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THE MASTABA OF PTAHHETEP AND AKHETII KTKI'.
doubtful whether umm, "right hand/' is really
a form of ymn: it would rather seem that it
means the "eating" hand, from wi/m, "eat."
In modern Egypt the right hand is reserved for
eating, the left being used for unclean purposes
(v. Lane, Modern, Egyptians, cli. v., on taking
food—Ed. 1871, p. 185). The variation of
r\ 111111 i a pg
l\ with ■=$=* V\ in Pijr. is doubtless due
1 A,VW\A A/WW\ _/lr\>
to the confusion of two values having similar
meanings.
hawk on perch = ntr, "god" (IHer.,
p 16, s.v. |), combined with fl\ hr (Hier., p. 63),
and dot. of " mountain " or "desert": fig. 87,
Pth., xxxix., right, col. 3—the invariable form
in Ptahhetep, though the published outlines at
times wrongly omit the n. This n is coloured
red (desert) in Akht. For O.K. form ~~ r.
Hier., p. 63. Reads hr-ntr, "necropolis."
Note that this word seems to be masc, while
hrti ntr, "[necropolis-] mason," is probably
derived from a fern, form, hrl-ntr, having a
more general significance, " that which belongs
to a god.'1
owl (Hier., p. 20) : figs. 81, 82,
r^ 6; fig. 92, Akht.; fig. 409
Pth., xxxv. b,
(coloured), ib.
^^ (Hier., pp. 20, 67); swallow : fig. 108,
Pth., xxxviii., col. 4; fig. 102, Akht. The ex-
ample from Akht. is unsculptured, and sketched
in black ink only; it is in this case det. of
its name mn't, " swallow " or " pigeon (?)," in
a place name ; the black bars are curious, and
render the value and species uncertain. At
any rate, it is not more like a pigeon than like
a swallow.
|W] combination of the above with [~ (Hier.,
p. 35) : fig. 109, Pth., xxxiii., col. 4. Reads
Ht-wrt, the u(jve,it HeC
Pigeon (Golumba livid): fig. 113, Pth., xli. 14.
Dot. of its name, mnwt, in the offerings: in
Akht. called in the corresponding place mn't,
like the swallow.
j?^U- (Hier., p. 21) ; young unfledged bird,
apparently taking and swallowing a worm ; or
young pigeon with its tongue out : fig. 86,
A Hit., red skin Avith blue tail, wing feathers, &c.
^\ (Hier., p. 21); chick: fig. 98, Pth.,
xxxii., col. 4—nearly uniform throughout the
tomb : fig. 411, Akht (coloured).
^b^ lapwing (Vanellus cristatus) : fig. 84,
Alcht. ; fig. 410, ib., coloured, the colouring
being fairly true to nature. Word-sign for
rhyt, the name of the first of the three classes
—not yet finally explained—into which the
Egyptians divided mankind, or themselves
alone. The Egyptian name of the bird is
unknown—presumably it was rhyt.
~4^ (Hier., p. 21); &a,-plover: fig. 105,
Akht., ink only; fig. 114, Pth., xli. 15-
usual in O.K. there is no tuft on the breast.
-as
ffl (Hier., p. 21); sacred ibis (Ibis rehgiosa)
on sacred perch: fig. 101, /'///., xxxix., 1. 2;
fig. 112, Akht., Avhere the perch has the peculiar
base elsewhere found with the ibis, e.g. Medum,
xx., xxi.
^*, (llier., p. 21); crested ibis (Ibis comata),
traces of red colour all over in PUi. and Akht.:
fig. 104, Pth., xxxv. 5, in name " Akhet-
henem"; fig. 119, ib., xxxv. 6; fig. 123, ib.,
xxxviii. 1.
* "? head of crane (Grus): fig. 121, Pth.,
xxxix., table of offerings. Used in offerings as
word-sign for its name z^t.
/2* (Hier., p. 22); egret (?) swallowing
fish: fig. 107, blue on wing, Pth., xli. 7.
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