Engraved upon the front ivory slab is a delightful little scene (Pl. XLIX. 1) of the owner, [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘Kemen’, [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘true Royal friend’, [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘whom he (the king) loves’, [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘Chief over the secrets of the Royal mouth’, [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘the keeper of the department of the kitchen’, offering to his lord, the King Amenemhat IV. Around the margin of the top of the lid, gravered and inlaid with ivory powder is an inscription (Pl. XLIX. 2) bearing the prenomen and nomen of Amenemhat IV, with a religious formula to ‘Sebek’ [Illustration: hieroglyphs] Lord of Illahun (in the Fayûm) that he may give a good burial and long service to the ka of Kemen. The legend here gives also the name of Kemen’s mother [Illustration: hieroglyphs] ‘Ana’. The method adopted in the construction of the box is so peculiar that it is worth particular notice. Each front, side, end, and lid is made of six pieces of cedar wood, viz. a centre panel to receive the large slab of ivory, on either side two thin slips to receive the narrow strips of ebony and ivory, and lastly a top and bottom rail for the broad ebony margins. In fact, the cedar-wood body is made of as many pieces as there are horizontal overlaying leaves of the superior materials, all of which, with the exception of the front, where dowels are introduced, were merely stuck together by glue. The corners of the box are mitred, and the ends of the drawer dovetailed to the body of the front part of the box. The four alabaster vases (Pl. LII. 1) belong to the drawer; there were three fragments of others. _Ivory Gaming-board_[29] (Pl. L). Shaped like an axe blade and resting on four bull’s legs carved in solid ivory. The dimensions are 15 x 10 cms. (maximum measurement), total height 7 cms. It contains a small drawer of ivory and ebony, which has a bolt of ivory shot in copper staples for fixing it when closed. Belonging to the game are ten carved ivory pins or playing pieces--five have dogs’ heads, and five jackals’ heads; these, no doubt, were kept in the drawer.