Mar.6] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.«««*min the inscription,neverthelessit is certainly meantfor ->.=>
Thenameof this managerof Thutmosis I is found, as far as I am
aware,nowhereelsein] the texts ; it looks veryunlike an Egyptian
proper-name,but rather a Semitic one (yti?, or JNJji). Hismother
hadthe Egyptian nameNub-hetep,whichappearson the front side,
wherethe inscription has sufferedverymuchfrom a large holein
its centre. It beganwith I A «=^= , the end was _ _ f*"*'! if*
the rest is too much^damaged to be made out.- Stone weight of rectangular form,oblong, withcurved top.
Serpentinestone, length 6-i cm., breadth4-5 cm., heightin the
-centreof the front side3*5 cm. Abovein one vertical columntyjfa
f O Q 4V ] T ^*1 f5^n snowmS tnattms Piece of 2° NuD dates
from the time of Usertesen III. The actual weight is 276-58
gramm., but as the stone is a little worn it must have been
formerlya little heavier. Theweightbelongsto the Nub series,of
whichseveralsampleshavebeenpublished by F. L. Griffith in his
interesting study,Proceedings, XIV, p. 442 sqq.,XV, p. 308 sqq.,
wherethe gold standardis given as about 13 gramm.* The originalshowsabovethe altar insteadof the two lines an orbiculated
cake.O 2