PYRAMID OF AMEN-MERI-ASRU for it begins with the word for " year," \ , followed by a number. On the south wall we see the queen under a similar canopy, by the side of which are four lines of hieroglyphics containing a prayer to Isis, Osiris, and Ra. In this inscription the queen is called Kenreth. In the reliefs close by the gods, headed by the queen herself, are pouring out libations , and men are bringing offerings. On the north wall is the cartouche ( LT <czr> J Perui, and on the south wall the cartouche ( U I 1 Ka-nefert (?).

Pyramid of King Amen-meri-asru, No, 5. When complete, this pyramid was one of the largest of the Southern Group, and was the best built ; the length of each side at the base is about 50 feet, and twenty-six layers of stones still remain m situ. The whole of the south side, and part of the east, are ruined. On the west wall of the chapel are elaborate false doors, surmounted by winged disks with pendent uraei. Above these is the Boat of the Sun, with its divine crew. In the centre is the sun's disk on the horizon with a triple crown above. In the front half of the boat are Harpocrates, Horus, Ra-Harmachis, Nefer-Tem, Anpu, and Sekhet ; in the hinder half are a Nile goddess, Isis, Nephthys, Ta-urt, and the divine steersman. The deceased king's family clearly made up their minds that he would attain to a place in the bark of Ra, for we see a figure of him standing in the stern. Outside the boat, at each end of the relief, is a kneeling figure of the king with his hands raised in adoration. On the north wall of the chapel the king is seen seated, holding a whip in his right hand, and a long, uraeus-headed staff in the other. Behind him, on a pedestal, stands Isis, who has on her head r , the phonetic value of which. As, is her name.

Immediately in front of the canopy stands a priestess at an altar, pouring out a libation. In the first register are bunches of flowers, vessels of beer, &c., Anubis, and men bearing offerings ; in the second register are Thoth, Horus, Khnemu, Anpu, and Qeb ; and in the third are Anpu and men bringing oiferings.

At several places in the mutilated inscriptions the king's names and titles occur. He is styled, " King of the South and North, 421