PLATE IV.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.
4. A personal name (?). Berl. 14594.
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 alsoinfra, 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, inA.Z.XXXVI, p. 142.)