PYRAMID NO. 2 laden with bread-cakes, fruit, flowers, vegetables, &c., and beneath it are jars of wine, beer, &c. To the right is a bearded, manheaded lion embracing the head of a ram, and behind him are I. A winged serpent, with four human legs, before a tree. 2. A many-coiled serpent, before a tree. 3. A priest, wearing an animal's tail, and an attendant. Round the upper parts .of the north and south walls runs a line of well-cut hieroglyphics, but the breaks in the text make it impossible to give any connected reading of it. On the north wall the queen's names and titles were given, and on the south wall enough of the text remains to show that queen Amen-Arit boasts of her overthrow of certain enemies, and says that she carried off from them gold and silver and much spoil-Pyramid No. 2 (Cailliaud B, Hoskins V, Lepsius No. ig).

This pyramid is in a very dilapidated state, for the north and west sides are in ruins, and its upper half has almost entirely disappeared. It stands more to the west than No. i. Its north and south sides at the base are nearly forty feet long, and its east and west sides are nearly 38 feet long, but these measurements are only approximate. The path between this and the next pyramid is blocked by masses of fallen stones. The chapel is solidly built, and is 15 feet long, 54 feet wide, and 6 feet high ; one jamb of the doorway is wanting. The work done in connection with the clearing of this pyramid was considerable, and, in addition to that already described (see above, p. 352), we removed a large number of stones which threatened to demolish the chapel and we made two paths about it.

At the west end of the chapel are the remains of a false door, ornamented with uraei wearing disks, the winged disk, &c. ; the triad of gods originally within it was mutilated even in Cailliaud's day. In some places in the chapel bees have built their nests. On the north wall is a relief in which a prince or king is seated on a throne. He wears an elaborate crown, with a bandlet coloured green, and he holds in his hand a palm branch, which is also coloured green. Behind him is a figure of Isis, who stands on a lotus flower, and close by are two priests ; on this wall part of the decoration is in outline, and part in low relief. There are several Arabic graffiti, a specially well written one being dated in 365