Part 7
V. Signet-ring of Zeser-kheperu-ra Setep-en-ra (Hor-em-heb). In the Egyptian Museum of the Louvre. This is the most remarkable specimen of an ancient Egyptian signet-ring known. It is formed of a quadrangular plaque and a thick hoop, swollen in the middle for strength, both of solid gold; it weighs 125.50 grs. On one face of the plaque is engraved, in intaglio, the prenomen of Hor-em-heb, while on the other is a marching lion, emblem of royal power, and the words _Neb Khepsh_, “Lord of Valiance,” above it. Upon the two sides are delicately engraved: (1) a scorpion, and (2) a crocodile. The bezel is pierced longitudinally through its centre, and secured to the hoop by means of a thick gold wire, which threads the bezel, and is coiled round the two ends of the hoop.
PLATE II.
Scene representing “the Superintendent of the Seal” (_i.e._, the Chancellor) of King Tût-ankh-Amen, investing Prince Hûŷ with the Official Seal of the Governorship of Ethiopia. The inscription above and between the figures reads: “The giving of the Seal of the Royal Son by the Superintendent of the Seal, in order to make to flourish the office of the Royal Son of Ethiopia, Hûŷ; (his boundary) begins at Nekhen (Hieraconpolis) and (ends) at Kerŷ[122] (Gebel Barkal).” The ring and bezel are coloured yellow, to represent gold. From a painting in the tomb of Hûŷ at Kurnet Muraî, Thebes.
PLATE III.
PRE-DYNASTIC CYLINDER SEALS.
1. Three animals in a desert wadŷ (?). M-G.
2-7. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, each name being determined by the seated figure of a man. These examples are all in the M-G. Collection, except No. 3, which is in the Amh. Collection.
8 and 9. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names (?), written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, but without a seated figure determinative. M-G.
10. A personal (?) name reading Asunut. Amh. A fine specimen in wood.
11-13. Three black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing inscriptions of uncertain meaning. M-G.
14. A beautifully cut ivory cylinder-seal, bearing a personal name reading Sheden. Murch.
PLATE IV.
IMPRESSIONS OF EARLY CYLINDER-SEALS.[123]
1.* Birds, gazelles, and other desert animals, with traps for capturing them. This sealing belongs to the pre-Dynastic group, but was found in a First Dynasty tomb at Abydos. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 104.)
2.* “Aha,” the Horus-name of Menes, the founder of the First Egyptian Dynasty. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 98.)
3. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G.
4. A personal name (?). Berl. 14594.
5. “The Royal Daughter, Meh-en-pet-tha.” v-B. (F. _Sc._ 1.)
6. A wooden cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G.
7.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mer-pa-ba.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxvi, 60.) First Dynasty, found at Abydos.
8.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, 165. See also _infra_, Nos. 12 and 13.)
9.* “Den,” the Horus-name of King Setuî. (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 39.)
10.* “The Mayor of the Town of Se-ka.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 32.)
11.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khasekhemui.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxxiii, 201.)
12.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Per-ab-sen.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxii, 164.)
13.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, xxi, 164.)
14. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. Gdn.
15. Fish in a stream. Berl. 15338. This seal should be classed in the pre-Dynastic group.
16.* “The Mother of Royal Children, Ne-Maat-Hap.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxiv, 210; _cf._ also, Borchardt, Naville and Sethe, in _A.Z._ XXXVI, p. 142.)
PLATE V.
CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE FOURTH TO SIXTH DYNASTIES.
1. “Kha-ef-ra, (?) beloved of the Gods.” P.
2. “Men-kau-ra, beloved of the Gods and beloved of Hather.” P.
3. “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Men-kau-ra, beloved of the Gods daily and of Hather-duat daily.” Evans. This cylinder-seal gives the earliest known instance of the king’s title _Sa-Ra_, “Son of Ra.”
4. “Men-kau-ra.” At the side of the cartouche is a seated figure of the goddess Hather holding the _uas_-sceptre; before her is the word _neter_ and the name of Men-kau-ra’s pyramid (?) Men-ab. Murch.
5. “Sahu-ra, beloved of the Gods,” and his Horus-name, Neb-khau. v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 12.)
6. “Sahu-ra, beloved of Hather, the beautiful Star and Mistress of the Sycamore.” Fitzw.
7. “User-ka-ef, beloved of the Gods,” and the Horus-name of this king _Ar-maat_. Found on the Island of Elephantine. _M.D._ 54 e.
8. “User-ka-ef, beloved of the Gods and beloved of Hather.” B.M. 16774.
9. “Nefer-ar-ka-ra, beloved of the Gods daily, and priest of Hather.” W. _S.B._ XVI, 331.
10. “The Royal Favourite who executed the orders of his Lord the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Pepŷ (I), beloved of Anhur.” The inscription also gives the Horus-name of Pepŷ: _Merŷ tauï_, and states that the official for whom this cylinder was cut was “chief over the secret things of the court,” and that “he made the favours of the court.” B.M. 29061.
11. “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Merŷ-tauï (Pepŷ I), the Good God, and Lord of the Two Lands,” with the Horus-name of Merŷ-tauï. In the horizontal line at the bottom of the seal the king is said to be “beloved of Sak, Lord of the Two Rats (?).” Like the specimen No. 10, this is a seal of the “Royal Favourite, the Regulator of the Festivals, he who executed the orders and made the favours of the king,” his master. B.M. 5495
PLATE VI.
CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE TWELFTH DYNASTY.
1. A steatite cylinder-seal, giving the prenomens of the six consecutive kings of the Twelfth Dynasty:—
(1) Sehetep-ab-ra (Amenemhat I).
(2) Kheper-ka-ra (Usertsen I).
(3) Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II).
(4) Kha-kau-ra (Usertsen III).
(5) Kha-kheper-ra (Usertsen II).
(6) Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III). Brocklehurst Collection. (P. _Sc._ 272.)
2. “Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ref-sam (?).” B.M. 16408.
3. “Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ha.” C.M. 3657.
4. “Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Semenu.” P. _I._ VIII, 24.
5. “Usertsen, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Semenu.” Amh.
6. “Kha-kheper-ra (Usertsen II), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Re-sehui.” M-G.
7. “Kha-kheper-ra (Usertsen II), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Semenu.” B.M. 3928.
8. “Kha-kheper-ra (Usertsen II) and Kha-kau-ra (Usertsen III).” P. _I._ VIII. 28.
9. “Kha-kau-ra (Usertsen III).” C.M. 3654.
10. The nomen of Usertsen and the prenomen (Ne-maat-ka) of Amenemhat III. B.M. 16747.
11. “Kha-kau-ra (Usertsen III) and Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III).” P. _K._ X, 11.
12. “The Good God, Lord of the Two Lands, Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III).” B.M. 16746.
13. “Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Shediti.” M-G.
14. “Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Shediti.” Amh. (formerly in the possession of Bonomi: _cf._ Sharpe, _Eg. Insc._, II, p. 23).
15. “Usertsen and Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III).” M-G., said to have been found at El Bersheh.
16. “Amenemhat, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ḥent.” Davis.
17. “Amenemhat, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ref-sam (?).” Amh.
18. “Amenemhat, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Aa-neferu (?).” Leyd. 663.
19. “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ne-maat-ra (Amenemhat III), son of Ra, Amenŷ, the Lord of the Two Lands, the Good God, Amenemhat.” M-G.
20. “Amenemhat and the Royal Daughter A-ta-ka[-ŷt].” M-G. A-ta-Kayt was a daughter of Usertsen II. (_A.Z._ XXXVII, 91.)
21. This cylinder-seal bears the full titles and name of Queen Sebek-shedeti-neferu. B.M. 16581.
22. “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maa-kheru-ra (Amenemhat IV),” with the legend _fu qe es neb tem_, and “beloved of Hather, Mistress of Re-aat (?).” M-G.
PLATE VII.
CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE TWELFTH TO SEVENTEENTH DYNASTIES.
1. “The Mayor of Het-kha-Usertsen and Superintendent of the Temple ... Senba, justified.” Alnw. Het-kha-Usertsen was probably the pyramid town of Usertsen II (Griffith, _K.P._, p. 58). Other mayors of this locality are recorded in the tomb of Tehuti-hetep at El Bersheh (Newberry, _El.B._ I., XXXIII); on a statue at Alnwick Castle (Birch, _Cat. Alnw._, pp. 60-62), and on a scarab published on Pl. XIII, 20 of the present work.
2. Cylinder-seal of a king with the Horus-name of Her-tep-tauï, “Chieftain of the Two Lands,” and “beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu.” Murch. This king certainly belongs to the beginning of the Thirteenth Dynasty, but his personal name has not as yet been fixed.
3. The full names and titles of king Amenenhat-senb-ef. Amh. This beautiful cylinder-seal is of steatite, coated with a fine blue glaze, and the hieroglyphs are very delicately cut. It was found at Mohalla (Mualla), opposite Gebelên, and the monarch whose name it records is otherwise unknown (_cf._ my note in _P.S.B.A._, XXI, 282).
4. “Sekhem-khu-tauï-ra, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ref-sam (?).” B.M. 3663.
5. “The Good God, Uah-ab-ra (Aa-ab), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu.” Gr.
6. “The Good God, Se-bak(?)-ka-ra, beloved of Sebek, lord of Sunu.” Amh.
7. “The _Hek Khaskhet_, Ruler of the Mountains,” Khŷran (Khŷan). In the possession of Signore Lanzone of Turin.
8. A cylinder-seal with decorative coil-pattern. It was found at Nubt (Petrie, _Naqada_, LXXXI, 79), and belongs to the intermediate period between the end of the Twelfth and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
9. Cylinder-seal, with interlacing coil-pattern. M-G. Of the early Intermediate period.
10. “The _Hek nefer_, Good Ruler, Khŷan.” Athens.
11. Cylinder-seal, with human figures and cartouches with hieroglyphic inscriptions of doubtful reading. P. Hyksos period.
12. A green glazed steatite cylinder-seal, bearing the legend “Kheper-nub-ra,” the prenomen of Antef V. B.M. 30772. Late Intermediate period.
13. “The Governor of the (Royal) City (_i.e._, Thebes) and Vezir, Ankhu.” Figured in the Brit. Mus. _Add. MS._ 29816, f. 193. This vezir lived under King Khenzer, of the Thirteenth Dynasty (_cf._ my note in P.S.B.A. XXII, 64).
PLATE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS CYLINDER-SEALS.
1. Cylinder-seal, with figures of men and flowers, and a cartouche with unreadable inscription. v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 153.) Hyksos period.
2. “Zeser-ka-ra (Amen-hetep I).” B.M. 16579.
3. “Neb-maat-ra (Amen-hetep III) and Queen Thŷï” C.d.M.
4. “The Superintendent of the Garden of Amen, and Chief Steward of the Queen [Hatshepsut], Sen-mut.” P. Sen-mut was the favourite minister of Queen Hatshepsut, and the architect of the famous temple at Dêr el Bahari. (For his biography, see my account of his life in Benson and Gourlay’s _The Temple of Mut_, pp. 299-312, and a supplementary note in the _P.S.B.A._ XXII, 63.)
5. “Zeser-ka-ra (Amen-hetep I).” P.
6. “Aa-kheperu-ra (Amen-hetep II),” with figures of Ptah and Khnem, and a gazelle among bushes. Dat.
7. Cylinder-seal of Setŷ I, with titles. P.
8. “Sahu-ra,” with his Horus and Hor-nub names. In the possession of Alan Joseph, Esq., of Cairo.
9. “Kha-ef-ra.” Berl.
10. “Kha-ef-ra,” with his Horus-name, _User-ab_. C.d.M.
11. “Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II),”[124] beloved of Sebek, Lord of Anu.” Mr. Nahmann, Cairo.
PLATE IX.
SCARABS BEARING ROYAL NAMES: FOURTH TO TWELFTH DYNASTIES.
1-9. Scarabs bearing names of kings of the Ancient Kingdom:—
1. “Neb-ka-ra.” B.M. 23296.
2. “Khufu.” B.M. 22949.
3. “Khufu.” Gr.
4. “Kha-ef-ra.” Alnw.
5. “Kha-ef-ra.” M-G.
6. “Unas.” Amh.
7. “Merŷ-ra.” Luxor.
8. “Neb-kha-ra.” H-P. 166.
9. “Men-kau-ra.” Gr.
10-39. Scarabs bearing names of kings and other royal personages of the Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties.
10. “Se-ankh-ka-ra” (Mentuhetep [IV ?]). P. For this king’s personal name, see a monument in the Cairo Museum (No. 31439).
11. “Se-hetep-ab-ra” (Amenemhat I). W. _S.B._ I, 215.
12. “Se-hetep-ab-ra-senb.” Mr. Nahmann, Cairo. The back of this seal is of the button-type.
13. “Kheper-ka-ra” (Usertsen I). Gr. This scarab-seal has a back of the “Yabek-her” type (_cf._ fig. 68, p. 73), with a lotus flower engraved on the right wing.
14. “Kheper-ka-ra” (Usertsen I). M-G.
15. “Usertsen.” Luxor.
16. “Amenemhat.” P.
17. “Kheper-ka-ra” (Usertsen I). Amh.
18. “Kheper-ka-ra” (Usertsen I). Gr.
19. “Kha-kheper-ra” (Usertsen II). C.M.
20. “Kha-kheper-ra” (Usertsen II). Gr.
21. “Nub-ka-ra” (Amenemhat II). M-G.
22. “Kha-kau-ra” (Usertsen III). Davis.
23. “Kha-kheper-ra” (Usertsen II). M-G.
24. “Kha-kau-ra” (Usertsen III). C.M. Found at Dahshûr (_cf._ de M. _D._ I, vi, 4).
25. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III). Gr.
26. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III). Ashm.
27. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III), with titles. C.M. This scarab is of lapis-lazuli, set in a gold funda, and was found at Dahshûr, (de M. _D._ I, fig. 148.)
28. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III). C.M. Of emerald stone, and found at Dahshûr. (de M. _D._ I, fig. 149.)
29. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III). Gr.
30. “The Royal Daughter, Merert.” C.M. Of lapis-lazuli, and found at Dahshûr. (de M. _D._ I, fig. 147.)
31. “The Good God, Lord of two Lands, Nub-ka-ra, Usertsen.” M-G. This scarab is perhaps a “late issue,” which might account for the prenomen of Amenemhat II being joined to the nomen of an Usertsen; or it may be a contemporary specimen, the two names appearing being due to the co-regency of Amenemhat II and Usertsen II.
32. “The Royal Wife who is joined to the Beauty of the White Crown.” C.M. A queen’s scarab, found at Dahshûr. (de M. _D._ I, xx, 48 b.)
33. “The Royal Daughter, Sat-hather.” C.M. Found at Dahshûr. (de M. _D._ I, fig. 153.)
34. “The Royal Daughter, Merŷt.” C.M. Found at Dahshûr. (de M. _D._ I, fig. 152.)
35. “The Hereditary Chieftainess, the Royal Princess, Anket-nefret-uben.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 75). Two other scarabs of this princess are known, one in the v-B. Coll. (Fr. _Sc._ 76), and the other in the Petrie Coll.
36. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III), with titles. L. A similar specimen is in the Petrie Coll.
37. “Ne-maat-ra” (Amenemhat III). Alnw.
38. “Maa-kheru-ra” (Amenemhat IV). L.
39. “The Hereditary Chieftainess, the Royal Princess, Nub-em-ant.” v-B. (F. _Sc._ 80.)
PLATE X.
SCARABS OF THE KINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES.
1. “Sekhem-khu-taui-ra.” Murch.
2. “Sekem-se-uaz-taui-ra, Sebekhetep [II], made of the Divine Father Mentuhetep.” C.M.
3. “Sekem-se-uaz-taui-ra, Sebekhetep [II], born of the Royal Mother Auhet-abu.” B.M. 30506 (_cf._ _M.D._, 48 i).
4. “Kha-seshes-ra (Neferhetep), made of the Divine Father Ha-ank-ef.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 46.)
5. “Neferhetep, born of the Royal Mother Kema.” v-B.
6. “Kha-nefer-ra,” Sebekhetep [III]. Nash.
7. “Kha-nefer-ra,” Sebekhetep [III]. Gr.
8. “Kha-nefer-ra (Sebekhetep [III]), made of the Divine Father Ha-ankh-ef.” C.M.
9. “Kha-nefer-ra (Sebekhetep [III]), born of the Royal Mother Kema.” B.M. 3934.
10. “Kha-nefer-ra” (Sebekhetep [III]). H-P. 3693.
11. “Kha-nefer-ra” (Sebekhetep [III]). B.M. 25554.
12. “Kha-nefer-ra” (Sebekhetep [III]). L.
13. “Kha-nefer-ra (Sebekhetep [III]), combined with the prenomen of Kha-ankh-ra (Sebekhetep [IV]).” Ashm.
14. “Kha-ka-ra.” Gr.
15. “Kha-ka-ra.” Amh.
16. “Kha-hetep-ra,” Sebekhetep [V. ] C.M. 3666 (_cf._ _M.D._ 48 p).
17. “Uah-ab-ra’ (Aa-ab).” P.
18 and 19. “Mer-nefer-ra, Aŷ.” Alnw. and C.M. 3668 (for the latter, _cf._ _M.D._ 48 o).
20. “Mer-nefer-ra” (Aŷ.) Nash (_cf._ _M.D._ 48 q).
21. “Mer-hetep-ra, Ana.” L.
22. “Maa-ra, Sebekhetep [VI ?].” Gr.
23. “Maa-ra (Sebekhetep [VI ?]).” M-G.
24. “Sebek-em-sau-ef.” H-P. 187. This specimen is in dark green basalt, with a gold covering, upon which the cartouche is incised.
25. “Dedui-ankh-ra” (Mentu-em-sau-ef). P.
26. “Dedui-ankh-ra” (Mentu-em-sau-ef). Murch.
27. “Sebek.” In the possession of Mr. A. H. Sayce. Bought at Luxor. (P. _Sc._ 281.)
28. “Shens.” Grant Coll. Another specimen is in the B.M. 32392.
29. “Nefer-ded-ra” (Dedu-mes). v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 62.) For the nomen of this king, see a stone slab in the Cairo Museum, 20533.
30. “Nefer-ankh-ra.” Found at Defenneh. (Petrie, _Defenneh_, Pl. XLI, 57.)
PLATE XI.
SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES.
1. “The Governor of the (Royal) City and Vezîr, Ptah-dedut-senb, justified.” H-P. 3726. A clay impression of a somewhat similar seal (of the Vezîr Ŷ-meru) was found by Prof. Petrie at Abydos.
2. “The Governor of the (Royal) City and Vezîr, Auŷ.” Murch. This Vezîr is mentioned on a stela in Vien. (No. 117; _cf._ _Rec. des trav._, IX, 62.)
3. “The Scribe of the Vezîr, Ren-ef-senb.” Thomp.
4. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Neb-re-sehui.” L. 6288. Three other scarabs of this official are known: one is in the v-B. Coll. (Fr. _Sc._ 90), another is in the Fitzw. Mus. (Budge, _Cat._ 155), and the third is in Mr. Nahmann’s hands in Cairo.
5. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Up-em-heb.” Gr.
6. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Senba.” Gr. Another scarab of this official is in the B.M. (24108, P. _Sc._ 445.)
7 and 8. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Senb-su-ma.” (Gr. and M-G.) Several other scarabs of Senb-su-ma are known. Three are figured by Petrie (SC. 446-448), from the Louvre, Petrie and Grant Colls.; other specimens are in the Cairo Mus., the Amh. Coll. and the Edws. Coll. A beautiful light blue glazed specimen was found at Kahûn (P. _I._ VIII, 42), its provenance and style pointing to the late Twelfth Dynasty as the date of this official. Senb-su-ma is named on several stelae; one, in the Cairo Mus., gives the name of his father, Sert-taui (M. _Cat. Ab._ 784); another, in the Leyd. Mus. (V. 106) names his wife, “the Lady Tau-ma;” a third stela, in the Cairo Mus. (M. _Cat. Ab._ 904) gives the name of his son, the _ari at abu_, Pepa, whose scarab seal is in the Meux Coll. (Budge, _Cat._ 455). Senb-su-ma’s name also occurs on stelae in the B.M. (252); in the Ermitage Mus., St. Petersburg (58); and in the Turin Mus. (1303). His tomb was at Dahshûr, a slab of stone from it having been found in the cemetery of that place (M. _Mast._, p. 583).
9. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Yu-senb.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 86.)
10. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Amenhetep.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 91.) Three other scarabs of this State Officer are known: one, with continuous loop-pattern around the name, was found at Abydos (_M.D._ 52 f.), and is figured in Pl. XVI, 3; another is in the Petrie Coll., and the third is in the v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 87.)
11. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Herfu.” L.
12. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Erde-ne-Ptah.” B. 17230. Another specimen is in the Petrie Coll.
13. “The Deputy Superintendent of the Seal, Sehetep-ab-ra.” C.M. From Abydos. (M. _Cat. Ab._ p. 541; _cf._ _M.D._, pl. 48 m.)
14. “The Scribe of the Superintendent of the Seal, Nehesi.” P.
15. “The Mayor, Tehuti-nekht.” Amh. This scarab was bought in Cairo in 1899, and came with many other antiquities from the tomb of Tehuti-nekht at El Bersheh. Hence it can be dated to the reign of Usertsen I, or at latest to the early years of Amenemhat II (see Griffith and Newberry, _El Bersheh_ II, p. 13); it is consequently the oldest _absolutely_ dated scarab of an official known.
16. “The Mayor, Amenemhat-senb-ne-Hather-ab.” L. Found in Phoenicia.
17. “The Mayor, Amenemhat.” L.
18. “The Mayor, Auŷ-mes.” B.M. 21906.
19. “The Great _Uartu_ of the (Royal) City, Sa-sebek.” -G. Another scarab of this official, ornamented with a continuous loop decoration, is in the v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 118.)
20. “The _Uartu_ of the Ruler’s Table, Sebekhetep, son of the _Uartu_ of the Ruler’s Table, Mentuhetep.” Ashm. Several other scarabs of this official are known; two specimens are in the Louvre (P. _Sc._ 389, 391); another is in the Turin Mus. (1134; Klaproth, _Palin Coll._ 1113); a fourth is in the Cairo Mus. (3795; from Abydos, M. _Cat. Abyd._, p. 541; _cf._ _M.D._ pl. 48 n); and a fifth and well preserved example is in the Petrie Coll.
21. “The Great General Pehui-ef-hu?” Murch.
22. “The General, Hora.” Ashm.
23. “The Superintendent of the _Mentiu_ (Asiatics), Ren-senb.” Evans.
24. “The Superintendent of the Great Kitchen (?) Herŷt (?)-si-hetep.” Murch.
25. “The King’s Friend, the Superintendent of the Musicians, Neb-qemiu.” Murch. A stela of this man, in the Cairo Mus. (M. _Cat. Abyd._ 813), gives the names of his father, Hora, and mother, Sefget, and certainly dates from the period of the Sebekhetep kings.
26. “The Surveyor, Nefer-sebek-dedu.” B.M. 28235.
27. “The Royal Scribe ... Aka-senb-na.” Murch.
28. “The Private Sealer, Sa-hather-aa.” Murch.
29. “The Storekeeper, Neb-seshenu.” Murch.
30. “The Instructor of the Followers, Deda, son of the Instructor of the Followers, Beba.” Murch.
PLATE XII.
SCARABS OF OFFICIALS OF THE TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH DYNASTIES—_continued_.
1. “The Royal Son, Antefa.” P. From the style of the cutting and the back of this scarab, I should be inclined to recognize in this Antefa one of the princes of the intermediate period between the Thirteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties, rather than a prince of the Eleventh Dynasty.
2. “The Royal Son Kha-kau.” L. Formerly in the Palin Coll. (Klaproth, Pl. VI, 295.) Perhaps this is a scarab of Usertsen III before the Ra was added to his name (?).
3. “The Royal Son, Sa-hather.” C.M. 3796. (M. _Cat. Abd._ 539.) Sa-hather was the son of King Neferhetep.
4 and 5. “The Great Royal Wife who is united to the beauty of the White Crown, Ana.” L. and v-B. Another specimen is in the Petrie Coll. The style and cutting of these scarabs would point to the period of the Sebekhetep kings.
6. “The Royal Wife, Sat-sebek.” Davis. A similar scarab of this queen is in the B.M. 32265.
7. “The Royal Clothier, Nehy.” v-B.
8. “Tehepenkhet-mery (?).” B.M. 4323.
9. “The Scribe of the Great Prison, Sesa.” P.
10. “The Great _Uab_-priest of Hather, Mistress of Tep-ahu, Khnem-set-heru-sebek (?).” v-B.
11. “The Royal Friend, Dedut.” B.M. 4322.
12. “The Guardian of the Storehouse, Hap-hetepu.” B.M. 17544.