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mentu-em-iiat

Around the pedestal at tbe front and on either side of the statue runs an inscrip-
tion giving the de hetep seten formula to " Amen, Mentu, Tem, Hor-akhuti, Mut, and
the divine cycle of gods within the temple of Mut", that they may give "per-kheru
offerings " for the benefit of the Ka of Mentuemhat.

. Front: |^|Jflri^ = 5^|£=|6|=»^-1 Eiglitside:
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Keign of Taharqa. Black granité. Found : Upper part, 1896, Lower part, 189"

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§ 2. — Head of a ciO,lllA,= <• Fourth-priest of Amen", and ^

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" Ha-

prince of Thébes ". Unfortunately, the name of this remarkable indmdûalisinot pre-
served. The head, however, is
undoubtedly of the Saite period,
and from the fact that lie bears
the rare title of fourth-priest of
Amen combined with that of the
/m-prince of Thebes, it is ex- "iF111

served. The head, however, is Left Side of „ , , _-, Ri»-ht Side of

Column. 13ack of Column- Column

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and from the fact that lie bears —

tremely probable that it repre-

Amen combined with that of the _q ^ i „ j< =0-

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sents the celebraled Mentuemhat aaaaaa —«— >s.^ ^r^« q
of the reign of Taharqa. (See ^1 ~ _ . 8 5
supra, § 1.) The column sup-
portons the figure at the back is ®,® ^ ~~'u' f

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inscribed Avith six vertical lines /\ - ^ ^ ^

of hierogiyphs, giving the name, -^j ^ jy ^

titleSj etc., of [Mentuemhat (*?)].

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XXVI dynasty. Saite. Basait. Found, 1897.

Pkrcy E. Newherry.