LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
Reading edition
Plate I. Some specimens of rings Frontispiece.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
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1, 2. Two jars of the First Dynasty, to illustrate the ancient method of sealing 13
3, 4. Complete jar neck, bearing the stamp of Amasis 14
5-7. Jars showing method of securing contents. (From paintings in the tombs at Beni Hasan) 16
8. A man sealing up a honey jar. (From a tomb at Abusîr) 17
9. A sealed jar. (From a painting in a tomb at Medûm) 17
10. A sealed bag. (From a painting in a tomb at Medûm) 17
11. Sealing of doors 20
12. Securing of folding doors 21
13. Sealing of boxes 22
14. A papyrus roll, tied up and sealed 23
15. The office of the Superintendent of the Seal 35
16. The working of the bow drill. (From the tomb of Rekhmara) 42
17. A mounted cylinder-seal. (In the Louvre) 45
18. A Cylinder-seal. (Figured in a tomb at Medûm) 45
19. Cylinder-seal. (Figured in a tomb at Sakkara) 45
20. An early cylinder-seal 46
21. A cylinder-seal bearing the name of Merŷ-ra. (In the collection of Mr. Piers) 46
22. A cylinder-seal of Amenemhat III 47
xii23. A cylinder-seal of Khŷan. (Cairo) 47
24. A cylinder-seal of Sen-mut. (Petrie Collection) 47
25. Impression from a cylinder-seal in the Berlin Museum 49
26. Impression from a cylinder-seal in the Berlin Museum 50
27. Cylinder-seal bearing personal name 51
28. Cylinder-seal bearing rude hieroglyphic inscriptions written in vertical columns 52
29. Royal seal of Narmer, predecessor of Mena, reproduced in outline 53
30. Royal seal of Zer, Mena’s successor; gives besides the name a figure of the monarch 53
31. Official cylinder-seal, with royal name 55
32. Official cylinder-seal bearing the name and titles of officials 55
33. Button-shaped seal 56
34. Hemi-cylinder seal 56
35. Button-shaped seal 57
36. Button-shaped seal 57
37. Button-shaped seal 57
38. Button-shaped seal 57
39. Button-shaped seal 58
40. Button-shaped seal 58
41. Button-shaped seal 59
42. Button-shaped seal 59
43. Button-shaped seal 59
44. Button-shaped seal 59
45. Button-shaped seal 59
46. Button-shaped seal 59
47. Hemi-cylinder seal 60
48. Hemi-cylinder seal 60
49. Hemi-cylinder seal 60
50. Hemi-cylinder seal 60
51. Hemi-cylinder seal 60
52. Clay stamp from the terramare of Montale in the Modenese 61
xiii53. Scarab-shaped seal worn on the finger, attached by a piece of string 62
54. Scarab-shaped seal mounted as swivel to metal ring 62
55. Scarab-shaped seal enclosed in metal frame or funda 62
56. Scarab bearing the name of Mer-en-ra 68
57. Scarab bearing the names Thothmes III and Amenhetep II 68
58. Specimen of a Scarab-beetle (the real Scarabæus sacer) 70
59. Specimens of scarabs from El Mahasna 70
60. Specimen scarabs of the Twelfth Dynasty 71
61. Specimen scarabs of the Twelfth Dynasty 71
62. Specimen scarabs of the Twelfth Dynasty 71
63. Specimen scarabs of the Twelfth Dynasty 71
64. Specimen scarabs of the Thirteenth Dynasty 72
65. Specimen scarabs of the Hyksos Period 72
66. Specimen scarabs of the Hyksos Period 72
67. Specimen scarabs of the Hyksos Period 72
68. Specimen scarabs of the Hyksos Period 73
69. Specimen scarabs of the Hyksos Period 73
70. Specimen scarabs of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty 73
71. Specimen scarabs of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty 73
72. Specimen scarabs of the Early Eighteenth Dynasty 74
73. Specimen scarabs of the Middle Eighteenth Dynasty 74
74. Specimen scarabs of the Amenhetep III 74
75. Specimen scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty 74
76. Specimen scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty 75
77. Specimen scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty 75
78. Specimen scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty 75
79. Specimen scarabs of the Nineteenth Dynasty 75
80. Specimen scarabs of the Ethiopian dominion 76
81. Specimen scarabs of the Ethiopian dominion 76
82. Scarab of Usertsen I 80
83. A seal of the Twelfth Dynasty 85
84. A seal of the Eighteenth Dynasty 85
85. A seal of the Eleventh Dynasty 86
xiv86. A seal of the Eleventh Dynasty 86
87. A seal bearing the name of King Mentuhetep 87
88. Specimen seals of the Eighteenth Dynasty 87
89. Specimen seals of the Eighteenth Dynasty 87
90. Specimen seals of the Eighteenth Dynasty 87
91. Specimen seals of the Eighteenth Dynasty 87
92. Specimen seals of the Eighteenth Dynasty 87
93. A seal bearing the name of King Amenemhat III 88
94. A stamp seal 88
95. A seal bearing the name of King Seqen-en-ra 89
96. A seal bearing the name of King Sa-Amen 89
97. A stamp seal 89
98. A seal bearing the name of King Thothmes III 90
99. A seal bearing the name of the Hyksos Period 90
100. A seal bearing the name of the Twelfth Dynasty 90
101. A seal bearing the name of the Twelfth Dynasty 90
102. A seal bearing the name of the Eighteenth Dynasty 90
103. A seal bearing the name of Rameses II 90
104. A seal of the Saïte Period 91
105. A seal of Thirtieth Dynasty 91
106. A seal of Nekhtenebo 92
107. A ring of Usertsen III 93
108. A ring of the Thirteenth Dynasty 93
109. A ring of the Thirteenth Dynasty 93
110. A ring of Thothmes III 94
111. A ring of the period of Akhenaten 94
112. A ring of the Twentieth Dynasty 94
113. A ring of the Twentieth Dynasty 94
114. A ring of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty 95
115. A ring of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty 95
116. A ring of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty 95
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