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Griffith,  Francis  Llewellyn 
The  inscriptions  of  siut 
and  Der  Rif eh 


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PJ 

1515 

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1889 


THE   INSCRIPTIONS 


OF 


SItfT    AND    DEE    BIFEH. 


COLLECTED  BY 
&  'V^ 

FfLT*GRIFFITH, 

OF   THE    BEITISH   MUSEUM,    LATB  STUDENT   OF  THE   EGYPT   EXPLORATION   FUND. 


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LONDON : 
TRUBNER    AND    CO.,    LUDGATE    HILL. 

1889. 


HARRISON   AND  SONS, 

PRINTERS   IN   ORDINARY   TO   HER    MAJESTY, 
ST.    MARTIN'S    LANE,    LONDON. 


TO     THE     TWO     FRIENDS, 

WHOSE      GENEROSITY      ENABLED      ME 

TO     ENJOY 

THE      PRIVILEGES      OF      A      STUDENT      OP      THE 
EGYPT      EXPLORATION      FUND, 

I      DEDICATE 
THIS     VOLUME    OF    INSCRIPTIONS. 


If  a  small  portion  of  the  sums  of  money  that,  in  the  name  of  scientific  research,  have  been  spent  in  Egypt  on 
treasure-hunting  for  antiquities,  on  uncovering  monuments  and  exposing  them  to  destruction,  on  unwatched 
excavations  from  which  the  limestone  sculptures  have  gone  straight  to  the  kiln  or  the  village  stone-mason — if  a  small 
portion  of  this  had  been  utilised  in  securing  systematically  throughout  the  country  accurate  and  exhaustive  copies 
of  the  inscriptions  above  ground  and  in  danger,  the  most  important  part  of  all  the  evidence  of  her  past  that  Egypt  has 
handed  down  to  our  day  would  have  been  gathered  intact,  instead  of  mutilated  beyond  recovery. 

If  the  remainder  of  those  sums  had  been  devoted  to  watching,  and  talcing  proper  measures  to  preserve,  the 
monuments  of  Egypt,  the  present  century  would  not  have  been  destined  above  all  other  periods  to  the  maledictions  of 
posterity  on  account  of  the  searching  and  unrelenting  damage  of  every  kind  done  to  these  records,  that  had  weathered 
so  many  centuries  with  hardly  an  injury,  and  that  should  have  delighted  mankind  for  so  many  ages  to  come. 

Each  year  a  vast  amount  of  damage  is  done,  but  there  is  still  much  that  can  be  saved.  The  resources  of 
Egyptology  are  considerable  for  good  as  well  as  for  evil,  and  there  are  perhaps  signs  to  encourage  those  who  cannot 
but  take  a  gloomy  view  of  the  present  state  of  things.  Meanwhile  my  heartiest  wish  is  that  the  present  publication 
along  with  a  hundred  others  equally  imperfect  will  soon  be  superseded. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Considering  their  accessibility  and  importance,  the  tomb  inscriptions  of  Siut  have  been  strangely 
neglected,  and  I  have  every  reason  to  believe  that  the  present  publication  will  supply  a  much  felt  want. 
My  endeavour  has  been,  in  the  first  place,  to  obtain  accuracy  in  the  readings  and  completeness ;  secondly, 
to  give  a  faithful  transcript  .of  my  own  copy;  thirdly,  to  add  to  it  materials  for  future  correction  and 
restoration.  The  task  has  entailed  more  labour  than  may  be  realised  by  the  reader,  who  I  hope  will  none 
the  less  pardon  the  rudeness  of  my  drawings. 

The  discovery  of  a  mass  of  fresh  material  since  the  Plates  were  drawn,  and  consequent  delays  which 
gave  me  further  opportunities  for  revision,  have  resulted  in  burdening  the  texts  with  more  notes  than  are 
convenient.  But  until  a  fresh  comparison  with  the  original  can  be  undertaken,  I  shall  refuse  to  alter  my 
own  copies  or  to  omit  annotations  that  may  still  lead  to  the  true  reading :  and  I  believe  that  no  Egypto- 
logist will  quarrel  with  this  decision. 

Gladly  would  I  have  placed  at  the  head  of  this  little  memoir  the  names  of  the  two  friends  to  whom  I 
owe  so  much,  but  that  privilege  was  refused  me.  Let  me  however  here  repeat  my  thanks,  in  the  one  case 
to  a  connoisseur  of  art  who,  exercising  a  wise  philanthropy,  has  given  a  start  and  encouragement  to  many 
enterprises ;  in  the  other  case  to  a  dear  relative  to  whom  I  am  bound  by  acts  of  particular  kindness. 

I  must  also  thank  those  who  have  assisted  me  in  matters  more  closely  connected  with  the  present  work, 
namely :  in  England,  the  Committee  of  the  Egypt  Exploration  Fund,  and  especially  Miss  Amelia  B.  Edwards, 
Mr.  R.  S.  Poole,  and  Mr.  Grueber ;  also  Mr.  Le  Page  Renouf,  Professor  Hayter  Lewis,  and  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Loftie ; 
in  Egypt,  Mr.  Petrie,  Count  Riamo  d'  Hulst,  Dr.  Grant-Bey,  and  M.  Ed.  Naville :  whilst  I  must  draw  special 
attention  to  the  fact  that  Professor  Maspero  of  Paris  and  Professor  Erman  of  Berlin  have  not  only  con- 
tributed directly  to  the  contents  of  the  Plates,  but  have  also  subjected  those  numbered  from  I  to  XIX  to 
a  close  revision.  Their  cordial  interest  in  the  work  has,  I  need  hardly  say,  been  the  greatest  possible 
encouragement  to  me. 


SIUT. 


In  two  visits,  December  31, 1886 — January  1,  1887, 
-without  ladders,  and  May  21-29,  1887,  with  clumsy 
native  ladders,  I  copied  and  revised  the  inscriptions 
from  Der  Rifeh  to  Siut,  with  the  exception  of  Tombs 
I  and  II  at  the  latter  place,  [t  is  clear  that  the 
Siut  hill  was  once  rich  in  memorials  of  the  Middle 
Kingdom,  but  I  could  discover  inscriptions  in  only 
five  tombs,  the  same  that  have  long  been  known 
to  Egyptian  travellers.  Two  of  these,  I  and  II,  may 
be  attributed  to  the  Xllth  dynasty,  the  other  three  to 
the  IXth  or  Xth.  In  England  I  added  to  these  copies 
all  the  texts  published  by  Lepsius,  Brugsch  (Recueil), 
Mariette,  De  Rouge,  Maspero,  and  Erman,  together 
with  all  their  variations  or  suggestions,  besides  taking 
numerous  notes  from  the  "  Description  de  1'Egypte  " ; 
moreover,  Mr.  Renouf  lent  me  some  good  copies  that 
lie  had  made.  I  also  obtained  permission  from  the 
Committee  of  the  Egypt  Exploration  Fund  to  be 
absent  for  a  fortnight  from  the  excavations  of  the 
following  season. 

In  1888,  from  the  16th  January  to  the  5th  February, 
I  was  engaged  at  Siut,  and  having  already  much 
exceeded  the  time  agreed  upon,  was  quite  unable  to 
proceed  to  Rifeh.  The  Committee  of  the  Exploration 
Fund  was  however  well  satisfied  with  what  had  been 
done,  and  furthermore,  contrary  to  my  expectation, 
paid  all  the  expenses  of  travelling  and  stay  at  Siut. 

When  preparing  my  note-books  in  England,  in  the 
case  of  important  inscriptions  I  assigned  four  vertical 
or  horizontal  lines  to  each  line  of  the  original,  and  so 
had  plenty  of  space  for  annotation.  But  the  abun- 
dance of  false  readings  and  other  circumstances  made 
it  necessary,  after  the  first  collation  with  the  original, 
to  make  a  fair  copy,  into  which  were  introduced 
many  improvements  resulting  from  subsequent  colla- 
tions. I  was  anxious  to  obtain  the  original  reading 
of  obscure  and  mutilated  passages,  which  unfortu- 
nately abound,  and  this  was  only  to  be  done  by 
long-continued  and  repeated  examination  of  the 
parallel  texts  in  the  tombs.  Some  long  and  handy 


ladders  borrowed  from  Mr.  Petrie  enabled  me  to 
closely  examine  the  lofty  walls,  and  catch  the  merest 
shadows  of  signs  by  holding  a  candle  at  every  pos- 
sible angle.  For  the  sake  of  clearness,  all  the  effaced 
signs  were  inserted  in  red  ink  amongst  the  black  ink 
of  my  fair  copy.  One  more  such  revision  after  a 
thorough  study  of  the  texts  should  complete  the 
recovery  of  the  inscriptions.  Unfortunately  my  hiero- 
glyphic vocabulary  was  then  exceedingly  limited, 
and  even  such  a  common  word  as  ®  ^  was  a  total 
stranger  to  me  :  I  had  therefore  to  depend  almost 
entirely  on  eyesight  for  the  restorations,  which  how- 
ever are  in  general  fully  confirmed. 

Since  my  return  from  Egypt  I  have  collected  s^mo 
new  material.  In  Paris  indeed  (where  I  unhappily 
lost  a  note-book  containing  two  inscriptions)  the 
MSS.  of  Nestor  de  1'Hote  furnished  scarcely  any 
material  for  this  memoir.  From  Berlin,  however,  Pro- 
fessor Erman,  most  kindly  forwarded  for  my  use  his 
collation  of  the  MS.  copies  of  Brugsch  and  Diimichen, 
supplying  several  signs  and  groups  that  have  become 
illegible  on  the  original.  Above  all,  in  London,  last 
October,  after  the  Plates  had  been  drawn,  I  had  the 
good  fortune  to  find  some  copies  by  Aruudale  (1834?) 
in  the  Hay  MSS.  of  the  British  Museum.  Made  evi- 
dently with  the  help  of  a  good  ladder,  they  might 
long  ago  have  solved  many  difficulties.  Lastly,  since 
commencing  to  work  seriously  on  the  philology  of  the 
inscriptions,  I  have  found  many  passages  quoted  in 
Brugsch's  dictionary :  but  very  few  of  these  are 
accurate,  though  Herr  Brugsch's  copy  is,  I  think,  the 
most  careful  of  any  that  I  have  yet  seen,  except 
perhaps  Arundale's,  which  still  abounds  in  little 
faults.  The  truth  is  that  high  ladders,  with  an 
infinite  expenditure  of  time,  trouble,  and  patience, 
and  candles  in  corresponding  quantity,  are  necessary 
for  making  good  transcripts  in  such  places. 

The  Plates  of  Siut  are  drawn  from  the  fair  copy. 
For  the  revision  of  1 — XIX  I  was  exceedingly 
fortunate  in  obtaining  help  from  MM.  Maspero  and 


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Erman.  Many  of  the  emendations  of  these  great 
scholars  appear  in  the  notes  upon  the  Plates,  while 
the  queries  of  Professor  Erman  have  besides  un- 
earthed several  faults  that  I  had  committed  in  re- 
copyiug,  and  that  I  was  able  quietly  to  correct 
without  impairing  the  genuineness  of  the  text. 
Where  I  found  clear  corroboration  of  a  queried  sign 
in  Arundale's  copies,  or  a  proof  of  some  kind  in  my 
own,  the  word  sic  is  inserted  on  the  Plate;  where 
I  still  feel  a  doubt  the  suggestion  has  been  placed 
in  a  note. 

I  am  not  quite  satisfied  with  the  numbering  of  the 
lines.  To  combine  logic  with  convenience  is  not 
easy,  and  I  have  simply  followed  the  numbers  in  my 
note-book,  proceeding  in  each  tomb  from  the  interior 
to  the  facade. 

All  signs  not  in  existence  in  January,  1887,  are 
treated  as  restorations.  Where  no  authority  is 
stated  for  a  restored  sign  it  is  conjectural.  For  the 
meaning  of  abbreviations  etc.,  vide  Plate  XX. 

In  the  following  notes  I  use  the  word  band  in  the 
sense  of  the  French  registre  when  describing  scenes 
superposed  on  the  same  wall ;  and  in  connection 
with  doorways,  the  word  framing  denotes  the  lintel 
and  jambs  (which  of  course  are  cut  in  the  solid 
rock),  and  thickness  of  wall  is  the  part  in  which 
sculptures  are  seen  to  right  and  left  in  passing 
through  the  door. 

XIlTH  DYNASTY. 

Tombs  I  and  II.  The  first  is  elaborate ;  the  scheme 
of  the  second  seems  not  to  have  been  completely 
carried  out. 

TOMB  I. 

(See,  PI.  I-X,  and  Plan,  PI.  III.) 
The  sculptures  are  raised  about  6  feet  above  the 
floor,  over  a  plain  band  or  dado. 

t 

SHRINE. — Sculpture  only,  no  painting.     At  top   0  . 
Back  (west)  wall  two  bands — 

(1)  upper,  1.  1-4,  MS.  Diimichen. 

(2)  a.  South  half  defaced,  probably  similar  to 

north,  or  else  statue  in  the  round  ? 
b.  North  half,  H.  seated  m—>,  in  front  3  female 
relations  standing  holding  lotus  flowei'S 
•«-»,  1.  5-12,  MSS.  Brugsch  and  Diimi- 
chen (continued  smaller  in  5th  band, 
north  wall); 

also  (3)  below  the  6  feet  level,  a,  centre  defaced  lower 
part  of  statue  ? ,  b,  on  south  a  false  door, 
1.  13-15,  much  defaced. 


South  wall,  PI.  I  and  II,  5  bands  of  equal  height, 
the  upper  scene  comprising  4. 

(l)-(4)  at  west  end  H.  seated  •«— »;  above  him 
titles,  1.  20-25,  Mariette,  Mon.  Div.  68Z>,  MSS. 
Brugsch  and  Diimichen ;  in  front,  table  of 
offerings,  1.  65  :  (1)  (2)  names  of  offerings  in 
two  rows,  1.  26-64 :  (3)  priests  performing 
services,  1.  6(5-71  :  (4)  priests,  etc.,  bringing 
offerings,  1.  72-73. 

(5)  family  headed  by  two  sons,  1.  74-76,  offering 
(to  the  defaced  figure  or  statue  on  back 
wall). 

North  wall,  PI.  II  and  III,  similar  to  south  but 
reversed. 

(l)-(4)  H.  before  table  »-*•,  receiving  offerings, 
1.  85-133  (1.  80-85  =  Mariette,   Mon.   Div., 
68a,  MS.  Diimichen). 
(5)  family  offering,  1.  134  (continued  1.  5-12  on 

the  back  wall). 

East  wall  (and  entrance)  now  blasted  away,  PI.  II, 
scenes  1-8,  now  destroyed,  are  from  Descr.  Ant. 
IV,  PI.  45.  In  the  text  they  are  said  to  have  filled 
the  spaces  between  the  doorway  and  the  side  walls. 
Probably  there  were  five  bands,  as  on  the  side  walls, 
but  perhaps  only  four  :  no  space  over  the  doorway  ?. 
I  have  assigned  the  eight  scenes  in  the  Description 
to  the  north  and  south  according  to  direction  of 
figures.  A  portion  of  scene  4  remains  at  the  top  of 
the  wall  on  the  north. 

Walls  of  chamber  surrounding  shrine  and  passage 
formerly  with  paint  on  plaster? 

GREAT    HALL. — Ceiling   painted    on   plaster    with 

basket  and  scroll-work,  cornice  painted  CDtm  and  0 

H 
blue  on    greenish-black :    line  of  titles  (blue)  down 

the  centre  from  south  to  north,  defaced. 

West  wall,  traces  of  painted  scenes  at  south  end. 

Central  doorway,  inscriptions  incised  and  painted 
green  ;  destroyed  except  1.  150-155,  which  are  very 
much  damaged;  1.  1 5 5a  insert  _J^»  (copy):  at  end  of 
1.  154  I  have  omitted  ^i  (restored). 

South  doorway,  inscription  incised  and  painted 
green,  framing  1.  160-163  ;  thickness  of  wall  on  south, 
1. 170-174,  copy  lost,  from  MS.  Diimichen,  corrected  by 
notes  and  recollection.  Top  of  1.  173  very  doubtful, 
the  rest  almost  certain.  Thickness  of  wall  north, 
illegible. 

North  doorway  incised  only,  framing  1.  180-185. 
South  wall,  defaced  or  blank. 
North  wall,  traces  of  painted  scenes. 


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East  wall,  south  side  of  door,  PL  IV- V,  scene 
painted  in  colours  on  plaster,  inscription  incised  and 
painted,  1.  210-249.  A  portion  of  the  wall  palimpsest, 
the  early  text  from  left  to  right  t—»:  inscription 
much  damaged  and  reading  still  uncertain  in  some 
places.  Arundale's  complete  copy  shows  the  wall 
in  almost  the  same  state  as  now.  I  have  improved 
my  copy  of  the  figure  from  it :  h  e  indicates  the  un- 
broken corner  of  the  wall  on  the  left  of  the  scene, 
thus  there  are  no  lines  missing.  His  drawing  of 
the  figure  explains  my  finding  that  the  outline  of  it 
had  been  marked  with  a  lead  pencil. 

210,  211  v.  PL  XXI. 

223«.  Not  in  Arundale :  it  should  therefore  be 
omitted. 

241a.  yiit  matu-f  E. 

I.  mh  ab  E.  but  Arundale  as  text. 

North  side  of  door,  PL  VI- VIII,  incised  and  painted 
green.  MSS.  Arundale,  Brugsch  and  Diimichen  (MS. 
Mariette  partly  collated  by  Prof.  Maspero  without 
result).  After  subjecting  the  copy  to  every  possible 
test,  I  have  detected  two  errors,  1.  '209a  and  324a. 

Perhaps  also  1.  295  sic  ?  .Q, B?  where  the  sign  seems 

to  have  been  imperfect.  Some  parts  of  the  text  are 
very  indistinct,  especially  at  the  base,  and  a  portion 
is  palimpsest. 

262-4  v.  PL  XXL 

270a.  The  restoration  is  almost  certain. 
273a,  282a,  insert  0=0  (copy). 
291a.  ci  perhaps  from  the  palimpsest. 

317a.  or 

320.  Top,  Maspero,  Trans.  Soc.  Bibl.  Arch.,  restores 


325.  In  my  own  copy  only:  the  restoration  was 
suggested  by  1.  313,  and  confirmed  by  the  faint  traces 
on  the  wall. 

ENTRANCE. — Incised,  not  painted. 

Thickness  of  wall  on  south,  1.  330-336.  My  copy 
lost.  Copy  in  PL  IX  worthless  except  for  comparison 
with  that  in  PL  XX.  The  lower  half  of  1.  330-1  is 
destroyed.  Arundale  has  two  copies,  (1)  fol.  18  without 
ladder,  (2)  fol.  68  evidently  with  ladder,  and  ex- 
cellent; the  inscription  is  thus  complete  except  ex- 
treme base  of  1.  330-1.  The  copy  seems  to  be  exact 
excepting  two  or  three  very  slight  errors.  The 
figure  of  II.  (alterations  seen  owing  to  the  plaster 


having  fallen  off)  is  the  only  example  in  the  tomb 
with  wig,  beard,  and  divided  skirt. 

Thickness  of  wall,  north,  1.  337-342.  My  copy 
lost,  and  I  have  found  no  others. 

Framing  1.  345-359.  The  upper  lines  are  in  bad 
condition.  MSS.  Brugsch,  Diimichen,  Nestor  de 
1'Hote. 

346a.  Inserted  only  to  show  the  width  of  the  gap. 

Sola.   Cf.  1.  340. 

ENTRANCE  PASSAGE.—  Roof  arched  with  star  pattern 
painted  blue  on  yellow?  or  dark  green?  Cornice 
CDCD  of  various  colours. 

South  side.  Traces  of  scenes  painted  on  plaster  ; 
at  outer  end  remains  of  incised  inscription,  1.  370-3  ; 
probably  others  preceded  them.  Originally  each  line 
of  same  length  as  those  on  north  side. 

North  side.  Incised  inscription.  1.  380-418,  PL 
IX-X,  on  a  palimpsest  wall  ;  much  altered  and 
corrected  by  the  mason,  and  damaged  by  incrusta- 
tions, etc.  Hoping  to  find  other  versions  I  did  not 
revise  minutely,  it  being  the  most  difficult  of  all  to 
copy.  M.  Maspero  quotes  parallel  pyramid  texts, 
1.  388-404  =  Unas  269-294  (Rec.  de  trav.,  Ill,  p.  214 
ff.),  and  Horhotep,  148-166  (Mem.  Miss.  Arch.  Franc. 
Caire,  II,  p.  144  ff.). 

TOMB  II. 

Single  chamber,  formerly  with  pillars  and  sculp- 
tured entrance,  now  destroyed.  PL  X  and  XX. 

West  wall,  two  real  doorways  with  traces  of 
inscriptions  (but  no  excavated  passage  beyond). 
On  lintel  of  southern  doorway  inscription  painted 
green,  1.  1-2. 

East  wall,  traces  of  inscription. 

Entrance.     Thickness  of  wall,  south,  1.  3-10  from 

Mariette,  etc. 

»  „          north,!.  11-18  from 

Rouge,  etc. 

12a,   13«.    I   have   mis-copied   Rouge,   who   reads 


Framing,  19-22,  PL  X  and  XX,  from  MSS.  Nestor 
de  1'Hote,  Arundale;  photograph  Petrie.  The  portions 
in  the  photograph  are  dotted,  but  all  is  somewhat 
obscure  and  uncertain.  Hieroglyphs  curiously 
crowded. 

on  south  side  of  doorway,  I.  23,  visible  on 

photograph. 
north  „  ruined  anciently. 


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HERACLEOPOLITE.     (Dyn.  IX-X.) 

Tombs  III,  IV,  V  from  south  to  north  on  one 
terrace,  divided  only  by  party  walls.  Large  single 
chambers,  divided  transversely  by  pillars  and  archi- 
trave. Facades  now  destroyed. 

TOMB  III. 

No  traces  of  decoration  left,  except  on  north  wall, 
viz.,  west  of  architrave  traces  of  painted  plaster,  and 

East  of  pillars,  1.  1-56,  PI.  XI-XII,  as  follows : 
1.  1,  incised  and  painted  blue,  heading  the  inscription 
(it  also  remained  as  the  heading  after  the  substitution 
of  1.  41-56  for  1.  16-40),  1.  2-40  one  inscription  in 
two  sections,  of  which  1.  2-15  were  incised  and 
painted  blue,  but  1.  16-40  being  offensive  were  not 
completed.  These  latter  remained  half  incised,  half 
sketched,  and  plaster  was  laid  over  them.  On  the 
plaster  was  painted  a  figure  of  Tefaba,  and  behind 
him  a  new  inscription,  1.  41-5(5.  This  plaster  fell  off 
from  the  upper  part  in  ancient  times,  and  the  wall 
was  again  covered  with  whitewash  by  Copts?.  I 
cleaned  the  earlier  inscription  with  great  care. 
There  is  no  trace  of  the  lower  halves  of  1.  16-40; 
the  signs  in  the  upper  portions  are  incised,  but 
roughly  and  not  finished ;  some  have  not  yet  been 
begun  but  are  traceable  in  the  sketching. 

1.  156.  Insert  WWA. 

16«  should  probably  be  a  female ;  cf.  Champollion, 
Not.,  II,  p.  145  =  L.D.,  PI.  130. 

Inscriptions  in  thickness  of  wall  and  framing  of 
entrance,  1.  57-71.  From  the  "Description  de 
1'Egypte,"  identified  by  the  name  ^_®\. 


TOMB  IV. 

On  a  pillar  remains  of  inscription,  vide  PI.  XIV. 

South  wall,  east  of  pillars,  scene  of  soldiers  with 
large  shields,  in  two  rows,  unfinished  (perhaps  for  the 
same  reason  as  the  inscription  III,  16-40). 

North  wall,  east  of  pillars,  inscription  incised  and 
painted  blue,  1.  1-40,  PI.  XIII  and  XX :  authorities 
for  the  destroyed  portion,  Description  and  Arundale. 
In  Description,  by  confusion  of  1.  3  with  1.  22,  the 
former  has  been  repeated,  and  the  first  two  lines 
misplaced.  Their  true  position  is  almost  certain. 

L.  41-44,  inscription  beneath  a  cornice,  from 
Description,  but  its  provenance  is  quite  uncertain. 

Thickness  of  wall  and  framing  of  entrance  (PI. 
XIV,  1.  45-87),  the  latter  identified  by  name  in  1.  76, 
and  the  former,  1.  45-60,  corresponds  in  size,  etc., 
to  the  framing,  and  is  associated  with  it  in  tho 
Description. 

TOMB  V. 

Back  wall,  large  false  door  in  the  centre,  inscription 
incised  and  painted  green,  1.  1-24  (MSS.  Brugsch 
and  Diimicheu).  Damaged  since  my  visit  in  1887. 

South  wall,  in  the  inner  half  (i.e.,  behind  destroyed 
architrave)  fragment  of  long  inscription  incised, 
1.  25-40 ;  less  than  half  of  the  height  remains.  There 
were  at  least  24  lines. 

Thickness  of  wall  at  entrance,  1.  41-48,  from 
Description.  The  name  is  **"~==(1(1  and  there  is  no 

o       n 

other  tomb  to  which  these  can  be  assigned. 

Add  notes  12a,  G.  1887,  etc. ;    12b,  G.  1887  ;  146, 

old  copies,  G.  1887 ;  15a,  so  M.  \,  in  R. 


DER   R1FEH. 


In  the  western  cliffs  about  nine  miles  south  of  Siiit 
and  seven  miles  from  Shotb.  The  principal  tombs 
are  on  one  terrace,  the  northern  tombs  are  occupied 
by  the  Copts. 

I  have  had  to  depend  entirely  on  my  copies  of 
1887.  Tombs  I  and  VII  were  copied  with  special 
care,  but  the  former  was  very  difficult  (a  portion 
of  Tomb  VII  checked  with  a  photograph  taken  by 
Count  Eiamo  d'  Hulst). 

TOMB  I  (Middle  Kingdom). 

Entrance-framing  and  thickness  of  wall,  north 
side,  inscription  incised  1.  1-6.  PI.  XVI. 


East  wall,  north  of  entrance,  1.  7-20,  incised  and 
painted ;  much  damaged. 

North,  west,  and  south  walls,  traces  of  scenes  of 
offerings,  soldiers,  figure  of  Nefer  Khnum,  and  false 
door  (west  wall).  All  these  painted  only. 

TOMB  II  (New  Kingdom). 

Great  hall,  west  side,  south  of  the  door,  scene 
with  cartouches  of  Rameses  III  A.  An  inscription  of 
many  short  lines,  painted  black,  terminates  with  B. 
In  a  lower  band  gods  with  C.  Over  the  entrance  D 
is  the  bark  of  Ra.  The  'tomb  was  probably  painted 
throughout. 


12 


TOMB  III  (New  Kingdom). 

Occupied  by  Copts.  Small  entrance  much  defaced. 
Incised  inscriptions  in  the  thickness  of  the  wall  very 
fragmentary.  Cornice-lintel. 

TOMB  IV  (New  Kingdom). 

Occupied :  very  large  and  lofty,  inscriptions  in- 
cised. PL  XVI,  XVII,  XVIII.  Framing  of  entrance 
scene  and  inscriptions.  1.  1-21. 

Thickness  of  wall,  south  side,  1.  22-29;  north 
.side,  veiy  fragmentary. 

Entrance-  passage,  south  side,  1.  30-47;  north 
side,  1.  48^65. 

Interior  partly  explored.  The  framing  of  an  inner 
entrance,  much  encumbered  with  mud  walls,  has  a 
scene  at  the  top,  and  1.  66-71  at  the  sides. 

The  Coptic  marble  slab  in  PL  XVII  is  over  a  door- 
way in  the  village  leading  to  the  church. 

TOMB  V  (New  Kingdom). 

Occupied.  Inscription  incised:  framing  of  entrance 
1.  1-11;  interior  not  seen. 


The  Coptic  tablet  in  PL  XVIII  is  fixed  over  the 
main  gateway  of  the  Der  on  the  inside. 

TOMB  VI  (New  Kingdom). 

Occupied,  very  large  and  lofty,  inscription  incised. 
PL  XVIII. 

Framing  of  entrance  inscribed ;  lintel  illegible ; 
south  jamb  mostly  hidden  by  brick  walls ;  north 
jamb  destroyed.  Interior  partly  explored,  no  in- 
scriptions. 

L  • 

TOMB  VII  (Middle  Kingdom). 

Entrance :  two  polygonal  columns  support  the  roof, 
terminating  in  eave  with  beams.  Entrance  hall  (used 
as  church),  north  side,  inscription  incised  and  painted 
on  plaster,  much  damaged,  1. 1-55.  Count  R.  d'  Hulst 
and  I  scaled  off  the  Coptic  plaster.  One  or  more 
inner  chambers,  but  no  other  inscriptions  found. 

DER  DRONKEH. 

In  western  cliffs  two  miles  north  from  Der  Rifeh. 
Quarries,  and  Coptic  epitaphs.  PL  XIX. 


ERRATA. 

PL   VI,   1.   266.     The  letter  b  should  be  attached  to          PL  XI,  1.  17  a.     E.  p  refers  ®,  but? 
the  last  sign  (l^?)-  „       L  22.     Read  b|-r^. 

PL  VI,  1.  282,  top.     ~~^  should  perhaps  be  entirely          PL  XII,  in  title.     For  front  wall  read  facade. 
omitted. 

PL  X,  Tomb  II,  1.  4.     For  ^=,b  read 

„  ,.  Omit  the  words  20a  read 

read  "^  ^. 


PL  XI,  1.  1.     For 

„       1.  12.     Near  base  read  fl\. 


1.  14.     read 


and 


„        1.  47.     Omit  a. 

1.  58,  62,  55.     Read  ^   (without  *__). 

\ 

.,        in  note.     For  64  read  63. 
PL  XIII,  1.  27.     Omit  the  letters  a,  b,  c. 

„        1.  28,  near  the  top.     Omit  the  letter  b. 

PL  XIV,  1.  75  a.     f®? 
x  I 

PL  XV.     For  28a  read  26a. 
„  „     39a     „     37a. 

PL  XX  (Plate  13).     For  28a  read  28b. 
PL  XXI  (Plate  VIII).     304a  is  in  PI.  VI I. 

„         (Plate  IX).     354a.     Omit  the  laxt  part  of 
the  note. 


For  corrections  throughout,  see  Plate  XX-XXf. 


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