SEYFFAKTH THE HIEROGLYPHIC TABLET OF POMPEIUM. 237 



be thankful for this discovery. And this chimera is reproduced 

 twice more in Nos. 311 and 271. Indeed such absurdities would 

 be amusing were it not for the painful consideration that men of 

 education, after taking upon themselves to give instruction in 

 useful knowledge, have failed, during a period of fifty-four years, 

 to learn the Egyptian ABC, or to abandon their master's char- 

 latanry. 



241, mk^ referring to the root nc (moach), brain, agrees with 

 AvoRjsvGK., meditari, excogitare. G. brings out "be thou diligent," 

 probably taking the ansated bowl for ^'thou" and the syllable ma 

 for " be." Remember that Ovid likewise praises the upright 

 walking of the man, and that he was made " in God's image." 



242 is the well-known toe called §iTen, i.e. oiT-emc, which ex- 

 pressed ht (G. yE. 53, 189), e.g. in ^otg (r)ot$'ivot-, hora (PI. 

 xxvii. 442), and here, as the context argues, ^ot, capsa. The 

 same signifies ht in 050T (T. S. vii. xviii., where it is rendered by 

 eAin, et, demotically ; xxvi. xxviii. etc.) G. shamefully omits to 



mark by that he could not interpret this figure, much less 



the following four groups. 



243. The open mouth (Sevpe>.) signifying /§r, e.g. in Chaldea 

 (Pi. XXX. 416), gives with the following k the word RtAosL, the 

 leg. 



244. representing chtihi, hackled flax, signifies the letters sb^ 

 ^/ (PL ii. 5 ; vii. 84; ix. 102; xiii. 172; xvi. 210; xix. 282); 

 accordingly, cnfii, fistula pedis. 



245. The familiar m.o-tt, junctura filorum (see G. J^. PI. 47, 

 Nos. 5S9, 590, and No. 65 in the premises), involves the syllable 

 mt in very many words (G. M. 113, 502) ; accordingly, mot^t, 

 the shoulder, or rather, owing to the following tot (manus), .M.e>.Te, 

 related with c.jA.ev^Te, mo (madah), robur, the upper part of 

 the arm. 



246. TOT, the hand, signifies it very often. T. B. 15, iS ; 17, 

 58 ; 42, II. See PI. xxxii. 443, a. 



247. See 235, 269. G. discovers the feet to signify "traverse," 

 because the feet, according to Ch., symbolize walking, which 

 does not differ from " traversing." 



248. See Nos. 203, 171 ; G.M. 35, No. 20, a. The three fig- 

 ures represent plurality, because the palms both of the feet and 

 the hands are meant. G. brings out " the countries." 



