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THE INSCRIPTIONS.
49
Ubastet, as Prof. Spiegelberg has recently
pointed out) ; but in B. T., i., PI. iv. 5, and
below v.a, figs. 6, 22, 23, xxv. 2 we have . .
These names may very plausibly be rendered
" Soul of Isis " and " brow (or horns) of Isis " ;
but they are of course open to other interpre-
tations.
15 offers a very clear instance of the group
ji^ jl^ jr^y Rekhyt, preceded perhaps by the
£] (1 of PI. xv., No. 113, and PI. xxxviii. 35.
PI. iii. 1. The palm-tree ^jp is a rare sign in
ordinary hieroglyphic ; as Mr. Thompson has
remarked to me, the group here (no doubt a
proper name) probably corresponds to the later
A O y*m-yb " Grace of heart."
2. Note fl without projections at the top,
also in 4 and iii.a 5, 6 = x. 2 and xi. 2, B. T.t i.,
PI. xiv. 12.
4, 6. Note 5S£ in what seems to be its usual
form in the Old Kingdom, and the signs for the
South and North countries. One might con-
jecture that it means " Receiving the princes
of the North and South," or " receiving the
Kingdom of the North and South." Behind
O m AMA
~% is the palace gate-tower B, and beyond is
H above -^ or Js». Horus (?), and € the symbol
- v\ !!, Anubis the embalmer (?).
Mr. Petrie reads behind the ibex-head
of
8.
n n 1 1 1
PL iii.A 5, 6 = x. 2, xi. 2.
46. PI. v. The variations of the sign
forming the king's name are considerable, but
they point very clearly to its identity with
the printed B zer, a bundle of stems (?) tied
together. For forms of B? elating from the Vth
Dynasty see Ptahhetep, I., PL xiv. 314, 321.
The best examples here are in PL v., figs. 4, 7
(two ties) ; on the seals in PL xv. there is only
one tie, as in the normal forms.
1. This inscription is remarkable for the
vertical division-line between two inscriptions
which face in opposite ways, exactly as in later
times. □ looks like a city-name. Possibly
©
^aaa is suppressed, as may be expected to happen
sometimes, in which case we should have
AA/W\A
D ©
or Mendes; but as yet no firm ground can be
reached in regard to geographical names of this
period. The animal might be a goat or a
tragelajphus sheep (as at Mendes), but is much
more like a cow, with an ostrich feather between
its horns. The sign below is T?TtT rather than
JJJ,. Compare with this PL vi.A 2.
2. The enclosure contains
3. Compare
L, PL xvii. 28.
13, 14. ^-
(?)
■0
CZZl
ht s Hrw (?) in R. T.,
which Mr. Petrie reads "wash-
ing of the hand of the Double Lord," reminds
PL
XXXll.
fig. 32, and above
one of B. T,
PL ii., fig. 8.
PL v.a. 13. Compare PL vii.A 2. The
enclosure contains apparently three bound
captives.
6, 22, 23. Compare above PL ii., fig. 13.
PL vi.A. 4
24.
fl
^
■4 . A connection between the word st
and the jackal is shown by the hieroglyph iDp .
47. PL vii. 5, 6. The signs on this important
seal seem from the photograph to be—
I
<0>
mm
[\y\y]
With regard to the royal name p^^, W. Max
Miiller, who would read it Khasty (H^s'ty), has
ingeniously suggested that, being in hieratic,
and especially in late times in linear hiero-
glyphic, written h_+_), it was then misread
Qnqn, producing Manetho's Kenkenes.
7. Prof. Sayce has suggested that in this
remarkable inscription ^ is only another way
of writing i^^i. The figure in front is very
interesting. It is a very fine example of the
symbol of the rare divinity Mafdefc. It is
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THE INSCRIPTIONS.
49
Ubastet, as Prof. Spiegelberg has recently
pointed out) ; but in B. T., i., PI. iv. 5, and
below v.a, figs. 6, 22, 23, xxv. 2 we have . .
These names may very plausibly be rendered
" Soul of Isis " and " brow (or horns) of Isis " ;
but they are of course open to other interpre-
tations.
15 offers a very clear instance of the group
ji^ jl^ jr^y Rekhyt, preceded perhaps by the
£] (1 of PI. xv., No. 113, and PI. xxxviii. 35.
PI. iii. 1. The palm-tree ^jp is a rare sign in
ordinary hieroglyphic ; as Mr. Thompson has
remarked to me, the group here (no doubt a
proper name) probably corresponds to the later
A O y*m-yb " Grace of heart."
2. Note fl without projections at the top,
also in 4 and iii.a 5, 6 = x. 2 and xi. 2, B. T.t i.,
PI. xiv. 12.
4, 6. Note 5S£ in what seems to be its usual
form in the Old Kingdom, and the signs for the
South and North countries. One might con-
jecture that it means " Receiving the princes
of the North and South," or " receiving the
Kingdom of the North and South." Behind
O m AMA
~% is the palace gate-tower B, and beyond is
H above -^ or Js». Horus (?), and € the symbol
- v\ !!, Anubis the embalmer (?).
Mr. Petrie reads behind the ibex-head
of
8.
n n 1 1 1
PL iii.A 5, 6 = x. 2, xi. 2.
46. PI. v. The variations of the sign
forming the king's name are considerable, but
they point very clearly to its identity with
the printed B zer, a bundle of stems (?) tied
together. For forms of B? elating from the Vth
Dynasty see Ptahhetep, I., PL xiv. 314, 321.
The best examples here are in PL v., figs. 4, 7
(two ties) ; on the seals in PL xv. there is only
one tie, as in the normal forms.
1. This inscription is remarkable for the
vertical division-line between two inscriptions
which face in opposite ways, exactly as in later
times. □ looks like a city-name. Possibly
©
^aaa is suppressed, as may be expected to happen
sometimes, in which case we should have
AA/W\A
D ©
or Mendes; but as yet no firm ground can be
reached in regard to geographical names of this
period. The animal might be a goat or a
tragelajphus sheep (as at Mendes), but is much
more like a cow, with an ostrich feather between
its horns. The sign below is T?TtT rather than
JJJ,. Compare with this PL vi.A 2.
2. The enclosure contains
3. Compare
L, PL xvii. 28.
13, 14. ^-
(?)
■0
CZZl
ht s Hrw (?) in R. T.,
which Mr. Petrie reads "wash-
ing of the hand of the Double Lord," reminds
PL
XXXll.
fig. 32, and above
one of B. T,
PL ii., fig. 8.
PL v.a. 13. Compare PL vii.A 2. The
enclosure contains apparently three bound
captives.
6, 22, 23. Compare above PL ii., fig. 13.
PL vi.A. 4
24.
fl
^
■4 . A connection between the word st
and the jackal is shown by the hieroglyph iDp .
47. PL vii. 5, 6. The signs on this important
seal seem from the photograph to be—
I
<0>
mm
[\y\y]
With regard to the royal name p^^, W. Max
Miiller, who would read it Khasty (H^s'ty), has
ingeniously suggested that, being in hieratic,
and especially in late times in linear hiero-
glyphic, written h_+_), it was then misread
Qnqn, producing Manetho's Kenkenes.
7. Prof. Sayce has suggested that in this
remarkable inscription ^ is only another way
of writing i^^i. The figure in front is very
interesting. It is a very fine example of the
symbol of the rare divinity Mafdefc. It is
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