24 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 

 3, and k. pi. 5 to 66). 



The Cerastes or horned viper of Egypt, is said to be frequent there ; and may probably extend 

 into Palestine: — for it appears to be the "phdn " of Isaiah xi. 8, and Psalm xci. 13, and lviii. 4, in the 

 passage, "the deaf adder" that " stoppeth her ear ; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, 

 charming never so wisely." In fact, I have not seen the Cerastes made use of by serpent-charmers. 

 ^«ji_ "phoros" eyelashes, "phoros " terror; " fot " to be anxious, troubled; "foi " or "f5i " or 

 ** > ~ "f6" or "v6" hair; " phunos " hedgehog; "f6d" artery, vein; " f " canal, river; "foi" 

 flowing water ; " votS " or " fdtfi " or "f6d " or "fod " perspiration ; " phe'n " or " phen " or "phon " 

 or "phonpen" or "phonpben" to superabound, overflow; "phdn" to grow cold; "phr6" cold; 

 " f6da " fundament ; " pheJtphon " bursting of contained waters ; " fojsh " to cast down; "tshouf" 

 to evacuate. — The character occurs under the Twenty-sixth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 276). 



The /itd^c/ioj called "phunos" in Egyptian — is doubtless the long-eared species, Erinaceus 

 auritus, figured on the monuments as early as the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3) ; carried in cages 

 as though regarded sacred under the Fourth, Fifth, and as late as the Twelfth dynasty ; and observed 

 by myself to inhabit Lower Egypt. 



_-.~> "thifi" a bile; "noutf" a bile, to be discharged, set free ; " iavi " sickness ; " £iaav£ " cor- 

 ^ rupt blood, serous effusion ; " forf£r " to flow from, drop from ; " thoftif " to distil, drop, fall ; 

 " phoshi " fused, spread out, drained; "phSrphor" to diminish, dissolve. — The character occurs 

 in the Book of the Dead, also under the Seventeenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. 5). 

 ^^^jj joint of meat; " af " or "afoui" flesh; "leflifi" crumb, morsel; "lovleT" or" lofleT" to 



^~ putrefy, become corrupt. — The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Roman 



conquest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 23 to 59) : is besides the origin of the form <b of the Greek 

 letter phi. The full Egyptian sound of f, though not occurring in Greek, is continued in Latin and 

 English ; confirmation being found even in the name of the letter " ef " 

 A£ meat fly: "af" fly; "ffint" or " f nt " worms; " er-phent " or "rfnt" to produce worms ; 

 /J\- " af-hons " to smell foully. — The character occurs under the Nineteenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. 

 -{■'/■ pi. 162). 



The meat-fly, Musca vomitoria, known therefore at the time of the formation of the Egvptian 

 language. — "Three flies of solid gold," were found with the body of queen Aahotep of the Seven- 

 teenth dynasty (newsp. account). That M. vomitoria produces meat-maggots, was known to Homer 

 il. xix. 25 ; the blue colour of its abdomen, is alluded to by Pausanias x. 28 ; and the voung or mag- 

 got state " galba " is mentioned by Suetonius. By European colonists, M. vomitoria was introduced 

 into America ; and at the present day, has become widely distributed over the globe : but I do not 

 remember meeting with the insect on the isluuls of the Pacific. 



^^j^riy, (fish signifying wickedness, pollution, Horap. i. 42); " tvt " or " tevt " fish; "fori" 

 U^ — "> witll.t ; "tshafouri" sole or flounder; " foukasi " eel or munrna; "leifi" scale fish; 

 " ephot " mailed fish, tortoise ; " f6te " or " vote " or " vote " " or " vad " or " drev " pollution, abomi- 

 nation ; "vc" to loathe, cause disgust; "sif" or "saf" or "soof" or "sof" or " sodf " to pollute, 

 be polluted, wantonness; " shlof " filthy, base; "tbdlev" stain, pollution, to be defiled ; — in Eng- 

 lish "fish-story." The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Twenty-sixth (Leps. d. ii. 

 pi. 3 to iii. pi. 2(4). 



'nV/^/ 7 ( liawk with expanded wings, signifying wind, Horap ii. 14) ; "phortsh " or " phortsh " to 

 ) <C expand, stretch forth; '• duuf " lungs; '■ nive " or " nife " or " nifi " wind, to inspire, blow ; 

 j/JljT^ " nif " or " niK " clouds ; " ephleou " or " phleou " futile, in vain, idle ; — in Hebrew " nphh " 

 to blow, "aph" nostrils or nose, "owf" to fly; in Greek " nephele " cloud. The charac- 

 ter occurs under the Third dynast)', also in the Book of the Dead, and continues in use under the 

 Persian emperors (Leps. d. ii. pi. 6, and k. pi. 24 to 49). 



r—J "ph6i" bench on which the Orientals are accustomed to recline in shops and temples; 

 Ld " phouei " from afar ; " phiri " narration ; " phanishlof " out of employment, to no purpose ; 

 "photsh" to be many, to stretch out; •• ,.hi'.rtsh " to strew, spread, recline; " phanitshoflh " ribald- 

 roiis, base, empty; "tshlof" or "tshlaf" base, turpitude; " fq.rdoutsh " to prattle, trifling talk; 

 «phenh"or"pb6nh"or"phSnh" to turn, pervert: "phahou" backwards. — The character "occurs 

 under the .... dynasty (Champ, diet. 25,). 



V "fikohi" weaver's cylinder; " phapiUs " or "phapilaps" instrument acuminated like a tongue; 

 "phapilas" weaver's implement, implement with which anything is sharpened; "phimolia" 

 A Armenian stone ; " sevtsh6v " or " tshovtshev " or " tshevtshov '" to whet or sharpen — The chartc- 

 ter occurs as early as the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 121). A second form ^=3 occurs under 

 the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 98). 



nn "athav" or " atkov " unleavened; "phas" or "ph«s" or " phosi " or "phisi " to cook 

 "han-phisi" cooked cakes, dainties; " nof » or " ounof " joy; " phulj " immoderate joy! 



