Note 4 — PART I. THE CHANGES UNDERGONE BY ANTIQUITIES IN EARTH AND IN AIR.

Aeg. 105. [This and similar notes have reference to the catalogue of the Egyptian (Aeg.) or Antiquarian (Ant.) sections of the Berlin Royal Museums.] The limestone blocks were brought from the Mastaba of Meten, at Abusir near Memphis, explored by Lepsius in 1846. Meten was one of the chief officials under King Snefru, B.C. 2800. The inscriptions relate to his possessions and official career, while the pictorial representations depict hunting scenes and the offering of the gifts for the dead. The statue of Meten was found in the grave and is now in the Egyptian department (No. 1106) of the Royal Museum. Comp. “Ausführliches Verzeichniss der aegyptischen Alterthümer,” Berlin, 1899.