232 Rev. Epwarp Hincks on the Letters of the Hieroglyphic Alphabet. 
observed the frequent occurrence of the pike and arm in conjunction with one 
another, I have no hesitation in abandoning this reading as untenable. As I have 
not been able to identify any of the words in which this group occurs with any 
in Coptic, or in any other language, I will merely refer to Pap. Pl. 51, Il. 3, 4, 
and 8; PI. 57, 1.3; Pl. 58, 1.2; Pl. 89,1. 11; where, as well as in several other 
places, it will be found to occur. I have not met it before the third period, when 
it occurs in the tomb of Nevotp at Benihassan. 
I have now gone through my list of phonoglyphs which were used alphabe- 
tically in the age of the papyri. It is more likely that it will be found incomplete, 
than that any characters occurring in it will be found improperly inserted. I have, 
in conclusion, to request the candid reader to consider the disadvantageous circum- 
stances under which this paper was composed ; without the opportunity of ex- 
amining any of the monuments themselves, and without access to the most im- 
portant published copies of them. Even those works which I have quoted have 
in some instances not been consulted with a special view to this publication; 
but memoranda were made at a former period, when I had an opportunity of 
seeing them; and these have been my authorities. On these accounts, the 
work is far less perfect than I should wish; but it will still, unless I greatly 
deceive myself, be found an important contribution to the knowledge of the 
true mode of reading the Egyptian monuments. 
The following abbreviations are used in citing the works referred to as authorities for the 
forms of Egyptian words : 
B. E. H., or Burt. Exe. Hier., Excerpta Hieroglyphica, by Burton (or Halyburton). 
E. L., Egyptian Inscriptions, by 8. Sharpe. 
Gr., or Cham. Gr., Grammaire Egyptienne, par Champollion le Jeune. 
H. L., Hieroglyphical Inscriptions of the Syro-Egyptian Society. 
L. or Leps., Auswahl der Urkunden, by Lepsius. 
Pl., or Pap. P1., Historical Papyri in the British Museum, 
Ros. M. R., Rosellini Monumenti Reali. 
Wilk., Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir J. G. Wilkinson. 
Except in the case of Champollion’s Grammar, which is referred to by the page, reference is 
made to the plate by its number, and to the line, column, or figure, where the word is to be found. 
