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designed, are articles of food, such as a cake, the ribs and the shoulder
of an animal, grapes, &c. represented in baskets; and the hieroglyphics,
before the man dressed in the skin of a panther, signify " a royal offer-
ing.''- Behind him, and above another figure, holding in both his hands
the roll of a manuscript, are the words "priest," and ceXXCl,
" approved minister, officer;" and behind these figures a person is repre-
sented in a kneeling position, with one arm lifted up, and with the other
placed upon his breast, as if in the act of adoration.3 There is also an
imperfect inscription, which has consisted of two lines.
Fig. 6 resembles No. 5. The inscription above the figures enume-
rates the number of the different offerings, and the termination of the
table, in which the objects have been phonetically inserted.
Part of the same table occurs in the second division, with characters
signifying " water," or " libations," and with another tropically employed
to denote "plants ;" which represents a young plant shooting from a clod
of earth, and, as the symbol for " all" is beneath it, " a basket filled with
every young vegetable" may be signified. In the next division a kneel-
ing figure is apparently employed in grinding, and in the area are
various articles of food, with their names ; and amongst them are £,ik,
"cordials or refreshments;" eXhX, "grapes;" and a material called
cyT" or f)T.
Behind is the arm of a figure in the act of making a royal offering.
In the third division the flowers and buds of the lotus are placed
upon an altar or stand, with a figure, like that in the second division.
And in the area is an inscription in hieroglyphics:—rtCVTe (UnTOf,
" the divine bread," together with cakes of bread, the shoulders of vic-
tims, &c. In the next compartment an inscription expresses " attached
to the hall of audience," " charged with the care of the great house,"
or "palace ;" and below it a figure pours a libation from a vase into a
cup held by another person, and in the area are inserted " the gift of a
libation," and two tables covered with offerings, consisting of water-
fowls, vases, cakes of bread, onions, together with joints of meat.
The traces of two figures may also be made out, bearing, upon small
trays or stands, different offerings; and before one is inscribed " the
architect;" and before the other, two symbols, frequently found in family
registers, apparently expressive of some relationship.
Fig. 7, A, is part of a cornice, taken from the upper part of the
propyleeon. It contains hieroglyphics, and also the insignia, which are
5 A figure in a similar attitude occurs upon a stela of the seventeenth
dynasty, in the British Museum; and upon it is inscribed—" He makes a
royal offering," or " He performs an act of adoration." Champ. "Gram.
Egypt." ]). GO. And below is a star, which, besides other significations,
as glory, adoration, &c. expresses the name of the god Siou, or Seb, Clironos.
3 A similar figure is inscribed in the quarries at Tourah.
appendix.
designed, are articles of food, such as a cake, the ribs and the shoulder
of an animal, grapes, &c. represented in baskets; and the hieroglyphics,
before the man dressed in the skin of a panther, signify " a royal offer-
ing.''- Behind him, and above another figure, holding in both his hands
the roll of a manuscript, are the words "priest," and ceXXCl,
" approved minister, officer;" and behind these figures a person is repre-
sented in a kneeling position, with one arm lifted up, and with the other
placed upon his breast, as if in the act of adoration.3 There is also an
imperfect inscription, which has consisted of two lines.
Fig. 6 resembles No. 5. The inscription above the figures enume-
rates the number of the different offerings, and the termination of the
table, in which the objects have been phonetically inserted.
Part of the same table occurs in the second division, with characters
signifying " water," or " libations," and with another tropically employed
to denote "plants ;" which represents a young plant shooting from a clod
of earth, and, as the symbol for " all" is beneath it, " a basket filled with
every young vegetable" may be signified. In the next division a kneel-
ing figure is apparently employed in grinding, and in the area are
various articles of food, with their names ; and amongst them are £,ik,
"cordials or refreshments;" eXhX, "grapes;" and a material called
cyT" or f)T.
Behind is the arm of a figure in the act of making a royal offering.
In the third division the flowers and buds of the lotus are placed
upon an altar or stand, with a figure, like that in the second division.
And in the area is an inscription in hieroglyphics:—rtCVTe (UnTOf,
" the divine bread," together with cakes of bread, the shoulders of vic-
tims, &c. In the next compartment an inscription expresses " attached
to the hall of audience," " charged with the care of the great house,"
or "palace ;" and below it a figure pours a libation from a vase into a
cup held by another person, and in the area are inserted " the gift of a
libation," and two tables covered with offerings, consisting of water-
fowls, vases, cakes of bread, onions, together with joints of meat.
The traces of two figures may also be made out, bearing, upon small
trays or stands, different offerings; and before one is inscribed " the
architect;" and before the other, two symbols, frequently found in family
registers, apparently expressive of some relationship.
Fig. 7, A, is part of a cornice, taken from the upper part of the
propyleeon. It contains hieroglyphics, and also the insignia, which are
5 A figure in a similar attitude occurs upon a stela of the seventeenth
dynasty, in the British Museum; and upon it is inscribed—" He makes a
royal offering," or " He performs an act of adoration." Champ. "Gram.
Egypt." ]). GO. And below is a star, which, besides other significations,
as glory, adoration, &c. expresses the name of the god Siou, or Seb, Clironos.
3 A similar figure is inscribed in the quarries at Tourah.