PYRAMID NO. 11 sooty matter, and they had all the appearance of having been smeared with grease or oil. The stone hawk was, I believe, originally fixed in the west wall of the chapel, either in a niche, or on a standard ; it was probably thrown to the ground when the glazed altar was smashed, and the group of deities was dragged ut of its place, and cast on the earth, face downwards.

The general plan of the building may now be briefly described. The pylon stands on a base formed of two layers of stones, and is about 20 feet high ; the southern half of it still stands, and is in a good state of preservation, and on its face, in ij Metres SECTION OF PYRAMID NO. II.

[From Cailliaud, Voyage, Plate XLV., No. 4.

sunk relief, is a large figure of one of the Horus gods. The god is hawk-headed, and wears the double crown of the south and north, Vj; in his right hand he carries the sign of "life," ¥-, £tnd in the left a libation jar, u); by his side stands a hunting dog, or Anubis. Behind the pylon is a small rectangular court, with a door in each of the south and north walls. There still remain a number of slabs let into the ground, with channels cut in their upper surfaces, and it is clear that these served as drains, and carried away rain water from the interior of the building. It is 391