Wilkinson, John Gardner: Topographie of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataracte and Wadi Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases and eastern desert, from Sooez to Bertenice (London, 1835)

Chap. VII.J GROTTOES AND TABLETS. 445

Beyond the grotto above-mentioned are others of
smaller dimensions, that have served for sepulchres,
and bear the names of the first monarchs of the
eighteenth dynasty : among which I observed those
of the first and third Thothmes, and of the queen
who erected the great obelisks of Karnak. The
few sculptures found in them relate to offerings to the
deceased, and some of the usual subjects of tombs;
and on a rock in the vicinity I noticed the name
of a very ancient king, Remai, but not attached to
any tablet or other hieroglyphical subject. To the
south of these again are other tablets and chapels
of very elegant form. They are ornamented with
columns, having capitals resembling the lotus bud,
surmounted by an elegant Egyptian cornice, and in
general style and design they very much resemble
one another. The first, which is much destroyed, was
executed during the reign of Osirei I., father of the
second Remeses; the next by his son; and the
third, which is the most northerly, by Pthahmen,
the son and successor of the same Remeses. The
subjects of the two last are very similar, and their
tablets date in the first* year of either monarch. In
the chapel of Remeses, the king makes offerings to
Amunre, Maut, and Khonso, the Theban triad; and
to Ra,f Pthah, and Hapimoou (the god Nilus); the

* Not " the fourth year, tenth of Mesore," but " the first year,
the third month of the waters (or Epiphi), the tenth day." That
of Pthahmen is dated " the first year, the second month of the
plants (or Paopi), the fifth day."

t This name of the sun is written Re, but pronounced Ra. I