Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 1) (London, 1840)

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function of which is at present unknown. The same
title appears on the coffin of the Queen of Araasis in the

form of P ^ i^TX ^ . These inscriptions are

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peculiar to this period, and to the era of the Saite dynasty,
who revived many of the earlier prenomens, titles, and
offices.

" The symbols following the name are very indistinct,
but apparently titles ; other symbols written in characters
more nearly the Hieratic also appear, but possess less
interest than those previously described. The figure of a
bird resembling a swallow, and used to express Ulep,
"great, chief," &c, is of common occurrence, as is also
the symbol of a priest, a man pouring water over his head,
but the cartouche of Suphis is followed by a hieroglyphic
to which it would be difficult to find a parallel. The
symbol also which appears in Wellington's Chamber, and
perhaps the fourth to the left in the west end of the same
chamber preceding the cartouche (neb Shoufou), are
equally difficult of solution ; they may possibly replace
the figure of the priest; but this is mere conjecture, and
far from being proved, and may also be a portion of the
standard of Suphis I. and II., which is about to be pub-
lished by M. Rosellini.

"A curious sequence of symbols occurs upon the
blocks of the northern and southern sides of Campbell's
Chamber. The mason has marked upon those of the

south the symbol ^ Noqpe, "good," or "excellent,"

perhaps likewise used in these instances as a cipher, for it