Jan.9] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
On the western wallthe most importantis a carefully painted
steladatedin the 20th yearof Amenemhat II, but here the name of
the writer is destroyed.
On what maybe called the architrave of the entrance doorway
thereare eight figuresor inscriptions, whichbeginningon the left or
southernend are (1) a dog, (2) a hawk, (3) the name of Teta witha
manstandingbehindit, (4) obliterated, (5) name readingTetaagain,
(6) king's headin the war helmet, (7) a quarry mark(?), (8) the name
of Teta and a figure standingand twolinesof very weathered in
scription,fromwhichI made out that it was cut by a superintendent
of the transports, whosenameis unfortunately illegible. All these
outsideinscriptionsare cut. Thenameof Teta doesnot occur in a
cartouche,but may perhaps referto the Vlth dynastyking,which
wouldbringbackthe date of the quarry considerably.
On the other handthe only dated inscription is of the Xllth
dynasty,andthe style of the others is the same as those whichwe
believeto be either Xlthor Xllth dynastyin the "Great" quarry.
In point of size thisquarry is much smallerthan the " Great "
quarry,but it is now so filled up that it is difficult to estimate the
originalsize. Doubtlesswe see in it what the latter was originally
likebeforethe roof fell in.
Thepotteryfragmentsscatteredabout insideand out consist
chiefly of rough red dishes and jars, the shapes of which are
identicalor similar withthe forms which ProfessorPetriefoundin
the Xllth dynasty town of Kehun, in the Fayum. There are
howevera limited numberof white facedfragmentssimilarto those
commonon the plain of Tell-el-Amarna, and a very few bits of late
Romanor Coptic pottery.
§ V Now let us turn back to the Great quarry,andglanceat
the inscriptions ; and firstwe will take the kings' namesand inscrip
tionsdatedin kings'reigns. Thefirstnameoccursat the top of the
greatcuttingin the western wall ; it consists of the cartouche of
Meri-ra,withhis banner nameof Meri-taui ; he was the first of the
kingsbearingthe name of Pepi, andaccordingto Wiedemann, the
secondkingof the Vlth dynasty. Thisinscriptionis undated.
Belowit is a cartouche of an unknown king,whichseemsto be
Hor-sam-chnum,witha line of weathered inscriptionin which only
the signs (||f| xen* an^ 1 B 1 sh are visible, perhapspartof the title
of "chief gardener." ThiskingI am inclined to place in the IXth
or Xth dynasty(cf. Livre des Hois, 113,117,122).
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