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THE OBJECTS DISCOVERED.
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may not be hieroglyphs. 250—280, various
signs with ka, of which only 260, 264, 265, 270
seem to have a hieroglyph, the hoe. 281—339?
ka arms, with and without a stroke. 340—344>
seem to be the ka arms and stroke combined.
345—376, the wavy lines with the ka appear
in the best examples to be intended for serpents
(see Nos. 423—427). With these we may com-
pare the two serpents in shrines figured in the
Xllth Dynasty (see Kojptos, ix. 2, before head of
Min).
PL xlix. contains the animal figures. 377—
386 are various quadrupeds. 387—395 are
perhaps intended for a jerboa or lizard. The
birds 396—410 cannot be safely discriminated,
as the early forms are uncertain even in good
work.
411—413 are of the zet serpent. Next are
the double serpents 414—421, and then single
serpents 422—433. As so often two or more
signs are found placed together, it is impossible
to group every example of a sign in one place ;
hence, classing by the most important or dis-
tinctive sign, some—such as the double
serpent—appear in several plates.
435—482 are fish with two serpents and
squares. Those Avith serpents are all of Zet and
Mcrneit ; the ordinary type of fish are never
found in the tomb of Merneit.
PL L. contains hieroglyph marks. 483-4 are
the sun and Avings Avith neb. 485 the same Avith
mer netev. 486—505 neter, with various other
signs. 506—510 the three-hill sign set; this and
other signs appear inverted because such Avere
drawn Avith the hand next to the mouth of the
jar, probably by a man leaning over the jar as
it rested against his knees. None of the marks
are here turned round, as it is right to sIioav
strictly what Avay they stand when the jar is
mouth upAvards. 511—533 are tAvo-hill signs,
du ; the general sign occurring Avith them being
a circle.
534 is the sickle, 'ina.
535—567 the hoe
mer
the general sign
occurring Avith it being the fork, in Nos. 540
to 546.
568—574, apparently the hotep, mat and
offering. 575-7 the sa cord. 578 marked on a
clay jar cap ; the forepart of a lion, hat, or the
forepart of an ibis, Avith probably ha or
perhaps sha plants.
579—584, a curious group Avhich can hardly
be explained as hieroglyphs. The narroAV signs
might be mer's ; the other object is seen in Nos.
585-—589, and perhaps 593.
594—604, various forms of the qema or resi
plant sign ; ahvays draAvn Avith the finger before
baking ; perhaps to denote southern wine.
605—668, crescent and star accompanied by
netev, mer, T, divided disc, and square.
29, The Sigxary, pi. Hi. Here Ave reach
signs Avhich seem to be disconnected from the
knoAvn hieroglyphs, and in the folloAving plates
Ave arc probably touching on the system of geo-
metrical signs used from prehistoric to Roman
times in Egypt, and also in other countries
around the Mediterranean. Hoav far these signs
are originally due to geometrical invention, or
Iioav far due to corruption of some picture, Ave
cannot say. But in any case they stood so
detached from the hieroglyphic Avriting and its
hieratic and demotic derivations, that they must
be treated as a separate system. For the present
the best course is to sIioav here the similarity of
forms between these marks and those knoAvn in
Egypt in earlier and later times ; adding the
similar forms in the Karian and Spanish
alphabets. The usage of such forms in the same
country from about 6000 B.C. doAvn to 1200 B.C.
or later, sIioavs that Ave have to deal with a
definite system. And it seems impossible to
separate that in 1200 B.C. in Egypt from the
similar forms found in other lands connected
Avith Egypt from 800 B.C. doAvn to later times;
avc may find many of these also in the Kretan
inscriptions long before 800 B.C.
The only conclusion then seems to be that a
great body of signs—or a signary—Avas in use
31
may not be hieroglyphs. 250—280, various
signs with ka, of which only 260, 264, 265, 270
seem to have a hieroglyph, the hoe. 281—339?
ka arms, with and without a stroke. 340—344>
seem to be the ka arms and stroke combined.
345—376, the wavy lines with the ka appear
in the best examples to be intended for serpents
(see Nos. 423—427). With these we may com-
pare the two serpents in shrines figured in the
Xllth Dynasty (see Kojptos, ix. 2, before head of
Min).
PL xlix. contains the animal figures. 377—
386 are various quadrupeds. 387—395 are
perhaps intended for a jerboa or lizard. The
birds 396—410 cannot be safely discriminated,
as the early forms are uncertain even in good
work.
411—413 are of the zet serpent. Next are
the double serpents 414—421, and then single
serpents 422—433. As so often two or more
signs are found placed together, it is impossible
to group every example of a sign in one place ;
hence, classing by the most important or dis-
tinctive sign, some—such as the double
serpent—appear in several plates.
435—482 are fish with two serpents and
squares. Those Avith serpents are all of Zet and
Mcrneit ; the ordinary type of fish are never
found in the tomb of Merneit.
PL L. contains hieroglyph marks. 483-4 are
the sun and Avings Avith neb. 485 the same Avith
mer netev. 486—505 neter, with various other
signs. 506—510 the three-hill sign set; this and
other signs appear inverted because such Avere
drawn Avith the hand next to the mouth of the
jar, probably by a man leaning over the jar as
it rested against his knees. None of the marks
are here turned round, as it is right to sIioav
strictly what Avay they stand when the jar is
mouth upAvards. 511—533 are tAvo-hill signs,
du ; the general sign occurring Avith them being
a circle.
534 is the sickle, 'ina.
535—567 the hoe
mer
the general sign
occurring Avith it being the fork, in Nos. 540
to 546.
568—574, apparently the hotep, mat and
offering. 575-7 the sa cord. 578 marked on a
clay jar cap ; the forepart of a lion, hat, or the
forepart of an ibis, Avith probably ha or
perhaps sha plants.
579—584, a curious group Avhich can hardly
be explained as hieroglyphs. The narroAV signs
might be mer's ; the other object is seen in Nos.
585-—589, and perhaps 593.
594—604, various forms of the qema or resi
plant sign ; ahvays draAvn Avith the finger before
baking ; perhaps to denote southern wine.
605—668, crescent and star accompanied by
netev, mer, T, divided disc, and square.
29, The Sigxary, pi. Hi. Here Ave reach
signs Avhich seem to be disconnected from the
knoAvn hieroglyphs, and in the folloAving plates
Ave arc probably touching on the system of geo-
metrical signs used from prehistoric to Roman
times in Egypt, and also in other countries
around the Mediterranean. Hoav far these signs
are originally due to geometrical invention, or
Iioav far due to corruption of some picture, Ave
cannot say. But in any case they stood so
detached from the hieroglyphic Avriting and its
hieratic and demotic derivations, that they must
be treated as a separate system. For the present
the best course is to sIioav here the similarity of
forms between these marks and those knoAvn in
Egypt in earlier and later times ; adding the
similar forms in the Karian and Spanish
alphabets. The usage of such forms in the same
country from about 6000 B.C. doAvn to 1200 B.C.
or later, sIioavs that Ave have to deal with a
definite system. And it seems impossible to
separate that in 1200 B.C. in Egypt from the
similar forms found in other lands connected
Avith Egypt from 800 B.C. doAvn to later times;
avc may find many of these also in the Kretan
inscriptions long before 800 B.C.
The only conclusion then seems to be that a
great body of signs—or a signary—Avas in use