558 SEYFFARTH—CHAMPOLLION AND RENOUF. 
acknowledged, from the very first, by eae 0 and his 
earliest followers ;” and again, “ the onl y kind of syllabic 
value was fully recognized by Champollion.” As the Re- 
viewer omits the proofs for this — we must look at 
Champollion’s own words in his works; (Précis, 1824; 2d 
edition, 1828; and his extensive Grier mar, 1836 ;) for, as 
every Grammar is written for the 3 ‘of inn a 
ers a 
the 600 Egyptian Saraepie Now. the Précis, p. 381 
(447), we read, “the phonetic sieecnaiaied are real rao 
signs, expressing the sounds of the words of the Egyptian 
spoken language. Each phonetic hieroglyph is the image of 
a physical object, of which the name in the Egyptian spoken 
langua n with the same sound or articulation which 
was to be ite by the sign itself”* Further, in the last 
work of Champollion—his Grammar, p. 27—we read: “ The 
bsg of the phonetic iri constitute a real os and 
7. 
ral 7 and never — = 
thei eas © gee la notation des sy t Somereenate we oan 
ues of the 600 SYP ptian ikictoelly on or even aa 1: 
of them, althoug “the syllabic value was fully recognized 
from the very first b ampollion.” We ask the reader, 
po : 
lina wrote de wa these rinci a rales only for common peo- 
ecg ordi Secs mental, ad another 
, icacthn liga a ts eae ign padi, 
iment les sons poy ong pas Rey pieeee ee isa 
e des sons shines constituit un -yévitable sph * 
