which has juridical meaning to which no special attention has been paid hitherto. It is found in mutilated condition in the tomb of Khentika, also in an "agreement with the ka-servants," and in an unpublished inscription from Giza. In the publication of the mastaba of Khentika, B 8,1 where the inscription is badly weathered and no longer legible, James quotes a hand-copy by the late Professor Gunn which reads as follows: ir n.f phw hr.A r dwt (Inscription 1).2 James observes that "there is a trace of a after dwt, though it is not centered." This trace can hardly be of t because of its off-center position. I suggest taking it as the upper lid of the eye and restoring 'J after dwt. James translates this passage "an end shall be made for him concerning it in respect of that (?) evil ... ." The preceding text, which must have described the action for which "an