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DOI article:Sayce, A. H.: Gleanings from the land of Egypt, [5]
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GLEANINGS FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT
161
hieroglyphic graffiti, most of which are engraved on the columns of the entrance court
A. He took squeezes of several of them, but want of
time prevented Mm from doing more. In 1893-1894, I
visited the temple and copied ail the inscriptions that
were visible. Subsequently, in Cairo,, Captain Lyons
and myself compared my copies with the squeezes
which he had made. The following texts are the resuit
of the comparison. The numerals attached to the texts
are those of the columns in the accompanying plan.
1, East face; — to the left, figure of Sekhet stan- f s- s % J e8 j y loE
ding, and above its head, four vertical lines of inscrip-
tion : | 0 O.i J 18 J i
o o. li©lû il
LT
m
Va
I. To the right, the figure of a man is to be
seen fronting and adoring the goddess, with five ver-
tical lines of inscription : m—> i f fo%* ® j^-^I f
aaama
I j_l ^ aaaaaa I l a**™ \
lo^VJl ^^I^VJ I «m |M «VS^'i impor"
mmm à _T ii i v—< _j± «sa i^ill i r i /wwv\ ï _/_r i s i _cc
tance of this inscription lies in the fact that it shows Siphtah to have reigned atleast six
y cars.
3, over the sculptures of Thothmes III, — to the left, the figure of a man holding a
flabellum, and above it, the two cartouches : <—«< ^"q^aa^a jv_Q j Ç^^~Y^\
and three vertical lines of inscription : <—«« j | ^
3
i
y\<r=> I i r^-o [w]
. To the right, the same goddess as above, with four vertical lines
may conclude from this graffito that there was an embassy to Syria during the reign of
Siptah.
On the saine column, — to the right : m—^ j ^^^37 f J-H^ 1, and to the left
1
<—«« 1
« □
AAAAAA
5 aaaaaa (?) î^\^ <-^ BUP
scène o.tïering tlowers to Horus, and in front of lier in one vertical, line, which is nearly
aaaaaa aaaaaa rs | jQ, I aaaaaa <S?__^ V__Ai %|§|§§§p h. fi OSA
illegible ^ ( 1 ^ ^^^(?)^^|- The characters ^ J jj | which are to be
seen near the woman seem to belong to this part of the legend.
I _M> J\ (sic) V '
\ in vertical lines. A woman kneels on the right of the
i
1
6. — Amonrâ to the right, with the vertical inscription : m—> 1
/vww\
O I
2 O
i; to the left : «k 1 /\ i i ; \ \ -Y- A 1 ,
A_D O 1n3 A^J@
10. — Figure of Horus to the left, with the legend in one vertical line : <r—m.
j ^ 1 î I The fi-ure of tlîe kinê': î = CQV^£Jl î Ci^ll]
RECUEIL, XVII. — NOUV. SÉR., I. 21
161
hieroglyphic graffiti, most of which are engraved on the columns of the entrance court
A. He took squeezes of several of them, but want of
time prevented Mm from doing more. In 1893-1894, I
visited the temple and copied ail the inscriptions that
were visible. Subsequently, in Cairo,, Captain Lyons
and myself compared my copies with the squeezes
which he had made. The following texts are the resuit
of the comparison. The numerals attached to the texts
are those of the columns in the accompanying plan.
1, East face; — to the left, figure of Sekhet stan- f s- s % J e8 j y loE
ding, and above its head, four vertical lines of inscrip-
tion : | 0 O.i J 18 J i
o o. li©lû il
LT
m
Va
I. To the right, the figure of a man is to be
seen fronting and adoring the goddess, with five ver-
tical lines of inscription : m—> i f fo%* ® j^-^I f
aaama
I j_l ^ aaaaaa I l a**™ \
lo^VJl ^^I^VJ I «m |M «VS^'i impor"
mmm à _T ii i v—< _j± «sa i^ill i r i /wwv\ ï _/_r i s i _cc
tance of this inscription lies in the fact that it shows Siphtah to have reigned atleast six
y cars.
3, over the sculptures of Thothmes III, — to the left, the figure of a man holding a
flabellum, and above it, the two cartouches : <—«< ^"q^aa^a jv_Q j Ç^^~Y^\
and three vertical lines of inscription : <—«« j | ^
3
i
y\<r=> I i r^-o [w]
. To the right, the same goddess as above, with four vertical lines
may conclude from this graffito that there was an embassy to Syria during the reign of
Siptah.
On the saine column, — to the right : m—^ j ^^^37 f J-H^ 1, and to the left
1
<—«« 1
« □
AAAAAA
5 aaaaaa (?) î^\^ <-^ BUP
scène o.tïering tlowers to Horus, and in front of lier in one vertical, line, which is nearly
aaaaaa aaaaaa rs | jQ, I aaaaaa <S?__^ V__Ai %|§|§§§p h. fi OSA
illegible ^ ( 1 ^ ^^^(?)^^|- The characters ^ J jj | which are to be
seen near the woman seem to belong to this part of the legend.
I _M> J\ (sic) V '
\ in vertical lines. A woman kneels on the right of the
i
1
6. — Amonrâ to the right, with the vertical inscription : m—> 1
/vww\
O I
2 O
i; to the left : «k 1 /\ i i ; \ \ -Y- A 1 ,
A_D O 1n3 A^J@
10. — Figure of Horus to the left, with the legend in one vertical line : <r—m.
j ^ 1 î I The fi-ure of tlîe kinê': î = CQV^£Jl î Ci^ll]
RECUEIL, XVII. — NOUV. SÉR., I. 21