102 G. MASPERO, 



to US in Papyrm Anastnsi No. 1, under the form ^ x\ 

 D ^^l \\ 1 Zidipouti or Zaidipouti, with loss of _2sc. R, L, finah* 



The name is evidently formed of two words. The first 

 belongs to the root "Ti!J, venari, and, after the vocalization of 

 the Egyptian in ^, answers more particularly to T!^ venatio, 

 fera venando, capta, cibus. commeatas: it is the same origin as 

 that of the Sidon ^"iT2 of the Phoenicians. The second name 



maybe compared with different roots, "^"TQ, whence "^"TS adeps, 

 "y^B fidit, hr^Q contorsit, nevit, "M^B interpretatus est somniimi, 

 among which I leave to the reader the task of choosing 

 that which pleases him best. These compound names get 

 shortened in any fashion : if we admit that the second element 



s==* 2^outir has lapsed, the first j) ^^crsi^, ^ Za'idi, 



immediately recalls the town of ^^j^^^ Saidoun, Sidoun, 

 which is situated a little south of Tell-Djezer, and north of 

 Kheimeh. Guerin here notices some ruins which make him 

 suppose in this place the existence " of an ancient village 

 which history does not mention, and which, in contrast to 

 the great town of Sidon, its namesake, has always remained 

 obscure, and probably without importance." f The position 

 of Saidoun fits the position which Za'idi-poutir occupies near 

 laouhama. 



Bruffsch read for No. oG „^^^ I _ y BU-dlemat, 



and proposed to recognize in it ri^^V Allemet, )^'^^V Almon 

 of Benjamin 4 i^^w 'Almit to the N.E. of Jerusalem. The 

 reading and identification have been accepted by Rouge. § 



Blau for his part prefers to transcribe D7i^"H'^l Beth-01am,|| 

 and declares for the Beit-alam As. l::^j..^ of Robinson.lF Since 

 the copies of CliampolHon, Roselhni and Lepsius bear 

 ^"""^ _S=Ss y ^ Bi-alamim, I have thought fit to reject 



* Papyrus Anastasi I, pi. xxii, 1. 5 ; Cliabas, Voi/age d'un Egyptien, 

 p. 199, has been the first to thiuk of comparhig the list of Sheshonq with 

 that of the Anastasi Papyrus. He does not propose any identification. 



t Guerin, La Judee, T. II, p. 33. 



\ Brugsch, Geogr. Ins., T. II, p. 64 



i:^ E, de Rouge,' Memoire sur VOriginc de V Alphabet phenicien, p. 95. 



fl Blau, Sisaqs Zng, in the Z.d.dJL, T. XV, p. 238. 



IT Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine, Vol. II, p. 403 ; cfr. 

 Guerin, Jiidee, T. II, p. 369. 



