Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

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of the territory? " Cultivable land,of 5 square arura*(in extent),
situatedin the district of Pr-ht'a." I presumesah to be connected with
P^l^^^^fS4''neighbours,"torwithIa1P^I^r1
It happens that another boundary-stone of this reign has been
preserved.^ It was procured at Luxor, and shows, like the above
stele from Haifaand an older boundary-stoneat Semne,|| a blank
spacebelowthe inscription.
It may be noted too that another stelefrom the same reignIf
recountsthe twice repeatedgift of land to the temple of Abydos.


* Vide Griffith,in Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch.,June,1892, 410 ff.
+ Brugsch, Wbrtcrbuch,Sup.,1094.
X Chabas, Voyage,&c.,pi. 7, 2.
§ Mariette. A!on.div., 47 a.
Lepsius,Denkmalcr,II, 136, i.
H Louvre, C. 53.
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