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LARGE STELES
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(2) his rising in the horizon ... (3) (4) ... (5) gods,
god Creator (?) of the Rekhyt (?)... (6) O king,
behold there is not repetition (?), behold thou goest
over the backs without thy restraining (7) thy fire.
Their hearts are glad, they overthrow for thee
the rebel (8) May the king give an offering and
Hershefi lord of Henen-nesut, the king of heaven,
the ruler of the stars; may he give glory in heaven,
strength on earth, and acquittal (9) within the
khert-neter (divine underworld), and repetition of
life after. His refreshment is without evil, the
righteous one it is who receives him, his reckoning
is before (10) those who are in the Presence, his
name exists firm in Noun, that which he did on
earth is not destroyed, his son enters (?) with the
possessors of offerings (?) coming (11) to him with
food. His statue is among those who belong to (?)
water-pouring (?). Fails not for him the return.
The things which are in the East are multiplied.
(12) Every one who knows stretches out the hands
to him. Graciousness it is which surrounds him.
The excellent heir he is in his character. (i3) The
Osiris, divine father of Hershefi, Amenemhat,
deceased. Wide is he of eternity, his arm is not
limited, he is praised and his boundaries (14) are
not empty. Great is thy heart for thee, it justifies
for thee all thy actions (?). They listen to thee; thou
hast power over land and water, (15) ...northern
breeze coming out from the marsh (Delta). Thou
eatest thy fruit unto thy desire according to thy
custom (when thou) wast upon earth. Thou art
caused to tarry in the city ... in Karnak. Thou hast
seen the Aten in [its] course, thy face has seen
Amen when he shines. Thou art satisfied [with]
the building of Truth (16)_thou hast gone beyond
the camp (?) and its shrine, worshipping the chief
of his house. Thou shalt not be driven away at
the entrance of heaven, O divine father of Hershefi,
Amenemhat, deceased, born of the judge Hati-o
of ... southern -and born of the lady of the
house Maket.”
At the sides: “Divine father of Sebek-Shedety (?)...
His son, his beloved. His daughter Isis. His daughter
Yu... The herdsman Sebekmes. His daughter Ykhy.
The scribe of the accounts (?)... Her-ka. The lady
of the house Ta-pa-ser. Sa-ben.” (Philadelphia.)
45. A group 419, lxi, 63 to 75 includes an ostrakon
with a date, 27th year; the vase 75 is too early for
Sety I or Ramessu II, so this is dated to the latter
years of Amenhetep III. The part of a chair (68),
the lotus lid (67), and the alabasters 71 to 73 are
useful as dating points. (Michigan.) The legs of
the chairs, 58, 68, look at first as if turned in a
lathe; but all of these are hand-worked by filing
or grinding tools, though imitating turned work.
The Egyptian refused to employ the lathe or
the compasses, while both were in use near by,
probably in Syria.
To the latter part of the XVIIIth dynasty belong
the groups i3i, pottery lx, 40 to 43, and head-rests
xv, 2 3, 24 (Ipswich). Group i32 contained a toilet
box engraved with an ibex hunt by dogs and a lion
lxxi, 3 (Manchester); found with this was foreign
pottery lix, 9 to 15 (Oxford), some broken serpentine
vases 16 and 17, and the grand vase 18, with some
coarsely written papyrus. Another group which
might be rather later is 59, with foreign pottery
lix, 3, 4, 5 (Oxford), and the razor with other objects
lx, 32 to 38.
Of the close of the XVIIIth dynasty, there is
the group 406, dated by a drab amphora with
inscription of Heremheb (U. C.). With this was
the red polished vase formed as a head of Bes
xl, 41 (Cairo), and a large number of scarabs
lvii, 14 to 29 (Edinburgh), mostly of the earlier
time of Tehutmes IV and Amenhetep III. The
winged Bes with serpents by the head, 18, is most
remarkable. There were also two plain cowroids
of carnelian and one of jasper. Six gold nefer
signs were found in position on the forehead of
the mummy, and a yellow glass long bead on a
copper core, with strings of small blue, red, and
white beads (U. C.) were also in this burial.
A group in which there also seems to be some
mixture of dates is i36, with the exquisite figure of
a girl carrying a toilet tray liv, n. This figure has
not the slenderness of the early XVIIIth dynasty,
but belongs to the later naturalistic work, yet it
has not lost the old gracefulness. It could scarcely
be placed later than Amenhetep III. Agreeing with
this is the serpentine vase liv, 3, the ushabti 4
inscribed on a yellow ground, and the curious
bust 5 (larger view below, and outline lx, 21). Yet
with these were two blue-green glazed ushabtis 7, 8,
which could not be before Ramessu II, and which
seem to belong to a later burial, or thrown in when
clearing an adjoining tomb. (No. 11 is at Carlsberg,
the rest at Univ. Coll.)
46. Here should be noted the plate, lxiii, of
register outlines. The great amount of the important
new remains of the IXth dynasty, and the earlier
tombs, left little time for my drawing the later
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(2) his rising in the horizon ... (3) (4) ... (5) gods,
god Creator (?) of the Rekhyt (?)... (6) O king,
behold there is not repetition (?), behold thou goest
over the backs without thy restraining (7) thy fire.
Their hearts are glad, they overthrow for thee
the rebel (8) May the king give an offering and
Hershefi lord of Henen-nesut, the king of heaven,
the ruler of the stars; may he give glory in heaven,
strength on earth, and acquittal (9) within the
khert-neter (divine underworld), and repetition of
life after. His refreshment is without evil, the
righteous one it is who receives him, his reckoning
is before (10) those who are in the Presence, his
name exists firm in Noun, that which he did on
earth is not destroyed, his son enters (?) with the
possessors of offerings (?) coming (11) to him with
food. His statue is among those who belong to (?)
water-pouring (?). Fails not for him the return.
The things which are in the East are multiplied.
(12) Every one who knows stretches out the hands
to him. Graciousness it is which surrounds him.
The excellent heir he is in his character. (i3) The
Osiris, divine father of Hershefi, Amenemhat,
deceased. Wide is he of eternity, his arm is not
limited, he is praised and his boundaries (14) are
not empty. Great is thy heart for thee, it justifies
for thee all thy actions (?). They listen to thee; thou
hast power over land and water, (15) ...northern
breeze coming out from the marsh (Delta). Thou
eatest thy fruit unto thy desire according to thy
custom (when thou) wast upon earth. Thou art
caused to tarry in the city ... in Karnak. Thou hast
seen the Aten in [its] course, thy face has seen
Amen when he shines. Thou art satisfied [with]
the building of Truth (16)_thou hast gone beyond
the camp (?) and its shrine, worshipping the chief
of his house. Thou shalt not be driven away at
the entrance of heaven, O divine father of Hershefi,
Amenemhat, deceased, born of the judge Hati-o
of ... southern -and born of the lady of the
house Maket.”
At the sides: “Divine father of Sebek-Shedety (?)...
His son, his beloved. His daughter Isis. His daughter
Yu... The herdsman Sebekmes. His daughter Ykhy.
The scribe of the accounts (?)... Her-ka. The lady
of the house Ta-pa-ser. Sa-ben.” (Philadelphia.)
45. A group 419, lxi, 63 to 75 includes an ostrakon
with a date, 27th year; the vase 75 is too early for
Sety I or Ramessu II, so this is dated to the latter
years of Amenhetep III. The part of a chair (68),
the lotus lid (67), and the alabasters 71 to 73 are
useful as dating points. (Michigan.) The legs of
the chairs, 58, 68, look at first as if turned in a
lathe; but all of these are hand-worked by filing
or grinding tools, though imitating turned work.
The Egyptian refused to employ the lathe or
the compasses, while both were in use near by,
probably in Syria.
To the latter part of the XVIIIth dynasty belong
the groups i3i, pottery lx, 40 to 43, and head-rests
xv, 2 3, 24 (Ipswich). Group i32 contained a toilet
box engraved with an ibex hunt by dogs and a lion
lxxi, 3 (Manchester); found with this was foreign
pottery lix, 9 to 15 (Oxford), some broken serpentine
vases 16 and 17, and the grand vase 18, with some
coarsely written papyrus. Another group which
might be rather later is 59, with foreign pottery
lix, 3, 4, 5 (Oxford), and the razor with other objects
lx, 32 to 38.
Of the close of the XVIIIth dynasty, there is
the group 406, dated by a drab amphora with
inscription of Heremheb (U. C.). With this was
the red polished vase formed as a head of Bes
xl, 41 (Cairo), and a large number of scarabs
lvii, 14 to 29 (Edinburgh), mostly of the earlier
time of Tehutmes IV and Amenhetep III. The
winged Bes with serpents by the head, 18, is most
remarkable. There were also two plain cowroids
of carnelian and one of jasper. Six gold nefer
signs were found in position on the forehead of
the mummy, and a yellow glass long bead on a
copper core, with strings of small blue, red, and
white beads (U. C.) were also in this burial.
A group in which there also seems to be some
mixture of dates is i36, with the exquisite figure of
a girl carrying a toilet tray liv, n. This figure has
not the slenderness of the early XVIIIth dynasty,
but belongs to the later naturalistic work, yet it
has not lost the old gracefulness. It could scarcely
be placed later than Amenhetep III. Agreeing with
this is the serpentine vase liv, 3, the ushabti 4
inscribed on a yellow ground, and the curious
bust 5 (larger view below, and outline lx, 21). Yet
with these were two blue-green glazed ushabtis 7, 8,
which could not be before Ramessu II, and which
seem to belong to a later burial, or thrown in when
clearing an adjoining tomb. (No. 11 is at Carlsberg,
the rest at Univ. Coll.)
46. Here should be noted the plate, lxiii, of
register outlines. The great amount of the important
new remains of the IXth dynasty, and the earlier
tombs, left little time for my drawing the later
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