THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN uraeus, and he wears an elaborate dress decorated with scale- or feather-work, and figures of gods. On the west wall of the chapel are figures of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys, and on the south wall is a relief wherein the king is seen seated in state. In his right hand he grasps the characteristic sceptre, with a banner (?) at the top, and some object which resembles a mirror; and in his left hand he holds a club and whip. Isis, with the feather of Maat in her right hand, stands behind him, and the legend above her head which reads, " Isis protecteth (or, giveth strength to) her son," proves that even when this chapel was built there were some priestly officials in Meroci who understood Egyptian hieroglyphics.

In front of the king's face are his cartouches, but unfortunately the prenomen is obliterated. He styles himself, " Ra, lord of the two lands, lord of crowns, son of Ra; " his name was something like Amen-khetashen ( Q '——•' ® '~~' ]. In front of the canopy under which the king is seated stands a priest presenting a censer with incense burning in its pan. The handle of the censer is in the form of a lotus, from which a hand projects to hold the pan ; the end is in the form of a hawk's head. Attached to the handle is a small box, wherein the incense to be burned was placed ; in front of it kneels a small figure of Anubis. The altar near which the priest stands is loaded with offerings.

Cailliaud mentions that he saw on the " face principal," to the south, a little inscription in \vhat [he imagined to be " Ethiopian characters ; " this was removed by Lepsius, and is now in the Berlin Museum. See Denhmder, VI. 8, No. 40. Pyramid No. 19 (Cailliaud T, Hoskins M, Lepsius No. 31). This pyramid was built for Tirikanletau (?) whose name is found on the face of the pylon of his sepulchral chapel written in Meroitic hieroglyphics thus [ s=3 ] \ 1 R Its faces are inclined at an angle of 16 degrees, its perpendicular height is nearly 30 feet, and the length of each side at the base is about 23I feet. Before the chapefstood a portico containing four columns. On the face of the exterior wall of the pylon, on each side of the doorway, is sculptured in*hollow relief the figure of a king who is represented in the act of smashing the heads of a 408 J