Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Mar.6] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCH/EOLOGY. [1894.

2. Stela, rounded at the top, 4 1 cm. high, 29 cm. large ; lime
   stone. In the middle of the upperparta naos surmounted by
   urxus-serpents bearingon their headsthe©. Thenaoscontains
   a sitting femaledivinitywiththe head of a hippopotamus, in the right
   handT, in the left .¥•, on the head «3t between the cow-horns. There

is written beforeher Q *K\ -*"'Q LL ]& JK^ TF I •* Before this

naos is an altar with flowers and cakes, above the inscription

inI j zse* (sic) =. Behind the naos a group

of three finely drawn Dum palms without fruit, above them

^'^a^^*Q^%FS?\ vO l- The dividing of the tree in its

upperpartintotwo branches,and each of these branchesintotwo

twigs,is very wellrendered.

Thelowerpartof the stela showsa man andhis wife kneeling

in adoration ; the accompanying inscriptionin vertical linessays:

£3 5^s=f Q

1 1 -Sftw=j|(i.«TilN

" Make adoration to Ta-urt of the Dum palms, proscynesisto the

lady of the two lands, she may givea good burialaftersenility,

that ' my name mayremainin her temple ' to the person of the

scribeof the ast Maa Rames; his beloved sister, the lady of the

house,the servant of Ta-urt fUba." In the list of the functionaries

* Instead of ^m*" the original showshereandsomelinesbelowa vertical

trunk,out of which growtwo branches ; each of these dividesinto two twigs, of

whichthe inner onescrossone another. In the first instance eachtwigendswith

a triangle.

+ Bak-t en Ta-urt willbe here onlya kind of title, as ^v^ P\

Maspero,Rec.dc trav. rel.,etc.,II, 185, sq,

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