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THE HIEROGLYPHS.
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or animal: fig, 380, Pth., xli. 5 (= ym) ;
fig. 381, .1/7//.—coloured red; fig, 382, Pth.,
xxxiii. 5 (= ym, as is shown by the parallel in
Mera). Red in L., J)., ii. 70. After M.K.
it takes the form /----. Word-sign for gs,
"side," "half," and phon. Word-sign for ym,
"side (?) " (Pth., xxxiii. 5 = Mera, p. 551), and
phon. In N.K. very common as alph. for m.
Cf. Calice, A. Z., 1897, 170.
(Eicr., p. 47) ; fig. 391, Pth., xxxii. 3.
Apparently word-sign for zb\ Mr. Davies
observes that it is almost identical in form with
the floats or tassels (?) attached to the harpoon
in a scene of hunting the hippopotamus in the
tomb of Mera.
apparently an ornamental tassel, like the
muhi of Mentnhot&p, PI. iii., and p. 50, no. 27 :
fig. 397, AUtt. Phon. for zbJ or cj»: Such
ornaments seem to have been called jdoj
hence one value of the sign.
0 hoop of wood or metal (?) : fig. 396, Pth.,
xxxi. 4. Word-sign for 10 ; in Coptic uiit, hot.
In a very late text written rid. For the
form cf. the hoop in the ground (PI. xvii.).
Petrie, Mediim, p. 33, notes the resemblance to
fl- (see above, p. 33). Sethe, A. Z., 1896, 90,
considers it essentially the same as -p|-, and
would give ^ ^ mz as its original value.
Judging from Coptic, the multiples of 10 from
50 to 90 were formed as a kind of plural of the
units 5 to 9, but 20, 30, 40 had distinct names,
of which ^__j ^ J ^, for n n n, 30, alone
is known. By phon. trans, nnn is Avord-sign
for a kind of spear.
Stone covered by cloth (?) : fig, 367, Pth.,
xxxix. 2. Occurs in O.K. as dot. of the fes-
tival of w3g, and more rarely of that of zhwt't,
perhaps as representing a place for offerings.
vcv (Bier., p. 64); fig. 364, Pth., xxxii. 3.
Occurs with I Ml as det. of hb. "festival," none
of the usual detail being shown. In PI. xxxviii.
the hieroglyph occurs on a vase in the hand of
Ptahhetep. Here it shows oblique striping.
Q unguent vase upside down, alabaster mark-
ings : fig. 392, AIM. Some early M.K.
examples substitute for this a mirror in its case
(v. Borchardt, A. Z., 1897, 116. In O.K.
variant skr for »-» <=* <=> 5 meaning " adorncr " or
"adornment" as title of woman (Spiegelberg,
A. Z., 1896, 162).
■" (Bier., p. 26, s.v. j) : fig. 388, Pth.,
xxxiii. 6.
£ (Bier., p. 26, s.v. j): fig. 390, Pth.,
xli. 20.
© fig. 368, Pth., xxxiv., top, 4; cf. Medum,
PI. xxviii. Word-sign for Hicraconpolis, Nhn;
cf. late variants in Br., J). G., 353, 1227. Early
variants (A. Z., 1890, 69) show only that the
name ended with n. Colour and form suggest
the snout of a pig or the end of an elephant's
proboscis as the origin of this sign.
c=d fig. 389, Pth., xxxi. 2—coloured green.
It occurs over crm amongst roughly-cut hiero-
glyphs, where one would expect nrzj, but the
colour and all is wrong for
Maspero,
Et. Eg., ii.. 209, note 5, suggested that it might
be intended for lodb (cf. fig. 219).
r. j , Bier., p. 50); blade of knife: fig. 386,
Pth., xli. 22 (in nms't). Colourless in L., 11,
ii. 70.
Miscellaneous Details on Plate XVI.
In the centre is a cartouche of Ne-user-Ra
(PI, xxxiii., col. 7).
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IS
or animal: fig, 380, Pth., xli. 5 (= ym) ;
fig. 381, .1/7//.—coloured red; fig, 382, Pth.,
xxxiii. 5 (= ym, as is shown by the parallel in
Mera). Red in L., J)., ii. 70. After M.K.
it takes the form /----. Word-sign for gs,
"side," "half," and phon. Word-sign for ym,
"side (?) " (Pth., xxxiii. 5 = Mera, p. 551), and
phon. In N.K. very common as alph. for m.
Cf. Calice, A. Z., 1897, 170.
(Eicr., p. 47) ; fig. 391, Pth., xxxii. 3.
Apparently word-sign for zb\ Mr. Davies
observes that it is almost identical in form with
the floats or tassels (?) attached to the harpoon
in a scene of hunting the hippopotamus in the
tomb of Mera.
apparently an ornamental tassel, like the
muhi of Mentnhot&p, PI. iii., and p. 50, no. 27 :
fig. 397, AUtt. Phon. for zbJ or cj»: Such
ornaments seem to have been called jdoj
hence one value of the sign.
0 hoop of wood or metal (?) : fig. 396, Pth.,
xxxi. 4. Word-sign for 10 ; in Coptic uiit, hot.
In a very late text written rid. For the
form cf. the hoop in the ground (PI. xvii.).
Petrie, Mediim, p. 33, notes the resemblance to
fl- (see above, p. 33). Sethe, A. Z., 1896, 90,
considers it essentially the same as -p|-, and
would give ^ ^ mz as its original value.
Judging from Coptic, the multiples of 10 from
50 to 90 were formed as a kind of plural of the
units 5 to 9, but 20, 30, 40 had distinct names,
of which ^__j ^ J ^, for n n n, 30, alone
is known. By phon. trans, nnn is Avord-sign
for a kind of spear.
Stone covered by cloth (?) : fig, 367, Pth.,
xxxix. 2. Occurs in O.K. as dot. of the fes-
tival of w3g, and more rarely of that of zhwt't,
perhaps as representing a place for offerings.
vcv (Bier., p. 64); fig. 364, Pth., xxxii. 3.
Occurs with I Ml as det. of hb. "festival," none
of the usual detail being shown. In PI. xxxviii.
the hieroglyph occurs on a vase in the hand of
Ptahhetep. Here it shows oblique striping.
Q unguent vase upside down, alabaster mark-
ings : fig. 392, AIM. Some early M.K.
examples substitute for this a mirror in its case
(v. Borchardt, A. Z., 1897, 116. In O.K.
variant skr for »-» <=* <=> 5 meaning " adorncr " or
"adornment" as title of woman (Spiegelberg,
A. Z., 1896, 162).
■" (Bier., p. 26, s.v. j) : fig. 388, Pth.,
xxxiii. 6.
£ (Bier., p. 26, s.v. j): fig. 390, Pth.,
xli. 20.
© fig. 368, Pth., xxxiv., top, 4; cf. Medum,
PI. xxviii. Word-sign for Hicraconpolis, Nhn;
cf. late variants in Br., J). G., 353, 1227. Early
variants (A. Z., 1890, 69) show only that the
name ended with n. Colour and form suggest
the snout of a pig or the end of an elephant's
proboscis as the origin of this sign.
c=d fig. 389, Pth., xxxi. 2—coloured green.
It occurs over crm amongst roughly-cut hiero-
glyphs, where one would expect nrzj, but the
colour and all is wrong for
Maspero,
Et. Eg., ii.. 209, note 5, suggested that it might
be intended for lodb (cf. fig. 219).
r. j , Bier., p. 50); blade of knife: fig. 386,
Pth., xli. 22 (in nms't). Colourless in L., 11,
ii. 70.
Miscellaneous Details on Plate XVI.
In the centre is a cartouche of Ne-user-Ra
(PI, xxxiii., col. 7).