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APPENDIX.
abodes of stone, the tranquillizer (according (o Chanipollion) of the
world, the hawk of'g old, the lord of strength, the conqueror of eastern^.)
foreigners ; the gracious god, the lord of dilated heart, the lord of
diadems, .... gracious, in the oeit, (the crown of Upper Egypt),
bearing (?) the pschent with life, and with power; the king, the lord
of the world, the lord giving light,6 the sun, the lord of truth, the son
of the sun, the bclcvcd son of his race,1 beloved of the gods .... (in)
his tribunal, the lord of diadems, Amenoph, the king of Egypt, the
giver of life, of stability, of power, and of victory ; of dilated heart,
with his offering (?)8 . . . . like the sun for ever. The commands
of his majesty were to open the rock, and to excavate the good and white
stone, in order to repair the temples for a period of years, when his
majesty," &c.
No. 5.—This tablet is also in the shape of a propylceon, and had
probably a frieze and a cornice, with the representation of Hat, "the
good demon." The sculpture is almost effaced ; but, it appears by the
name in the compartment, above the monarch, and below the emblem of
heaven, that Pharaoh Necho, who is styled " the lord of the world, the
sun strengthening the heart, the giver of life like the sun," is represented
in the act of making an offering of wine (for the word "wine" can be
made out, where the offering is usually mentioned) to two divinities. The
deity (in a shrine to the right) is Phtah, or Khons, and he holds in his
hands a sceptre, often assigned to the Egyptian Hephaistos, and com-
posed of the gom, the symbol of life and of stability. The other deity,
Atmo, or Athom, is crowned with a pschent, and also bears the gom.9
The word "eternal" is legible in the centre; and lower down were
evidently scver.d horizontal lines of hieroglyphics ; they are effaced, but,
doubtless, referred to works carried on in the quarries during the reign
of Necho.
c This expression lias been translated by M. Rosellini, " lord over the rest."
It is here apparently in an abbreviated form, but it is written with its full com-
plement of characters upon one of the obelisks at Luxor,
" the lord making light," (?) which would coincide with the solar epithets of
the monarch. Of. llosellini.
7 There is an ellipse here of "makes," "gives," or "jjlaccs." The term
"gods" may bo put adjectively for "divine,"—"his divine constructions."
8 Two arms upon an ensign; which often appear borne behind the mon-
arch.
0 This deity has been called Tom, Thorn, Tmou, Atmou, &c. The final
vowel is paragoric, and the reed, often prefixed, is probably an A.. But the
term JXOCUJU., " Athom," is the proper name of a man. Cf. Quatrain're,
" Itecherches sur la Languc de l'Egypte." 8vo. Paris, p. 1523. Tattam,
" Lexicon Lingua; Copticse," voce Athom. MS. Vaticanus. Tablet of Wood
in the British Museum, Case LL. No. 2.
APPENDIX.
abodes of stone, the tranquillizer (according (o Chanipollion) of the
world, the hawk of'g old, the lord of strength, the conqueror of eastern^.)
foreigners ; the gracious god, the lord of dilated heart, the lord of
diadems, .... gracious, in the oeit, (the crown of Upper Egypt),
bearing (?) the pschent with life, and with power; the king, the lord
of the world, the lord giving light,6 the sun, the lord of truth, the son
of the sun, the bclcvcd son of his race,1 beloved of the gods .... (in)
his tribunal, the lord of diadems, Amenoph, the king of Egypt, the
giver of life, of stability, of power, and of victory ; of dilated heart,
with his offering (?)8 . . . . like the sun for ever. The commands
of his majesty were to open the rock, and to excavate the good and white
stone, in order to repair the temples for a period of years, when his
majesty," &c.
No. 5.—This tablet is also in the shape of a propylceon, and had
probably a frieze and a cornice, with the representation of Hat, "the
good demon." The sculpture is almost effaced ; but, it appears by the
name in the compartment, above the monarch, and below the emblem of
heaven, that Pharaoh Necho, who is styled " the lord of the world, the
sun strengthening the heart, the giver of life like the sun," is represented
in the act of making an offering of wine (for the word "wine" can be
made out, where the offering is usually mentioned) to two divinities. The
deity (in a shrine to the right) is Phtah, or Khons, and he holds in his
hands a sceptre, often assigned to the Egyptian Hephaistos, and com-
posed of the gom, the symbol of life and of stability. The other deity,
Atmo, or Athom, is crowned with a pschent, and also bears the gom.9
The word "eternal" is legible in the centre; and lower down were
evidently scver.d horizontal lines of hieroglyphics ; they are effaced, but,
doubtless, referred to works carried on in the quarries during the reign
of Necho.
c This expression lias been translated by M. Rosellini, " lord over the rest."
It is here apparently in an abbreviated form, but it is written with its full com-
plement of characters upon one of the obelisks at Luxor,
" the lord making light," (?) which would coincide with the solar epithets of
the monarch. Of. llosellini.
7 There is an ellipse here of "makes," "gives," or "jjlaccs." The term
"gods" may bo put adjectively for "divine,"—"his divine constructions."
8 Two arms upon an ensign; which often appear borne behind the mon-
arch.
0 This deity has been called Tom, Thorn, Tmou, Atmou, &c. The final
vowel is paragoric, and the reed, often prefixed, is probably an A.. But the
term JXOCUJU., " Athom," is the proper name of a man. Cf. Quatrain're,
" Itecherches sur la Languc de l'Egypte." 8vo. Paris, p. 1523. Tattam,
" Lexicon Lingua; Copticse," voce Athom. MS. Vaticanus. Tablet of Wood
in the British Museum, Case LL. No. 2.