28.—K. x. 50.
29.—I. viii. 69.
30.—K. x. 28.
31.—K. x. 40.
After serving as adjuncts to inscriptions, the spirals became elaborated as sole patterns. These are at first a few simple coils, as on one which, from the side pattern, can be dated to about the VIIIth dynasty. These, when elaborated with more coils or links, sometimes developed to great length.
