. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ., discovered at Shodît (Lepsius, Denkm,., ii. 188 e-f),aud reference to gifts made by this monarch to the temple of Sobkû (Petkie, Illahun, Eahun andGurob, pp. 49, 50). Expedition to the valley of Hammamât in the XIXth year of Amenemhâît III. :the king himself goes in search of the stone required for the monuments of Sobkû, master of Shodît(Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 138 a ; cf. 138 6). It is probably to these works that reference is made in thefew lines of inscription found on the fragment of a pillar (Lepsius, Denkm., ii. 118 g), according towhich
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ., discovered at Shodît (Lepsius, Denkm,., ii. 188 e-f),aud reference to gifts made by this monarch to the temple of Sobkû (Petkie, Illahun, Eahun andGurob, pp. 49, 50). Expedition to the valley of Hammamât in the XIXth year of Amenemhâît III. :the king himself goes in search of the stone required for the monuments of Sobkû, master of Shodît(Lepsius, Denlcm., ii. 138 a ; cf. 138 6). It is probably to these works that reference is made in thefew lines of inscription found on the fragment of a pillar (Lepsius, Denkm., ii. 118 g), according towhich a king, not named, but who certainly belongs to the XII dynasty, erected a pillared hall inthe temple of his father Sobkû. 3 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Golenischeff. 512 THE FIRST THE BAN EMPIRE. hoping to escape for a few moments from the oppressive liberality of his soon, however, as another of these approached, he was again beset at hisnew post and stuffed in a similar These animals were in their own. SOBKÛ, THE GOD OP THE FAYÛM, UNDER THE FORM OF A SACRED way great dandies : rings of gold or enamelled terra-cotta were hung from theirears, and bracelets were soldered on to their front The monuments of Shodît, if any still exist, are buried under the mounds of Medinet el-Fayûm, but in the neighbourhoodwe meet with more than one authen-tic relic of the XIIth dynasty. Itwas Usirtasen I. who erected thatcurious thin granite obelisk, with acircular top, whose fragments lie for-gotten on the ground near the villageof Begig : a sort of basin has beenhollowed out around it, which fillsduring the inundation, so that the monument lies in a pool of muddy waterduring the greater part of the year. Owing to this treatment, most of theinscriptions on it have almost disappeared, though we can still make out aseries of five scenes in which the king hands offerings to several THE REMAINS OF THE OBELISK OF 1
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