10. A personal (?) name reading Asunut. Amh. A fine specimen in wood.
11-13. Three black steatite cylinder-seals, bearing inscriptions of uncertain meaning. M-G.
14. A beautifully cut ivory cylinder-seal, bearing a personal name reading Sheden. Murch.
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IMPRESSIONS OF EARLY CYLINDER-SEALS.[123]
1.* Birds, gazelles, and other desert animals, with traps for capturing them. This sealing belongs to the pre-Dynastic group, but was found in a First Dynasty tomb at Abydos. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 104.)
2.* “Aha,” the Horus-name of Menes, the founder of the First Egyptian Dynasty. (P. _R.T._ II, xiv, 98.)
3. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G.
5. “The Royal Daughter, Meh-en-pet-tha.” v-B. (F. _Sc._ 1.)
6. A wooden cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. M-G.
7.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mer-pa-ba.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxvi, 60.) First Dynasty, found at Abydos.
8.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, 165. See also _infra_, Nos. 12 and 13.)
9.* “Den,” the Horus-name of King Setuî. (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 39.)
10.* “The Mayor of the Town of Se-ka.” (P. _R.T._ I, xxii, 32.)
11.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khasekhemui.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxxiii, 201.)
12.* “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Per-ab-sen.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxii, 164.)
13.* “Sekhem-ab,” the Horus-name of King Per-ab-sen. (P. _R.T._ II, xxi, 164.)
14. A black steatite cylinder-seal, bearing a hieroglyphic inscription of uncertain meaning. Gdn.
15. Fish in a stream. Berl. 15338. This seal should be classed in the pre-Dynastic group.
16.* “The Mother of Royal Children, Ne-Maat-Hap.” (P. _R.T._ II, xxiv, 210; _cf._ also, Borchardt, Naville and Sethe, in _A.Z._ XXXVI, p. 142.)
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CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE FOURTH TO SIXTH DYNASTIES.
1. “Kha-ef-ra, (?) beloved of the Gods.” P.
2. “Men-kau-ra, beloved of the Gods and beloved of Hather.” P.
3. “The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Men-kau-ra, beloved of the Gods daily and of Hather-duat daily.” Evans. This cylinder-seal gives the earliest known instance of the king’s title _Sa-Ra_, “Son of Ra.”