Pottery rings, with long bezels, as shown in figs. 112 and 113, appear first at the end of the Twentieth Dynasty, and continue on till the end of the Twenty-third. The examples of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty are of several forms, the commonest being the plain hoop beaten out into a rectangular or lozenge-shaped plate which bears the inscription. Other forms give the outer surface of the bezel flat and the inner curved, as in figs. 114 and 115: the one being a ring of a priest of Khufu, named Nefer-ab-ra; the other that of a priest of Tahuti, named Hor-se-ast. A rarer form is that illustrated in fig. 116, where the flat engraved plate is welded on to a plain hoop. [Illustration: Fig. 116.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIMENS FIGURED IN THE PLATES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. The following abbreviations are used to denote the collections and works most frequently quoted in the descriptions of the Plates:— Alnw. The Duke of Northumberland’s Collection at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. Amh. Lord Amherst of Hackney’s Collection at Didlington Hall, Norfolk. Ashm. The Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. Ath. The Athens Museum. _A.Z._ _Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache_, Berlin. Benson Mr. E. F. Benson’s Collection, London. Berl. The Egyptian Museum, Berlin. B.M. The British Museum. Bol. The Museo Civico, Bologna. B.P. (Delhaes Coll.) Buda Pesth. C.d.M. The Cabinet des Medailles, Paris. C.M. The Cairo Museum. Dat. G. Dattari’s Collection, Cairo. Davis Mr. Theodore M. Davis’ Collection, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. de M. _D._ M. de Morgan’s _Fouilles à Dahchour_. Dres. The Dresden Museum. Edw. The Edwards’ Collection, University College, London. Evans Col. John Evans’ Collection, London. Fitzw. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. F._Sc._ Mr. G. W. Fraser’s book “_Scarabs_.” Gibs. Mr. Gibson’s Collection, Liverpool. Gdn. Mrs. Goodison’s Collection, Waterloo, near Liverpool. Gr. The late Dr. Grant’s Collection, Liverpool. Green Mr. F. W. Green’s Collection, Tunbridge Wells. Har. The Harrow School Museum, Harrow. Herm. The Museum of the Ermitage, St. Petersburg. Hood Mrs. Hood’s Collection, Nettleham Hall, Lincoln. H-P. Mr. Hilton Price’s Collection, London.