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SCULPTURES FROM TEMPLES AND CITY
known represented in relief-carvings of scenes of the
Vth dynasty, but which has never been seen in the
round as an actual capital. It is copied from
the Rose-lotus or Nelumbium, with flowers of the
blue lotus placed in the intervals between the points
of the buds.
The shafts of columns found in the same region
were of the same diameter as these capitals and
doubtless belonged to such. The shafts are 14/3 to
IS'O inches wide at base, and I3'2 to I3'6 at the top ;
their length is 59 inches in two cases, which with the
capital of 30 inches makes 89 inches, or 7 feet 5 inches.
This with about 7 inches of base would give a room
of 8 feet, which is quite likely in a mastaba. The
shaft and capital are both in the Cairo Museum. The
second capital is inferior, by the omission of the
flowers between the buds and some cutting due to
re-use ; it is at Manchester.
A small hard stone figure of a man bears the
inscription " Devoted to Ptah Sokar, Nefer-Tum-
hotep." It will be seen in the plate that two female
relatives stand on one side ; there are likewise two
on the other side. (Cambridge.)
The finest of the steles from the Ptah temple is
that of Amenhotep and Piaay. It is photographed
on PL XVIII and copied on PI. XXV. The adora-
tion of the two human-headed birds on a dad is
unusual. Probably they represent the ba birds or
souls of the two deceased persons in the doorway of
their tomb, to whom offerings and adoration are being
made. (Manchester.)
PL XIX. Another piece of clustered column was
found like that of last year {Memphis i, XXV). It
has a band of ducks hanging round the upper part,
the same design as in the work of Akhenaten {Tell el
Amarna, VII). But it is finer than his work and
probably therefore of Amenhotep III. (Brussels.)
42. In the camp, to the east of the palace-fort,
many pits and trenches were cut; only in one place
were definite remains of a building plan found, a
great structure with sand-bed for foundations, about
ten feet wide. No sculpture was discovered there ;
but apart from any building some reliefs were found,
one with the names of king Ay (Boston), and another
slab with a Sekhmet and king standing, the name un-
fortunately lost (Rochdale). Work will be continued
on this ground in future ; but as it covers thirty
acres, its whole clearance cannot be attempted.
Further work was done on the building of Siamen ;
but it was suspended, as we found fragments of stone
vases of the earliest dynasties, and it seemed needful
to work on a large scale with deep pumping before
the site could be finished. No more work of Siamen
was found, so the lintels previously obtained are pub-
lished here, and will be described with PL XXIV.
One lintel of Osorkon was found, now at Munich.
The cartouche of Haa-ab-ra is one of those from the
columns of the Great Court, already described.
(Bristol.)
43. PI. XX. To the west of the court of the
temple of Merenptah a wide cutting was made, to
water level, to try to recover the side wall of the court.
It seemed to have been ruined and built over ; but
among the ruins were two colossal negro heads in
limestone, which are shewn in front face and profile
here. They are flat at the back, and their purpose
and position are quite unknown. The work would
agree best with the style of the XlXth dynasty. (Ny
Carlsberg, and Bristol.)
A piece of a stele is of interest as bearing a good
and uninjured head of the god Set.
PL XXI. The great lintel of Merenptah is over
the gateway to the court of his temple ; it is cracked
and injured by salt, but would be worth removal and
proper conservation.
44. PL XXIII. At the top is a red granite lintel
of Amenemhat II. This is lying amid other blocks
of granite of later date, apparently ruins of a late
temple, to the east of the Lake of Ptah, marked T
on the plan PI. I Memphis 1. On the left side are
two blocks of much defaced inscription from lime-
stone columns, which are shewn in PL XXV of
Memphis I. The inscription in the middle of the
plate is on a thick block of limestone, the top of
which is sloped. Perhaps it belonged to an in-
scribed side-wall of a sloping ascent. It was found
in the building of Siamen. The single column in the
middle below bears the ka name of Aahmes-si-Neit; it
is on a granite stone which was in the group with the
lintel of Amenemhat first named. At the right of
that, below, are two door-jambs from the building of
Siamen, recording the same person Ankh-ef-en-mut
who appears on the lintels. Down the right side is
the inscription of Siamen on the column 13 feet
high which stands upright beneath the court of the
house of the British School. It was copied by Mr.
Wainwright, and I have not had the opportunity of
verifying it.
PL XXIV. At the top is the largest of the
lintels of Siamen. On the left is Siamen adoring
Ptah and Hathor. Around the face of Ptah the
ground has been sunk in a square, as if a thin plate
SCULPTURES FROM TEMPLES AND CITY
known represented in relief-carvings of scenes of the
Vth dynasty, but which has never been seen in the
round as an actual capital. It is copied from
the Rose-lotus or Nelumbium, with flowers of the
blue lotus placed in the intervals between the points
of the buds.
The shafts of columns found in the same region
were of the same diameter as these capitals and
doubtless belonged to such. The shafts are 14/3 to
IS'O inches wide at base, and I3'2 to I3'6 at the top ;
their length is 59 inches in two cases, which with the
capital of 30 inches makes 89 inches, or 7 feet 5 inches.
This with about 7 inches of base would give a room
of 8 feet, which is quite likely in a mastaba. The
shaft and capital are both in the Cairo Museum. The
second capital is inferior, by the omission of the
flowers between the buds and some cutting due to
re-use ; it is at Manchester.
A small hard stone figure of a man bears the
inscription " Devoted to Ptah Sokar, Nefer-Tum-
hotep." It will be seen in the plate that two female
relatives stand on one side ; there are likewise two
on the other side. (Cambridge.)
The finest of the steles from the Ptah temple is
that of Amenhotep and Piaay. It is photographed
on PL XVIII and copied on PI. XXV. The adora-
tion of the two human-headed birds on a dad is
unusual. Probably they represent the ba birds or
souls of the two deceased persons in the doorway of
their tomb, to whom offerings and adoration are being
made. (Manchester.)
PL XIX. Another piece of clustered column was
found like that of last year {Memphis i, XXV). It
has a band of ducks hanging round the upper part,
the same design as in the work of Akhenaten {Tell el
Amarna, VII). But it is finer than his work and
probably therefore of Amenhotep III. (Brussels.)
42. In the camp, to the east of the palace-fort,
many pits and trenches were cut; only in one place
were definite remains of a building plan found, a
great structure with sand-bed for foundations, about
ten feet wide. No sculpture was discovered there ;
but apart from any building some reliefs were found,
one with the names of king Ay (Boston), and another
slab with a Sekhmet and king standing, the name un-
fortunately lost (Rochdale). Work will be continued
on this ground in future ; but as it covers thirty
acres, its whole clearance cannot be attempted.
Further work was done on the building of Siamen ;
but it was suspended, as we found fragments of stone
vases of the earliest dynasties, and it seemed needful
to work on a large scale with deep pumping before
the site could be finished. No more work of Siamen
was found, so the lintels previously obtained are pub-
lished here, and will be described with PL XXIV.
One lintel of Osorkon was found, now at Munich.
The cartouche of Haa-ab-ra is one of those from the
columns of the Great Court, already described.
(Bristol.)
43. PI. XX. To the west of the court of the
temple of Merenptah a wide cutting was made, to
water level, to try to recover the side wall of the court.
It seemed to have been ruined and built over ; but
among the ruins were two colossal negro heads in
limestone, which are shewn in front face and profile
here. They are flat at the back, and their purpose
and position are quite unknown. The work would
agree best with the style of the XlXth dynasty. (Ny
Carlsberg, and Bristol.)
A piece of a stele is of interest as bearing a good
and uninjured head of the god Set.
PL XXI. The great lintel of Merenptah is over
the gateway to the court of his temple ; it is cracked
and injured by salt, but would be worth removal and
proper conservation.
44. PL XXIII. At the top is a red granite lintel
of Amenemhat II. This is lying amid other blocks
of granite of later date, apparently ruins of a late
temple, to the east of the Lake of Ptah, marked T
on the plan PI. I Memphis 1. On the left side are
two blocks of much defaced inscription from lime-
stone columns, which are shewn in PL XXV of
Memphis I. The inscription in the middle of the
plate is on a thick block of limestone, the top of
which is sloped. Perhaps it belonged to an in-
scribed side-wall of a sloping ascent. It was found
in the building of Siamen. The single column in the
middle below bears the ka name of Aahmes-si-Neit; it
is on a granite stone which was in the group with the
lintel of Amenemhat first named. At the right of
that, below, are two door-jambs from the building of
Siamen, recording the same person Ankh-ef-en-mut
who appears on the lintels. Down the right side is
the inscription of Siamen on the column 13 feet
high which stands upright beneath the court of the
house of the British School. It was copied by Mr.
Wainwright, and I have not had the opportunity of
verifying it.
PL XXIV. At the top is the largest of the
lintels of Siamen. On the left is Siamen adoring
Ptah and Hathor. Around the face of Ptah the
ground has been sunk in a square, as if a thin plate