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THE INSCRIPTIONS
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Antony features ; he did not get that type from
Julia, and if of the Antonia stock it might be sought
among the Dorian Herakleidae from whom they
claimed descent. The usual type of Herakles is
somewhat like this.
The present position of objects found this year
and published in Qurneh may be here stated. PI. I,
Oxford. II, I, Brussels; 2, Cairo. VII, Munich,
VIII, 1-8, Univ. Coll. London. IX, Black-topped
vases and bird, Univ. Coll. X, Manchester. XII,
Amenhotep steles, Bristol, Univ. Coll. XXII-XXIX,
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum. XXX, 1,
Bristol; 2, Reading; 3, Manchester ; 4, 5, Univ
Coll. XXXI, 4, 5, 16-20, 30, Univ. Coll. XXXII,"
XXXIII, 1, Boston. Deposits, Univ. Coll., Man-
chester, Brussels, New York, Boston, Munich,
Oxford, etc. Trial piece, Univ. Coll. LII, upper
mummy, Bristol ; lower, Manchester ; with their
relative furniture LI 11.
CHAPTER VIII
THE INSCRIPTIONS.
By DR. J. H. WALKER.
53. PI. XIIIa. The first inscription, from the base
of a baboon, opens with the invocation to Tahuti :
" May Tahuti the lord of truth give life to Akenuash,
the son of Pedubast, his mother was Nedhornezem."
The next inscription, from a bronze base, reads:
" Horpakhred the great god who is over Letopolis,
all life and health for Peduasar, the son of Pa-shere-
m-shedt, born of the lady of the house Ta-adh-en-
mer."
PI. XVII. The translation of this inscription is
given under PI. XXV, where a hand-copy of the side
with the longer portion of the inscription occurs.
PI. XIX. Cluster column XVIIIth Dyn. This
inscription begins in an unusual manner ; instead of
invoking the mediation of the king, " May the king
give an offering-table to the god," the god is here
directly invoked : " May Ptah-Tathenen, the eldest
and great one of the gods, give an offering-table
with all the good things upon it, which he has created
[or "which are created for him"] in heaven and
(earth). ..."
Inscription of Ay. The hawk holding the sign
of eternity in his claws, "The great (god) lord of
heaven." On the right is the opening portion of the
king's nebti (vulture and uraeus) title, sekhem pehti,
"possessor of might," and on the left, the opening
portion of his Horus the conquerer of Set title hek
maat, " prince of truth."
Sekhmet and king. Over the goddess : " Sekhmet
she makes her powers shine forth, the lady of heaven
and mistress of the two lands North and South."
The king wears the atef-crown, and above him is
inscribed " life like the Sun."
Lintel of Siamen. On the left is the king's
cartouche, " Neter-Kheper-ra, chosen of Amen," and
underneath it " Beloved of Ptah beautiful of face."
His second cartouche reads " Siamen, beloved of
Amen," and underneath it is " Beloved of Amen (the
lord of) true lapis-lazuli." The goddess Mut stands
behind Amen ; in front of her is the inscription "... in
the temple of Ptah, the lady of heaven, and mistress
of true lapis-lazuli." In front of Amen, the inscription
reads : " Amen-ra, the lord of true lapis-lazuli. I have
given to thee all stability, life, and power before me."
In front of the king : " Making an offering of incense
and cool water to his father, in order that he may
bestow life."
54. PI. XXI. On the left is the figure of the
king smiting two foreigners with his scimitar. Con-
cerning the meaning of the interesting signs behind
the king see Prof. Petrie's remarks on pp. 8-10, and
an interesting paper by G. J6quier in Recueil des
Travaux, 27 (1905) p. 170ff. In front of the king
stands the god Ptah in his shrine, holding a scimitar
and a staff with the three symbols of life, stability,
and power. Above him is inscribed " Ptah of
Merenptah Hetep-her-maat." On the right, the king,
seated on his throne under a canopy, receives from
Horus a wand consisting of the same three symbols,
with the shen symbol of eternity at the base. Horus
in the form of a hawk-headed animal is seated upon
the sacred perch, from which spring two human arms,
from each of which is slung the symbol of the sed-
heb festival. In the right-hand column under the
sed-keb festival sign occur the signs for millions,
hundreds of thousands, and thousands. In the left-
hand column, the remaining signs read hundreds of
thousands and tens of thousands. On each side of
Horus is the sign for millions of years, from the ends
of which chains of the symbols for life, stability, and
power hang down. The king holds this same sign
in his left hand. Above Horus the inscription reads :
" He of Behudet (Edfu), the great god presiding over
the shrine of the North." In front of the king are
his two cartouches, " Lord of the two lands, Ba-en-ra
Meriamen, Lord of diadems "—with the cartouche
THE INSCRIPTIONS
m
m
Antony features ; he did not get that type from
Julia, and if of the Antonia stock it might be sought
among the Dorian Herakleidae from whom they
claimed descent. The usual type of Herakles is
somewhat like this.
The present position of objects found this year
and published in Qurneh may be here stated. PI. I,
Oxford. II, I, Brussels; 2, Cairo. VII, Munich,
VIII, 1-8, Univ. Coll. London. IX, Black-topped
vases and bird, Univ. Coll. X, Manchester. XII,
Amenhotep steles, Bristol, Univ. Coll. XXII-XXIX,
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum. XXX, 1,
Bristol; 2, Reading; 3, Manchester ; 4, 5, Univ
Coll. XXXI, 4, 5, 16-20, 30, Univ. Coll. XXXII,"
XXXIII, 1, Boston. Deposits, Univ. Coll., Man-
chester, Brussels, New York, Boston, Munich,
Oxford, etc. Trial piece, Univ. Coll. LII, upper
mummy, Bristol ; lower, Manchester ; with their
relative furniture LI 11.
CHAPTER VIII
THE INSCRIPTIONS.
By DR. J. H. WALKER.
53. PI. XIIIa. The first inscription, from the base
of a baboon, opens with the invocation to Tahuti :
" May Tahuti the lord of truth give life to Akenuash,
the son of Pedubast, his mother was Nedhornezem."
The next inscription, from a bronze base, reads:
" Horpakhred the great god who is over Letopolis,
all life and health for Peduasar, the son of Pa-shere-
m-shedt, born of the lady of the house Ta-adh-en-
mer."
PI. XVII. The translation of this inscription is
given under PI. XXV, where a hand-copy of the side
with the longer portion of the inscription occurs.
PI. XIX. Cluster column XVIIIth Dyn. This
inscription begins in an unusual manner ; instead of
invoking the mediation of the king, " May the king
give an offering-table to the god," the god is here
directly invoked : " May Ptah-Tathenen, the eldest
and great one of the gods, give an offering-table
with all the good things upon it, which he has created
[or "which are created for him"] in heaven and
(earth). ..."
Inscription of Ay. The hawk holding the sign
of eternity in his claws, "The great (god) lord of
heaven." On the right is the opening portion of the
king's nebti (vulture and uraeus) title, sekhem pehti,
"possessor of might," and on the left, the opening
portion of his Horus the conquerer of Set title hek
maat, " prince of truth."
Sekhmet and king. Over the goddess : " Sekhmet
she makes her powers shine forth, the lady of heaven
and mistress of the two lands North and South."
The king wears the atef-crown, and above him is
inscribed " life like the Sun."
Lintel of Siamen. On the left is the king's
cartouche, " Neter-Kheper-ra, chosen of Amen," and
underneath it " Beloved of Ptah beautiful of face."
His second cartouche reads " Siamen, beloved of
Amen," and underneath it is " Beloved of Amen (the
lord of) true lapis-lazuli." The goddess Mut stands
behind Amen ; in front of her is the inscription "... in
the temple of Ptah, the lady of heaven, and mistress
of true lapis-lazuli." In front of Amen, the inscription
reads : " Amen-ra, the lord of true lapis-lazuli. I have
given to thee all stability, life, and power before me."
In front of the king : " Making an offering of incense
and cool water to his father, in order that he may
bestow life."
54. PI. XXI. On the left is the figure of the
king smiting two foreigners with his scimitar. Con-
cerning the meaning of the interesting signs behind
the king see Prof. Petrie's remarks on pp. 8-10, and
an interesting paper by G. J6quier in Recueil des
Travaux, 27 (1905) p. 170ff. In front of the king
stands the god Ptah in his shrine, holding a scimitar
and a staff with the three symbols of life, stability,
and power. Above him is inscribed " Ptah of
Merenptah Hetep-her-maat." On the right, the king,
seated on his throne under a canopy, receives from
Horus a wand consisting of the same three symbols,
with the shen symbol of eternity at the base. Horus
in the form of a hawk-headed animal is seated upon
the sacred perch, from which spring two human arms,
from each of which is slung the symbol of the sed-
heb festival. In the right-hand column under the
sed-keb festival sign occur the signs for millions,
hundreds of thousands, and thousands. In the left-
hand column, the remaining signs read hundreds of
thousands and tens of thousands. On each side of
Horus is the sign for millions of years, from the ends
of which chains of the symbols for life, stability, and
power hang down. The king holds this same sign
in his left hand. Above Horus the inscription reads :
" He of Behudet (Edfu), the great god presiding over
the shrine of the North." In front of the king are
his two cartouches, " Lord of the two lands, Ba-en-ra
Meriamen, Lord of diadems "—with the cartouche