May6] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.In any case it is certain thatErpais like Suten and other titles
the epithet of a god whichhas been assignedto an Egyptian priest
hood.*
Thetwonext priesthoodswhichI shall mention mayserveas
illustrationsof this kind of transfer.
The other priestly title of the princes of Minieh to which
M. Maspero refers is ^\, the true readingof which I have shown
to be u(eb.\ In the later timesit is often called Sj~ seut'eb.
Anothertitle whichgoes back to the most remoteperiods is
thatof ^^*, at mer. Thereferencesgivenby Dr. von Bergmann,J
leave no doubt as to the correct reading of the title, which is
also written<-^~3 on a monument of the time of Taharqa. And
anothervarianton the same monument J&. ^f*is evidently
the equivalent of the | '^^^ 1 of Edfu (mentionedon an inscrip
tionof Dendera) whoat Edfu itselfare simply called^/W 1 and
enumerated among the priesthoods of the temple. There were
alsopriestsof the same kindat Dendera.
I—^ at mer is an epithet of Anubis in the Pyramid Texts.||
I will mention butone more title,which hasbeen generally
understoodin the wide senseof favourite. \ hesu appearsin all
the ancient textsto designate a distinct office. TheVvlknW* i and* The relationbetweenthe title andthe god is sometimes alludedto. See
Denkm.II, 17, and III, 25, q „ /**/w* fev^ II.t Proceedings, May6, 1884, on the Egyptian god f\j~\ nJ. Withouthaving
seenwhatI have writtenBrugschappearsto havearrivedat the same conclusion
as mine with referenceto the reading of this name. He says, " uber dieFcn
nochunbekannten Namen(Ul'eb) des Gottes werdeich die Beweise in den
AZ liefem." Religiond. a. Aegypler, note1043.
t Recueil, VII,p. 176.
§ Mariette, Dendcrah,I, p. 15.
PepiI, 80, Merenra, 709. v\ <z< signifies 'cutting,cleaving,'and
is an appellative of the ship - A >JVr. our Cutter, and of the fish j j] ^?*«
dlu,the Cleaver, as well as of the god who cleaveshis path throughthe heavens.
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