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MEMPHIS
apparently the lower parts of the heads of Hathor on
poles ; the section showing the depth of relief is given
below them. Below that is the curious palimpsest
slab; the first inscription was apt asut Hor; the
second ne uati se ankh; the third is ma tef Ptah.
From the style it seems that the first is of the xviiith
dynasty, the second of the xixth, and the third may
be a re-use by Ramessu III or IV, judging by the
coarseness and depth of the cutting. (Manchester.)
The two figures of Taurt on the slab below are
unusual. At the base is part of a door jamb from
the tomb of the " scribe of the treasury of the lord of
both lands, Hora." The name and office are both so
usual about the xixth dynasty that the person cannot
be identified; he might well be Hora with the same
title in a Turin papyrus under Ramessu II.
52. PI. xxxi. At the top is a group of gold work
which was found together, close to the north side of
the great dividing wall of the town, which continues
from the south face of the great temenos. This
group was about half-way from the temenos to the
east side, and below the level of the base of the great
wall. In the photograph the two large masses are
of very thin gold, filled up by a light porous plaster
body. The circles and connecting lines near the
ends are a degraded copy of Mykenaean long scroll
pattern. The gold earrings are of forms which were
used from 1200 B.C. onward. Probably the whole
group is of about 700 B.C. (Univ. Coll.)
Below is a group found to the north-east of the
previous, not far from the east edge of the mounds
The date is about 550 B.C. by the punched Greek
coins which were strung with it. The open-work
silver beads at the top are like those of the xixth
dynasty, but simpler. The two gold earrings are
rather later in style than those above. The second
line is of heavy silver beads, multiple globules, or
hexagonal. The third and fourth line are of agate
of poor and late forms, together with the two coins
with square incuse reverses bearing traces of a type
The middle figure is a silver one of Nefer-atmu.
At the base is a small limestone stele of Apis.
The sacred bull, apparently mummified and couchant
is in his shrine, of which the front and side are shown.
It is of open-work joinery of wood, with a cornice of
uraei. The shrine is in a sacred bark placed upon
wheels, showing that this processional bark was drawn
about in the ceremonies. (Cambridge.) A well-pre-
served stele with the same subject is published in
the Monumens Divers.
At the left side are a limestone capital and band
of foliage, from the church south of the Ptah temenos.
These are the only remains of the building and date
it to about 520 A.D. on comparison with the work
of Theodoric, and the capitals of Mercurius at
S. Clemente. The foundations of this church were
formed of blocks from the temple of Ptah, which are
published in pis. xxvii to xxx.
MEMPHIS
apparently the lower parts of the heads of Hathor on
poles ; the section showing the depth of relief is given
below them. Below that is the curious palimpsest
slab; the first inscription was apt asut Hor; the
second ne uati se ankh; the third is ma tef Ptah.
From the style it seems that the first is of the xviiith
dynasty, the second of the xixth, and the third may
be a re-use by Ramessu III or IV, judging by the
coarseness and depth of the cutting. (Manchester.)
The two figures of Taurt on the slab below are
unusual. At the base is part of a door jamb from
the tomb of the " scribe of the treasury of the lord of
both lands, Hora." The name and office are both so
usual about the xixth dynasty that the person cannot
be identified; he might well be Hora with the same
title in a Turin papyrus under Ramessu II.
52. PI. xxxi. At the top is a group of gold work
which was found together, close to the north side of
the great dividing wall of the town, which continues
from the south face of the great temenos. This
group was about half-way from the temenos to the
east side, and below the level of the base of the great
wall. In the photograph the two large masses are
of very thin gold, filled up by a light porous plaster
body. The circles and connecting lines near the
ends are a degraded copy of Mykenaean long scroll
pattern. The gold earrings are of forms which were
used from 1200 B.C. onward. Probably the whole
group is of about 700 B.C. (Univ. Coll.)
Below is a group found to the north-east of the
previous, not far from the east edge of the mounds
The date is about 550 B.C. by the punched Greek
coins which were strung with it. The open-work
silver beads at the top are like those of the xixth
dynasty, but simpler. The two gold earrings are
rather later in style than those above. The second
line is of heavy silver beads, multiple globules, or
hexagonal. The third and fourth line are of agate
of poor and late forms, together with the two coins
with square incuse reverses bearing traces of a type
The middle figure is a silver one of Nefer-atmu.
At the base is a small limestone stele of Apis.
The sacred bull, apparently mummified and couchant
is in his shrine, of which the front and side are shown.
It is of open-work joinery of wood, with a cornice of
uraei. The shrine is in a sacred bark placed upon
wheels, showing that this processional bark was drawn
about in the ceremonies. (Cambridge.) A well-pre-
served stele with the same subject is published in
the Monumens Divers.
At the left side are a limestone capital and band
of foliage, from the church south of the Ptah temenos.
These are the only remains of the building and date
it to about 520 A.D. on comparison with the work
of Theodoric, and the capitals of Mercurius at
S. Clemente. The foundations of this church were
formed of blocks from the temple of Ptah, which are
published in pis. xxvii to xxx.