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NOTES ON SOME STELjE
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again before (, and that we should not translate " because of m y perfect excellence ".
The Iast line is the most interesting : I know of no other example of the title
^ . For the use use of-as» cf. UnV, 1. 1 C=r=3 Pi ? rffi^i |~ ]; Br. Mus!
I /WMA/ O- -=-> À I IÀA ' L I I J
stela 101-\ Û^^^Pî........û%^$^nâ«1J.
../l AAAAAA (.A I —1.1 MAAM C_-l Y A
II. Stcla formerly belonging to the Anastasi collection3 : my copy is from a
squeeze.
First, four horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, reading from right to left : j ; ^ A r
A_a
A/WW\ —/—I
3
Below, on the left, stands a man, before whom there are four vertical lines of
hieroglyphs, reading from right to left : ) ( i?)^t> [ ( ^)
2 (?) □
% . To right, a small figure of a man stands, a vertical line of hieroglyphs,
reading from left to right, in front of him : (?)() "j y& =(6'c)^ ^
Under the vertical lines of inscription two women stand each bearing over lier
head two horizontal lines of hieroglyphs. reading from left to right : I.
(sic) __ 1
a —| AA/VWA O
The first formula présents no particular interest; the second in the vertical lines is
very difficult to decipher : it seems to be the ordinary invocation to those who pass by
the tomb of the deceased.
The title " priest of Shotp-îb-Ri " is only found here, I believe : a sub-director
of thepriestsof thepyramid Qa-nofir of Amenemhaît I4 Çï\ ° ^ ^ /\^\ ffrj ^ f
is found in the 9th year of Usirtasen I. The names of the personnages mentioned in our
stela are ail curious.
III. In the inscription of Uni, in the fîfteenth line, | Jj^q£!=q is generally3 read,
and interpreted as a mistake for |'^N^c^£]; I have examined with care a squeeze
of Devéria, and read clearly A\\ D^£); the beak of the bird is visible, but not very
clear, and the square head must have given rise to the mistake : the tail however re-
1. Budge, Reading boo/c, p. 58.
2. Siiarpe, Egyptian Inscriptions, lst séries, pl. 6.
3. Lenormant, Catalogue d'une collection d'antiquités égyptiennes, Paris, 1857, p. 2, no. 13 bis, where it
is descrihed as " sièle funéraire de forme cintrée, en calcaire compact, portant le cartouche d'Amenemhé 1er...
" H. 0m 95, 1. 0m 54. "
4. Louvre, C 2, 1. 1; cf. Pikrret, Recueil d'Inscriptions inédites du Lotwre, t. II. p. 108. I have verified
the date of the stela which is the 9th year and not, as Pierret states, the 8th.
5. Erman, Zeitschrift, 1882, p. 12; Budge, Reading book, p. 59.
85
again before (, and that we should not translate " because of m y perfect excellence ".
The Iast line is the most interesting : I know of no other example of the title
^ . For the use use of-as» cf. UnV, 1. 1 C=r=3 Pi ? rffi^i |~ ]; Br. Mus!
I /WMA/ O- -=-> À I IÀA ' L I I J
stela 101-\ Û^^^Pî........û%^$^nâ«1J.
../l AAAAAA (.A I —1.1 MAAM C_-l Y A
II. Stcla formerly belonging to the Anastasi collection3 : my copy is from a
squeeze.
First, four horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, reading from right to left : j ; ^ A r
A_a
A/WW\ —/—I
3
Below, on the left, stands a man, before whom there are four vertical lines of
hieroglyphs, reading from right to left : ) ( i?)^t> [ ( ^)
2 (?) □
% . To right, a small figure of a man stands, a vertical line of hieroglyphs,
reading from left to right, in front of him : (?)() "j y& =(6'c)^ ^
Under the vertical lines of inscription two women stand each bearing over lier
head two horizontal lines of hieroglyphs. reading from left to right : I.
(sic) __ 1
a —| AA/VWA O
The first formula présents no particular interest; the second in the vertical lines is
very difficult to decipher : it seems to be the ordinary invocation to those who pass by
the tomb of the deceased.
The title " priest of Shotp-îb-Ri " is only found here, I believe : a sub-director
of thepriestsof thepyramid Qa-nofir of Amenemhaît I4 Çï\ ° ^ ^ /\^\ ffrj ^ f
is found in the 9th year of Usirtasen I. The names of the personnages mentioned in our
stela are ail curious.
III. In the inscription of Uni, in the fîfteenth line, | Jj^q£!=q is generally3 read,
and interpreted as a mistake for |'^N^c^£]; I have examined with care a squeeze
of Devéria, and read clearly A\\ D^£); the beak of the bird is visible, but not very
clear, and the square head must have given rise to the mistake : the tail however re-
1. Budge, Reading boo/c, p. 58.
2. Siiarpe, Egyptian Inscriptions, lst séries, pl. 6.
3. Lenormant, Catalogue d'une collection d'antiquités égyptiennes, Paris, 1857, p. 2, no. 13 bis, where it
is descrihed as " sièle funéraire de forme cintrée, en calcaire compact, portant le cartouche d'Amenemhé 1er...
" H. 0m 95, 1. 0m 54. "
4. Louvre, C 2, 1. 1; cf. Pikrret, Recueil d'Inscriptions inédites du Lotwre, t. II. p. 108. I have verified
the date of the stela which is the 9th year and not, as Pierret states, the 8th.
5. Erman, Zeitschrift, 1882, p. 12; Budge, Reading book, p. 59.