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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
The similarity of titles and name suggest that our Sena’a’-ib may have been Sena’a’-ib the
father of the “hereditary prince” Sena’a’-ib. The name of the mother on our statuette is
very carelessly cut, and further damaged by two vertical scratches, so that I am unable to
read it with certainty.
50. (/) Fig. 344. Statuette, No. 26; KIVB; speckled serpentine; seated; four horizontal
lines on each side of the seat; on the left:
(1) di [nswty] hip pth-[skr-is-ir]
(2) [di-f] prt-r-hrw . . . nb . . . .
(3) n k? n whmw ^nhw
(4) iry n hwyt hrw
“May [the king] give an offering, Ptah- [Sokar-Osiris];
[May he give] funerary offerings ....
for the soul of the herald, Ankhuw,
born of Khuwyt, true of voice.”
On the right:
(1) [di nswty htp is-ir hnty imntyw nb]
(2) [?bdw di\-f prt-r-hrw wcb n k! n
(3) whmw cnhw iry n
(4) hwyt fyrw
“ [May the king give an offering, etc.]
. . . ; may he give pure funerary offerings, for the soul of
the herald, Ankhuw, born of
Khuwyt, true of voice.”
The herald Ankhuw can hardly be the man who calls himself “overseer of the wartuw,
Ankh,” who left graffiti at Anibeh, dated in the year 44 of Sesostris I (ca. 1936 b.c.), in the
year 5 (1933 b.c.) and in the year 12 (?) (1924 b.c.) of Amenemhat II.1 A herald Ankhuw
occurs in a graffito at Assuan, west bank, but is undated.2
51. (g) Fig. 344.
52. (A) Fig. 344.
53. (0 Fig. 344.
Faience vessel, Type XVII-6, No. 170; fragment from side of jar inscribed
with solid black signs; parts of two vertical lines:
(1) ... r(?)di-s(?)n ....
(2) ... whmw sbk (det. man) ....
(1) offering formula.
(2) . the herald, Sobek, . . . .”
Faience vessel, Type VII-1, No. 80; K XVI A, No. xv; blue lines on black
background; part of horizontal line around rim of cover:
. . . imy-rl k?-t ....
. overseer of works, . . . .”
Pair statuette of white sandstone, No. 64; K III surface debris on southern
edge; on the front beside each of the two figures a vertical line of inscrip-
tion, and on the broad back support more than seven lines:
On left of male figure:
di nswty htp inpw tpy dw-f di-f sntr htpt-dfho
“May the king give an offering, Anubis first of his hill, may he give
incense and food-offerings . . . .”
On right of female figure :
[di nswty] htp is-ir nb ?bdw di-f prt-r-hrw
1 Cf. Weigall, Lower Nubia, PI. LIII.
2 De Morgan, Catalogue, I, p. 26, no. 190.
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
The similarity of titles and name suggest that our Sena’a’-ib may have been Sena’a’-ib the
father of the “hereditary prince” Sena’a’-ib. The name of the mother on our statuette is
very carelessly cut, and further damaged by two vertical scratches, so that I am unable to
read it with certainty.
50. (/) Fig. 344. Statuette, No. 26; KIVB; speckled serpentine; seated; four horizontal
lines on each side of the seat; on the left:
(1) di [nswty] hip pth-[skr-is-ir]
(2) [di-f] prt-r-hrw . . . nb . . . .
(3) n k? n whmw ^nhw
(4) iry n hwyt hrw
“May [the king] give an offering, Ptah- [Sokar-Osiris];
[May he give] funerary offerings ....
for the soul of the herald, Ankhuw,
born of Khuwyt, true of voice.”
On the right:
(1) [di nswty htp is-ir hnty imntyw nb]
(2) [?bdw di\-f prt-r-hrw wcb n k! n
(3) whmw cnhw iry n
(4) hwyt fyrw
“ [May the king give an offering, etc.]
. . . ; may he give pure funerary offerings, for the soul of
the herald, Ankhuw, born of
Khuwyt, true of voice.”
The herald Ankhuw can hardly be the man who calls himself “overseer of the wartuw,
Ankh,” who left graffiti at Anibeh, dated in the year 44 of Sesostris I (ca. 1936 b.c.), in the
year 5 (1933 b.c.) and in the year 12 (?) (1924 b.c.) of Amenemhat II.1 A herald Ankhuw
occurs in a graffito at Assuan, west bank, but is undated.2
51. (g) Fig. 344.
52. (A) Fig. 344.
53. (0 Fig. 344.
Faience vessel, Type XVII-6, No. 170; fragment from side of jar inscribed
with solid black signs; parts of two vertical lines:
(1) ... r(?)di-s(?)n ....
(2) ... whmw sbk (det. man) ....
(1) offering formula.
(2) . the herald, Sobek, . . . .”
Faience vessel, Type VII-1, No. 80; K XVI A, No. xv; blue lines on black
background; part of horizontal line around rim of cover:
. . . imy-rl k?-t ....
. overseer of works, . . . .”
Pair statuette of white sandstone, No. 64; K III surface debris on southern
edge; on the front beside each of the two figures a vertical line of inscrip-
tion, and on the broad back support more than seven lines:
On left of male figure:
di nswty htp inpw tpy dw-f di-f sntr htpt-dfho
“May the king give an offering, Anubis first of his hill, may he give
incense and food-offerings . . . .”
On right of female figure :
[di nswty] htp is-ir nb ?bdw di-f prt-r-hrw
1 Cf. Weigall, Lower Nubia, PI. LIII.
2 De Morgan, Catalogue, I, p. 26, no. 190.