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APPENDIX.
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scribes of the south, Phaishop," &c. The latter part being com-
pletely confused and illegible, and of which even a general
meaning can scarcely be at present offered—a circumstance not
uncommon with regard to texts running upon unusual formulas,
especially those with which the sides of the coffins of the Psam-
metic era are adorned, and which consist of short prayers, &c,
having reference to expressions, &c, in the ritual. The personage
to whom the inscriptions at the sides of the tomb refer, is not
the same as the one whose embalmed body was deposited in the
sarcophagus, from that locality, presented to the Museum by
Colonel Howard Vyse, nor of that of the basalt fragment from the
same locality. These, especially the granite one, having been
apparently placed there at a later epoch.
The other inscriptions with which the sides of this tomb are
covered, refer to similar prayers uttered by the priests, or having
relation to different deities, but are chiefly addresses. It would
be difficult at present to offer more than a conjectural explanation
of the meaning of these various formulae, which present difficult
forms ; not having yet been sufficiently collated to enable a
definite interpretation to be given.—Mr. Birch.
Note II.
Sarcophagus in Campbell's Tomb.
The lid of the Sarcophagus (Fig. 7) exhibits nothing beyond the
usual form of similar monuments—the face of the deceased in the
klaft, the beard, the oskh or collar, and the mummied form. On
it is a short inscription, containing an invocation to the deceased
attache of the basilicogrammateis of the viands — Phaishop* (?)
Burn am ed RA-HAAHBTH-(Hophra)-BMOUBSH, &c, being the same
functionary for whom the tomb was excavated, as appears from
the tenor of the hieroglyphics upon the sides. This was, in
fact, the chief sarcophagus of the tomb; and the other similar
functionaries, though not relatives, were subsequently deposited in
the same locality. The hieroglyphics on the stone over the
Sarcophagus (Fig. 6) refer to the same as those on the stone at
the end of the Sarcophagus, and contain a short religious sen-
tence, reading inversely from right to left (Fig. 8).
' This I imagine to be tlie confused part at tlie base of the first I. on the right:
compare the other inscriptions, fiom I to 7.
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scribes of the south, Phaishop," &c. The latter part being com-
pletely confused and illegible, and of which even a general
meaning can scarcely be at present offered—a circumstance not
uncommon with regard to texts running upon unusual formulas,
especially those with which the sides of the coffins of the Psam-
metic era are adorned, and which consist of short prayers, &c,
having reference to expressions, &c, in the ritual. The personage
to whom the inscriptions at the sides of the tomb refer, is not
the same as the one whose embalmed body was deposited in the
sarcophagus, from that locality, presented to the Museum by
Colonel Howard Vyse, nor of that of the basalt fragment from the
same locality. These, especially the granite one, having been
apparently placed there at a later epoch.
The other inscriptions with which the sides of this tomb are
covered, refer to similar prayers uttered by the priests, or having
relation to different deities, but are chiefly addresses. It would
be difficult at present to offer more than a conjectural explanation
of the meaning of these various formulae, which present difficult
forms ; not having yet been sufficiently collated to enable a
definite interpretation to be given.—Mr. Birch.
Note II.
Sarcophagus in Campbell's Tomb.
The lid of the Sarcophagus (Fig. 7) exhibits nothing beyond the
usual form of similar monuments—the face of the deceased in the
klaft, the beard, the oskh or collar, and the mummied form. On
it is a short inscription, containing an invocation to the deceased
attache of the basilicogrammateis of the viands — Phaishop* (?)
Burn am ed RA-HAAHBTH-(Hophra)-BMOUBSH, &c, being the same
functionary for whom the tomb was excavated, as appears from
the tenor of the hieroglyphics upon the sides. This was, in
fact, the chief sarcophagus of the tomb; and the other similar
functionaries, though not relatives, were subsequently deposited in
the same locality. The hieroglyphics on the stone over the
Sarcophagus (Fig. 6) refer to the same as those on the stone at
the end of the Sarcophagus, and contain a short religious sen-
tence, reading inversely from right to left (Fig. 8).
' This I imagine to be tlie confused part at tlie base of the first I. on the right:
compare the other inscriptions, fiom I to 7.