reading),
and a baboon (Boston). The latter has an inscribed
base, drawn at the foot of PI. XIIIa. It reads
"Tahuti lord of truth give life to Aqanush, son of
Pe-dy-bastet, his mother Ta-dy-hor-nezem." An
Akanuash was prince of Sebennytos about 730-710
B.C., and this figure may well have been dedicated by
a son or grandson of his.
Another bronze base, without a figure (foot of
PI. XIIIa) reads " Horus the child (Harpokrates) the
great god who is over Letopolis give all life and
health to Pe-dy-asar, son of Pa-khred-em-shedu, born
of the lady of the house Ta-adh-en-mer " (the papyrus
of the lake).
Two lead models of the Roman lanx with em-
bossed figures are unusual. The subjects are a
gryphon fighting a boar, another chasing a stag;
two cupids on dolphins ; and two cupids and a crane.
The other dish has cakes, flowers, grapes, and a
crater. (University College, London.)
A very unusual figure is that of the god Tahuti
as an ibis-headed man, made in green glaze of the
style of the Persian age. The absence of a waist
cloth is unknown in such figures, the holes for
earrings are unusual, and the hole at the back to hold
a relic is very rare in pottery figures. (University
College, London.)
35. A piece of a clay impression of a Persian seal
shews the king fighting a winged demon. Many clay
jar-covers were found, which had been sealed in a
curious way. A finger-hole was left through the clay
cap after fixing; the official tester could dip a rod in
and verify the contents of the jar, and then a little
dab of clay over the finger-hole could be stamped
with the signet of the inspector. This enabled the
actual sealing to be done cleanly and quickly. The
subjects of the seals are (1) Victory offering a wreath
to a crowned uraeus, a record of triumph by some
Egyptian king ; (2) Bull-headed man in short tunic,
the human Apis ; (3) A woman holding a spear and
feeding an ibis ; (4) An heroic figure standing with
the left knee bent upward. The photographs are one
half larger than the seals, and the surrounding rough
ground has been darkened to shew up the seals more
clearly.
36. PL XVI. In a hole on the south side of the
Great Court there were found the pieces of the
four alabaster jars shewn in this plate. They had
evidently been deliberately thrown in and broken ;
and this must have been done by the owner at some
invasion, when it was wished to prevent them falling
into a conqueror's hands, probably on the Persian
invasion. (Boston, Bristol, Univ. Coll. London, 2.)
37. The fragment of limestone with an Aramaic
graffito has also a bird, a ship, and other stray marks.
The scratched graffito is a rough copy of a better
written ink one just above it, which is not visible in
the photograph. The copy and transliteration into
Hebrew are given at the base of PL XIIIa. I have
to thank Mr. Cowley of the Bodleian Library for the
reading of this. He writes :—" The upper line (in
ink) was evidently written first. The lower (scratched)
line is a very rough copy of it. The four letters to
the right were the most difficult. In the lower line
they are almost unrecognisable, and the beth just on
the edge is very faint. However there is no doubt
about the reading 'On the first of Ab, year 2 of
Artaxerxes.' The formula is the same as that used
in the Assuan papyri published by Sayce and me,
and in similar documents. The inked writing does
not seem to have been done by a person who was
THE OBJECTS FROM THE PALACE
Hathor face appeared on the side of the pole. The
gold face is highly burnished. The hair and collar
were of bronze inlaid with strips of gold; the
bronze has changed to bright green carbonate of
copper, amid which shine the polished gold threads
of inlay. Of course this unique piece stays in the
Cairo Museum.
33. Two fine pieces of ivory work are the lotus,
and the man bearin g offerings of birds (Edinburgh).
Probably both of these were attached to ebony fur-
niture. The lotus may have come from the side of
a throne, and the offerer from a casket or small
object. Though the work is minute and careful, it
is but a crude copy of the early style, and cannot
be compared with works of the Pyramid age.
The head of a sistrum in pale green stone-ware
is a good piece of the conventional style. It is rare
to get these fragile articles even as complete as this,
which lacks the handle. (Oxford.)
The piece of a bowl of deep blue glaze was found
in the fosse opposite the old broadway. It belonged
to King Zeher, in Greek Teos, of whom only two
stone inscriptions are known. It reads " Son of the
sun, lord of the crowns, Zeher sotep en Anhur, king
of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of both shores,
Ar-maat-en-Ra, gifted with life like the sun. Mani-
fested in heaven (beloved ?) of the gods." (University
College, London.)
34. PL XV. In the N.E. hall of the palace some
bronze figures were found : an Amen (Reading Mus.),
large but of ordinary work, a very perfect Ptah
(Reading), an Ibis with very thick legs (Reading),
and a baboon (Boston). The latter has an inscribed
base, drawn at the foot of PI. XIIIa. It reads
"Tahuti lord of truth give life to Aqanush, son of
Pe-dy-bastet, his mother Ta-dy-hor-nezem." An
Akanuash was prince of Sebennytos about 730-710
B.C., and this figure may well have been dedicated by
a son or grandson of his.
Another bronze base, without a figure (foot of
PI. XIIIa) reads " Horus the child (Harpokrates) the
great god who is over Letopolis give all life and
health to Pe-dy-asar, son of Pa-khred-em-shedu, born
of the lady of the house Ta-adh-en-mer " (the papyrus
of the lake).
Two lead models of the Roman lanx with em-
bossed figures are unusual. The subjects are a
gryphon fighting a boar, another chasing a stag;
two cupids on dolphins ; and two cupids and a crane.
The other dish has cakes, flowers, grapes, and a
crater. (University College, London.)
A very unusual figure is that of the god Tahuti
as an ibis-headed man, made in green glaze of the
style of the Persian age. The absence of a waist
cloth is unknown in such figures, the holes for
earrings are unusual, and the hole at the back to hold
a relic is very rare in pottery figures. (University
College, London.)
35. A piece of a clay impression of a Persian seal
shews the king fighting a winged demon. Many clay
jar-covers were found, which had been sealed in a
curious way. A finger-hole was left through the clay
cap after fixing; the official tester could dip a rod in
and verify the contents of the jar, and then a little
dab of clay over the finger-hole could be stamped
with the signet of the inspector. This enabled the
actual sealing to be done cleanly and quickly. The
subjects of the seals are (1) Victory offering a wreath
to a crowned uraeus, a record of triumph by some
Egyptian king ; (2) Bull-headed man in short tunic,
the human Apis ; (3) A woman holding a spear and
feeding an ibis ; (4) An heroic figure standing with
the left knee bent upward. The photographs are one
half larger than the seals, and the surrounding rough
ground has been darkened to shew up the seals more
clearly.
36. PL XVI. In a hole on the south side of the
Great Court there were found the pieces of the
four alabaster jars shewn in this plate. They had
evidently been deliberately thrown in and broken ;
and this must have been done by the owner at some
invasion, when it was wished to prevent them falling
into a conqueror's hands, probably on the Persian
invasion. (Boston, Bristol, Univ. Coll. London, 2.)
37. The fragment of limestone with an Aramaic
graffito has also a bird, a ship, and other stray marks.
The scratched graffito is a rough copy of a better
written ink one just above it, which is not visible in
the photograph. The copy and transliteration into
Hebrew are given at the base of PL XIIIa. I have
to thank Mr. Cowley of the Bodleian Library for the
reading of this. He writes :—" The upper line (in
ink) was evidently written first. The lower (scratched)
line is a very rough copy of it. The four letters to
the right were the most difficult. In the lower line
they are almost unrecognisable, and the beth just on
the edge is very faint. However there is no doubt
about the reading 'On the first of Ab, year 2 of
Artaxerxes.' The formula is the same as that used
in the Assuan papyri published by Sayce and me,
and in similar documents. The inked writing does
not seem to have been done by a person who was