MacatistER—On a Cone of User-ha. 25 
On finding this cone, I sent my first rough transcript and transla-- 
tion to Mr. Birch, the highest authority in this country on Egypt- 
ology, and he very kindly revised and corrected my reading. 
User-ha was treasury-scribe (vepoypayparevs) in the reign of 
Thothmes IV., son of Amenophis II., and grandson of the Pharaoh 
of the Exodus, Thothmes III. (18th Dynasty). He lived about 
1410, B.c. 
His father, Nebuau, was also, as the cone attests, a Treasury- 
scribe, and I suppose him to be the same as the Nebuaiu, who was 
High Priest of Osiris in Abydos, and who lived in the reigns of 
Thothmes III. and of Amenophis II. He has left us an inscription, 
quoted in the Zeitschrift fir Agypt., Jan., 1876, and translated by Mr. 
Birch in his Lyyptian Texts (Bagster. 1877, p. 25). In this he states 
that he enjoyed the favours of the king, was called to the House 
of Gold, made his place among its chiefs, and stretched his legs in the 
secret place. He also tells us that the king had him crowned with 
flowers, and that Amenophis II. repeated these favours. Whether 
User-ha inherited such marks of esteem our cone says not, but he 
enjoyed the same office under Ramen Kheperu. 
The only point of special interest in the inscription is, that it 
shows an interesting variant of the very variable character ua, as seen 
in the figure. 
