Sit Ilieroglyphical Fragrnents, 



been 6 otherwise 2 ; but the second (late waJ? pferliaps omitted 

 after an interval of more than 20 years, which must havd 

 elapsed at the time of putting up thef tablet, as the: subsequent 

 dates demonstrate. The queen seems to be styled Isisy but 

 the name of the " younger goddess," which is found on her 

 medals, does hot appear iti these inscHptioris. In the 4th line 

 the word Memphis occurs, though less distitictly than felse- 

 ipvhere. It seems to be formed of characters meaning Temple, 

 and. Good, and might naturally be read PHE-NUF ; which 

 agrees sufficiently well with the NOPH of Jeremiah, translattid 

 Memphis by the Septuagint, aS tvell as with the Coptic 

 PANUF, said to have bfeen Momemphis. It is possible that' 

 Phthah may have been meant by the Grd6d gbd, NUF ; but 

 there is here no character at all reserribling the Enchorial 

 name of Phthah, which approaches td that of a figure of 4. 



We next find a notice of the change of dynasty (Line 5) . . 

 year 7 : the' Gods Phre and " Horus'^ and * Phthah 9 gave 

 the victory to Autocrator Caesaris the Munificent. The 

 number 7 is indistinct ; if correct it must belong to the later 

 of the double dates of Cleopatra's reign, which terminated in 

 the 22nd or 7th, the year of the Battle of Actium, in which 

 the victory was obtained by the Emperor Augustus Caesar. 

 Then follows a date of the year 6, probably of Caesar: and 

 the seven stars of the wings may possibly relate to the erection 

 6f the tablet in the subsequent year. We have also a donation 

 of gold and silver gems. 



• The second tablet (H 72, 73, 74 B) has first the date of 

 the year 19 o/ King Ptolemy [Auletes] the Defender of the 

 sacred rites (L. 3) . . The year 4 of Cleopatra * ISteotera f 

 (4) . . many years . . (b) The year 7 ? the gods ' Phre and 

 Horus and Phthah 9 gave the victory to the Emperor Caesar, 



* and Phthah and Horus who loved him gav6 the dominion ot 

 all men to ? Caesar. (6) . . gold and gems and silver in 

 abundance, gave them to the sanctuary of the great god in the 

 temple of Memphis . . The year 7 of Caesar: ' Mechir 18 ? 

 gave to the sanctuary of the great god in . , (8) . . gold and 

 gems and silver . . (9) Memphis. 



We have here no subsequent year 19 to which the stars of 

 the margm can refer : and it seems therefore most natural to 



