Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

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Mar.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.

The king made Kheti "rule when a cubit long; he promoted
his seat ^. |, j^^ ^ 1 at the age of t'aa" whateverthatmeans.

king knew the nature of my tongue, the moderation of my
character?"


This is the most remarkable instance that I have yet met

with of the use of the monogram j* = I .-»•'-,■ A good


scribewouldhardlyhavetoleratedit in such a phrase.


For ast nsa compare Rifeh, VII,1. 46, aqa hatimt ast ns,
"exactin thought, justin speech."


Line 193:££« ©. 3f <f- H. 204, 209,215. £££ is certainly

equivalent,in meaning at least, to ^ ^£$ *"£"p Clf It is worth


notingthatat El Bersheh, L.D.,II, 134, 1. n ^^[p:©^?
is used in a similar context


/WWA

" In this city,"" in this tomb,"are cant phrases,andsometimes
almostsuperfluous.


Line206. |l eS ^ a n. See my note, Proceedings,XI, p. 88.

ReadP d _ _f^, or as Maspero P cS \ ' n.


Lines208-13. I should readsomehowthus:—

n ^rf— ».t p^i^1 1 „—,. /wwv\o "™* o.. II n q ,eiVw\ 1
/WWW 1 w ■ WV« ZWVWV© mI WVUM, VI I x^ «-» r\ IMl i

jf oiww, o V ,www 1 1 1 E£a □ x 1 n- 1


">:\l-£&


* C/! Bergmann, Rtc. detrav., ix, p. 57
t This was proved by Piehl, A.Z.,xxv, p. 33.
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