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THE HIEROGLYPHS.
33
313,
289,
| (Hier., p. 44); cord on stick: fig. 296,
Pth., xxxiii., col. 3.
$\ (Hier., p. 44); girdle (?) : fig. 315, Pth.,
xxxiv., top. J. H. Walker suggests that this
is probably a girdle rope, with slip-knot to
fasten apron round waist. On coffins it is
associated as much with waist-cloths and aprons
as with weapons.
^] (Hier., p. 45); cord, possibly gathered up
for throwing ("far" P, cf. w\ "far"), as in the
bola: fig. 306, Pth., xxxi. 2.
9 (Hier., p. 45) ; loop of cord, ends down-
wards: fig. 293, Pth,, xli. 2; fig. 300, AIM,
5 loop of cord, ends upward: fig. 291, Pth.,
xxxii. 2—yellow in Akhethetep. Name, ss,
"cord" (Pth., I.e.). Plion. for id. In late
writing clet. of clothing, &c.
(Hier,, p. 45); cord handle: fig. 294,
Pth., xxxii. 3.
°sws- (flier., p. 45); many-looped rope knot
fig. 299, Pth., xxxii. 3.
f\ yoke(P): fig. 305, Pth., xxxi. 3. Cf.
Medum, PI. ix. (also xxiv.), which indicates that
the cross-piece is of wood, the hoop of twisted
rope or rushes (?). An object difficult to re-
cognize, but probably connected with cattle.
It seems to mean " stable," " stall," " cattle-
shed." Name, |^^.^ mz't. "Word-sign for
^^. It may represent a large basket, over-
turned and empty, but with the j)ole for carry-
ing it, and perhaj)s called mz't, " the deep."
Probably identical with the sign -j2)-, which
signifies the corn-measure h^r (Kali. Pap., xxii.,
14, 16), and which is det. of all kinds of basket-
work, litters, chairs, &c. The uses of this sign
need to be well studied, and its relation to allied
forms determined.
Class XIII. Instruments or War,
Hunting, &c. Pl. XV.
^ (Hier., p. 51); bow or yoke: fig. 338,
Alcht.
«t (Hier., p. 51) : arrow: fig. 326, AIM.
(Hier., p. 51); mace : fig. 330, Pth.,
xxxiii., col. 7—handle yellow. Phon. in phz,
Pap. Ph.
(Hier., p. 51); boomerang of the fowling
type: fig. 328, Pth., xli. 19; fig. 329, ib., 9.
i/iii" means "throw" (Leeebure, Sphinx, iii. 88.
0 cleaver head, or blade of ioc-harpoon : fig.
337, AIM. =fig. 407 coloured blue. Cf. Una,
1. 14. Nome-sign of XXIInd nome of "Upper
Egypt (Aphroditopolite); later written with ^>-.
As J. do Rouge pointed out, Piankhy, 1. 145,
gives the name of this nome j|vi 0 \> ^>- ©
mtnw. Hence 0 is probably the " axe-head " or
" cleaver " \\ ^ Mmft (Mentuhotep, p. 27,
no. 8) ; and being made of metal, it is perhaps
the early form of a sign for copper (D in the
XVIIIth Dyn.), which may, perhaps, read
hmti (?), as the origin of the Coptic ?out.
| dagger in sheath (P) : fig. 334, Pth., xxxix.
1. 2. In Medum, PI. xiii., red blade or sheath,
white handle (ivory P); in L., ])., ii. 96, Ostseite,
all blue. Its upper part resembles the peg to
which the cord of the net is attached in the
fowling scene in Pth., xxxii. 3 ; but a dagger in
Mentuhotep, PI. v., and p. 29, no. 31, is named
®, meaning, j)erhaps, " first quality." Word-
sign for tpi, "chief," tp.
* £==^ boat on water: fig. 331, Pth., xxxi.,
col. 4—boat green. Det. of (f<[% "barge," and
of boats in general in O.K. It may be picture
word-sign for q*q3 (cf. Erm., Wedcar, viii. 2), or
for ymw, " boat" (being in the basse-epoque a
D
33
313,
289,
| (Hier., p. 44); cord on stick: fig. 296,
Pth., xxxiii., col. 3.
$\ (Hier., p. 44); girdle (?) : fig. 315, Pth.,
xxxiv., top. J. H. Walker suggests that this
is probably a girdle rope, with slip-knot to
fasten apron round waist. On coffins it is
associated as much with waist-cloths and aprons
as with weapons.
^] (Hier., p. 45); cord, possibly gathered up
for throwing ("far" P, cf. w\ "far"), as in the
bola: fig. 306, Pth., xxxi. 2.
9 (Hier., p. 45) ; loop of cord, ends down-
wards: fig. 293, Pth,, xli. 2; fig. 300, AIM,
5 loop of cord, ends upward: fig. 291, Pth.,
xxxii. 2—yellow in Akhethetep. Name, ss,
"cord" (Pth., I.e.). Plion. for id. In late
writing clet. of clothing, &c.
(Hier,, p. 45); cord handle: fig. 294,
Pth., xxxii. 3.
°sws- (flier., p. 45); many-looped rope knot
fig. 299, Pth., xxxii. 3.
f\ yoke(P): fig. 305, Pth., xxxi. 3. Cf.
Medum, PI. ix. (also xxiv.), which indicates that
the cross-piece is of wood, the hoop of twisted
rope or rushes (?). An object difficult to re-
cognize, but probably connected with cattle.
It seems to mean " stable," " stall," " cattle-
shed." Name, |^^.^ mz't. "Word-sign for
^^. It may represent a large basket, over-
turned and empty, but with the j)ole for carry-
ing it, and perhaj)s called mz't, " the deep."
Probably identical with the sign -j2)-, which
signifies the corn-measure h^r (Kali. Pap., xxii.,
14, 16), and which is det. of all kinds of basket-
work, litters, chairs, &c. The uses of this sign
need to be well studied, and its relation to allied
forms determined.
Class XIII. Instruments or War,
Hunting, &c. Pl. XV.
^ (Hier., p. 51); bow or yoke: fig. 338,
Alcht.
«t (Hier., p. 51) : arrow: fig. 326, AIM.
(Hier., p. 51); mace : fig. 330, Pth.,
xxxiii., col. 7—handle yellow. Phon. in phz,
Pap. Ph.
(Hier., p. 51); boomerang of the fowling
type: fig. 328, Pth., xli. 19; fig. 329, ib., 9.
i/iii" means "throw" (Leeebure, Sphinx, iii. 88.
0 cleaver head, or blade of ioc-harpoon : fig.
337, AIM. =fig. 407 coloured blue. Cf. Una,
1. 14. Nome-sign of XXIInd nome of "Upper
Egypt (Aphroditopolite); later written with ^>-.
As J. do Rouge pointed out, Piankhy, 1. 145,
gives the name of this nome j|vi 0 \> ^>- ©
mtnw. Hence 0 is probably the " axe-head " or
" cleaver " \\ ^ Mmft (Mentuhotep, p. 27,
no. 8) ; and being made of metal, it is perhaps
the early form of a sign for copper (D in the
XVIIIth Dyn.), which may, perhaps, read
hmti (?), as the origin of the Coptic ?out.
| dagger in sheath (P) : fig. 334, Pth., xxxix.
1. 2. In Medum, PI. xiii., red blade or sheath,
white handle (ivory P); in L., ])., ii. 96, Ostseite,
all blue. Its upper part resembles the peg to
which the cord of the net is attached in the
fowling scene in Pth., xxxii. 3 ; but a dagger in
Mentuhotep, PI. v., and p. 29, no. 31, is named
®, meaning, j)erhaps, " first quality." Word-
sign for tpi, "chief," tp.
* £==^ boat on water: fig. 331, Pth., xxxi.,
col. 4—boat green. Det. of (f<[% "barge," and
of boats in general in O.K. It may be picture
word-sign for q*q3 (cf. Erm., Wedcar, viii. 2), or
for ymw, " boat" (being in the basse-epoque a
D