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THE SLATE PALETTES, MARKS, CORPUS, AND REGISTERS
PI. xxx, 1-5. The sealings found in mastaba
1060 differ from any found in the Royal Tombs;
but they most resemble the style of those from the
tomb of Zer (R. T. II, xvi) and Zet (R. T. I, xix), and
may well date in the reign of Zet, S.D. 80, between
these two royal burials. Compare 1 with R. T.,
sealing 43 ; 2 with R. T. 16.
The marks are, many of them, already known at
the Royal Tombs, which may naturally result from
jars being sent from a single factory or from a single
vineyard. The connections of the more distinctive
and peculiar marks that may be noticed are:
Tomb
Royal
Royal
1060
Mark
S.D.
Tombs I
Tombs II
S.D. 80.
Mark S.D.
Mark
S.D.
14
89
79
594-60I 80, 8l
179, I80
79-80
20
132
81
545 81
J 80
25
127
81
27-9
136
81
669-695 80-82
30
118
81
1122- 80, 8l
74. 365
79
32
85
79
175
81
36
I23
81
499-504 80-82
142-150
79-Si
37
155
81
552-6 80, 8l
166
81
38
88
79
40
84
79
162
81
43
914-33 80, 81
64
140
81
• . .
492
80
83
81
513-8 81,82
J 80
104
?
• . .
234. 337
81
117
80
. . .
457
80
118
81
158,1067 81, 82
121
81
322
81
138-9
81
. . .
39,40
81
172
81
859 80
. ,
189
81
■ • •
96-8
81
In the last column are two signs quoted from
Junker, marked J, with date 80. As the range of
marks at the Royal Tombs, closely dated, ranges
over two, and sometimes three, units of date, it is not
surprising to see differences of one unit between tomb
1060 and the parallel examples. But 1060 cannot
be shifted either earlier or later on the strength of
the marks, as they balance some each way. The
other marks, 83 to 189, agree exactly with Royal
Tomb datings in six, and only differ in one by a
single unit. On the further question of the purpose
of such marks see The Formation of the Alphabet,
1912.
65-71. These regular hieroglyphic writings in
ink, and cut on pottery, 68, have already been
noticed in describing the graves in which they were
found.
66, 67, are of king Ka.
68 is of Nar-mer.
69, probably of Nar-mer.
70 is illegible, but by the outer signs, like the last,
it is perhaps of Nar-mer.
71 is of a private person, Tahuti-mer.
41. The Corpus. Pis. xxxii to xliv. Stone
vases. Here all the forms of stone vase found at
Tarkhan and at Turah are drawn to a scale of 1 : 2
reduced to 1:3. The system of registering is to
have a number for each distinct type, and add a letter
for the minor variations. The numbers are not con-
secutive, as room is left for the insertion of other types
of the Old Kingdom, when this corpus is completed
down to the vith dynasty. The reference-number
and letter are at the top right.hand. The sequence-
date number is at the bottom right hand, and the
grave number at the bottom left hand. J is put
to those types only found and published by Dr.
Junker.
PL xlv. List of types of stone vases, with the
number of examples, recorded under each sequence-
date. As there are only six dates concerned here,
77-82, each date has a separate column of numbers
assigned to it, divided by a dotted line between 79
and 80. Thus it is easy to see whether the number
is at the left, middle, or right of each division. The
actual number of examples is shown by Roman
numerals. As the letters denote only minor differ-
ences, the general range of a type is seen by viewing
all the examples of the same number, such as 24 or
62. Some varieties began earlier, as 24 c, g; then
followed 24.e,j,r; and the main frequency is in S.D.
81, with 24 /,/, r, t, v. In 62 none are known before
79, and the main period is 81. Other types were
earlier, such as 51, mainly in 78, with some appearing
in 80. Where no dating is known a circle is put on
the dividing line. J is put for examples of date in
Junker's Turah cemetery.
Pis. xlvi to lviii. Pottery vases. The arrange-
ment is like that of the stone vase drawings ; only, as
the number of examples is so much greater, the grave
numbers are omitted ; they can be found quickly by
looking over the register tables, lx-lxvii. It can be
seen from this table, which forms a diagram, how
common certain types are, such as 12, 46-50, 59, 60,
63, 65, where dozens are recorded to each; while
others are known only by single examples. This
denoting of the number of examples is very needful
THE SLATE PALETTES, MARKS, CORPUS, AND REGISTERS
PI. xxx, 1-5. The sealings found in mastaba
1060 differ from any found in the Royal Tombs;
but they most resemble the style of those from the
tomb of Zer (R. T. II, xvi) and Zet (R. T. I, xix), and
may well date in the reign of Zet, S.D. 80, between
these two royal burials. Compare 1 with R. T.,
sealing 43 ; 2 with R. T. 16.
The marks are, many of them, already known at
the Royal Tombs, which may naturally result from
jars being sent from a single factory or from a single
vineyard. The connections of the more distinctive
and peculiar marks that may be noticed are:
Tomb
Royal
Royal
1060
Mark
S.D.
Tombs I
Tombs II
S.D. 80.
Mark S.D.
Mark
S.D.
14
89
79
594-60I 80, 8l
179, I80
79-80
20
132
81
545 81
J 80
25
127
81
27-9
136
81
669-695 80-82
30
118
81
1122- 80, 8l
74. 365
79
32
85
79
175
81
36
I23
81
499-504 80-82
142-150
79-Si
37
155
81
552-6 80, 8l
166
81
38
88
79
40
84
79
162
81
43
914-33 80, 81
64
140
81
• . .
492
80
83
81
513-8 81,82
J 80
104
?
• . .
234. 337
81
117
80
. . .
457
80
118
81
158,1067 81, 82
121
81
322
81
138-9
81
. . .
39,40
81
172
81
859 80
. ,
189
81
■ • •
96-8
81
In the last column are two signs quoted from
Junker, marked J, with date 80. As the range of
marks at the Royal Tombs, closely dated, ranges
over two, and sometimes three, units of date, it is not
surprising to see differences of one unit between tomb
1060 and the parallel examples. But 1060 cannot
be shifted either earlier or later on the strength of
the marks, as they balance some each way. The
other marks, 83 to 189, agree exactly with Royal
Tomb datings in six, and only differ in one by a
single unit. On the further question of the purpose
of such marks see The Formation of the Alphabet,
1912.
65-71. These regular hieroglyphic writings in
ink, and cut on pottery, 68, have already been
noticed in describing the graves in which they were
found.
66, 67, are of king Ka.
68 is of Nar-mer.
69, probably of Nar-mer.
70 is illegible, but by the outer signs, like the last,
it is perhaps of Nar-mer.
71 is of a private person, Tahuti-mer.
41. The Corpus. Pis. xxxii to xliv. Stone
vases. Here all the forms of stone vase found at
Tarkhan and at Turah are drawn to a scale of 1 : 2
reduced to 1:3. The system of registering is to
have a number for each distinct type, and add a letter
for the minor variations. The numbers are not con-
secutive, as room is left for the insertion of other types
of the Old Kingdom, when this corpus is completed
down to the vith dynasty. The reference-number
and letter are at the top right.hand. The sequence-
date number is at the bottom right hand, and the
grave number at the bottom left hand. J is put
to those types only found and published by Dr.
Junker.
PL xlv. List of types of stone vases, with the
number of examples, recorded under each sequence-
date. As there are only six dates concerned here,
77-82, each date has a separate column of numbers
assigned to it, divided by a dotted line between 79
and 80. Thus it is easy to see whether the number
is at the left, middle, or right of each division. The
actual number of examples is shown by Roman
numerals. As the letters denote only minor differ-
ences, the general range of a type is seen by viewing
all the examples of the same number, such as 24 or
62. Some varieties began earlier, as 24 c, g; then
followed 24.e,j,r; and the main frequency is in S.D.
81, with 24 /,/, r, t, v. In 62 none are known before
79, and the main period is 81. Other types were
earlier, such as 51, mainly in 78, with some appearing
in 80. Where no dating is known a circle is put on
the dividing line. J is put for examples of date in
Junker's Turah cemetery.
Pis. xlvi to lviii. Pottery vases. The arrange-
ment is like that of the stone vase drawings ; only, as
the number of examples is so much greater, the grave
numbers are omitted ; they can be found quickly by
looking over the register tables, lx-lxvii. It can be
seen from this table, which forms a diagram, how
common certain types are, such as 12, 46-50, 59, 60,
63, 65, where dozens are recorded to each; while
others are known only by single examples. This
denoting of the number of examples is very needful