46 EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. 
THE ROYAL SHRINE—Continued. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. DEMOTIC TEXT. 
Ht-  [Pth] —_[m?] B‘(?) [—n-st?] pr-‘ [2 ’m-f AD 
the temple [of Ptah] [in the royal?] procession(?) the king [appeared (in procession) (therewith) in 
laf 
[m-s(f)}’r n—f t|wt?—nb n ht Mn-nfr é-w-|| ’r- nf 
[when were done to him] all things proper for the temple of Memphis (when) were] done to him 
I2d , 3 
[bs|-n-st | r ht-ntr hft p-hp ‘rw = (n) [p-S(s)p 
the royal procession to the temple, when the proper (things) done at [the receiving 
v ay ee I2g 
Sspinf —_ y,wt-f-wrt t- ’jJwt- | hr(t)® 
he received his great dignity, (of) the] high(est) dignity, 
mtwtw s-h' 
and be decorated‘ 
loma2 yey) PEF RHE) © Oe CONE Deptt az) p-shn(ti?)’ 
likewise(?) the shrine (?) [with the double crown | and the (double) crown(?) 
of the princess and mistress of both countries} 
12h 
Qrw'|wpsdr,(t) — nirt prt r—gs-f(?) | n(?) t(2)— pr‘t Glwpiré, | tf-h  [-s?] 
Cleopatra, | the Goddess Epiphanes, _ beside it (of) the(?) queen Cleopatra, likewise  [be?] 
miwtw [hr?-] 3t(2)— [tp?] n-mw [e—] tt(?)-f 
(7. e., beside the double crown of the king); and be on [top?] among them near it 
raf 13a 
|  rdy m gs—hr(y) n | nt(u)—w hy‘-s e(?)® t-+r(t)- hrt n(?) 
placed on the upper side(!) of and (it) be placed at the upper part of 
‘In the strange m-—s of Ros. the s is evidently se=set, sen ‘‘they.”” The m seems to follow the analogy of 
miw, Coptic (e)nte-, of the subjunctive, betraying already the shortening of the latter to (e)m, so that we have 
here the extremely modern form (e)nse ‘“‘and they’’ of both Coptic dialects. It is, however, not impossible that 
the unusual employment in temporal sense has been caused by the archaic conjunction ’, en “‘when, if” which, 
in mss. of the New Empire, often becomes m. 
* The ideogram of the ostrich feather of Ros. (ss) is explained here by a synonym. 
’ This sign in unusually low form, like dy, but the reading “‘was given (dydy) to him” would be unsatisfactory. 
4’The passage is not very clear. We expect the decorations of that shrine further described. The verb 
s-h‘, “to show,”’ may be understood also: “‘to make appear brilliantly, to decorate,’’ and the demotic text confirms 
that the crown of the queen was decoratively used at the side of the royal crown. Ordinarily, the double crown of 
the queen does not differ from that of the king; here, a combination with the vulture-cap seems to be meant (cp. 
13a). (If we give to the above verb its usual sense and assume that the “‘ bringing forth”’ of the shrine and statue 
of the queen at processions, at the side of the shrine of her husband, is meant, then we must assume that the 
redactor of the decree very awkwardly inserted this remark, which introduces a repetition, into the description 
of the distinctive decoration.) 
° The traces of the sign of the shrine are indistinct; the posterior traces may be all accidental and secondary. 
‘The preceding sign is unusual, bearing a faint resemblance to my “‘like’’ (it is, however, open above) or to the high . 
Originally, probably, it represented the double crown of the queen (here misunderstood, as above, for my?). 
* We wonder at first sight at the great space filled by this restoration. It proves, however, to fit in exactly. 
S(s)p is a sign which allows great extension. Of “dignity,” ’}w/, the preserved determinative as below 14a and — 
Ros. demot. 6 and 7 (later abbreviated). Hrt “‘high(est)’’ also Ros. 5, etc., abbreviated without the feminine -t. 
‘This word also here treated so strangely that no exact transliteration is possible. Cp. above on 12a, etc. 
* We, rather, should expect a compound preposition. 
