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NOTES BY THE EDITOE.
27
Altogether, as the following table shows,
we now know a very large proportion of the
nome-signs of Lower Egypt as figured in the
sculptures of the Old Kingdom :—
I.
" White Wall." Memphite
II.
" Haunch." Letopolite
III.
" West." Libyan (?)
IV.
V.
"• Southern ) _. .^ „ ( Prosopite )
„ „ xl [ Target (?)." i 0 ., [
" Northern ) 8 w C Saite )
VI.
" Wild Bull." G-ynaecopolite
VII.
" Harpoon (of the Western Siele)." Metelite, &c.
VIII.
" Harpoon of the East." Heroopolite (Wady Tumilat)
IX.
" Reigning King." Busirite
X.
" Black Bull." Athribite
XI.
" Domestic Bull." Pharbaethite (?)
XII.
" Cow and Calf." Sebennyte
XIII.
kt Crook and Shuttle (of the East)." Heliopolite
XIV.
" Beginning of the East." Sethroite
XV.
" Ibis." Hermopolite
XVI.
" Dolphin." Mendesian
XVII.
" Joining of the Throne(?)." Diospolite
XVIII.
" Northern ) „ ( Bubastite
" Southern ) ' (. Tanite
XIX.
XX.
" Triangle." Arabia
CO
" Crocodile."
CO
" East."
Meth.
Akh.
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
(?)
X
X
X
Pth.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Sab.
x
x
x
X
The distinetive Symbols observable on monu-
ments of various ages in the badges of the VIth
and the Xlth nomes seem to refer to the wild
and the domesticated animal respectively, the
c=3, r^^i or M of the VIth nome indicating the
desert and so what is wild, while the Ö in
the badge of the Xlth nome refers to the
counting of the domestic herds. n^o and Ö
also play on the names of the capitals, Khasut
and Heseb.
44.
An Additionul Hieroglyph.
Mr. Davies calls my attention to an
interesting hieroglyph which escaped the notice
of both of us in preparing the text and plates of
Part I. It is the sparrow "^- on PL xxv., where,
behind the first figure, we have the legend: "His
great (*-=-) name is Seshem-nefer, his little ("^)
name is Maui." The sign is rarely found in
inscriptions of the Old Kingdom. It probably
represents a sparrow, a despicable, sinall, worth-
less and mischievous bird. Its employment in
long texts and papyri as determinative of words
of evil, smallness, want, &c, is very common.
In formal inscriptions there is little occasion for
it, hence its rarity. Here, as generally in
inscriptions, it is word-sign for the adj. sr,
"little." To hx the word-sign value see Pap.
D'Orbiney, ii. 5.
In PI. xi. the title of the men pouring out
wine contains a peculiar and doubtful sign that
resembles some forms of -C-*.
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NOTES BY THE EDITOE.
27
Altogether, as the following table shows,
we now know a very large proportion of the
nome-signs of Lower Egypt as figured in the
sculptures of the Old Kingdom :—
I.
" White Wall." Memphite
II.
" Haunch." Letopolite
III.
" West." Libyan (?)
IV.
V.
"• Southern ) _. .^ „ ( Prosopite )
„ „ xl [ Target (?)." i 0 ., [
" Northern ) 8 w C Saite )
VI.
" Wild Bull." G-ynaecopolite
VII.
" Harpoon (of the Western Siele)." Metelite, &c.
VIII.
" Harpoon of the East." Heroopolite (Wady Tumilat)
IX.
" Reigning King." Busirite
X.
" Black Bull." Athribite
XI.
" Domestic Bull." Pharbaethite (?)
XII.
" Cow and Calf." Sebennyte
XIII.
kt Crook and Shuttle (of the East)." Heliopolite
XIV.
" Beginning of the East." Sethroite
XV.
" Ibis." Hermopolite
XVI.
" Dolphin." Mendesian
XVII.
" Joining of the Throne(?)." Diospolite
XVIII.
" Northern ) „ ( Bubastite
" Southern ) ' (. Tanite
XIX.
XX.
" Triangle." Arabia
CO
" Crocodile."
CO
" East."
Meth.
Akh.
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
(?)
X
X
X
Pth.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Sab.
x
x
x
X
The distinetive Symbols observable on monu-
ments of various ages in the badges of the VIth
and the Xlth nomes seem to refer to the wild
and the domesticated animal respectively, the
c=3, r^^i or M of the VIth nome indicating the
desert and so what is wild, while the Ö in
the badge of the Xlth nome refers to the
counting of the domestic herds. n^o and Ö
also play on the names of the capitals, Khasut
and Heseb.
44.
An Additionul Hieroglyph.
Mr. Davies calls my attention to an
interesting hieroglyph which escaped the notice
of both of us in preparing the text and plates of
Part I. It is the sparrow "^- on PL xxv., where,
behind the first figure, we have the legend: "His
great (*-=-) name is Seshem-nefer, his little ("^)
name is Maui." The sign is rarely found in
inscriptions of the Old Kingdom. It probably
represents a sparrow, a despicable, sinall, worth-
less and mischievous bird. Its employment in
long texts and papyri as determinative of words
of evil, smallness, want, &c, is very common.
In formal inscriptions there is little occasion for
it, hence its rarity. Here, as generally in
inscriptions, it is word-sign for the adj. sr,
"little." To hx the word-sign value see Pap.
D'Orbiney, ii. 5.
In PI. xi. the title of the men pouring out
wine contains a peculiar and doubtful sign that
resembles some forms of -C-*.