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catalogue oe egyptian antiquities.
The royal name occurs twice, once in the first
column, as at a, and again in the seventh
column, b. The number of years is expressed
not in the usual cyphers, but by a sign or
hieroglyphic which is used to signify light or
rays. f^. A succession of these triangular
forms is usually seen proceeding from the
figure of the sun, and in harmony with this
idea the emblem is sculptured on the sides
of the only opening for light in the ceiling of
a dark chamber in the temple of Dendera.
Possibly, in the highly figurative writing of Egypt,
the hiero-grammatist intended to convey an idea of
the splendour of the reign of Amasis by the use of
this figure, and to say in the 26th period of splendour,
or year of the reign of Amasis, &c, &c.
The circular part of the tablet is occupied by the
dedication to Osiris. Then follow eight vertical
lines of inscription, and one horizontal line at the
base of the tablet. The hieroglyphics are coarsely
engraved intaglio on a slab of limestone, 22§ inches
high and 12 inches wide.
53. Tablet beginning with the very usual
formula, namely, the two eyes, and the seal
or Ring. See No. 5).—To this succeeds a young
man and a woman making an offering to a person
seated on an ornamented chair, holding in his left
hand a lotus, and in his right a fold of linen. At
the foot of the elevated dais or platform on which
the chair of the seated person is placed, is a table
with a bundle of onions, the leg of a gazelle, and
some cakes. Over this a young man is pouring a
catalogue oe egyptian antiquities.
The royal name occurs twice, once in the first
column, as at a, and again in the seventh
column, b. The number of years is expressed
not in the usual cyphers, but by a sign or
hieroglyphic which is used to signify light or
rays. f^. A succession of these triangular
forms is usually seen proceeding from the
figure of the sun, and in harmony with this
idea the emblem is sculptured on the sides
of the only opening for light in the ceiling of
a dark chamber in the temple of Dendera.
Possibly, in the highly figurative writing of Egypt,
the hiero-grammatist intended to convey an idea of
the splendour of the reign of Amasis by the use of
this figure, and to say in the 26th period of splendour,
or year of the reign of Amasis, &c, &c.
The circular part of the tablet is occupied by the
dedication to Osiris. Then follow eight vertical
lines of inscription, and one horizontal line at the
base of the tablet. The hieroglyphics are coarsely
engraved intaglio on a slab of limestone, 22§ inches
high and 12 inches wide.
53. Tablet beginning with the very usual
formula, namely, the two eyes, and the seal
or Ring. See No. 5).—To this succeeds a young
man and a woman making an offering to a person
seated on an ornamented chair, holding in his left
hand a lotus, and in his right a fold of linen. At
the foot of the elevated dais or platform on which
the chair of the seated person is placed, is a table
with a bundle of onions, the leg of a gazelle, and
some cakes. Over this a young man is pouring a