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    An Archaic Representation of ḤatḥōrAuthor(s): A. J. ArkellSource: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 41 (Dec., 1955), pp. 125-126Published by: Egypt Exploration SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3855255

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    top

    of

    the

    wig (see fig.).

    The

    purpose

    of these

    symbols

    of lifemust

    be

    the

    magical

    one

    of

    bestowing

    it

    on the

    jar

    or its

    contents,

    though

    this feature

    s

    not otherwise

    attested

    n

    this

    connexion.'

    The

    other

    stopper

    (K)

    is

    entirely

    hand-mouldedwith similar tracesof

    pigmentation.

    The

    face

    has

    a

    different

    xpression

    and is

    beardless,

    while

    I

    (and, presumably,

    he

    two

    missing

    ones)

    is

    shown

    wearing

    he

    short

    chinbeard.2

    The

    socket

    is

    only

    i

    in.,

    and

    therefore

    much

    shorter han that of

    I.

    Judging

    by

    their

    shape

    and

    general

    appearance,

    hese

    Canopic ars

    antedate he

    later

    part

    of

    the

    New

    Kingdom,

    when

    animal-headed

    toppers,

    more

    obviouslyepresentative

    of

    the four

    sons

    of

    Horus,

    came nto

    fashion.

    The fortunate

    ircumstances

    f

    heircumstances

    f

    their

    beingnscribed

    n

    hieratic

    characters

    allows them

    to be

    dated

    on

    palaeographical

    rounds

    to

    the first

    part

    of the

    Eighteenth

    Dynasty.3

    MANFRED

    CASSIRER

    Two

    Petrie

    manuscripts

    IN

    unpacking

    he

    Petrie

    Collection,

    one

    page

    of

    manuscript

    n

    Petrie's

    handwriting

    was found

    which

    must

    have

    become detached from his Funeral Furniture

    (published

    in

    1937)

    before it

    went

    to

    the

    printers.

    It runs as

    follows:-

    'A modelof the sarcophaguss sometimesplacedbefore the figure.

    'Those here are

    654.

    Hollow

    figure

    n two

    halves;

    three

    long

    columnsof

    inscription

    n stucco

    in

    front,

    gilded

    and

    scraped

    bare,

    too

    rough

    to

    be

    read. Edwards.

    21-8

    h.

    655.

    Solid

    figure,

    painted

    red,

    with blue network

    over the

    body,

    and blue

    hair;

    column of

    inscrip-

    tion

    on

    front,

    illegible.

    i

    o h.

    656.

    Plain wood

    figure,

    good

    work,

    ood

    work

    175

    h. Hawara.

    657.

    Base

    of

    a

    similar

    figure,

    incised Osiris

    give

    life,

    and

    Anup

    in

    Ut,

    for

    Heka .

    I2

    long.

    Hawara.

    'The

    Amulets found with

    the

    mummy

    are

    mainly

    the

    figures

    of

    the

    gods,

    and

    amulets

    relating

    to

    the

    gods.

    The

    arrangement

    f them is

    shown

    in

    the

    plans

    of

    mummies n

    Amulets,

    ls.

    50-54.

    'Lastly

    the

    Coptic

    crosses

    placed

    overthe

    gravesbelong

    expressly

    o

    the continued

    belief in

    the

    revived

    body.'

    With

    the

    abovewas

    found the

    missing manuscript

    f the

    Catalogue

    olume

    I4,

    Glassand

    Glazes,

    also

    in

    Petrie's

    handwriting,

    ut without

    any

    illustrations,

    nd

    with

    only

    the

    numbering

    of

    the

    glass

    objects

    completed.

    It is

    hoped

    that it will

    be

    possible

    to

    complete

    this

    volume

    and

    publish

    it in

    due

    course.

    A.

    J. ARKELL

    An

    archaic

    representation

    of

    Heathor

    WAINWRIGHT'S

    suggestion

    n

    Labyrinth

    Gerzeh and

    Mazghuneh,

    p.

    22,

    that

    the

    palette

    on

    pl.

    6,

    7

    mayrepresent

    Hathor

    in an

    astronomical

    spect

    as

    received

    striking

    confirmationrom

    a

    study

    of

    the piecesfromthe largeflutedporphyry ar found by Quibellat Hierakonpolis nd published n

    Hierakonpolis,

    II,

    pl.

    59,

    figs.

    4-7,

    and

    pp.

    14

    and

    3I.

    Some

    of the

    fragments

    are in

    the Petrie

    Collec-

    tion

    at

    University

    College,

    London,

    and

    others

    including

    all

    those

    with

    relief on

    them,

    are

    in the

    AshmoleanMuseumat

    Oxford;

    and

    it

    is

    by courtesy

    of

    the

    Keeper

    of the

    Antiquities

    Department

    at

    the

    Ashmolean hat

    it has

    been

    possible

    to

    make

    this

    study.

    I

    They

    cannot

    be

    marks for the

    purpose

    of

    identification' s

    on the

    objects

    described

    by

    Reisner

    (op.

    cit.

    64,

    n.

    x;

    cf.

    Hayes,

    op.

    cit.

    323).

    2

    Reisner,

    op.

    cit.

    62-63. According

    to

    Sethe

    (Zur

    Geschichte d.

    Einbalsamierung

    bei den

    Agyptern,

    15),

    the

    face

    of

    Imsety

    is

    shown

    beardless

    during

    the

    M.K.

    because the

    deity

    was

    originally

    female. On the other

    hand,

    early types

    of

    stoppers

    often show

    the

    likeness

    of

    the

    deceased

    rather

    than

    a

    representation

    of the

    sons of

    Horus.

    In

    the

    present

    case,

    anyhow,

    it is

    K.ebhsenuf

    who

    lacks the beard.

    3

    For

    this

    statement

    I am

    much

    indebted to

    Professor

    Cernm.

    Curiously, phrases

    such

    as

    wnn.i

    m s;.k

    are

    elsewhere attested on late specimens

    (Dyns.

    XXII-XXV)

    only;

    cf.

    Reisner,

    op. cit., 68-69.

    M

    top

    of

    the

    wig (see fig.).

    The

    purpose

    of these

    symbols

    of lifemust

    be

    the

    magical

    one

    of

    bestowing

    it

    on the

    jar

    or its

    contents,

    though

    this feature

    s

    not otherwise

    attested

    n

    this

    connexion.'

    The

    other

    stopper

    (K)

    is

    entirely

    hand-mouldedwith similar tracesof

    pigmentation.

    The

    face

    has

    a

    different

    xpression

    and is

    beardless,

    while

    I

    (and, presumably,

    he

    two

    missing

    ones)

    is

    shown

    wearing

    he

    short

    chinbeard.2

    The

    socket

    is

    only

    i

    in.,

    and

    therefore

    much

    shorter han that of

    I.

    Judging

    by

    their

    shape

    and

    general

    appearance,

    hese

    Canopic ars

    antedate he

    later

    part

    of

    the

    New

    Kingdom,

    when

    animal-headed

    toppers,

    more

    obviouslyepresentative

    of

    the four

    sons

    of

    Horus,

    came nto

    fashion.

    The fortunate

    ircumstances

    f

    heircumstances

    f

    their

    beingnscribed

    n

    hieratic

    characters

    allows them

    to be

    dated

    on

    palaeographical

    rounds

    to

    the first

    part

    of the

    Eighteenth

    Dynasty.3

    MANFRED

    CASSIRER

    Two

    Petrie

    manuscripts

    IN

    unpacking

    he

    Petrie

    Collection,

    one

    page

    of

    manuscript

    n

    Petrie's

    handwriting

    was found

    which

    must

    have

    become detached from his Funeral Furniture

    (published

    in

    1937)

    before it

    went

    to

    the

    printers.

    It runs as

    follows:-

    'A modelof the sarcophaguss sometimesplacedbefore the figure.

    'Those here are

    654.

    Hollow

    figure

    n two

    halves;

    three

    long

    columnsof

    inscription

    n stucco

    in

    front,

    gilded

    and

    scraped

    bare,

    too

    rough

    to

    be

    read. Edwards.

    21-8

    h.

    655.

    Solid

    figure,

    painted

    red,

    with blue network

    over the

    body,

    and blue

    hair;

    column of

    inscrip-

    tion

    on

    front,

    illegible.

    i

    o h.

    656.

    Plain wood

    figure,

    good

    work,

    ood

    work

    175

    h. Hawara.

    657.

    Base

    of

    a

    similar

    figure,

    incised Osiris

    give

    life,

    and

    Anup

    in

    Ut,

    for

    Heka .

    I2

    long.

    Hawara.

    'The

    Amulets found with

    the

    mummy

    are

    mainly

    the

    figures

    of

    the

    gods,

    and

    amulets

    relating

    to

    the

    gods.

    The

    arrangement

    f them is

    shown

    in

    the

    plans

    of

    mummies n

    Amulets,

    ls.

    50-54.

    'Lastly

    the

    Coptic

    crosses

    placed

    overthe

    gravesbelong

    expressly

    o

    the continued

    belief in

    the

    revived

    body.'

    With

    the

    abovewas

    found the

    missing manuscript

    f the

    Catalogue

    olume

    I4,

    Glassand

    Glazes,

    also

    in

    Petrie's

    handwriting,

    ut without

    any

    illustrations,

    nd

    with

    only

    the

    numbering

    of

    the

    glass

    objects

    completed.

    It is

    hoped

    that it will

    be

    possible

    to

    complete

    this

    volume

    and

    publish

    it in

    due

    course.

    A.

    J. ARKELL

    An

    archaic

    representation

    of

    Heathor

    WAINWRIGHT'S

    suggestion

    n

    Labyrinth

    Gerzeh and

    Mazghuneh,

    p.

    22,

    that

    the

    palette

    on

    pl.

    6,

    7

    mayrepresent

    Hathor

    in an

    astronomical

    spect

    as

    received

    striking

    confirmationrom

    a

    study

    of

    the piecesfromthe largeflutedporphyry ar found by Quibellat Hierakonpolis nd published n

    Hierakonpolis,

    II,

    pl.

    59,

    figs.

    4-7,

    and

    pp.

    14

    and

    3I.

    Some

    of the

    fragments

    are in

    the Petrie

    Collec-

    tion

    at

    University

    College,

    London,

    and

    others

    including

    all

    those

    with

    relief on

    them,

    are

    in the

    AshmoleanMuseumat

    Oxford;

    and

    it

    is

    by courtesy

    of

    the

    Keeper

    of the

    Antiquities

    Department

    at

    the

    Ashmolean hat

    it has

    been

    possible

    to

    make

    this

    study.

    I

    They

    cannot

    be

    marks for the

    purpose

    of

    identification' s

    on the

    objects

    described

    by

    Reisner

    (op.

    cit.

    64,

    n.

    x;

    cf.

    Hayes,

    op.

    cit.

    323).

    2

    Reisner,

    op.

    cit.

    62-63. According

    to

    Sethe

    (Zur

    Geschichte d.

    Einbalsamierung

    bei den

    Agyptern,

    15),

    the

    face

    of

    Imsety

    is

    shown

    beardless

    during

    the

    M.K.

    because the

    deity

    was

    originally

    female. On the other

    hand,

    early types

    of

    stoppers

    often show

    the

    likeness

    of

    the

    deceased

    rather

    than

    a

    representation

    of the

    sons of

    Horus.

    In

    the

    present

    case,

    anyhow,

    it is

    K.ebhsenuf

    who

    lacks the beard.

    3

    For

    this

    statement

    I am

    much

    indebted to

    Professor

    Cernm.

    Curiously, phrases

    such

    as

    wnn.i

    m s;.k

    are

    elsewhere attested on late specimens

    (Dyns.

    XXII-XXV)

    only;

    cf.

    Reisner,

    op. cit., 68-69.

    M

    top

    of

    the

    wig (see fig.).

    The

    purpose

    of these

    symbols

    of lifemust

    be

    the

    magical

    one

    of

    bestowing

    it

    on the

    jar

    or its

    contents,

    though

    this feature

    s

    not otherwise

    attested

    n

    this

    connexion.'

    The

    other

    stopper

    (K)

    is

    entirely

    hand-mouldedwith similar tracesof

    pigmentation.

    The

    face

    has

    a

    different

    xpression

    and is

    beardless,

    while

    I

    (and, presumably,

    he

    two

    missing

    ones)

    is

    shown

    wearing

    he

    short

    chinbeard.2

    The

    socket

    is

    only

    i

    in.,

    and

    therefore

    much

    shorter han that of

    I.

    Judging

    by

    their

    shape

    and

    general

    appearance,

    hese

    Canopic ars

    antedate he

    later

    part

    of

    the

    New

    Kingdom,

    when

    animal-headed

    toppers,

    more

    obviouslyepresentative

    of

    the four

    sons

    of

    Horus,

    came nto

    fashion.

    The fortunate

    ircumstances

    f

    heircumstances

    f

    their

    beingnscribed

    n

    hieratic

    characters

    allows them

    to be

    dated

    on

    palaeographical

    rounds

    to

    the first

    part

    of the

    Eighteenth

    Dynasty.3

    MANFRED

    CASSIRER

    Two

    Petrie

    manuscripts

    IN

    unpacking

    he

    Petrie

    Collection,

    one

    page

    of

    manuscript

    n

    Petrie's

    handwriting

    was found

    which

    must

    have

    become detached from his Funeral Furniture

    (published

    in

    1937)

    before it

    went

    to

    the

    printers.

    It runs as

    follows:-

    'A modelof the sarcophaguss sometimesplacedbefore the figure.

    'Those here are

    654.

    Hollow

    figure

    n two

    halves;

    three

    long

    columnsof

    inscription

    n stucco

    in

    front,

    gilded

    and

    scraped

    bare,

    too

    rough

    to

    be

    read. Edwards.

    21-8

    h.

    655.

    Solid

    figure,

    painted

    red,

    with blue network

    over the

    body,

    and blue

    hair;

    column of

    inscrip-

    tion

    on

    front,

    illegible.

    i

    o h.

    656.

    Plain wood

    figure,

    good

    work,

    ood

    work

    175

    h. Hawara.

    657.

    Base

    of

    a

    similar

    figure,

    incised Osiris

    give

    life,

    and

    Anup

    in

    Ut,

    for

    Heka .

    I2

    long.

    Hawara.

    'The

    Amulets found with

    the

    mummy

    are

    mainly

    the

    figures

    of

    the

    gods,

    and

    amulets

    relating

    to

    the

    gods.

    The

    arrangement

    f them is

    shown

    in

    the

    plans

    of

    mummies n

    Amulets,

    ls.

    50-54.

    'Lastly

    the

    Coptic

    crosses

    placed

    overthe

    gravesbelong

    expressly

    o

    the continued

    belief in

    the

    revived

    body.'

    With

    the

    abovewas

    found the

    missing manuscript

    f the

    Catalogue

    olume

    I4,

    Glassand

    Glazes,

    also

    in

    Petrie's

    handwriting,

    ut without

    any

    illustrations,

    nd

    with

    only

    the

    numbering

    of

    the

    glass

    objects

    completed.

    It is

    hoped

    that it will

    be

    possible

    to

    complete

    this

    volume

    and

    publish

    it in

    due

    course.

    A.

    J. ARKELL

    An

    archaic

    representation

    of

    Heathor

    WAINWRIGHT'S

    suggestion

    n

    Labyrinth

    Gerzeh and

    Mazghuneh,

    p.

    22,

    that

    the

    palette

    on

    pl.

    6,

    7

    mayrepresent

    Hathor

    in an

    astronomical

    spect

    as

    received

    striking

    confirmationrom

    a

    study

    of

    the piecesfromthe largeflutedporphyry ar found by Quibellat Hierakonpolis nd published n

    Hierakonpolis,

    II,

    pl.

    59,

    figs.

    4-7,

    and

    pp.

    14

    and

    3I.

    Some

    of the

    fragments

    are in

    the Petrie

    Collec-

    tion

    at

    University

    College,

    London,

    and

    others

    including

    all

    those

    with

    relief on

    them,

    are

    in the

    AshmoleanMuseumat

    Oxford;

    and

    it

    is

    by courtesy

    of

    the

    Keeper

    of the

    Antiquities

    Department

    at

    the

    Ashmolean hat

    it has

    been

    possible

    to

    make

    this

    study.

    I

    They

    cannot

    be

    marks for the

    purpose

    of

    identification' s

    on the

    objects

    described

    by

    Reisner

    (op.

    cit.

    64,

    n.

    x;

    cf.

    Hayes,

    op.

    cit.

    323).

    2

    Reisner,

    op.

    cit.

    62-63. According

    to

    Sethe

    (Zur

    Geschichte d.

    Einbalsamierung

    bei den

    Agyptern,

    15),

    the

    face

    of

    Imsety

    is

    shown

    beardless

    during

    the

    M.K.

    because the

    deity

    was

    originally

    female. On the other

    hand,

    early types

    of

    stoppers

    often show

    the

    likeness

    of

    the

    deceased

    rather

    than

    a

    representation

    of the

    sons of

    Horus.

    In

    the

    present

    case,

    anyhow,

    it is

    K.ebhsenuf

    who

    lacks the beard.

    3

    For

    this

    statement

    I am

    much

    indebted to

    Professor

    Cernm.

    Curiously, phrases

    such

    as

    wnn.i

    m s;.k

    are

    elsewhere attested on late specimens

    (Dyns.

    XXII-XXV)

    only;

    cf.

    Reisner,

    op. cit., 68-69.

    M

    1252525

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  • 8/20/2019 An archaic representation of Hathor

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    BRIEF

    COMMUNICATIONS

    RIEF

    COMMUNICATIONS

    It is seen

    that

    all these

    fragments

    come from one

    large

    stone bowl about

    z

    ft.

    in

    diameter,

    as

    Quibell

    says

    'a

    magnificent

    vase,

    similar

    n

    shape

    and

    size

    to

    that

    on

    pl.

    XXXVI.

    4'

    and

    not

    only

    'adorned

    with vertical

    luting'

    but

    with

    figures

    n relief on

    the flat

    rim

    and

    with a

    base

    ring

    in

    relief

    representing

    ring

    of

    grass

    bound

    with

    palm-leaves

    as

    still used as

    stands

    or

    gabana

    coffee-pots

    n

    the Sudan-compare also,perhaps,Emery,The Tombof Hemaka,pl. 30, fig. 2). Indeed,it is not

    impossible

    that

    it

    was made

    by

    the hand

    of

    the

    mastercraftsman

    who

    made

    the

    Narmer

    palette.

    Both

    were

    found

    at

    Hierakonpolis,

    nd

    a

    fragment

    of the fluted

    pot

    in

    question

    came

    ike

    the Narmer

    palette

    from

    the

    main

    deposit

    there.

    One

    of

    the

    figures

    n relief on the rimmust have

    been

    a head

    of

    Hathor

    as

    a

    cow,

    similar

    o the

    heads

    n

    pairs

    at the

    top

    of the

    Narmer

    palette,

    but with stars

    at

    the

    tip

    of each

    horn,

    on

    top

    of the

    forehead

    and at

    the

    tip

    of each

    ear.

    Quibell,

    op.

    cit.,

    pl.

    59,

    5,

    shows

    the

    star

    at

    the

    tip

    of the

    right

    horn and

    one

    ray

    of

    the star in the middle of the

    forehead.

    But

    it is the

    fragment

    at

    the

    left of

    fig.

    6

    which

    gives

    all the cluesto the solution.The

    publishedphotograph

    f it

    shows

    the

    star at

    the

    tip

    of

    the

    left

    ear,

    but it does

    not show

    clearly

    eitherthe

    pupil

    of

    the

    eye

    in

    relief

    (similar

    o

    the

    eye

    of

    the

    pelican(?)

    n

    fig.

    4)

    or-between

    this

    eye

    and the star-a

    line of

    herring-bone

    ncisions,

    ike

    those

    inside the cow's earsof Hathoron the Narmerpalette.It does show, also in relief,the left-hand

    angular

    orner

    of the baseof the

    Hathor

    head

    (as

    on the Narmer

    palette

    andthe

    Gerzeh

    palette).

    An

    attempt

    will

    be made to reconstruct his

    unique ar,

    and

    if

    successful

    a

    further

    note on

    the

    jar

    will

    be

    published.

    Can

    any

    one with a

    knowledge

    of

    astronomy uggest

    an

    actual

    constellation

    which

    may

    have

    given

    the

    ancient

    Egyptians

    he ideaof

    representing

    Hiathor

    hus

    'pointed'

    with

    stars;

    or

    was

    she

    just

    the

    Cow

    Lady

    of

    Heaven,

    the

    sky

    goddess

    who

    sometimes

    s

    represented

    with stars as

    here,

    sometimes

    with the

    moon between

    her

    horns,

    as

    frequently

    n

    Sinai,

    and

    sometimes

    he sun

    (Oerny,

    Ancient

    Egyptian

    Religion,

    p.

    29)?

    The

    Cow

    of Heaven is

    represented

    occasionally

    with

    stars

    on

    her

    belly,

    as in the

    tomb of

    Sethos I.

    Probably

    he

    resemblance

    f

    the new moon

    to a

    cow's

    horns

    was the

    reason

    why

    a

    cow

    goddess

    was first

    associatedwith

    the

    sky.

    She would

    then

    soon be

    thoughtof as

    giving

    birth

    to the moon

    and the

    stars at

    nightfall.

    In

    this

    way

    seems

    to

    have

    arisen

    the

    concept

    of

    Hat-hor,

    'the

    house of Horus'the

    sun-hawk.

    A.

    J.

    ARKELL

    Modern

    designs

    on

    predynastic

    slate

    palettes

    SCHARFF

    n his Die

    Altertuiimer

    er Vor- und

    Friihzeit

    Agyptens(1929),

    p.

    125

    and

    pl.

    31

    ,

    published

    as No.

    223

    a

    fish-shaped

    late

    palette

    which

    was

    obtained n

    1900

    by

    Dr. K.

    Reinhardt n

    Egypt

    but

    is

    of unknown

    provenance.

    t

    is

    Berlin

    No.

    14411.

    It has

    on

    it an incised

    design,

    which is

    given

    in

    detail

    in Abb.

    73,

    and

    the

    antiquity

    of which

    was doubted

    by

    Scharff.He

    said he

    knew of

    nothing

    comparable

    o

    it. There

    is, however,

    at

    UniversityCollege

    another

    late

    palette

    which

    Petrie

    bought

    in Egyptandpublished n Prehistoric gypt

    I920),

    pl. 45, fig. 24, withoutanydescription. t is of

    the

    shape

    which

    he calledthe

    pelta

    andhis

    type

    30

    D

    (pl. 44).

    Both

    these

    slates have a

    complicated

    design,

    which

    Scharff

    hought

    might

    be a

    net.

    It

    differs n

    each

    case,

    but

    in

    each

    at the

    same time

    there is

    a

    dog-faced

    man

    (?)

    facingright,

    and

    a

    dog-like

    animal

    with its tail

    erect

    facing

    eft.

    Nothing

    about

    the

    designsappears

    o

    be

    Egyptian;

    andthe

    incision s

    done

    in

    a

    peculiarway

    so

    that

    all

    lines

    and

    hatching

    are made

    up

    of

    zigzags,

    eitherwell

    spaced

    out or

    very

    close,

    which

    look as if

    they

    had

    been

    made

    by

    'walking'

    a

    small

    chisel-shaped

    ool;

    and

    although

    t would

    not

    have

    been

    impossible

    to

    have

    done

    this

    with

    a

    small

    predynastic

    opper

    chisel,

    I

    have

    little doubt that

    though

    the

    palettes

    are

    genuine,

    the

    designs

    ncised on

    them are

    modern,

    made

    by

    the

    same

    hand,

    and

    that

    they

    belong

    to a

    similar

    school of

    forgeries

    as the

    predynastic

    pots

    with

    designs

    recently painted

    on

    them,

    published

    by Guy

    Brunton

    n

    Annalesdu

    Service,

    34,

    149-56.

    A.

    J.

    ARKELL

    It is seen

    that

    all these

    fragments

    come from one

    large

    stone bowl about

    z

    ft.

    in

    diameter,

    as

    Quibell

    says

    'a

    magnificent

    vase,

    similar

    n

    shape

    and

    size

    to

    that

    on

    pl.

    XXXVI.

    4'

    and

    not

    only

    'adorned

    with vertical

    luting'

    but

    with

    figures

    n relief on

    the flat

    rim

    and

    with a

    base

    ring

    in

    relief

    representing

    ring

    of

    grass

    bound

    with

    palm-leaves

    as

    still used as

    stands

    or

    gabana

    coffee-pots

    n

    the Sudan-compare also,perhaps,Emery,The Tombof Hemaka,pl. 30, fig. 2). Indeed,it is not

    impossible

    that

    it

    was made

    by

    the hand

    of

    the

    mastercraftsman

    who

    made

    the

    Narmer

    palette.

    Both

    were

    found

    at

    Hierakonpolis,

    nd

    a

    fragment

    of the fluted

    pot

    in

    question

    came

    ike

    the Narmer

    palette

    from

    the

    main

    deposit

    there.

    One

    of

    the

    figures

    n relief on the rimmust have

    been

    a head

    of

    Hathor

    as

    a

    cow,

    similar

    o the

    heads

    n

    pairs

    at the

    top

    of the

    Narmer

    palette,

    but with stars

    at

    the

    tip

    of each

    horn,

    on

    top

    of the

    forehead

    and at

    the

    tip

    of each

    ear.

    Quibell,

    op.

    cit.,

    pl.

    59,

    5,

    shows

    the

    star

    at

    the

    tip

    of the

    right

    horn and

    one

    ray

    of

    the star in the middle of the

    forehead.

    But

    it is the

    fragment

    at

    the

    left of

    fig.

    6

    which

    gives

    all the cluesto the solution.The

    publishedphotograph

    f it

    shows

    the

    star at

    the

    tip

    of

    the

    left

    ear,

    but it does

    not show

    clearly

    eitherthe

    pupil

    of

    the

    eye

    in

    relief

    (similar

    o

    the

    eye

    of

    the

    pelican(?)

    n

    fig.

    4)

    or-between

    this

    eye

    and the star-a

    line of

    herring-bone

    ncisions,

    ike

    those

    inside the cow's earsof Hathoron the Narmerpalette.It does show, also in relief,the left-hand

    angular

    orner

    of the baseof the

    Hathor

    head

    (as

    on the Narmer

    palette

    andthe

    Gerzeh

    palette).

    An

    attempt

    will

    be made to reconstruct his

    unique ar,

    and

    if

    successful

    a

    further

    note on

    the

    jar

    will

    be

    published.

    Can

    any

    one with a

    knowledge

    of

    astronomy uggest

    an

    actual

    constellation

    which

    may

    have

    given

    the

    ancient

    Egyptians

    he ideaof

    representing

    Hiathor

    hus

    'pointed'

    with

    stars;

    or

    was

    she

    just

    the

    Cow

    Lady

    of

    Heaven,

    the

    sky

    goddess

    who

    sometimes

    s

    represented

    with stars as

    here,

    sometimes

    with the

    moon between

    her

    horns,

    as

    frequently

    n

    Sinai,

    and

    sometimes

    he sun

    (Oerny,

    Ancient

    Egyptian

    Religion,

    p.

    29)?

    The

    Cow

    of Heaven is

    represented

    occasionally

    with

    stars

    on

    her

    belly,

    as in the

    tomb of

    Sethos I.

    Probably

    he

    resemblance

    f

    the new moon

    to a

    cow's

    horns

    was the

    reason

    why

    a

    cow

    goddess

    was first

    associatedwith

    the

    sky.

    She would

    then

    soon be

    thoughtof as

    giving

    birth

    to the moon

    and the

    stars at

    nightfall.

    In

    this

    way

    seems

    to

    have

    arisen

    the

    concept

    of

    Hat-hor,

    'the

    house of Horus'the

    sun-hawk.

    A.

    J.

    ARKELL

    Modern

    designs

    on

    predynastic

    slate

    palettes

    SCHARFF

    n his Die

    Altertuiimer

    er Vor- und

    Friihzeit

    Agyptens(1929),

    p.

    125

    and

    pl.

    31

    ,

    published

    as No.

    223

    a

    fish-shaped

    late

    palette

    which

    was

    obtained n

    1900

    by

    Dr. K.

    Reinhardt n

    Egypt

    but

    is

    of unknown

    provenance.

    t

    is

    Berlin

    No.

    14411.

    It has

    on

    it an incised

    design,

    which is

    given

    in

    detail

    in Abb.

    73,

    and

    the

    antiquity

    of which

    was doubted

    by

    Scharff.He

    said he

    knew of

    nothing

    comparable

    o

    it. There

    is, however,

    at

    UniversityCollege

    another

    late

    palette

    which

    Petrie

    bought

    in Egyptandpublished n Prehistoric gypt

    I920),

    pl. 45, fig. 24, withoutanydescription. t is of

    the

    shape

    which

    he calledthe

    pelta

    andhis

    type

    30

    D

    (pl. 44).

    Both

    these

    slates have a

    complicated

    design,

    which

    Scharff

    hought

    might

    be a

    net.

    It

    differs n

    each

    case,

    but

    in

    each

    at the

    same time

    there is

    a

    dog-faced

    man

    (?)

    facingright,

    and

    a

    dog-like

    animal

    with its tail

    erect

    facing

    eft.

    Nothing

    about

    the

    designsappears

    o

    be

    Egyptian;

    andthe

    incision s

    done

    in

    a

    peculiarway

    so

    that

    all

    lines

    and

    hatching

    are made

    up

    of

    zigzags,

    eitherwell

    spaced

    out or

    very

    close,

    which

    look as if

    they

    had

    been

    made

    by

    'walking'

    a

    small

    chisel-shaped

    ool;

    and

    although

    t would

    not

    have

    been

    impossible

    to

    have

    done

    this

    with

    a

    small

    predynastic

    opper

    chisel,

    I

    have

    little doubt that

    though

    the

    palettes

    are

    genuine,

    the

    designs

    ncised on

    them are

    modern,

    made

    by

    the

    same

    hand,

    and

    that

    they

    belong

    to a

    similar

    school of

    forgeries

    as the

    predynastic

    pots

    with

    designs

    recently painted

    on

    them,

    published

    by Guy

    Brunton

    n

    Annalesdu

    Service,

    34,

    149-56.

    A.

    J.

    ARKELL

    12626

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