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attached of," or " beloved of" or " by," signifies, in like manner, " the
attached (or beloved) of the sun." These characters, considered pho-
netically, produce " Snashtenre," " Merenre," which are of the same
construction with some names in the lists of Manetho.
In all these instances the proper position of the characters is indi-
cated by the closing pronoun, and by the evident meaning of the sen-
tences. In the name of Thothmes I. there is an adjuncts similar to those
which frequently accompany royal names upon scarabsci, and small
amulets. The characters Shaa, "crowned" or "elevated" Re, " the
sun;" She, " like," should be read Shaa she re, " crowned like the sun,"
according to the transposition adopted in Honshere,1 one of the most
familiar names in Egyptian archrcology. The other names, Nepercheres
and Shore, are not so completely determined, because in these words the
characters admit of different readings. In the same manner Re-metaou-en
may be Metaouenre,2 like the Ousr-Ra, or Rauosis,'' Princeps Robusto-
rum of Eratosthenes. Re-mei-ophth (No. 56) may be Meiophthres, or
Miophris; and in the various lists, " Re-mour-ka," Mourcheres; " Re-
ka-mei," Moicheres. But these names cannot be depended upon, as they
have been assumed upon no other authority than by a reference to Mane-
tho. In many of the royal names the dominant disc of the sun seems
to designate the celestial functions of semi-deified monarchs; yet in
many others it may serve to represent, in the person of the king, some
faculty, or power of that great luminary.
The transposition of syllables should be carefully applied to doubtful
names, by which alone its value can be ascertained. Many other
instances, besides those already mentioned, might be adduced; but an
effectual examination of them would require a greater space than can be
afforded in these observations, which are intended more especially to
illustrate the quarry-marks of the Pyramids at Abouseir.
From a consideration of royal names I proceed to those of inferior
persons, which have been found near the Great Pyramid at Abouseir,
and which, it is to be remarked, in some instances have been written in
black, and not in the usual red colour. Three of these inscriptions
contain dates, which from analogy might be supposed to have been
followed by royal names; but this has not been the case.
* Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tom. I. Part I. tav. V. 100 n. pp. 212, 213,
and n. 2.
1 Ibid. Tom. I. Part I. p. 271. Vide Dissertation, by Dr. Lepsius, on
the same statue, in the Proc. of the Arch. Inst, of Rome.
a Rauosis may be an inversion of Ousra, from reading the cartouche
directly. Leemans's reading is incorrect, and Segato's scarcely worth criti-
cising.— "Mon. Egypt, port, des Legendes Royales," p. 20. Cf. Lenor-
niant, " Eclairciss. de l'lnscr. sur le Cere, du Roi Memphite Mycerinus."
5 Where a cartouche is composed of the disc of the sun and nn adjective
°nly, it may be read directly.
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attached of," or " beloved of" or " by," signifies, in like manner, " the
attached (or beloved) of the sun." These characters, considered pho-
netically, produce " Snashtenre," " Merenre," which are of the same
construction with some names in the lists of Manetho.
In all these instances the proper position of the characters is indi-
cated by the closing pronoun, and by the evident meaning of the sen-
tences. In the name of Thothmes I. there is an adjuncts similar to those
which frequently accompany royal names upon scarabsci, and small
amulets. The characters Shaa, "crowned" or "elevated" Re, " the
sun;" She, " like," should be read Shaa she re, " crowned like the sun,"
according to the transposition adopted in Honshere,1 one of the most
familiar names in Egyptian archrcology. The other names, Nepercheres
and Shore, are not so completely determined, because in these words the
characters admit of different readings. In the same manner Re-metaou-en
may be Metaouenre,2 like the Ousr-Ra, or Rauosis,'' Princeps Robusto-
rum of Eratosthenes. Re-mei-ophth (No. 56) may be Meiophthres, or
Miophris; and in the various lists, " Re-mour-ka," Mourcheres; " Re-
ka-mei," Moicheres. But these names cannot be depended upon, as they
have been assumed upon no other authority than by a reference to Mane-
tho. In many of the royal names the dominant disc of the sun seems
to designate the celestial functions of semi-deified monarchs; yet in
many others it may serve to represent, in the person of the king, some
faculty, or power of that great luminary.
The transposition of syllables should be carefully applied to doubtful
names, by which alone its value can be ascertained. Many other
instances, besides those already mentioned, might be adduced; but an
effectual examination of them would require a greater space than can be
afforded in these observations, which are intended more especially to
illustrate the quarry-marks of the Pyramids at Abouseir.
From a consideration of royal names I proceed to those of inferior
persons, which have been found near the Great Pyramid at Abouseir,
and which, it is to be remarked, in some instances have been written in
black, and not in the usual red colour. Three of these inscriptions
contain dates, which from analogy might be supposed to have been
followed by royal names; but this has not been the case.
* Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tom. I. Part I. tav. V. 100 n. pp. 212, 213,
and n. 2.
1 Ibid. Tom. I. Part I. p. 271. Vide Dissertation, by Dr. Lepsius, on
the same statue, in the Proc. of the Arch. Inst, of Rome.
a Rauosis may be an inversion of Ousra, from reading the cartouche
directly. Leemans's reading is incorrect, and Segato's scarcely worth criti-
cising.— "Mon. Egypt, port, des Legendes Royales," p. 20. Cf. Lenor-
niant, " Eclairciss. de l'lnscr. sur le Cere, du Roi Memphite Mycerinus."
5 Where a cartouche is composed of the disc of the sun and nn adjective
°nly, it may be read directly.
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