Said unto Tuatimitf, May he graiit water to the

soûl of the Osiris, the first Pallakide of Amen, the

Prophetess of Knoiim Lord of Elephantine, the chief

of the Princesses, Nesi-Khonsn, justified.

4. Said unto Kebhsenf dwelling in Arûenti, May he grant perfumes and garments to the' mummy of the Osiris, first Pallakide of Amen, the chief of the Princesses, Nesi-Khonsu, justified.

Thèse legends, as engraved upon the vases, read throiighout from right to left, both as to hieroglyphs and columns; not, as hère, from left to right.

The inscription upon Vase I. is in some respects extremely curious. Not only is the féminine determinative omitted at 1^^ in column 3, so styling the deceased «Royal Son» instead of «Eoyal Daughter», bnt in cohtmn 4, this princess is entitled «Governor of the Southern Lands » ; a viceroyalty supposed to be essentially military, and conferred only upon men. But for a further pièce of évidence which will presently hâve to be examined, it might be argued that we hâve hère another instance of carelessness on the part of the scribe, and that «Daughter of the Eoyal Son of Kush, Governor of the Southern Lands», was probably intended. I, how^ever, beg leave to defer considération of this point till w^e arrive at the stela of Nesi-Khonsu.

Vase II. Column 1. Owing to the négligence, or perhaps the ignorance, of the engraver, we find the letter d omitted from the name of Hapi.

Vase IV. In column 2, occurs the group ^=^, in which M. Na ville (to whose learning and courtesy I am indebted for much invaluable assistance in the translation of thèse varions inscriptions) recognises an interesting variant of the group o V\ ('^'«^w-mummy); a word

of which several other variants are given in Birch's HieroglypMc DicHonary. The undermost character is not very clearly rendered on the vase. It resembles the sign p=^; but is doubtless intended for the hier '^.

Thèse vases were purchased at Thebes in 1874 by Andrew Me. Callum Esq., and are now the property of D. Parrish Esq. of Bickley, Kent.