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HTEEOG-LTPHS. Pl. V. 23
Fig. 67. The sceptre of Thebes, ^ ; read
1 ^ uast (?). From south wall in main
chamber of Tomb 2 ; B. H., I., PI. xvii., fourth
column from right, in middle row of great list
of offerings. M.W.B., 1891.
The sign is composed of the sceptre zdm, or
xlcls, j, with an ostrich (?) feather added below
the head. The sceptre was evidently made
from a forked branch, the top or handle con-
sisting of a piece cut out of the trunk at the
base of the branch. The colouring is yellow
spotted with black, as if the original object had
been covered with panther hide; but perhaps
this mottling may indicate only the markings
of the bark.
This sign, the phonetic value of which is
uncertain, is found only in the name of the
Hermonthite nome, and of western Thebes,
which lay within that nome.
Fig. 68. A fire-stick, za. From north
or south wall in main chamber of Tomb 3 ;
B. H., I., PI. xxx., lowest register, right-hand
end, or PI. xxxv., second register from below,
group Jj^. H.C.,1895.
The sign apparently shows the drill placed
in the matrix, the drill being in this instance
represented, perhaps, as roughened by vertical
lines or facettings, and grooved round the
middle.
Compare Fig. 64.
Fig. 69. A slug (?), *l=_; read/. From
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2 ;
B. H., I., PI. xviii., inscription in large hiero-
glyphs, group ^ <S>. M.W.B., 1891.
which, has often been called a cerastes or
horned snake; but the bluntness of the head,
the smallness of the mouth, and the general
form, are all against this view. The "ears"
are not like such appendages of any animal
known to us, but may probably be a remini-
scence of the contractile eye-stalks of the slug.
The form and colouring as a whole recalls
one of the large yellowish slugs met witli
in Mediterranean countries, though I am not
aware that they are now
found in Egypt. The
eye in the head would
then be an absurd ad-
dition. But an animal
exactly like that of this
hieroglyph is figured by
Prisse 1 (coloured pale
brown on the back and
white beneath, with
dark spots), crawling
up a papyrus stem, and
there it is evidently
intended for a slug.
The scene in which it
occurs is from a Theban tomb, at Drah Abu'l
Nega.
This sign is apparently used only as alpha-
betic for/.
Compare Pbtrie, Medum, PI. xxiv.
Fig. 70. A knife, ; read ^ set (?).
From same inscription as Fig. 69. M.W.B.,
1891.
1 Hidoire de VAH Egyptien. The plates in Prisse are
not numbered (in the copy in the Edwards Library the
This sign represents a nondescript animal, | plate in question bears the number 87).
Fig. 67. The sceptre of Thebes, ^ ; read
1 ^ uast (?). From south wall in main
chamber of Tomb 2 ; B. H., I., PI. xvii., fourth
column from right, in middle row of great list
of offerings. M.W.B., 1891.
The sign is composed of the sceptre zdm, or
xlcls, j, with an ostrich (?) feather added below
the head. The sceptre was evidently made
from a forked branch, the top or handle con-
sisting of a piece cut out of the trunk at the
base of the branch. The colouring is yellow
spotted with black, as if the original object had
been covered with panther hide; but perhaps
this mottling may indicate only the markings
of the bark.
This sign, the phonetic value of which is
uncertain, is found only in the name of the
Hermonthite nome, and of western Thebes,
which lay within that nome.
Fig. 68. A fire-stick, za. From north
or south wall in main chamber of Tomb 3 ;
B. H., I., PI. xxx., lowest register, right-hand
end, or PI. xxxv., second register from below,
group Jj^. H.C.,1895.
The sign apparently shows the drill placed
in the matrix, the drill being in this instance
represented, perhaps, as roughened by vertical
lines or facettings, and grooved round the
middle.
Compare Fig. 64.
Fig. 69. A slug (?), *l=_; read/. From
south wall of main chamber in Tomb 2 ;
B. H., I., PI. xviii., inscription in large hiero-
glyphs, group ^ <S>. M.W.B., 1891.
which, has often been called a cerastes or
horned snake; but the bluntness of the head,
the smallness of the mouth, and the general
form, are all against this view. The "ears"
are not like such appendages of any animal
known to us, but may probably be a remini-
scence of the contractile eye-stalks of the slug.
The form and colouring as a whole recalls
one of the large yellowish slugs met witli
in Mediterranean countries, though I am not
aware that they are now
found in Egypt. The
eye in the head would
then be an absurd ad-
dition. But an animal
exactly like that of this
hieroglyph is figured by
Prisse 1 (coloured pale
brown on the back and
white beneath, with
dark spots), crawling
up a papyrus stem, and
there it is evidently
intended for a slug.
The scene in which it
occurs is from a Theban tomb, at Drah Abu'l
Nega.
This sign is apparently used only as alpha-
betic for/.
Compare Pbtrie, Medum, PI. xxiv.
Fig. 70. A knife, ; read ^ set (?).
From same inscription as Fig. 69. M.W.B.,
1891.
1 Hidoire de VAH Egyptien. The plates in Prisse are
not numbered (in the copy in the Edwards Library the
This sign represents a nondescript animal, | plate in question bears the number 87).