7. “The _Hek Khaskhet_, Ruler of the Mountains,” Khŷran (Khŷan). In the
possession of Signore Lanzone of Turin.
8. A cylinder-seal with decorative coil-pattern. It was found at Nubt
(Petrie, _Naqada_, LXXXI, 79), and belongs to the intermediate
period between the end of the Twelfth and the beginning of the
Eighteenth Dynasty.
9. Cylinder-seal, with interlacing coil-pattern. M-G. Of the early
Intermediate period.
10. “The _Hek nefer_, Good Ruler, Khŷan.” Athens.
11. Cylinder-seal, with human figures and cartouches with hieroglyphic
inscriptions of doubtful reading. P. Hyksos period.
12. A green glazed steatite cylinder-seal, bearing the legend
“Kheper-nub-ra,” the prenomen of Antef V. B.M. 30772. Late
Intermediate period.
13. “The Governor of the (Royal) City (_i.e._, Thebes) and Vezir,
Ankhu.” Figured in the Brit. Mus. _Add. MS._ 29816, f. 193. This
vezir lived under King Khenzer, of the Thirteenth Dynasty (_cf._ my
note in P.S.B.A. XXII, 64).
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PLATE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS CYLINDER-SEALS.
1. Cylinder-seal, with figures of men and flowers, and a cartouche with
unreadable inscription. v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 153.) Hyksos period.
2. “Zeser-ka-ra (Amen-hetep I).” B.M. 16579.
3. “Neb-maat-ra (Amen-hetep III) and Queen Thŷï” C.d.M.
4. “The Superintendent of the Garden of Amen, and Chief Steward of the
Queen [Hatshepsut], Sen-mut.” P. Sen-mut was the favourite minister
of Queen Hatshepsut, and the architect of the famous temple at Dêr
el Bahari. (For his biography, see my account of his life in Benson
and Gourlay’s _The Temple of Mut_, pp. 299-312, and a supplementary
note in the _P.S.B.A._ XXII, 63.)
5. “Zeser-ka-ra (Amen-hetep I).” P.
6. “Aa-kheperu-ra (Amen-hetep II),” with figures of Ptah and Khnem, and
a gazelle among bushes. Dat.
7. Cylinder-seal of Setŷ I, with titles. P.
8. “Sahu-ra,” with his Horus and Hor-nub names. In the possession of
Alan Joseph, Esq., of Cairo.
9. “Kha-ef-ra.” Berl.
10. “Kha-ef-ra,” with his Horus-name, _User-ab_. C.d.M.
11. “Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II),”[124] beloved of Sebek, Lord of Anu.”
Mr. Nahmann, Cairo.
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PLATE IX.
SCARABS BEARING ROYAL NAMES:
FOURTH TO TWELFTH DYNASTIES.
1-9. Scarabs bearing names of kings of the Ancient Kingdom:—
1. “Neb-ka-ra.” B.M. 23296.
2. “Khufu.” B.M. 22949.
3. “Khufu.” Gr.
4. “Kha-ef-ra.” Alnw.
5. “Kha-ef-ra.” M-G.
6. “Unas.” Amh.
7. “Merŷ-ra.” Luxor.
8. “Neb-kha-ra.” H-P. 166.
9. “Men-kau-ra.” Gr.
10-39. Scarabs bearing names of kings and other royal personages of the
Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties.
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