2-7. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, each name being determined by the seated figure of a man. These examples are all in the M-G. Collection, except No. 3, which is in the Amh. Collection. 8 and 9. Black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing personal names (?), written in primitive hieroglyphic characters, but without a seated figure determinative. M-G. 10. A personal (?) name reading Asunut. Amh. A fine specimen in wood. 11-13. Three black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing inscriptions of uncertain meaning. M-G. 14. A beautifully cut ivory cylinder-seal, bearing a personal name reading Sheden. Murch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE IV. IMPRESSIONS OF EARLY CYLINDER-SEALS.[123] 1.* Birds, gazelles, and other desert animals, with traps for capturing them. This sealing belongs to the pre-Dynastic group, but was found in a First Dynasty tomb at Abydos. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 104.) 2.* “Aha,” the Horus-name of Menes, the founder of the First Egyptian Dynasty. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 98.) 3. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G. 4. A personal name (?). Berl. 14594. 5. “The Royal Daughter, Meh-en-pet-tha.” v-B. (F. _Sc._ 1.) 6. A wooden cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G. 7.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mer-pa-ba.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxvi, 60.) First Dynasty, found at Abydos. 8.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, 165. See also _infra_, Nos. 12 and 13.) 9.* “Den,” the Horus-name of King Setuî. (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 39.) 10.* “The Mayor of the Town of Se-ka.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 32.) 11.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khasekhemui.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxxiii, 201.) 12.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Per-ab-sen.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxii, 164.) 13.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, xxi, 164.) 14. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. Gdn. 15. Fish in a stream. Berl. 15338. This seal should be classed in the pre-Dynastic group. 16.* “The Mother of Royal Children, Ne-Maat-Hap.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxiv, 210; _cf._ also, Borchardt, Naville and Sethe, in _A.Z._ XXXVI, p. 142.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE V. CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE FOURTH TO SIXTH DYNASTIES. 1. “Kha-ef-ra, (?) beloved of the Gods.” P. 2. “Men-kau-ra, beloved of the Gods and beloved of Hather.” P.