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See G. ^. p. 44, 115, PL xxx. 420, b\ T. B. 17, 31 = 164, i,etc. 

 Consequently our group expresses x^*^^' "iJ?^ (ager), az/y«, 

 arx, the heavenly constellations, called nupjoc. B. again omitted 

 to copy the mouth, and G. translates "of." 



26, the notorious hh, nN2 (peah), coelum. G. improvises- 

 "the Un." 



27, representing a tooth, p, (shen), furnishes the w^ord ujmc, 

 qu^rere, referring probably to " augurium" or " delectatio." G. 

 imagined the tooth to signify "chief." 



28 is the well-known word ivuj, :;'^S (ish), the man, and also 

 every man. G. JE. 38, No. 43. G. takes this human figure for 

 " man," but without any reason. See PI. v. 49, viii. 88 & 90, ix. 

 104 & III, X. 118, xi. 131, xii. 150, xiv. 177, 179, etc. 



29, 30. Since the representation of a man pouring out water 

 refers to the root fiefi£, ,122 (aba), eftundere, the same group natu- 

 rally expresses OTnfi, a. fiiAfi, sacerdos, as our bilingual inscrip- 

 tions have abundantly brought to light. The word finfi, however, 

 rather signifies illustris (fioT-fio^), and hence the Egyptians called 

 their priests, as we do. Reverend. In our place, however, trans- 

 lating this group by "priest" would make nonsense, owing to the 

 following figure of a handkerchief (T.B. xiv. 22, 23, 24;, called 

 Rivici, and expressing xc in Fp'ry-ali: (R. S. xiv.; G. JS.. 104, No. 

 550), for "priests of the handkerchief" have never existed. I do 

 not know a similar Coptic or Hebrew word signifying " to 

 weave," and containing the same consonants ; but our weave, 

 Germ, web-en, Pers. caftan, Gr. bipdio (a-bu-bao), point us to u 

 root bb, texere. Hence we translate : the weaver of the texture, 

 the carpet of the earth. Mr. G. omits the handkerchief without 

 mentioning his deception. 



31. The first figure represents the beetle or mallet of a statu- 

 ary, for which reason Cleopatra Cocce (statuaria) is, on Egyp- 

 tian monuments, represented holding a similar mallet, called 

 Ke^Re^-oini, ccedere lapides, Heb. r\\l (gaga). Hence lacb^ on 

 the Door of Philae, corresponding with the R. S., is expressed by 

 the same mallet, signifying RcoRe, imago, and the T. S. (1. 

 xxxvii.) as well as the R. S. (1. xiv.) express axl^ocu, rw 4 TooTe, 

 by the same hieroglyph (PI. xxx. 420, a). In our place, how- 

 ever, the mallet involves, by the same consonants kk^ the word 



