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Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925

"She"

I must not forget to mention that in some remote age this
wonderful fragment had been broken in two, and rejoined by means of
cement and eight long rivets. Also there were numerous inscriptions on
the inner side, but these were of the most erratic character, and had
clearly been made by different hands and in many different ages, and
of them, together with the writings on the parchments, I shall have to
speak presently.
[plate 1]
FACSIMILE OF THE SHERD OF AMENARTAS
One 1/2 size
Greatest length of the original 101/2 inches
Greatest breadth 7 inches
Weight 1lb 51/2 oz
[plate 2]
FACSIMILE OF THE SHERD OF AMENARTAS
One 1/2 size
"Is there anything more?" asked Leo, in a kind of excited whisper.
I groped about, and produced something hard, done up in a little linen
bag. Out of the bag we took first a very beautiful miniature done
upon ivory, and secondly, a small chocolate-coloured composition
_scarabaeus_, marked thus:--
[sketch omitted]
symbols which, we have since ascertained, mean "Suten se Ra," which is
being translated the "Royal Son of Ra or the Sun.


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