Kohl pot of Heqa
A very finely worked kohl pot made from two different types of wood. The pot is in the form of a pillar with a palm-leaf capital, the base is in a deeper colored wood, possibly cedar. Down the front is a single vertical line of inscription, written in ink with a yellow background.
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Inscriptions on the Monument
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Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )
sS nsw @qA mAa-xrw
Translation
The Royal Scribe Heqa, true of voice
| P. Bienkowski , A, Tooley, Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum, (1995), 33, pl.38. |