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I have thereby had the benefit of the kind revision of the text by Miss A. B. 
Edwards and Mr. Poole, and of M. Naville’s careful verification of the plates ot 
inscriptions from the monuments themselves. In thanking my friends, I must 
also say how much indebted the present exploration is to the goodwill and 
co-operation of Professor Maspero. 
W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE. 
Bromley, Kent, 
August 3, 1885. 
