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indeedthe examples 111 ^\ © * from the Old, and III \
Mj ,.... mtfoxt (nom. prop.)t from the Middle Kingdom,showthatthis too is an ancient and so presumably independent,
word. In all cases the sign j| remains difficult. It cannot but be
a separate word,of which knmta, .... tntf,are the attributes or
dependentgenetives.
What is the connection of our him withHarrisI, 41, a 7,
A\ , *K\ , " a certain stoneor clay "? + The his-
tor)' of the roots anm G^andab Y shows how these wordsfor "skin,"
" hide " could cometo mean also the colours whichthe skin or hide
displayed; and it is likewise possiblethat the mineral knmwas of a
hue which resembledthat of the hide knmt.
P.S. —Since writing the above, M. Lefébure has sent me the
followingquotationfromthe new Edfou (p. 78, pi. 17): —U ^7U-o I III DuMlloi" Je te présente les veaux de toutes couleurs: je les amene au
mysterede ta Mesek-t, ton ciel d'en bas, revére, aux portesinconnues,
enténebreet eternise" pourles rebelles." "C'estainsi,du moins,"
saysM. Lefébure, "queje comprends la phrase."* Mastaba 181.
t Rec. Ill, 121. In both theseinstancesthe name is obviouslythat of a god;
the same, no doubt, as he who appears,hawk-headed,AbydosII. 54, 55, [ft a
\\ * — TJ j? T and whose"mysteriousvigour"is spoken of (1.l.).
AbydosI, 31 b, &c., V^ | a. J^ againis the title of a priest. Thisdouble
application—to god and priest — may perhaps be compared to that of ^>J «?*,
AbydosII, 25, 3, L.D. II, 135 h, II.
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