To the period of the XIth dynasty may be attributed the following interesting tablets and reliefs: Relief, from the tomb of =Sebek-āa= at Ḳurnah (see =Plate XXIII=), on which are represented the preparations for a funeral feast, the figure of the deceased lying on his bier, etc. (Bay 4, No. =120=). The cutting of the figures and design is of a most unusual character; and for the general treatment of the subject this stele is probably unique. Other tablets, probably somewhat later in date, are: Tablet of =Khensu-user=, set up by his son Seḥetep-ȧb (Bay 3, No. =121=), tablet of =Sa-Menthu= (Bay 2, No. =122=), tablet of =Menthu-ḥetep= (Vestibule, North Wall, No. =123=), and tablet of =Mer-shesu-Ḥeru= and his friends (Bay 2, No. =124=). The portion of a wooden coffin inscribed in hieratic with part of the =XVIIth Chapter= of the Book of the Dead, in Wall-case 87 in the Second Egyptian Room, belongs to this period; the text was written for one of the =Menthu-ḥetep= kings. During the reign of =Sānkh-ka-Rā Menthu-ḥetep=, who was probably the last king of the dynasty, an expedition, under the command of a general, Ḥennu, was despatched to =Punt=, by way of the Red Sea. The object of the expedition was to obtain a supply of =ānti= 𓂝𓐰𓈖𓅂𓈒𓐰𓏦, or =myrrh=, which was largely used for purposes of embalming. Ḥennu succeeded in reaching Punt, and in bringing back large quantities of all the products of that remote country. Details of the reign of Sānkh-ka-Rā are wanting, but with, or soon after, his death the XIth dynasty and the Ancient Empire came to an end. The length of the period which elapsed between the close of the VIth and the close of the XIth dynasty is unknown. Some authorities make the interval between the VIth and the XIIth dynasty to be about 650 years, others less than 500 years, and others less still. The following monuments probably belong to the period which immediately preceded the rise to supreme power of Ȧmenemḥāt I, the first king of the XIIth dynasty: Black granite seated statue of =Menthu-āa=, or =Āa-Menthu=, an Erpā and Ḥā Prince, son of the lady Mert (Vestibule, No. =127=); tablet of the lady =Nefert-tu=, set up in her honour by her son Menthu-ḥetep (Bay 1, No. =128=), and the tablets of =User= (Bay 1, No. =129=), and =Ȧqer= (Bay 1, No. =130=). The tablet of =Ȧntef=, son of the lady Qeḥet, or Ḥeqt, and overseer of the king’s cattle and preserves of water fowl (Vestibule, No. =133=), and the important inscription of =Ȧntef=, the son of the lady Mait (Bay 4, No. =134=), and the Prayer of =N-Ȧntef-ȧqer= to Ȧnpu, lord of Sepau (Vestibule, No. =135=), are all interesting, and are characteristic productions of this period. CHAPTER XI. MIDDLE EMPIRE. Twelfth Dynasty. From Thebes. _About_ B.C. 2466. [Sidenote: B.C. 2466.]