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words of the neter sahu : " Come, buffoons ! " The
long inscription continued in the second register has
the usual exclamation : ". . . to the west in peace,
in peace, to Osiris to the places of the Lords of
Eternity."
Among the officiating persons there is mentioned
the " chief reciter, Beba, son of Mentu-hetep, and the
cup-bearer, Ubau Usertesen." The latter is giving
incense before the mummy standing in a kiosk.
Another cup-bearer, with the same name as the
first-mentioned, carries a vase and a bowl with a
rubber (?).
29. PL. X, stele 1 (beginning of XVIIIth dynasty).—
The priest, Beba, and his wife, Hu-dadat, before "Osiris,
the prince of the west, he gives life and distinction,"
and " Anubis, he gives distinction."
In the second register are represented two groups
of persons whose connection with the above couple is
not shown ; on one side are the scribe, Ra-uben-nef,
and his son, " the royal intimate," Ankh ; on the other,
a woman, called Aat-aba, with her children—two
sons, Senseneb and Snu-aah, and two daughters,
Atef-usar and Aah-hetep. I think that this gene-
alogy will best interpret the very obscure statements
of the stela. The formula of offering with the addition
characteristic of the Middle Kingdom and the be-
ginning of the XVIIIth dynasty, forms the contents
of the three lines of inscription below.
Stele 2 (late period). A stela of offering in honour
of a woman, Mut-ardas (Mutiritis).
Stele 3. (XlXth dynasty.) The chief of the work-
men of the necropolis of Thebes, Nefer-hetep, standing
on the divine bark of " Mut, the great mistress of
Ashru." He is adored by two of his subordinates,
both with the title, " setem ash of the necropolis of
Thebes," who are represented with their families in the
two registers below. Their genealogy is given here :—
(I.) Hesy-su-nebef = Hu-en-re
I
I
I
Nefer-hetep Ubekhet Neb-em-ari
(II.) Amen-em-apet = Aset
Singer of Anion
Ubekhet
Setem ash of the Necropolis
of Thebes Meri-Ra
Uret-anu
Stele 4. (XlXth dynasty.) In the upper part are
represented " Ptah, lord of truth, king of both lands,
with beautiful face, who formed the gods, the great
god, lord of eternity," and "Maat, daughter of Ra."
Before them stands a dish with offerings, of which is
said, " Pure, pure, for your Ka in all good things."
The inscription underneath contains a prayer to Ptah
and Maat:—
" Hail to Ptah, lord of truth, king of both lands,
with beautiful [face], chief of his great place, master
of destiny, who maintains fortune [for these expressions
v. Maspero, " Etudes egypt." I, 27], who gives life to
both lands in (his) magazines (hmut). Adoration to
Maat, daughter of Ra, mistress of heaven, [lady (hent)]
of all gods, eye of Ra on his forehead, with beautiful
face, in the bark of millions of years, mistress of the
temple of Amon. May they give a good burial after
old age (?) in the great West of Thebes, on the
hill of Truth, for the Ka of the Osiris the scribe
of Truth in the Theban necropolis Ra-mes, the
justified."
30. Pl. XI.—The first eight numbers contain brick-
stamps. The brick No. 1 is stated by the inscription
to belong to the Ramesseum, No. 2 bears the name of
Rameses III, and No. 3 that of Rameses II in a
curious form, known too in the temple of Bet-el-
Walli. No. 4 gives the name of Amenophis IV, and
shows that this king built in the western parts of
Thebes, perhaps at his funeral temple, and probably
in the beginning of his reign before the reformation,
which took his interests far away from the old capital
This building was not far from the Ramesseum, or its
bricks would not have been re-used in that building.
(For Amenophis' building in Eastern Thebes, see
Wiedemann, Geschichte, p. 399, and Petrie, History,
II, 223.)
The temples of Amenophis II (No 5) and Thut-
mosis IV (No 6), from which bricks were also obtained,
were the next neighbours north and south. The name
of Amenophis II with the designation mery akhom
is not known to me elsewhere. There is in one
passage (Rec. de travaux, 16/44) a similar name
reading mery Set, and the conjecture may be allowed,
considering the difficulty of reading these brick
inscriptions, that Set is to be read instead of the
hawk ; 7 and 8 are from private monuments, pro-
bably tomb-buildings; the latter belonged to "the
hereditary prince, the chief reciter in the good house
(i.e. the tomb), the chief of the treasury Dhuti Nefer,
the justified " ; 7 gives probably the name of a certain
Nefer-au.
31. For the jar-seals I refer to " Ostraca of the
Ramesseum," where I have discussed the question
more in detail. 9, 11, and 12, once sealed vases of
Bek oil ; 9 came from an oil plantation on Abydos
in the Sety temple called "of happy heart;" 12
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words of the neter sahu : " Come, buffoons ! " The
long inscription continued in the second register has
the usual exclamation : ". . . to the west in peace,
in peace, to Osiris to the places of the Lords of
Eternity."
Among the officiating persons there is mentioned
the " chief reciter, Beba, son of Mentu-hetep, and the
cup-bearer, Ubau Usertesen." The latter is giving
incense before the mummy standing in a kiosk.
Another cup-bearer, with the same name as the
first-mentioned, carries a vase and a bowl with a
rubber (?).
29. PL. X, stele 1 (beginning of XVIIIth dynasty).—
The priest, Beba, and his wife, Hu-dadat, before "Osiris,
the prince of the west, he gives life and distinction,"
and " Anubis, he gives distinction."
In the second register are represented two groups
of persons whose connection with the above couple is
not shown ; on one side are the scribe, Ra-uben-nef,
and his son, " the royal intimate," Ankh ; on the other,
a woman, called Aat-aba, with her children—two
sons, Senseneb and Snu-aah, and two daughters,
Atef-usar and Aah-hetep. I think that this gene-
alogy will best interpret the very obscure statements
of the stela. The formula of offering with the addition
characteristic of the Middle Kingdom and the be-
ginning of the XVIIIth dynasty, forms the contents
of the three lines of inscription below.
Stele 2 (late period). A stela of offering in honour
of a woman, Mut-ardas (Mutiritis).
Stele 3. (XlXth dynasty.) The chief of the work-
men of the necropolis of Thebes, Nefer-hetep, standing
on the divine bark of " Mut, the great mistress of
Ashru." He is adored by two of his subordinates,
both with the title, " setem ash of the necropolis of
Thebes," who are represented with their families in the
two registers below. Their genealogy is given here :—
(I.) Hesy-su-nebef = Hu-en-re
I
I
I
Nefer-hetep Ubekhet Neb-em-ari
(II.) Amen-em-apet = Aset
Singer of Anion
Ubekhet
Setem ash of the Necropolis
of Thebes Meri-Ra
Uret-anu
Stele 4. (XlXth dynasty.) In the upper part are
represented " Ptah, lord of truth, king of both lands,
with beautiful face, who formed the gods, the great
god, lord of eternity," and "Maat, daughter of Ra."
Before them stands a dish with offerings, of which is
said, " Pure, pure, for your Ka in all good things."
The inscription underneath contains a prayer to Ptah
and Maat:—
" Hail to Ptah, lord of truth, king of both lands,
with beautiful [face], chief of his great place, master
of destiny, who maintains fortune [for these expressions
v. Maspero, " Etudes egypt." I, 27], who gives life to
both lands in (his) magazines (hmut). Adoration to
Maat, daughter of Ra, mistress of heaven, [lady (hent)]
of all gods, eye of Ra on his forehead, with beautiful
face, in the bark of millions of years, mistress of the
temple of Amon. May they give a good burial after
old age (?) in the great West of Thebes, on the
hill of Truth, for the Ka of the Osiris the scribe
of Truth in the Theban necropolis Ra-mes, the
justified."
30. Pl. XI.—The first eight numbers contain brick-
stamps. The brick No. 1 is stated by the inscription
to belong to the Ramesseum, No. 2 bears the name of
Rameses III, and No. 3 that of Rameses II in a
curious form, known too in the temple of Bet-el-
Walli. No. 4 gives the name of Amenophis IV, and
shows that this king built in the western parts of
Thebes, perhaps at his funeral temple, and probably
in the beginning of his reign before the reformation,
which took his interests far away from the old capital
This building was not far from the Ramesseum, or its
bricks would not have been re-used in that building.
(For Amenophis' building in Eastern Thebes, see
Wiedemann, Geschichte, p. 399, and Petrie, History,
II, 223.)
The temples of Amenophis II (No 5) and Thut-
mosis IV (No 6), from which bricks were also obtained,
were the next neighbours north and south. The name
of Amenophis II with the designation mery akhom
is not known to me elsewhere. There is in one
passage (Rec. de travaux, 16/44) a similar name
reading mery Set, and the conjecture may be allowed,
considering the difficulty of reading these brick
inscriptions, that Set is to be read instead of the
hawk ; 7 and 8 are from private monuments, pro-
bably tomb-buildings; the latter belonged to "the
hereditary prince, the chief reciter in the good house
(i.e. the tomb), the chief of the treasury Dhuti Nefer,
the justified " ; 7 gives probably the name of a certain
Nefer-au.
31. For the jar-seals I refer to " Ostraca of the
Ramesseum," where I have discussed the question
more in detail. 9, 11, and 12, once sealed vases of
Bek oil ; 9 came from an oil plantation on Abydos
in the Sety temple called "of happy heart;" 12