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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS

E G Y P T I A N A R C H A E O L O G Y V O L U M E IV

E G Y P T I A N T O M B S T E L E S

AND

O F F E R I N G S T O N E S

O F T H E

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

B Y

HENRY FREDERICK LUTZ

W I T H I I L L U S T R A T I O N A N D 49 P L A T E S ( 2 C O L O U R E D )

L E I P Z I G

J. C.

H I N R I C H S ' S C H E

B U C H H A N D L U N G

1927


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Printed in Germany.

Dru ck v o n A u g u s t P r i es in Le ip z ig.


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I N T R O D U C T I O N .

Th e im portanc e of the archeologica l m ater ial here prese nted l ies in two facts : f irst , most of

i t com es from th ree dist inct si tes, Gizeh, Na ga ed-D er, and Der el-Ballas, and seco nd, the variou s

groups belong to certain definite periods, so that they afford a clear insight into the art anp

workm anship of the d if ferent p laces. T he N ag a ed-D er mater ial , which fol lows the Gizeh mate

r ial , incidentally br ings out m ore emphat ical ly the beauty of the ar t of Gizeh. T he mater ial repre

sents par t of the resul t s of the excavat ions carr ied on by the Hearst expedi t ion of the Univer

si ty of California more than twenty years ago.

In continuing the series in Eg yp tian A rch eol ogy s tarte d by REISNER and MACE, the auth or

has found c onside rable difficulty in al locating and c hecking t he m ea ge r d ata which we re furnished

the Museum author i ties . D uring th e two deca des that have p assed s ince the shipment of the

mater ial f rom Egypt to America, the or ig inal numbers g iven to the objects by the excavators

have , in many instance s, becom e alm ost i l legible or eve n c omp letely invisible, so tha t in a num ber

of cases no number could be assigned . In these case s, the s tones acqui red f rom our own expe

di tion were g iven numb ers prec ede d by T(e mp orar y) M(useum) N(um bers) . Ston es which be ar

the abbreviat ion Bt . before the Museum number have been purchase d.

Th e large col lect ion in the Egypt ian sect ion of the Universi ty Museum is now being cata

logued ; the author , however , com men ced work on the s teles whi le they were s ti ll uncata logue d.

His main endeavo r was di rected towar d reascer tain ing the prove nanc e, and the exact num bering,

corres pond ing to the tom b num bers, of the s tones. Copious no tes m ade dur ing the labor of

cata logu ing, could n ot be uti lized for this publication be cau se of the lack of a check which only

the ex cav ator 's note s can furnish. Dr . REISNER, no do ubt, wil l inc orp ora te within his account of

the Gizeh excavat ion that por t ion al so of the work which was carr ied on whi le he was in charge

of the Hearst expedi t ion.

W hile i t would in som e ways h ave b een desira ble to await his accou nt, i t wa s conside red

impract icable to hold back longer the presen tat ion of the mater ial . An d since I have succeeded

in a large n umb er of cases in ascer tain ing the correct pro vena nce of the s tones, scholars , no doubt ,

wil l welcome the pres ent publ icat ion. The arra nge me nt of the p lates is according to s i tes, which,

as seeming the most natural , has been fol lowed.

O wing to th e fact tha t the inscriptions of the steles do no t deviate in any way from th e well

known formulas, it was deem ed unnecessary to g ive t ranslat ions of them. A t tent ion has been paid


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IV

INTRODUCTION.

to the fact that the l i thographic p lates present a readable text . A scient i f ical ly exhaust ive t reatment

of the ma terial has no t bee n the pur po se and if und erta ken , could be fruitful of results only

after the classification of the entire material in the Museum. A discussion of the inscription on the

lower par t of s tone N o. 84, and of that of No. 85 wil l app ear e l sewhere. Th e tex t herewi th g iven

will fully suffice for an easy and quick orientation.

My than ks are du e to my friend, Profe ssor GUNTHER ROEDER, Dir ecto r of the Pelizaeus Museum

in Hi ldesheim, for the in terest he has taken in the work. He has assi s ted in reading the proofs ,

has supervised the m aking of the p lates , and he has g iven valuable advice in the arran gem ent

of the plates. I am also under deep obligation to the President of the Universi ty of California for

permission to include here the two colored plates of the beautiful stele of \ i \

\J

H E N R Y F R E D E R I C K L U T Z .


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PlateNo.

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

N a m e

his eldest son:

Gizeh

1

Gizeh

2

Gizeh

3

Gizeh

Gizeh

Date

O. E.

O. E.

O. E.

Mus.No.

G. TMN C

O . E. G. 1237

O . E. G. 1205

O . E. G. 1206

G . 2

TMN 4:

C A T A L O G U E

Title Provenance

Gizeh

Univ.

of

Calif. Pub l . I V : L u t z .

Gi zeh

4

O. E. G. 1221

Gizeh O. E. TMN X X X V I I

Gizeh

3

O. E. G. 1235

Gizeh O. E. TMN 45

I

9

1 0


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2

C A T A L O G U E

Pla te No. Name

Title Proven ance D ate Mus. No.

I i

1 2

14

15

i 6

17

18

1 9

2 0

2 I

2 2

2 4

2 5

his wife:

his eldest son:

Gizeh O . E. G. 91033

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f O . E . N 3 1 1 0

Na gae d-D er End o f O . E . N 3915

Na ga ed -Der End o f O . E .

N 3007

N 3791

aga ed-Der End of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f O . E . N 3 1 0 7

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f O . E . T M N X X X I V

to Middle

of M. E.

Na gae d-D er End o f O . E . N 2032

to Middle

of M. E.

his son:

Gizeh O . E . G. 9. 1033

Gizeh O . E. G. 9 . 1033

Gizeh O . E. G. 9. 1033

Gizeh O . E. G. 9. 1033

Gi zeh O . E . TM N XLIV

(V. Dyn.)

Gizeh End of O . E. TM N XVIII

(VI. Dyn.)

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f O . E . N i o n

2 3


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Plate N o.

Name

CATALOGUE

Title Provenance

Date

2 6

2 7

2 8

2 9

3 0

3 2

his wife:

Naga ed-Der

7

End of O. E.

to Middle

of M. E.

her husband:

su rnamed :

his wife:

surnamed:


to Middle

of M. E.

Na ga ed -Der End o f 0 . E .

to Middle

of M. E.

Na ga ed -Der End of O . E .

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r

8

End of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r

9

En d of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d -D e r

1 0

En d of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.

Mus. No.

N 3567

N 3746

TMN XVII

N 3728

N 4748

NNN Box 6

N 3794

33

su rnamed :


to Middle

of M. E.

N 3794


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4

Plate No.

N a m e

C A T A L O G U E

Title Provenance

Date

Mus. No.

oo

36

37

39

4 0

su rnamed :

su rnamed :

38

his wife:

var.


to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f 0 . E .

to Middle

of M. E.


to Middle

of M. E.

Nag aed-D er End of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.

Na ga ed-Der End of O . E.

to Middle

of M. E.


to Middle

of M. E.


to Middle

of M. E.

N 397:

N 3907

N 3900

N 3910

N 3688

N 3734

N 3 9 9 3

34

his wife:

his wife:


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C A T A L O G U E

5

Plate No.

N a m e

Title Provena nce D ate Mus. No.

4 1

4 2

43

44

4 5

4 6

47

his wife:

su rnamed :


to Middle

of M. E.

N 430^

Naga ed-Der> VI . Dyn. N 298

Na ga ed -Der End o f O . E . TM N XI

to Middle

of M. E.

Na ga ed-De r End of O . E. Box 75 Bt

to Middle

of M. E.

his wife:

4 8

4 9

5o

5 i

52

53

N a g a e d - D e r V I . D y n . N 1 5 8 / 1 6 0

Na ga ed -D er VI . Dyn . N 158 160

Na gae d-D er VI . Dyn . N 158 / 160

Na ga ed- De r VI . Dyn . N 158 / 160



Na gae d-D er VI . Dyn . N 1609

Na gae d-D er E nd o f O . E . N 97

to Middle

of M. E.

N a g a e d - D e r E n d o f 0 . E . N 3 7 0 9

to Middle

of M. E.


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6

CATALOGUE

Plate No.

N a m e

Title

Provenance

Date

Mus.

No.

54

55

Na ga ed-Der M. E. or ear l ier N 3603

Na ga ed-D er M. E. or ear l ier N 3603

56

Na ga ed-Der En d of N. E. B ox N 159

57

his son:

Naga ed-Der(?) End of N. E.

B t. a

his wife:

his son:

his daughter :

h i s daugh t er :

his son:

and:

58

59

6 0

6 1

6 2

6 3

64

65

66

67

68

69

his mother :

his sister:

Na gae d-D er Cop t i cPer iod Box N 169

Na ga ed- De r Cop t i cPer iod Bo x 19

Na ga ed -Der Cop t i cPeri od TM N XXV

2 0

Na ga ed -D er Cop t i cPer iod Box N 166

D er el-Ballas XL Dyn . D 137

D er el-Ballas M. E. D X X

D er el-Ballas M. E. B ox D 141


De r el-Ballas M. E. B ox D 136


D er el-Ballas En d of N. E. D er 245

t o La t e E gyp

tian Period

D er el -Bal las Ro ma n De r 309

Per i ode


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CATALOGUE

Plate No.

Name

Title

and :

7 i

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

a n d :

his wife:

Provenance Date

unknown O . E.

unknown End of M. E.

unknow n XII. Dyn .

unknown

M. E.

unknown Lat e Egyp

tian Period

Mus.No.

TMN XLI I I

Bt. 9

Bt. 10

T M N X I X

Bt. 7

7 0

his son:

his mother :

his wife:

her mo t her :

h is mother :

and:

his mother :

h is daughters:

unknown O . E . TM N XL

unknown

21

End of O . E. N 379 9

to Middle

of M. E.

unknown O . E. Bt . 15

unknown VIIX .Dyn. Bt . 4

unknow n N. E. or later Bt . 5


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8

CATALOGUE

Plate No. Name Title Provenance

Date

Mus. No.

8 1

82

83

84

85

86

his father:

h is grandfather :

(Inaros)

his mother :

unknown End of N. E. TM N XL I

t o La t e E gyp

tian Period

8 0

(expressed by:

her mo t her :

her father :

her brother :

her b ro t her :

her son:

unknown XX VI. Dyn. Bt . 1

unknown Rom an TM N II

Per iod

unknown Rom an Box 21

Per iod

unknown Rom an Box 19

Per iod

unknown Rom an TM N XI I

Per iod

Achmi m Lat e Egyp- 689

tian Period


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End of N. E.

t o La t e Egyp

tian Period

G- 33

Univ. of

Calif.

P u b l . I V : L u tz ,

CATALOGUE

Q

Plate No. Name Title Provenance Date Mus. No.

his father:

h is mother :

his wife:

his wife:

88

87

his son:

his son:

89

his mother :

h is brother :

his wife:

90

9 i

92

9 3

his mother :

su rnamed :

unknown

29

spurious(P) B t. 14

unknow n spurious Bt. 6

unknow n spurious B t. 12

unknown spur ious Bt . 11

unkno wn spuriou s (?) Bt . 8

Memphi s

3 8

Latopo l i s M. E. Bt . 8


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NAME INDEX

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

f., pl. 18

f., pl. 27 ,

m., pl. 93

m. pi.56

m.

pi.

25

m., pl. 86

m. pi.81

m.

pi.

77

m. pi.

48

49

50

51

52 53

m. pi.4

f. pi.17 m. 32 33

f. pi.87

m. pi.38

m.

pi.

55

m.

pi.

9

m. pi. 11

m. pi.39

28 38

m. pi. 46 4 7

f. pi.86

m.

pi.

86

m. pi.54 55

m.

pi.

29

m. pi.36

f.

pi.

79

m.

pi.

58

m. pi.80

m. pi.93

f. pi.92

m. pi.32

m. pi.33

f. pi. 10

f.

pi.

77

f. pi.30 31

f. pi. 20

m., pi. 80

f. pi. 79

f. pi.68

f.

pi.

80

f-

pi.

55

m.

pi.

83

m. pi. 82

m.

pi.

82

m. pi.42 45

m.

pi.

43

m. pi. 1

f.

pi.

80

f. pi.

8

f. pi. 19

m. pi. 62

m.

pi.

4 4

f. pi. 2 70

m. pi.34

m. pi.77

m.

pi.

56

m. pi.87

m. pi.80

f.

pi.

89

m.

pi.

28

f pi.36

m. pi.88

f. pi.88

f

-> pl- 37

m. pl.74

m. pl.12 13 14 15

m. pl. 11

m.

pl.

80

m.

pl.

24


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NAME INDEX

m., pi. 36

f., pi. 30, 31

f., pi. 47

f., pi. 89

f., pi.

77

f., pi. 54

m., pl. 16

a

| W W \ A

^^^76

m., pl. 27

DIVINE NAMES

m., pi. 44

m., pi. 3

m., pi. 89

m., pi. 76

f., pi. 87

m., p i . 89 , 92

p i .

18 , 19 , 20 , 30 , 33 ,

3 7 ,

5 4 , 7 6 , 7 9 , 8 0 , 8 6 ,9 3

pi.

86

pi.

66

pi.

86

pi.

1

p i . 1 ,4 , 10 , 12 , 17 ,

2 1 ,

2 3 , 2 5 , 2 6 , 2 7 , 2 8 , 2 9 , 3 0 ,

32 , 3 3 , 3 4 , 3

6

, 3 7 , 3 8 , 3 9 ,4 2 ,

4 5 ,

4 7 , 4 8 , 5 0 , 5 3 . 7 4 , 7 6 , 7 7 >

8 6 ,

8 7 , 88

p i .

1 7 , 1 8 , 1 9 , 2 0 , 3 0 , 3 3 ,

3 7 , 4 i , 5 0 , 5 4 , 5 6 , 7 6 , 7 7 , 7 9 ,

80 , 86 , 88

p i.

8 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 28 ,

3 34 37 38 70

pi .

17, 49 , 77

pi .

8 1 , 8 8

pi . 57, 86

pi .

86

pi .

87

pi .

7 0

pi .

80, 86

pi.

1, 86

pl 75

p i .

17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 30 ,

33 , 35, 3 7, 4

1

, 54, 77.

8

9 ,

92 , 9 3

pl. 17

pl .

56

pl. 4

l. 7

refers to the pyramid of

Pepi I , Meri Re

c

)

pl .

8 8

Esneh) p l . 87

m., p l . 10

f., pl. 70

m., pl. 7

m., pl. 88

m., pl. 26

m., pl . 10

f., pl. 79

m., pl. 4

f., pl. 76

m., pl. 87

f., pl. 79

m., pl. 76

m., pl. 88

f-, pl- 59

m., pl. 82

f., pl. 76

m., pl. 86

?) f., pl.

76

m., pl. 57

m., pl. 5

m., pl. 6

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES


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A N N O T A T I O N S

l Fo und in the offering room of the tom b chapel of T JJ.

f \ r \ M *** ***

% * % iT** .

3 Th e offering ston e of 1 V\

f&L,

priest of Cheop s, was found in front of the serd ab of G. 1206.

Th e Museum of the University of California posses ses a fine statu e of i ^ Y \ -A and his wife.

4 Painted lim estone stele found in the niche c ham ber of G. 1221.

4a Th e inscription may have been left unfinished, and thus

^Z7,

which is strang e as a persona l nam e, may

hav e bee n intend ed for the title L. J

o r

,-y-, Q (title of H ath or ).

5 Th e Mu seum also posses ses the stele of (1(1 which has bee n omit ted for publ ication .

6 The wife of

Htp-lb

bore the name

Spt,

ac cording to the statue of husb md and wife found in the sand

before G. 1022.

7 Regarding the location of cemetery 3500 see Mace,

The Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga ed-Der,

pi . 60 .

8 Fo und in the niche at the east end of N 4748, togeth er w ith two pot tery r ing stands (see Mace, o. c, pp. 51

and 56 and plate 4 e). See also Mace's statem ent on p. 65 that the tom b from which this stele was taken

was a stone and mud superstructure with a niche for the stele; also that i t bad no pit underneath, so that

i t must have belonged to one of the neighboring tomb s. This statem ent m akes i t certain that the stele

belongs to N 4746.

9 Th e M useum's No. NN N B ox 68 should be ch anged to N 4748, or to N 4746 (see above note 8).

10 Num bers 32 and 33 com e from one and the same tom b.

11 I n(J = divine name(?).

12 Judging from the nu mb er which this fragmentary stele bears (N 3907), i t appears to com e from the tom b of

a certain

fntef

whose t it les are given as count, t reasurer of the king of Low er Egy pt, sole compan ion,

cherkeb

priest . Th e stele of the lat ter has been omitted from this publication.

13 The Museum possesses a secon d stele coming from the same tom b. I t is that of

'Intef-i,

coun t, sole

companion, mili tary

chief.

13a Rea d perhap s v \ instead of


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ANNOTATIONS

13

Drawing belonging to note 16 of page 12 (the photographs are given on plates 4853)


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14

A N N O T A T I O N S

18 B ulak stele 717, date d in the third year of Nub-kiw-Re Am enem het I I , p resen ts bo th names : Ft {Ftt) and

'/pi;

see Lieblein,

Diet, de noms hieroglyphiques,

1871, p. 33, no. 114.

'ipi

is probably an abbreviat ion of

'

Ipl-m-sif

(K 1571) or

'Ipl-hr-s .snb-f

(Vatican stele).

18a Name of daughter is lacking.

19 TaxoOp.iq, Spie gelb erg, W.,

Agyptische und Griechische Eigennamen aus Mumienetiketten der R omischen

Kaiserzeit,

p. 52*, no. 364; the eagle wom an or, she of the eagle . Com pare also such name formations

as Tcc)(ou.Tf3fiK:ic; and TccpfJKic;.

20 Prob ably also Box N 166 as the succee ding sto ne N o. 61.

21 The Mus. No. of this stone has been recovered during publication; the stele thus comes from Naga ed-Der.

2 2

S 8 P

Q

f

Q

i

i-

e

-i

t n e

gazelle-footed.

23 K in g f o / ^ ' ' I ^ f c f L J V j

n i

?- f t

K m

g

s

2

3>

2

9i 15? Jer. 46, 2; Nexacb, NeKcbq. Th e writ ing with | ^ J

is better than with 5fo^

a s m

this text.

24 ncTeMmic,

i. e.,

he whom Min has given . Nex t to the name appea rs the reading CTIOH M, which gives the

age of the m an as 40 years.

25 neTea.cuHcj)ic, z.e. , he whom Isis , his mother, has given ; compa re the t i t le

ki-mw,t-f,

the bull of his moth er ,

Gre ek Kcqif}cpic;, of seve ral E gy pt ia n go ds, es pec ially O siris.

26 npeMe&umc, the m an from A by do s ; varia nt form jrpep.ej30\h:;, see Spiegelb erg,

o. c,

p. 32*, no. 224.

27 \A.. or rathe r v \ rj2 as in the representat ion above.

28 The M useum's N o. G. 33 indicates th at the stone comes from Gizeh.

29 Th e stone was bou ght by Mrs. Pho ebe He arst for the Museum. I t is appa rently a mode rn forgery. Stone

No. 91 is an obvious forg ery, while No s. 92 and 93 at least be ar ea rma rks of fo rgery.


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DES C R I P T I O N O F THE M ATER IAL

G. T M N C Lime stone s tele; height 18 inches, width 26 inches, th ickness abo ut 3 inches; bod y

( No.

1) of y ^ ' w?K.

\

dark red; hai r , chin bea rd , small mus tache , and eyebro ws black;

garment was sprinkled yellow and black; the art icle in left hand shows traces of

reddish brown ; wris t lets show t races of b lack wi th brownish edg es. Th e legs of

the chair ar e yellow a nd black, imitat ing the skin of an anim al; sea t of chair gr ey ;

lo tus on back of chai r : inner leaves b lack wi th red edg ings, center par t grey, outer

par t red s t r iped wi th b lack contour . Th e upper par t of the table shows t rac es

of dark brow n; the lower par t i s dark red . T he loaves of brea d upon the table

are da rk brown (chocolate color) . Column lines gre y; the h ieroglyphs are p ainted

with minute detai ls (see i l lustrat ions in color, plate 49).

G. 1237 l imes tone; hei ght 2 0 inches, width 15 inches, thickness 3% inches; all t rac es of

( No.

2) color have disapp eared .

G. 1 205 l imestone; height 20% inches, width 15 inches, th ickness 3% inches; no color preser-

( No.

3) ved exce pt som e t races of dark red on feet and arms.

G. 1206 l ime stone ; heig ht 22 inches, width 14 inches, rim 8,3 inches.

(No.

4)

G. 2 l imestone offering basin ; heig ht i7V

2

inches, width 12 inches, thickness 7 inches.

(No.

5)

TM N 42 l imestone; heigh t 34V

2

inches, width at to p 10 inches, a t cente r 7 inches, exca vation

( No.

6) on top is 3 inches de ep .

G. 1221 l ime stone ; hei ght 26 inches, width I2V

2

inches, th ickness 4 inches; man 's body preser-

(No.

7) ves the dar k red colo r; hiero glyp h 1 gree n, and


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16 DESCRIPTION OF THE MATERIAL

T M N XV III l imeston e; heig ht 33 inches, width 22 inches, thickness 4 inches.

(No. 17)

N 1011 l imestone; height

22

x

/

2

inches, width 15 inches, thickness 3V

2

inches. T he incised

(No. 18) hierog lyphs originally we re al l pain ted in dar k red.

N 31 10 l imes tone; heig ht 31 inches, width 21 inches, thickne ss 3 to 5 inches.

(No. 19)

N 39 15 l imes tone; heig ht 25 inches, width 19 inches, thickness 3 to 4 inches. Pane l con-

(No. 20) tains blue, yellow, and red fields; hiero glyp hs blue, yellow and red; division l ines

are b lue and red . Female f igure yel low; hai r b lack; necklace whi te.

N 300 7 l imesto ne; heig ht 11 inches, width ioV

2

inches, thickne ss 2 inches. No co lor

(No .

21) prese rved.

N 3791 l imestone; height 15 inches, width 12 inches, th ickness 3 inches; bod y of wom an

(No. 22) yellow; neck lace in thre e pa rts (upper pa rt red , tw o lowe r parts blue); th e

amu let is red; the hiero gly phs pre serv e faint trac es of red, blu e, and yellow color;

panels are colored red .

N 310 7 l imesto ne; heig ht 13V,, inches, width ioV

2

inches, thickne ss 3 inches. Fa int tra ces

( N o .

23) of red color are prese rved on the h ieroglyphs.

TMN XXXIV l i mes t one ; he i gh t 2oV

2

inches, width 17 inches, thickness 4V

2

inches; bo dy of man

(No. 24) dark red; hai r has t races of b lack corrugat ion s; necklace t races of l ight brown;

club and staff are brown; body of woman is brown (chocolate color), hair black;

the hiero glyph s w ere not incised b ut simply pain ted in black outl ine and fi lled out

in brown (originally dark red) color.

N 2032 l imes tone; h eigh t 20 inches, width 12 inches, thickne ss 4 inches; bo dy of ma n

(No. 25) da rk re d; necklace com pos ed of seven stripe s al ternately yellow (which is now

rather indist inct) and dark red; staff and club yellow; wrist lets and anklets were

yellow; column lines black; hieroglyphs al l pea-green.

N 356 7 l imesto ne; heig ht 16 inches, width 22V

2

inches, thick ness 3 inche?; m an's bo dy

(No. 26) dark red , o therwise no color prese rved.

N 37 46 l imes tone; heig ht 27 inches, width 23 inches, thickness from 2 to 4 inches. B ody

(No.

27) dark red; necklace of yel low, pea-g reen, d ark pea-green, and yel low ban ds; ha i r

black; wrist let green; loin cloth white; staff and club yellow; hieroglyphs painted

gree n and red; panels are b lack; dress of wom an gree n; h er feet are yel low;

anklets gree n; in f ront of the woman 's legs is pre served p ar t of the lower ex

t remi t ies of a boy or se rvant , wh ose leg s a re dark red; the ed ge of h is k i lt does

not preserve any color .

T M N XV II l imes tone; heig ht 2 6 inches, width 15V2 inches, thickness 5 inches. B ody of wom an

(No. 28) yel low; the second row of the necklace preserv es red color ; mirror dark red; handle

of mirro r yellow; c one next to mirr or: u ppe r half blue, lower half and bas e r ed ; ox

leg red ; ba se of vase below the ox head preserves the red color ; the h ieroglyphs,

originally painted, preserve only here and there faint traces of color; the outer

panel is al ternately painted red (with smooth surface) and blue (with two incisions).


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DESCRIPTION OF THE MATERIAL

17


14

inches, width

10

inches, thickness

3

inches. B ody

of man

( N o . 29)

dark

red,

necklace

and

loin cloth white; incised hieroglyphs retain faint traces

of

red color ; the panel , not incised, was also painted red.

N 474 8 l imestone; heigh t

16

inches, width

15

inches, thickness

3

1

/

2

inches; body

of

woman,

( No. 30)

hiero glyp hs, offering table

and

offerings were

all

painted dark

red; so

also

the

outside panel

and the

column lines.

N N N

Box 68

l imestone; height

14

inches, width

13

inches, thickness

3 to 4

inches; body

of

( No. 31) man dark red; loin cloth and necklace yel low; b ody of wom an yel low; garm ent

blue; hai r and eyebrows black; wris t let s and anklets blue; bench yellow. Hier o

g l yphs : cJB yellow,

a red,

Jp

red,

e=\

red, M

blue,

*j on top

yellow, lower

par t b lue,

o

yellow,

yellow,

C

yellow,

o

yellow,

^=-

yellow,

1

blue,

A

yel

low, cy Dyellow, ^= b lue, red, /www blue, T red, Ured. It is not absolutely

H

certain that

c> ^= * is the

same per son

as the one

referred

to in No. 30. If

t h e y

are

identical then

NNN Box 68

should

be

changed

to N

4 7 4 8 .

N 379 4 l imesto ne; height 2oV

2

inches, width

26

inches, thickness

4

inches; stone 's surface

( N o . 32) was

painted l ight yellow; only faint traces

of

var ious o ther colors

are

p reserved .

Judging from the titles of U, it app ears that th is s tele was mad e som e t i me

before

no. 33, in

which

the

same person ( though

the

n a m e

is

wri t ten there

z &

%) was

raised

to the

rank

of a

heredi tary pr ince ,

.

In the

mean t i me

he had retired also from theoffice of XlSiJF^\and had taken over theoffice of a lector.


23V,

inches, width

25%

inches, thickne ss

4

inches; only

few

t races

( N o . 33) of

color

are

p reserved

on the

hieroglyphs;

the

left square

in the

u p p e r

row of

r ep resen t a t i ons

of

funerary offerings co ntains

six

large loaves which were painted

yellow with five

to six

light brown vert ical l ines

in

each, indicating

the

crust .

Cen t er p i ece :

man,

kneeling before offering table, body dark

red,

hair retains

t r a c e s

of

black, loin cloth white, table brown;

man,

holding incense burner

and

l ibat ion vase, body dark

red,

incense burner dark

red on

handle

and

lower par t

of vessel ,

the rim of the

incense burner

was

yellow,

the

libation vase yellow;

the

c h e r h e b p r i e s t b e h i n d

the

l ibat ioner : body dark

red,

garmen t shows t r aces

of

yellow with black spots (indicating

an

animal skin), tai l piece between

the

priest 's

leg black.

Th e

right field contains sacrificial offerings.

The

table

was

painted

yellow with

a

b rown

rim on top; the two

wrapper s

of

vegetables preserve t races

of blue color; goose yellow;

ox

h e a d

to the

left dark

red, ox

h e a d

to the

r ight

yel low. Lower regis ter

to the

left: table o ran ge color with

red rim on

bo t t om

a n d

the

inner side

of the

l egs ;

the two

s t ands

on the

table

are

yellow with orange

p a n e l s ;

the ten

vases

on top of the two

s t ands

are

dark

red on the

l ower

half,

while

the

upper par t

is of a

lighter color, with

the

except ion

of the

fourth vase

from

the

left which

is

dark

red all

over .

The jar

below

the

table

is

dark

red.

T h e two tal l vases (above) to the r ight of the sacrificial table are d a r k red; the

tw o

Jar

stan

ds

below

are

dark

red

with

a

black l ine running horizontally through

Univ . of Calif. Publ . IV: L u t z . :


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the c ente r of both ; the vas es are l ight colored (ap paren tly originally yellow) abo ve

and dark red on the lower half. The two men who carry gazel les are dark red

with white loin cloths; the gazelles are painted in orange color, while the cow is

yellow, the rope by which the cow is led is yellow; the neckpiece of the cow is

yellow wi th brow n st r ipes. T he outer panel was painted al ternately dark red ,

yellow, and ora nge . T he surface of the whole s tone was painted l ight yellow.

N 3972 l imestone; height 38 % inches, width 24 inches, th ickness 4V2 inches; man 's body

( No.

34) da rk red , hair black, chin be ard black, neck lace in ban ds of gre en, yellow, da rk

red , yellow, and gree n; wrist lets gre en , loin cloth white, club a nd staff yellow;

woman's body yel low, hai r b lack, the necklace has yel low, dark red , and green

band s, wris t let s and anklets gree n, garm ent gree n; bod y of man carrying bask et

da rk red, hair black; bas ke t yellow; man in front of the dec eas ed is pain ted da rk

red, hair black, loin cloth white; the vase which he holds is dark red, while the bird in

his righ t han d is l ight gre en. T h e hiero glyph s are painte d dark red (i . e. , f igures

of pers ons, pa rts of bod y, boat), yellow (animals), and l ight gre en (

?

rt

0

,

WM

^).

N 390 7 l imesto ne; he ight 13V2 inches, width ioV

2

inches, thicknes s 3 inche s; faint trac es

( No.

35) of red color are preserv ed on the h ieroglyphs.

N 390 0 l imestone; height 2 1 % inches, width 34 inches, ave rag e th ickness abou t

2

l

/

2

inches.

( N o . 36) Pan el: yellow, pea green , red, and white fields. T he division l ines are red , the

hieroglyp hs pea gree n. Man 's body da rk red , hai r b lack (now indicated only by

trac es of black color), necklac e pea gre en, dress white, loin belt pea gr een , club

and staf f yel low. F em ale body yel low; the hai r preserv es t r ac es of b lack color ;

necklace, wris t let s , and garm ent are pea gree n. T he mirror between the two f igures

is dark red.

N 39 10 l imestone; height 24 inches, width i8V

2

inches, thickn ess 4 to 5 inches; th e wh ole

(No.

37) surface of the stone wa s painte d yellow and the hierog lyphs , sacrificial offerings,

and offering table dark red.

N 368 8 l imesto ne; heig ht 36 inches, width 24 inches, thickness 4 inches. T he color is

( No.

38) al l gon e.

N 37 34 l ime stone; heig ht 25 inches, width 20 inches, thickness 5*4 inche s; bo dy of man

( No. 39) dar k red, hair shows trace s of black, cen ter par t in front of loin cloth, which wa s

white, is painted yellow; staff yellow, but on to p blueish black, prob ably indicating

some metal ; club oran ge; the h ieroglyphs were colored dark red , oran ge, and pea

gre en . L eg of animal in front of ma n: thigh da rk red, lowe r part blueish black.

The outer panel has orange, dark red , pea green, and whi te f ields .

N 39 93 l imesto ne; hei ght 15 inches, width 10 inches, thicknes s 2 inche s.

( No. 40)

N 43 06 l ime stone; heig ht 22 inches, width 15 inches, thicknes s 3 to 4 inches; b ody of

( No.

41) ma n da rk red, hair show s trac es of black ; neck lace and loin cloth white, ankle ts

and wrist lets yellow; b od y of wom an yellow; outside p ane l: red, black, a nd

yellow fields.


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B ox N 166 l imesto ne; height 25 inches, width 12 inches, thickne ss 8 inches.

(No. 61)

D 137 l imestone inscription cut to mak e a column ba se ; height 24 inches, width 36 inches,

(No. 62) th ickness 5% inches. Th e inscrip tion re ads : I gave un to thee the south and the

nor th; I entru sted unto the e the two land s; m aye st thou l ive forever. I cause d

the e to cele brate myriad s of fest ivals. I ga ve possession unto the e of the sove reignty

of Up pe r and Low er Eg yp t. Ma yest thou live, l ike Re , forever. O ver the offering

table i s the inscr ip t ion v ^ ^ < 2 D ^ \ Q V a table of mea t and drink offerings.

D X X limesto ne; heigh t 17 inches, width 28V

2

inches, thickness 3

1

/ , inches.

(No.

63)

B ox D 141 l imes tone; heigh t 27 inches, width 41 inches, thickness 5 to 7 inches.

(No.

64)

Box D 139 l imestone; heigh t 24

x

/

2

inches, thickness 3% inches.

(No. 65)

B ox D 136 l ime stone ; heig ht 31 inches, width 31 inches, thickness 4 inches.

(No. 66)

Box D 229 l imestone; height 6 inches, width 8 inches, th ickness 3 % inches. Th e s tone seem s

(No .

67) to show a faint N before the Mu seum 's num ber; i t migh t, there fore, com e

from Naga ed-Der .

D er 245 l ime ston e; heig ht 12 inches, width 10 inches, thickness 4 inches.

(No.

68)

De r 309 l imestone; height i2V

2

inches, width 8V

2

inches, thickne ss 2 inches. Ma n's bo dy

(No . 69) da rk re d; crown of the king is blue and red (i . e., blue with red incisions); hea d

par t of the crown blue, designat ing probably dark leathe r (or metal?) ; ba nd end ing in

urae us in front red ; hair blue ; necklace and g arm en t white ; dres s of female figure:

surface red with blue incisions; bod y of female red ; bac k of chair red; p olstery of

chai r b lue; wo oden side panel of chai r red ; the wom an behind the chai r has a

red disk on her hea d; t races of dark blue color of t resses; gar me nt prese rves

t races of b lue color . O utside panel on top and s ides b lue; panel on bot tom red

with blue stripe s; the foot rest of the seated wo ma n (queen or g odd ess ) is red

on the top, probably signifying red polstery; the leg of the foot rest is red and

the side panel is blue.

TM N XLIII l imestone; height

i^U

inches, width 2i

3

/

4

inches, th ickness 2% inches; the s tone may

(No. 70) com e from Gizeh.

TM N X L l imestone; h eight 19 inches, width 9 inches, th ickness

2

1

/

2

inche s; carving of a

(No. 71) wom an; no color preserv ed. Th e s tone may come from Gizeh.

N 379 9 l imes tone; h eig ht 22 inches, width 13 inches, thickness 4 inche s; bod y of ma n

(No. 72) dark red ; b roa d necklace of which two ban ds are yel low and one red ; these

colors re pre sen t stone s which are fastened to th e collar which is white (l inen).

T he hair a ppa rently was left unc olore d; loin cloth wh ite; ed ge of loin cloth folded

over has two red diagonal stripes; loin girdle white with red stripes; wrist band:


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2

yellow horizontal l ines on the edges wi th red st r ipes in the center; staff and club

yel low;

the

incised hieroglyphs were b lue.

The

outside panel contains al ternat ing

squares of blue, dark yellow, white, dark red, and the natural color of the stone.

It

may be

no t ed t ha t

to the

left

of the

staff

two

holes were dr i l led about

two

inches apar t , running through the stone. In the s a m e way to the left of the waist

of

the man are

found

two

holes al so abo ut

two

inches apar t . Th rou gh the se

holes was p l aced co rdage and along wi th the cordage wooden plucks were p laced

t h rough

the

holes

to

hold

the

cordage sol id .

The

p u r p o s e

was

apparent ly

to

fasten

the

s t one

in an

upright posit ion.

B t. 15 l imestone; height 16 inches, width 17 inches, thickness iV

2

to 2

x

/

2

inches, carving

( N o . 73) in low relief; division lines in dark blue; h ieroglyphs al so in low relief, first column

right : l egs

of

bi rd show t races

of red, red, c

blue; fflffl painted blue

on

t o p , and red on the sides and bot tom, whi le the center t r iangle is whi te. Seco nd

column:

J and

d a r k

red; J

yel low, bask et below

is red,

while

the

balls

on

to p

of the

b a s k e t

are

yel low. Th i rd column: h ieroglyph

of

vine trel ise

is

dark

red with

the

except ion

of the

grape clusters which

are

dark blue.