Scarabs bearing an inscription recording the lion hunts of Amenhetep III are common, and about forty specimens are known. Of these, five are in the British Museum (4095, 12520, 16987, 24169, 29438); four are in the Louvre (Inv., 787, 788); four in the Berlin Museum (3481, 3482, 8443, 13274); three in the Leyden Museum (O. 83-85); and one each in the Cairo (M., _Cat. Ab._, 1388), Florence (840), and Bologna (2455) Museums. In the Cat. des Med., Paris (1021), and in the Amherst, Edwards, Fraser (_Sc._ 261), Grant, Hertz (_Cat._, p. 112), Kennard, Myers, Meux (1785), Palin, Petrie, Posno, H-Price (_Cat._ 284), and several smaller collections, are also one each. The example figured is in the possession of Mr. Nash. The hieroglyphic text of this scarab has been published, among others, by Mariette (_Alb. de Boulaq_, Pl. 36, 532), Maspero (_Histoire_, II, p. 315), Brugsch (_Ä.Z._, XVIII, 81), and Budge (_Mummy_, p. 241), and a translation of it has been given by Pierret (_Cat. Salle Hist._, Louvre, 1877, p. 138), by Birch (_Records of the Past_, XII, p. 40), and many others. (a) _Transliteration._ (b) _Translation._ 1-5. (Full titles and names 1-5. (Full titles and names 1-5. (Full titles and names 1-5. (Full titles and names of Amenhetep III and of of Amenhetep III and of Amenhetep III and Thŷi.) Amenhetep III and Thŷi.) 5. _ari-khet mau_ 5. “Number of the lions 6. _anen hen-ef em satet-ef 6. “brought by his Majesty in zes-ef shaa_ his own shooting, beginning 7. _em renpt I nefrŷt er renpt . “from the year one ending at X mau_7 the year ten: lions 8. _hesa, 102_ 8. “fierce, 102.” 3. THE PARENTS OF QUEEN THŶI AND THE LIMITS OF THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE. Many specimens are known of this historical scarab. In the Louvre there are two examples (Inv. 787); in the British Museum are three (4096, 16988, 29437, the latter specimen of fine blue-glazed steatite); in the Cairo Museum, one (3817, figured in Mariette’s _Album de Boulaq_, XXXVI, 541; Maspero, _Struggles of the Nations_, p. 315); in the Bologna Museum, one (2454); in the Edwards, Petrie, Fraser (Fr., Sc. X, 262), Nash, Hilton-Price (_Cat._ 283), Dattari and Myers’ Collections, one each; as well as several others in private hands. The example figured here is from the Amherst Collection. Birch (_Records of the Past_, XII, 39); Budge (_Mummy_, 242), and Fraser (Fr. _Sc._, X, 56), have published translations of the text. (a) _Transliteration._ (b) _Translation._ 1. _Ankh Heru._ (Here follow 1. “The Living Horus.” (Here the full titles of Amenhetep follow the titles of III and his Queen Thŷi) Amenhetep III and his Queen Thŷi.) 5. “_ren en tef-es_ 5. “The name of her father is