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THE HIEROGLYPHS.
19
cord
lead-
g. 73,
' choice
top'
.^Sk (IIter., p. 17); young of an ungulate
animal, newly dropped, the legs gathered under:
fig. 71, /'///., xli. 8 ; fig. 75, ib., 3 ; in fig. 74,
//;., xli. 1—from the group ywc—by exception
the le<>'S are outstretched downwards, as if in an
effort to rise.
: &-{ gazelle (Gazella dorcas): fig. 68, Akht.
Det. of gazelles.
(//. 7/., iii., p. 4; Hier., p. 68) ; oryx on
sacred perch, vase or bundle of hay in front;
fig. 64, Pth., xxxv. 2. Id. of oryx-nome,
XYTth of Upper Egypt; it is masc, cf. J I. //.,
i., PL viii., 11. 17-18, JWliz (?) r zr-f.
■^l kid (not calf) with short upturned tail
(cf. Mechim, xiii., xv. ; Methen, L., D., ii. 4):
fig. 70, Pth., xxxiii. 5. Name, I) J, lit.
" skipper (?)," Sail., I., iv. 1 ; Anast., iv. 15, 5,
frequent as proper name, "Kid," in M.K., e.g.
Sil, Eg. Ins., ii. 94. In O.K. word-sign for
i) J , and in N.K. even phon. for same.
3^i (Hier., p. 17); ram with horizontal
horns, black on hind quarters and legs from
shoulders: fig. 76, Pth., xxxviii. 1. Word-
sign for IIJ, the ram of Mendes (Medum, PL xxi.),
so also probably in Pth., xxxvii., xxxviii. The
name -*-«=» sr occurs in Pyr., as Max Midler
pointed out.
ass (Eguus onager): fig. 67, Akht.
Word-siim for —n
ass.
Class IV. Birds. Pls. VII., VIII.
vulture (Gyps): fig. 116, Akht.; fig. 117,
Pth., xxxiii., col. 2 (in ib., xxxii., col. 2, the
leg-feathers and feet are blue, the body spotted).
Name nr't. Word-sign for nr. Word-sign for
m't or mw't(?), "mother." For the reading
note that in Prisse, x. 3, "mother" is written
mt (or mt't ?) instead of mw't (?), and the variant
^3 as early at least as Akhenaten is note-
c^
worthy. Occasionally in Pyr., Sec, phon. for
plural ending of fern, words ending in m't (Pyr.,
him'wt, Ssm'wt, I'. 319, yhm'wt, and L., I)., ii.
133a (Chnemhetep) even mszm'wt). Horapollo
(i. 11) says that the vulture was considered to
be only female. The goddess Nekheb't, to whom
the vulture was sacred, was called by the Greeks
Eileithyia, though very little is known from
Egyptian (cf. P.S.B.A., 1899, 277, for some
slight evidence) to indicate that her functions
were those of the Greek goddess. The value
m't, mw't, " mother," probably took its origin in
mythology.
[alif, Hier., p. 19); Egyptian vulture
(percnopterus): fig. 80, Pth., xxxi. 2; fig. 83,
lb., xxxiv., col. 1 ; fig. 85, ib., xxxiii., col. 1 ;
fig. 93, ib., xxxiii., col. 0 ; fig. 95, ib., xxxiii.,
col. 6; fig, 89, Akht. In Pth. there are traces
of blue colour on the wing. The figure is very
variable, two main varieties being discernible:
one shows the scanty feathers at the back of the
head like a fringe (tigs. 83, 89), the other, esp.
fig. 85, is more like a kite, particularly about
the eye, and without naked flesh.
^ (tyw, Hier., p. 19); eagle (aquila):
fig. 88, Akht. (88 and 89 are contiguous signs)
(Hier., p. 20); sparrow-hawk: fig. 103,
Pth., xli., col. 3 (cartouche); blue above, in
Pth. and Akht.
m> (Hier., p. 60); same, on symbol of the
West, Avhich is ^ with ostrich feather in it upon
a staff with streamer, cf. the hawk-perch and
vars. of £=y-: fig. 90, Pth., xxxiv., col. 2;
fig. 94, ib., xxxi., col. 5. The ^ is blue in
/'///,. Cf. below ^, p. 30. For reading wnm,
note that in Tdtb., cap. 17 (Nav., ii. 51), a,
(i.e. imim't: Hier.,
N.K. pap. has -
p. 37) -
^ ^—B
"right" (fern. adj.). It is
c
THE HIEROGLYPHS.
19
cord
lead-
g. 73,
' choice
top'
.^Sk (IIter., p. 17); young of an ungulate
animal, newly dropped, the legs gathered under:
fig. 71, /'///., xli. 8 ; fig. 75, ib., 3 ; in fig. 74,
//;., xli. 1—from the group ywc—by exception
the le<>'S are outstretched downwards, as if in an
effort to rise.
: &-{ gazelle (Gazella dorcas): fig. 68, Akht.
Det. of gazelles.
(//. 7/., iii., p. 4; Hier., p. 68) ; oryx on
sacred perch, vase or bundle of hay in front;
fig. 64, Pth., xxxv. 2. Id. of oryx-nome,
XYTth of Upper Egypt; it is masc, cf. J I. //.,
i., PL viii., 11. 17-18, JWliz (?) r zr-f.
■^l kid (not calf) with short upturned tail
(cf. Mechim, xiii., xv. ; Methen, L., D., ii. 4):
fig. 70, Pth., xxxiii. 5. Name, I) J, lit.
" skipper (?)," Sail., I., iv. 1 ; Anast., iv. 15, 5,
frequent as proper name, "Kid," in M.K., e.g.
Sil, Eg. Ins., ii. 94. In O.K. word-sign for
i) J , and in N.K. even phon. for same.
3^i (Hier., p. 17); ram with horizontal
horns, black on hind quarters and legs from
shoulders: fig. 76, Pth., xxxviii. 1. Word-
sign for IIJ, the ram of Mendes (Medum, PL xxi.),
so also probably in Pth., xxxvii., xxxviii. The
name -*-«=» sr occurs in Pyr., as Max Midler
pointed out.
ass (Eguus onager): fig. 67, Akht.
Word-siim for —n
ass.
Class IV. Birds. Pls. VII., VIII.
vulture (Gyps): fig. 116, Akht.; fig. 117,
Pth., xxxiii., col. 2 (in ib., xxxii., col. 2, the
leg-feathers and feet are blue, the body spotted).
Name nr't. Word-sign for nr. Word-sign for
m't or mw't(?), "mother." For the reading
note that in Prisse, x. 3, "mother" is written
mt (or mt't ?) instead of mw't (?), and the variant
^3 as early at least as Akhenaten is note-
c^
worthy. Occasionally in Pyr., Sec, phon. for
plural ending of fern, words ending in m't (Pyr.,
him'wt, Ssm'wt, I'. 319, yhm'wt, and L., I)., ii.
133a (Chnemhetep) even mszm'wt). Horapollo
(i. 11) says that the vulture was considered to
be only female. The goddess Nekheb't, to whom
the vulture was sacred, was called by the Greeks
Eileithyia, though very little is known from
Egyptian (cf. P.S.B.A., 1899, 277, for some
slight evidence) to indicate that her functions
were those of the Greek goddess. The value
m't, mw't, " mother," probably took its origin in
mythology.
[alif, Hier., p. 19); Egyptian vulture
(percnopterus): fig. 80, Pth., xxxi. 2; fig. 83,
lb., xxxiv., col. 1 ; fig. 85, ib., xxxiii., col. 1 ;
fig. 93, ib., xxxiii., col. 0 ; fig. 95, ib., xxxiii.,
col. 6; fig, 89, Akht. In Pth. there are traces
of blue colour on the wing. The figure is very
variable, two main varieties being discernible:
one shows the scanty feathers at the back of the
head like a fringe (tigs. 83, 89), the other, esp.
fig. 85, is more like a kite, particularly about
the eye, and without naked flesh.
^ (tyw, Hier., p. 19); eagle (aquila):
fig. 88, Akht. (88 and 89 are contiguous signs)
(Hier., p. 20); sparrow-hawk: fig. 103,
Pth., xli., col. 3 (cartouche); blue above, in
Pth. and Akht.
m> (Hier., p. 60); same, on symbol of the
West, Avhich is ^ with ostrich feather in it upon
a staff with streamer, cf. the hawk-perch and
vars. of £=y-: fig. 90, Pth., xxxiv., col. 2;
fig. 94, ib., xxxi., col. 5. The ^ is blue in
/'///,. Cf. below ^, p. 30. For reading wnm,
note that in Tdtb., cap. 17 (Nav., ii. 51), a,
(i.e. imim't: Hier.,
N.K. pap. has -
p. 37) -
^ ^—B
"right" (fern. adj.). It is
c