This volume features all the graffiti from the Baboon and Falcon
galleries at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, excavated by
the Egypt Exploration Society by Bryan Emery between 1966 and 1971. The
graffiti includes dedications to the god Imhotep with an important
historical content, and masons' marks which show some of the
construction history of the galleries. There is also a Greek graffito
listing the contents of dreams or visions, and a series of dedications
on bronze temple furniture which mention a hitherto unknown god. Jars
with hieroglyphic signs shed light on one of the main characters found
in the Greek Hermetic literature, and a selection of ostraca give
insights into the management of the animal cults.