6. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Senba.” Gr. Another scarab of this
official is in the B.M. (24108, P. _Sc._ 445.)
7 and 8. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Senb-su-ma.” (Gr. and M-G.)
Several other scarabs of Senb-su-ma are known. Three are figured by
Petrie (SC. 446-448), from the Louvre, Petrie and Grant Colls.;
other specimens are in the Cairo Mus., the Amh. Coll. and the Edws.
Coll. A beautiful light blue glazed specimen was found at Kahûn (P.
_I._ VIII, 42), its provenance and style pointing to the late
Twelfth Dynasty as the date of this official. Senb-su-ma is named
on several stelae; one, in the Cairo Mus., gives the name of his
father, Sert-taui (M. _Cat. Ab._ 784); another, in the Leyd. Mus.
(V. 106) names his wife, “the Lady Tau-ma;” a third stela, in the
Cairo Mus. (M. _Cat. Ab._ 904) gives the name of his son, the _ari
at abu_, Pepa, whose scarab seal is in the Meux Coll. (Budge,
_Cat._ 455). Senb-su-ma’s name also occurs on stelae in the B.M.
(252); in the Ermitage Mus., St. Petersburg (58); and in the Turin
Mus. (1303). His tomb was at Dahshûr, a slab of stone from it
having been found in the cemetery of that place (M. _Mast._, p.
583).
9. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Yu-senb.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 86.)
10. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Amenhetep.” v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 91.)
Three other scarabs of this State Officer are known: one, with
continuous loop-pattern around the name, was found at Abydos
(_M.D._ 52 f.), and is figured in Pl. XVI, 3; another is in the
Petrie Coll., and the third is in the v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 87.)
11. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Herfu.” L.
12. “The Superintendent of the Seal, Erde-ne-Ptah.” B. 17230. Another
specimen is in the Petrie Coll.
13. “The Deputy Superintendent of the Seal, Sehetep-ab-ra.” C.M. From
Abydos. (M. _Cat. Ab._ p. 541; _cf._ _M.D._, pl. 48 m.)
14. “The Scribe of the Superintendent of the Seal, Nehesi.” P.
15. “The Mayor, Tehuti-nekht.” Amh. This scarab was bought in Cairo in
1899, and came with many other antiquities from the tomb of
Tehuti-nekht at El Bersheh. Hence it can be dated to the reign of
Usertsen I, or at latest to the early years of Amenemhat II (see
Griffith and Newberry, _El Bersheh_ II, p. 13); it is consequently
the oldest _absolutely_ dated scarab of an official known.
16. “The Mayor, Amenemhat-senb-ne-Hather-ab.” L. Found in Phoenicia.
17. “The Mayor, Amenemhat.” L.
18. “The Mayor, Auŷ-mes.” B.M. 21906.
19. “The Great _Uartu_ of the (Royal) City, Sa-sebek.” -G. Another
scarab of this official, ornamented with a continuous loop
decoration, is in the v-B. (Fr. _Sc._ 118.)
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