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APPENDIX.
In the formula of dates the royal titles, or those inserted in the stand-
ard, generally follow the cypher, as " the living Horus," &c. The first
of the symbols is an S, the second possibly a reed, but the third and
fourth are differently represented; as in one instance the third is appa-
rently the upper part of a sieve, and the fourth a mouth, signifying S H
and R; while in the other they are decidedly an N and K : the last, in
both cases, is the symbol of life.
A similar group from the Middle Pyramid contains three symbols,
then an indistinct character, afterwards a block (phonetically, P), a
basket, a diadem, a belt upon two human legs, and the symbol of life.
These characters I cannot satisfactorily explain; but I conceive it
just possible that they may describe the title of some great official
personage, similar to those conferred upon high functionaries under the
dynasty of the Osortasens, and to those which I have already noticed in
my observations upon the quarry-marks found in the Great Pyramid of
Gizeh. And this supposition is rendered more probable by the appear-
ance of a group beginning with a jackal, which apparently describes a
name. I only know, however, one name, Eimothph, beginning with a
jackal, and that, although of frequent occurrence at the time of the
Ptolemies, does not occur at an earlier period. The name, however,
cannot be made out in the present instance.
THE GREAT PYRAMID.
Fig. A, contains in the first part of the upper line a date in the
month of Mesore, but the day cannot be distinguished.
According to the usual mode in which dates are inserted, these
symbols delineate either the standard, or the titles of the king, and pho-
netically signify Ccyp ; but they are too imperfect to be exactly
explained, although it may be conjectured, that the lower line contains
the name of a woman, or of a female deity, which seems to be represented
in B. The jackal has various significations ; sometimes that of a guard-
ian (generally sacerdotal), at others of a son, and frequently, when com-
bined with other characters, of the name of the god Eimothph, or
Imouth ; and in sepulchral monuments during the Ptolemaic era, and
in a few more antient a jackal precedes in the name of the above-men-
tioned deity.
B. This inscription contains a date, in which the year, the month,
and the day, are expressed ; but it is imperfect, and the fourth day can
only be distinguished. The other characters resemble those in A, C, D.
C. These characters are like those in B. They are inserted in
black, and with bars which are vertical, and therefore unlike those in A
and D, which are horizontal. A fourth month is recorded, but, as the
season is not mentioned, it cannot be ascertained whether it signifies
Choiak, Pharmuthi, or Mesore.
APPENDIX.
In the formula of dates the royal titles, or those inserted in the stand-
ard, generally follow the cypher, as " the living Horus," &c. The first
of the symbols is an S, the second possibly a reed, but the third and
fourth are differently represented; as in one instance the third is appa-
rently the upper part of a sieve, and the fourth a mouth, signifying S H
and R; while in the other they are decidedly an N and K : the last, in
both cases, is the symbol of life.
A similar group from the Middle Pyramid contains three symbols,
then an indistinct character, afterwards a block (phonetically, P), a
basket, a diadem, a belt upon two human legs, and the symbol of life.
These characters I cannot satisfactorily explain; but I conceive it
just possible that they may describe the title of some great official
personage, similar to those conferred upon high functionaries under the
dynasty of the Osortasens, and to those which I have already noticed in
my observations upon the quarry-marks found in the Great Pyramid of
Gizeh. And this supposition is rendered more probable by the appear-
ance of a group beginning with a jackal, which apparently describes a
name. I only know, however, one name, Eimothph, beginning with a
jackal, and that, although of frequent occurrence at the time of the
Ptolemies, does not occur at an earlier period. The name, however,
cannot be made out in the present instance.
THE GREAT PYRAMID.
Fig. A, contains in the first part of the upper line a date in the
month of Mesore, but the day cannot be distinguished.
According to the usual mode in which dates are inserted, these
symbols delineate either the standard, or the titles of the king, and pho-
netically signify Ccyp ; but they are too imperfect to be exactly
explained, although it may be conjectured, that the lower line contains
the name of a woman, or of a female deity, which seems to be represented
in B. The jackal has various significations ; sometimes that of a guard-
ian (generally sacerdotal), at others of a son, and frequently, when com-
bined with other characters, of the name of the god Eimothph, or
Imouth ; and in sepulchral monuments during the Ptolemaic era, and
in a few more antient a jackal precedes in the name of the above-men-
tioned deity.
B. This inscription contains a date, in which the year, the month,
and the day, are expressed ; but it is imperfect, and the fourth day can
only be distinguished. The other characters resemble those in A, C, D.
C. These characters are like those in B. They are inserted in
black, and with bars which are vertical, and therefore unlike those in A
and D, which are horizontal. A fourth month is recorded, but, as the
season is not mentioned, it cannot be ascertained whether it signifies
Choiak, Pharmuthi, or Mesore.