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APPENDIX.
not be difficult to find out by observing the stones in their respective
places, and by comparing the situation of others, that are written upon.
B has the name only.
C. The name may possibly have been effaced or cut off, if the stone
required any fitting on the spot.
D. Here we have the name of the king again, but in another form,
whereby we learn the value of the unknown character ^ ; for
is the splendid Ra, or © Ru. ^ T or ® <J^ etl"ivalent
to ^il , tsk or thsh. ^ COOT or T......O nl£»king
Rathsho.
This group looks amazingly as if two brothers or two sisters were
spoken of. There are two hawks, as if it meant two kings; and what
follows appears like ^ ^^]e^ • * ancl J$x ^
signify "Brother-loving ;" and by the same rule jjT would be
" Sister-loving." /ww
Tlie fifth king of the fourth dynasty Rhatoises, and Rau-osis, and
the eleventh king of the eighteenth dynasty, is called Rathos, Athoris,
or Rathosis, all of which names bear a great resemblance to the one
we have deciphered; but I am of opinion, that it is premature to begin
to class these names before a sufficient number of them is collected
from the tombs, and their relation to each other noticed. To pursue the
inquiry, the sand ought to be cleared out of all the tombs about the
Pyramids of Gizeh.
What follows the name, I do not pretend to understand, but the
characters in the lower line indicate the position, as in A.
MIDDLE PYRAMID.
F, G, I, and K, I must pass over.
In J f| ^ signifies " to make live."
-<£>■ is a verb of action, " to do," or " to execute."5
n i signifies " a dwelling."
The whole may mean " an eternal habitation," or " a Tomb."
L. "n- "^—y may have the same signification as the above.
* Champollion.
APPENDIX.
not be difficult to find out by observing the stones in their respective
places, and by comparing the situation of others, that are written upon.
B has the name only.
C. The name may possibly have been effaced or cut off, if the stone
required any fitting on the spot.
D. Here we have the name of the king again, but in another form,
whereby we learn the value of the unknown character ^ ; for
is the splendid Ra, or © Ru. ^ T or ® <J^ etl"ivalent
to ^il , tsk or thsh. ^ COOT or T......O nl£»king
Rathsho.
This group looks amazingly as if two brothers or two sisters were
spoken of. There are two hawks, as if it meant two kings; and what
follows appears like ^ ^^]e^ • * ancl J$x ^
signify "Brother-loving ;" and by the same rule jjT would be
" Sister-loving." /ww
Tlie fifth king of the fourth dynasty Rhatoises, and Rau-osis, and
the eleventh king of the eighteenth dynasty, is called Rathos, Athoris,
or Rathosis, all of which names bear a great resemblance to the one
we have deciphered; but I am of opinion, that it is premature to begin
to class these names before a sufficient number of them is collected
from the tombs, and their relation to each other noticed. To pursue the
inquiry, the sand ought to be cleared out of all the tombs about the
Pyramids of Gizeh.
What follows the name, I do not pretend to understand, but the
characters in the lower line indicate the position, as in A.
MIDDLE PYRAMID.
F, G, I, and K, I must pass over.
In J f| ^ signifies " to make live."
-<£>■ is a verb of action, " to do," or " to execute."5
n i signifies " a dwelling."
The whole may mean " an eternal habitation," or " a Tomb."
L. "n- "^—y may have the same signification as the above.
* Champollion.