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The form of this sign suggests a tube with
broad mouthpiece; but this seems a very un-
likely product of Egyptian handicraft.
\\ f= uden, as a verb, apparently means
" to offer," to deities or deified dead.
Fig. 59, Human arm, -—a; read a. From
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2;
B. H., L, Pis. xvii., xviii., inscription in large
hieroglyphs. H.O., 1895.
The drawing of the hand is as in Fig. 53,
but displays the back instead of the palm, and
shows the nails. In this hieroglyph the arm is
bent at right angles, invariably.
This is the ordinary alphabetic sign for a
(Hebrew J/, Arabic ^) ; ^ being an ordinary
word for the hand or arm.
Compare Fig. 17, and Petrie, Medum,
PI. xiii., &c.
Fig. 60. Human mouth viewed from side,
£p ; read Ment (?). From south wall of main
HTEEOG-LTPHS. Pl. V. 21
chamber in Tomb 3 ; B. H., I., PI. xxx., second
register from below, in group
H.C., 1895.
This sign is probably the phonetic equiva-
lent of & (the nose), and thus has the value
khent, " the front," &c. In very late texts it
is equivalent to <=> = r, Fig. 57.
Fig, 61. Papyrus roll, ; read °
shat. From south wall of main chamber in
Tomb 2; B. II., I., Pis. xvii. or xviii.
M.W.B., 1891.
The roll of papyrus represented is evidently
a large one, carefully bound round with a
long strap, and sealed. The sign doubtless
represents a book or long document. In
early inscriptions it is always placed hori-
zontally.
shat means a book or writing. The
sign is very common as the determinative
of abstract things, which can be described but
not pictured.
PLATE V.
Fig. 62. Battlemented building, in plan,
jjg ; read ^ 1 ® useMit. From east end of
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2;
B. H., I., PI. xvii., eighteenth column from
left in middle row of great list of offerings.
H.C., 1895.
The structure of the sign is not very in-
telligible. The thick black lines may be taken
to represent brick walls. They form three
sides of an enclosure, while three shorter walls
form a square against the inner face of one of
the side walls. This square block, which is
broad mouthpiece; but this seems a very un-
likely product of Egyptian handicraft.
\\ f= uden, as a verb, apparently means
" to offer," to deities or deified dead.
Fig. 59, Human arm, -—a; read a. From
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2;
B. H., L, Pis. xvii., xviii., inscription in large
hieroglyphs. H.O., 1895.
The drawing of the hand is as in Fig. 53,
but displays the back instead of the palm, and
shows the nails. In this hieroglyph the arm is
bent at right angles, invariably.
This is the ordinary alphabetic sign for a
(Hebrew J/, Arabic ^) ; ^ being an ordinary
word for the hand or arm.
Compare Fig. 17, and Petrie, Medum,
PI. xiii., &c.
Fig. 60. Human mouth viewed from side,
£p ; read Ment (?). From south wall of main
HTEEOG-LTPHS. Pl. V. 21
chamber in Tomb 3 ; B. H., I., PI. xxx., second
register from below, in group
H.C., 1895.
This sign is probably the phonetic equiva-
lent of & (the nose), and thus has the value
khent, " the front," &c. In very late texts it
is equivalent to <=> = r, Fig. 57.
Fig, 61. Papyrus roll, ; read °
shat. From south wall of main chamber in
Tomb 2; B. II., I., Pis. xvii. or xviii.
M.W.B., 1891.
The roll of papyrus represented is evidently
a large one, carefully bound round with a
long strap, and sealed. The sign doubtless
represents a book or long document. In
early inscriptions it is always placed hori-
zontally.
shat means a book or writing. The
sign is very common as the determinative
of abstract things, which can be described but
not pictured.
PLATE V.
Fig. 62. Battlemented building, in plan,
jjg ; read ^ 1 ® useMit. From east end of
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2;
B. H., I., PI. xvii., eighteenth column from
left in middle row of great list of offerings.
H.C., 1895.
The structure of the sign is not very in-
telligible. The thick black lines may be taken
to represent brick walls. They form three
sides of an enclosure, while three shorter walls
form a square against the inner face of one of
the side walls. This square block, which is