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APPENDIX.
then to thy beloved, &c.:" ending with the titles of the deceased
—"great........in the south and north, chief scribe of the
south. IlA-HAAnETHEM0UBsn." The intermediate parts in this
inscription are not distinct, being partially erased ; and the titles at
the other end are such as have not yet been entirely deciphered :
the latter name is compounded of that of the monarch with an
adjunct, implying in his glory (?) which has naturally been sup-
posed to indicate the period when the tomb was excavated. This
name appears to have been a surname of Piiaishop, from the
tenor of the inscription upon the sarcophagus itself, which contains
the end of the name of Ra-haa-hetliemoubsli (?) whose 'great name
is Phaishop,' whose ' good name is Nofrethmouemshnin.'i The
prenomen, which occurs in the composition of the name of the
individual, belongs to two monarchs — Psammetichus II., or
Apries. In Rosellini, torn. ii. tav. 1, a slight difference exists in
the manner of making the central symbol, which has been con-
jectured, not proved, to have the phonetic value of'£,—(see Sal-
volini, 'Analyse Grammaticale,' PI. (5. 205, and Rosellini, Monu-
menti Storici.) On a monument, B. M., Egyptian Saloon, where
that name occurs, no such distinction exists; and at all events,
whether or not the name is the prenomen of Psametik II., which
is far the most probable, because in almost all these compositions
of royal names to make private ones, prenomens seem to have
been taken by preference, although occasionally names appear
to have been used; the tomb must have been constructed
anterior to 604 a.c, supposing it to have been made after
Psametik II.; because it was likely to have been assumed by an
individual born during the reign of this monarch, and deceased
during that of his successor; but if the supposition be adopted
from Apries, it must be posterior to 570 a.c. The other in-
scriptions in this tomb have all reference to the same functionary,
and consist of different prayers and formulas—an analysis of the
whole of which cannot at the present be given. Another, marked
Fig. 10, north side, contains an invocation to Netpe—" Osirian,
attache to the scribes of the south—Rahaaiiethemoubsii—extend
thy mother Netpe over thee ; may she attend to thy abode of rest
in heaven, giving thee to appear to the god in the......with
thy name to the god; may she provide thee with all other things.
.......Netpe, the daughter of the Sun, above the attache of the
1 1 Nofrethmou in the lily,' referring to the chapter in the Ritual—(see " Hit.
Dcsc. de I'Egypte")—where the head of that deity appears placed in a lily. He
also ordinarily wears a lily above his head for his distinctive emblem.
APPENDIX.
then to thy beloved, &c.:" ending with the titles of the deceased
—"great........in the south and north, chief scribe of the
south. IlA-HAAnETHEM0UBsn." The intermediate parts in this
inscription are not distinct, being partially erased ; and the titles at
the other end are such as have not yet been entirely deciphered :
the latter name is compounded of that of the monarch with an
adjunct, implying in his glory (?) which has naturally been sup-
posed to indicate the period when the tomb was excavated. This
name appears to have been a surname of Piiaishop, from the
tenor of the inscription upon the sarcophagus itself, which contains
the end of the name of Ra-haa-hetliemoubsli (?) whose 'great name
is Phaishop,' whose ' good name is Nofrethmouemshnin.'i The
prenomen, which occurs in the composition of the name of the
individual, belongs to two monarchs — Psammetichus II., or
Apries. In Rosellini, torn. ii. tav. 1, a slight difference exists in
the manner of making the central symbol, which has been con-
jectured, not proved, to have the phonetic value of'£,—(see Sal-
volini, 'Analyse Grammaticale,' PI. (5. 205, and Rosellini, Monu-
menti Storici.) On a monument, B. M., Egyptian Saloon, where
that name occurs, no such distinction exists; and at all events,
whether or not the name is the prenomen of Psametik II., which
is far the most probable, because in almost all these compositions
of royal names to make private ones, prenomens seem to have
been taken by preference, although occasionally names appear
to have been used; the tomb must have been constructed
anterior to 604 a.c, supposing it to have been made after
Psametik II.; because it was likely to have been assumed by an
individual born during the reign of this monarch, and deceased
during that of his successor; but if the supposition be adopted
from Apries, it must be posterior to 570 a.c. The other in-
scriptions in this tomb have all reference to the same functionary,
and consist of different prayers and formulas—an analysis of the
whole of which cannot at the present be given. Another, marked
Fig. 10, north side, contains an invocation to Netpe—" Osirian,
attache to the scribes of the south—Rahaaiiethemoubsii—extend
thy mother Netpe over thee ; may she attend to thy abode of rest
in heaven, giving thee to appear to the god in the......with
thy name to the god; may she provide thee with all other things.
.......Netpe, the daughter of the Sun, above the attache of the
1 1 Nofrethmou in the lily,' referring to the chapter in the Ritual—(see " Hit.
Dcsc. de I'Egypte")—where the head of that deity appears placed in a lily. He
also ordinarily wears a lily above his head for his distinctive emblem.