Note 58 — INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN SEALS.

This is seen from many inscriptions: Notably from the rock inscription of Mentu-hetep in the Shût er Rigal; the inscription of Nefer-hetep at Aswan (De Morgan, Cat., I, p. 17); the inscriptions of Rekhmara (Newberry, Rekhmara, Pl. III, l. 5, etc.); the scene on a slab from the tomb of a High Priest of Memphis, where the Chancellor is represented standing immediately behind the Vezîrs; and from the very powerful position of the Chancellor Baŷ under Ta-usert and Sa-ptah. The position of the Chancellors during the Hyksos period was also of very great importance.