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Scarabs : $b An introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet ringsNewberry, Percy E. (Percy Edward)

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Scarabs : $b An introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings

Name: Scarabs : $b An introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings
Author: Newberry, Percy E. (Percy Edward)

Newberry, Percy E. (Percy Edward)

Egypt -- Antiquities; Rings; Scarabs -- Egypt; Seals (Numismatics) -- Egypt

8. “at the time of morning. His Majesty mounted upon a horse, and his
     whole army followed him.

9. “The nobles and the _ankhu_[131]-officers of the entire army were
     marshalled, and the children

10. “of the quarter (district?) were ordered to keep watch upon these
     wild cattle. His Majesty thereupon ordered that they (lit. one)
     should surround

11. “these wild cattle with a net(?)[132] and a dyke[133] and

12. “His Majesty then ordered that these wild cattle should be
     counted(?) in their entirety, and the number of them amounted to,
     wild cattle 190. The number

13. “of wild cattle which His Majesty brought in [his own?] hunting in
     this day (was) 56: His Majesty rested four days

14. “in order to give spirit (lit. ‘fire’) to his horses; then His
     Majesty mounted (again) upon a horse

15. “and the number of these wild cattle which were brought to him in
     hunting (was) wild cattle 20 +

16. “20 (_i.e._, 40): (making) the total number of wild cattle
     (captured) 96.”

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                        2. THE LAKE AT ZARUKHA.

Three specimens of this scarab are known; one is in the Egyptian Museum
of the Vatican at Rome; another is in the Golenischeff Collection, and
the third is in the possesion of the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick
Castle. A fragment of a fourth example is in the Petrie Collection. The
Vatican scarab was first published by Rosellini (Mon. St., Pl. 44, 2,
cf. Vol. III, pt. 1, pp. 263-268), and again by Stern in 1878 (_Ä.Z._,
1877, p. 87). A translation of this text was made by Birch, and
published by him in the _Records of the Past_ (Vol. XII, p. 41). The
text given here is that on the Alnwick Museum specimen.[134]

          (a) _Transliteration._    (b) _Translation._

          1. _Renpet XI, abd III,   1. “The eleventh year,
            shat, heru I, kher_       the third month of the
                                      harvest season, the day
                                      1, under

          2-5. _(ankh) Heru._[135]  2-5. the (living) Horus.
            (Here follow the full     “(Here follow the usual
            titles of Amenhetep and   titles of Amenhetep and
            Thŷi.)                    Thŷi.)

          6. _uzu hen-ef art        6. “His Majesty ordered
            mert[136] ne hemt seten   that there should be
            urt_                      made a lake for the
                                      great Royal Wife

          7. _Thŷi, ankh tha, em    7. Thŷi, living, in her
            demaes en Zaru-_          town of Zaru-

          8. _kha[137]; fu-ef meh   8. kha; its length to be
            em 3700, usekh-ef         3,700 cubits, its
            meh_[138]                 breadth cubits

          9. _700. ar ne hen-ef heb 9. 700. His Majesty made
            uba mert_                 the festival of the
                                      opening of the lake

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