Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Dec.3] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1889.

II. In the long inscriptionof Khnumhotepat Benihasan thereis a

phrase I □ (C\ \X (line206). Thewordsap has been

a puzzle ; the numerous errors(of the mason ?) in this partof the
inscriptionhaveled commentators to emend it, changing □ into I or
otherwisealteringthe word. At Siut thereis a small fragmentof a
neatly cut inscription, very legible, which gives the expression

(I. 282) II ff vA sat-a Je. The rootis therefore sa or sat,

and probably D should be corrected to a.

III. Thesign[A takes variousformsat Siut {fj,^£, ^£, and the

directionof the upper partof the sign seemsnot to be absolutely
fixed. The bestproofof the value of the last formis in I, 235,

(\f 5^^000' ' walls-' In IV' 25, we have □ = &' but

J^ is written £\^,V, 3, £^, I, 263, and £ in V, 1.

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