Mar.6] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
<=>^y,etc. Of these the only remarkableone is the monogram
nnn <Tf>ti, in which the two vertical lines l| clearly are
intendedto represent pictorially£ and 1.
The hieroglyph is very rare. The onlyearly instances I can
findare in the calendar of Rameses III at Medinet Habu: which
text is written fromleft to right, contraryto the natural directionof
Egyptianwriting; in such casesone constantly findsthatthe artist
confusedlymadesomeof the signs turnthe wrongway. The copies
here give <JT> frequently, but in two instances 1 1 ;* which of
theseis correct I cannot say. In the Ptolemaic texts |T and <fr'
are found as well as corrupt forms<£>,<rr* Theselast two occur
as early as the XXIInd dynasty:Marriette,Abydos,II, PI. 37, but in
a badly writteninscription.
In hieratic the <=> was represented by a spot markedabove
the numeral; thus 8 in hieratic is ^3, but \ is —^9. The fol
lowingformsneeda word of explanation.
.^ ^^ is of course the hieroglyphic /
£ is J, and y at Kahun, correspondingto The
hieraticis probably made up of • = <z>, = lll,t and a
connecting stroke/. In the Rhind and the Ebers (XLI, 8)
the form is ^/, the spot • being absorbed in the connecting
stroke,and the lower memberreduced.
- Both in Dumichen, Kalena.-insch.,XXIV,l. 19. [The parallelcalendarof
RamesesII, Opfcrfestlisten, PI. Ill, No. 22, gives II,but a doubtful instance
in V'uMJnscriptionsHicroglyphiquts, 1 Senc,PI. CVII, 33 (XVIIIthdynasty)has
,andit is followed by the feminine
t As a numeral the hieratic —representsMM but as the plural sign||| : it
appearsagainfor Ml in some formsof six, corresponding to the lower row 1 1 1
in !!!. Thislast case offers a verycompleteanalogyto the — for Ml in J^^3!.
Theconnectingstrokewasaddedto prevent the possibilityof confusion with
the numeral40, I II ll )fl , in hieratic ,.
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