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Capitolinus, was not the planet Jupiter, or the sun, but Deus 

 Optinius Maximus. Congruously the city of Rome was that of 

 DTI (rom), the elevated one. The following hieroglyphs sur- 

 passed Ch's system, but G. forgot to note their inexplicability. 



357. This vase I refer at present to the name RniKi2£.i, related 

 with our can, Germ. Kanne, the added ki2s.i (parvus), signifying 

 a small can. It stands very often instead oi kn. (PI. xxx. 454, «, 

 HHtt, genimen. 



358-59. The axe being called ^evTiip, and the handle n:x (anad). 

 we have the word ^wn, rector, governor. G. AL^ 116, 606, 87, 

 428. G. translates, " the great god." 



360-61. Since the papyrus-plant noj (gomah) expressed k7n 

 (G. yE. 77, 355), and the two tamariscus branches (oci) not only 

 i but also 5 (G. JE. 77, 362), the word kavc, the Hebrew ain 

 (chum), "obscuritas" comes out. Adding ■©o-t<s.i. house (see 356), 

 we obtain " the house of obscurity," i.e. the invisible residence 

 of the great god. Comp. the similar enunciation in these Trans- 

 actions, vol. iv. p. 63, 22. G. happened to bring out " who ap- 

 proaches," of which no jot is visible. The following t/ip is in his 

 ■eyes a shrine. 362. See 162,301. 



363. See PI. ii. 3. In both cases the diacritical is added. G. 

 ingeniously interprets the reed and the bee by " Lower and 

 Upper Egypt." 



364-65. The name of the rabbit being oun-iculus. Germ, kan- 

 inchen, cony, the words khu, genitor, noqpi, bonus, come out. 

 G.yE. 6S, 262. And this is the figure on the head of our Tablet, 

 El, Elohim. 



366, the readily recognizable syllable nin, impertivit, which G. 

 translates " may remain." 



367 is ?i2n (G. JE. 80, 3S1, (5,)and refers to the root n:D (mana), 

 partiri, portio. 



368. As the open mouth signifies crying, sip (qara), cla-mare, 

 <;tc., it likewise expresses kr, kl. See No. 147 ; G. JE. 48, 143. 

 •G., on the contrary, owing to his short memory, copulates the 

 mouth with the followirg n in order to make out the word 

 " name." 



369. By want of proper care B. neglected to copy the hill and 

 the second image of the weaver ; wherefore G. created "names," 

 the word "your" being authoritatively inserted. 



