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the Coptic oice, the throne originated, and " Isis^' signifies pro- 

 perly " pulchra,'" preserved in the corrupted words ca., cevi, acoj, 

 tec, a. oece, pulcher. See G. ^-E. p. 90, No. 454. The following 

 letters, tp, refer to mn (thafa), related with -©fiewi, r\ir\ (thebah), 

 ceila. Accordingly, our earth was considered to be the home of 

 beauty. G. translated it "Es-Senem, the Isle of Bigeh," perhaps 

 discovered by himself. 



186. G. craftily conceals that he was unable to translate the 

 groups 1S6 and 1S7. Perhaps, however, the printer may have 



overlooked " " The former group represents an arrow, 



Kd^To. the corrupted e^rn, ca-\-, related with mj (gadad), incidere, 

 which furnishes the word nnn (chitah), triticum, the corrupted 

 civTe. The very same signification will be found on the T. S, 

 xxxiii., where L., imagining that, according to Ch., the word 

 ^eMC (spica) must be followed by the ideologic figure of an ear, 

 transformed the arrow into an ear. 



187 represents the vulture, which, according to Horapollo i. 11, 

 ■signified mater. Indeed it expressed in in yyoo-mz^ etc. (G.^E. 

 ^6, No. 282), also vit in .«.&.Te, possidere (I. R. x. 13 ; Philae-door 

 1. 15, translated by xupcoci)^ in Philometor, in ^\\\, Cancer, etc. 

 See PI. xxxi. 337, b. Hence the vulture represents the goddess 

 Muthis, or Methuer, our "mother," Germ. Mutter, viz. the earth, 

 the mother of all. 



188. Since the crying mouth, Sivpev, commonly expresses kr^ 

 kl^ we have the word ^:d (kol), 2£.o'A., all. See Nos. 134, 147, 221, 

 432, a. G. im.ngines this group to signify mr^ " chief," but no 

 «uch word exists in any language. 



189, 190. See 29, 31. 



191, 192. The ligature of the reed adoi (kari. 142, 377, 432) 

 i.e. kr with the city plan, liA.Ki, expresses in numberless places 

 the country south of the Delta (crepe, -iny. fi&.Ki, the bright coun- 

 try.) The other ligature, containing the papyrus-plant ra,m, xOJ, 

 gome), signifies the dark country (rhm, Din. chum, ^aki), i.e. the 

 country north of Memphis, but, in general, the northern countries 

 of our globe. G. takes it easier in translating "the double land," 

 viz. of Egypt. 



193. B. shamefully transformed the figure of a beater into that 

 •of a blind man, or pilgrim, holding a walking-stick in his hand. 

 It is probably for this reason that G. interpreted it " chief," sym- 



