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ZESZYTY NAUKOWE UNIWERSYTETU JAGIELLONSKIEGO Nox PRAGE ARCHEOLOGICANE + Z 31 oa Studies in Ancient Art and Ci ation, 2 (1992) Joachim Sliwa Cracow AN UNPUBLISHED STAMPED BRICK OF MENKHEPERRE, HIGH PRIEST OF AMUN In the Czartoryski collection (presently the department of the National ‘Museum in Cracow), renowned for its interesting Egyptian gallery, recently systematically described and published, there is also an ordinary brick bearing @ stamp impression (Fig. 1) This stamp enables us to ascertain, that the said brick comes from the structure erected by Menkheperre, one of the High Priests of Amun in Thebes in the times of the 2ist Dynasty: 1. Mnchpr-R° 2. hm-nir tpj n Jmn. His name and title are arranged here in regular, typical cartouches, situated vertically one next to the other (Fig. 1) and delimited at the bottom by horizontal crossbar. The stamp had been impres- sed in the wet clay before firing; it was a single double stamp. CL, among others, the following specification: J. Sliwa, Egyptian Scarabs, Scarabolds and Plagues from the Cracow Collections, Prave archeologicme 38, Studia 2 Archeologii Srddziem rnomorskiej 8 Cracow 1985, pp. 1112 (note 21), and some items published there, * Inv. No. MNK XI--987. Dimensions 34.8 x 1829.3 cm (height of the cartouches 16.7 m), Fired mud with much organic admixtures; colour after firing: greyish-ted. In the lower part ose 208 yeuneyy seq] ur mow (11 dn punoy sfo1q Yons ge wOS suoRUEME oy ‘LI——9T Ad “ZLEL "AIX SOE YOMDy sg ut suornanrx2 fo woowes senf oy fo Hodey “P10}P2X4 ‘EC. tis € “10s § ‘mawayding pur ouz “A ‘pouag apauuariy pays *w>4> (69) ve Ta eamnammpay yong “3990948 ‘9/2 —G “8A ‘poring armpauuenyy pany “94> “AXXX “120d ER61 “IIIX VASSE ‘Pe2emnpa y Kydoutyous youny vy 10 Suonnanrx> 24) wo Tu0dd1 asaIUy “PIOJPI% PUY Ph IAX UVE '8L—L261 “Youny tog 10 suojeanoxs a uo uods4 unuoruy se Aquied way aquosap sioymr stos puv sdoon popuemmod sieotg YEH 1k ayn Jo apsuerseinys som 1) auadayUDW, Jo saLenbpesy ak sem Gq rddng po (972 §) OLe—69E “ld ‘pouny rmpowssyy pays “UOHEI% HE gery oC oFouy wt aamvonyoup youg ‘1898985 TV 1D rami] sur—tup “dd pur gcv ‘012-6 “9 “e929 wou JOMINE SK, “LL “6 ‘PO}Mad apaUUAIUL PAL “UY 1D pep sy ye og “9 pade aovay pu sora KzE> 20 soAaaH 1 pu wry 00} are ssoquu aso) eta ‘isan jouomp pur TeooTemD Y ('M 9—O0Er 3) Mag wopany sy 21 "TW “AaNO] 8 Jo Fe xp paysed! oy EP mje 05 ‘sg mnoge sem auadouuayy aOIO sy Bununsse uoy YeUN ‘SUrEIUEUE soMINE ORL “LL “9261

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