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in tlie bout with his passengers, to perform all the festivals of 

 the o-ods and goddesses who belonged to Memphis, as the greatest 

 of those he loved ; the lord of the earth was delighted, wearing 

 his crown in front of his (followers). I was a chief provided 

 with all things ; I had daughters ; when I reached the age of 

 forty-three, no male son was born to me. The image of that 

 god Aiemhetp, the son of Ptah, gave me a male son ; his name 

 was called Aiemhetp, surnamed Pet-sa-hasi, born of the lady 

 Ta-aiemhetp, justified, daughter of the divine father, prophet of 

 Horus, lord of Kham, bringer of the Apis .... in the reign 

 of the majest}'- of the ruler, the lady of the world Cleopatras, 

 and her son Cesaes, the 11th year, the 15th of the mouth Epiphi 

 was the day on w^hich he died ; he was placed in the great quarter, 

 and there were performed all the ceremonies of mummification, 

 and he was- at rest in his sepulchre in the 30th of Thoth of the 

 12th year; he lived forty-nine years. Oh ! all Gods and God- 

 desses, who are unnamed, let a child remain in my place for ever 



and ever ! keeping alive the name of the house . . . 



scribe of the sacred words, greatly praised of the queen of the 

 two worlds, sacred scribe of Ba, lord of Tattu, who dwells in 

 the pool of the palace, chief guardian of the shrine of the 

 throne, prophet of Horus, Aiemhetp, son of Hapi, a person 



holding the same office, born of Herankh justified by 



his greatly beloved father (in law) Ilapi. (See pamphlet " On Two 

 Egyptian Tablets of the Ptolemaic Period," by S. Birch, Esq., 

 L. L. D., F. S. A. 1803.) 



Marble tablet, 19" x 21" inches ; female reclining on a couch, 

 vase in hand ; at her side a stool with cakes (559). Greek ex 

 voto on marble (442). 



Limestone tablet, 17" x 12"; black ink inscription, hiero- 

 glyphic ; from the Serapeum at Memphis (565). 



Limestone tablet, votive, 19" x 11" ; inscription veiy distinct ; 

 priest offering lotus flower, cakes, &c., to Osiris throned, with 

 crook and flail, double crown, asp and horus; in background, 

 Isis with the tau ; over all, globe and serpents ; underneath, five 

 lines of hieroglyphics (566). 



Limestone tablet, votive, 11" x 8", bearing the cartouche of 

 an unknown early king, who is adoring Mop-Hiour (deit}' of the 

 tropics), surmounted by disk and winged serpents (56T). 



Limestone tablet, funereal, 28^" x IS" ; showing a priest of 



