42 EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. 
THE ROYAL STATUES—Continued. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT. DEMOTIC TEXT. 
h‘ sy?) on rn-f n-h‘w [n—hw]w 
procession, also! (?) of his(!) name (i. e., specially | (of?) the processions, [on the dlays (bearing) 
consecrated to him!) 
roe 
| [miwtw sh‘ s¥mt-hwt? ; 
[and be brought out in procession] the venerable 1N—-W nt(u)—w t(y)—h 
statue(!) | their name,‘ that they bring out in procession 
[1 halt nbt wy 
[of the queJen, the mistress of both countries, 
rof r1b 
Orw’w;p;dr;(t) | [ ntrt| pr(f) t | [rpyt n_ pr-t ie 
Cleopatra, [the Goddess] - Epiphanes, the [statue of queen Cleopatra, 
[sut]-hmt n n—st ’byty t-snlt t-s(t)-hmt (mn) pr- 
the sister-wife of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, | the siste]r (and) the wife of king 
. R Ptw;r;mys ‘nh at Pilwmys | ‘nh at Pth mr 
the son of the Sungod, Ptolemy, _ living forever, Ptolemy, living forever, beloved of Ptah, 
Pth mr [ntr] pr : p—ntr [nt pr] 
beloved of Ptah, [the God] Epiphanes, the God [Epiphanes]. 

THE ROYAL SHRINE. 
Ila 
| [S—h'?] kit Sps(!) om zm 
[Be set up?] ashrine, acostly one, of (fine) gold,’ 
(or: sacred) Pe 
mh m i end m rprw—nb ‘e 
inlaid with stones (of) all (kinds) in all temples 

1This very difficult group, which has given much trouble to Egyptologists, I propose to treat as a particle 
belonging to the vernacular language. So, at least, our redactor seems to understand this mysterious group. In 
the original form of Ros. 7, h‘ sy h(rw)-f m(/) rn-f, the meaning is the same, though the position of the particle 
is different, 7. e., it seems to be there a particle strengthening the /:‘ “‘and, with.’’ Could the Coptic particle ee, e 
be compared? ‘The latter, however, has become so strongly confused with the Greek ei, that we can not separate 
the Egyptian and Coptic meanings clearly. (I thought, at first, of a corruption of ;t “time.” ‘This explanation 
would yield only very forced literal translations; nevertheless the particle ;}y might have originated from }t “time,”’ 
less probably the Coptic ee, ve, according to what we know of the phonetic development of later Egyptian). I see 
now that Revillout, in his Chrestomathie Démotique, understood the particle correctly (“‘aussi’’). Phila, II, 15a, 
shortens the passage considerably, but very unsuccessfully. It is noticeable how anxious the copyists are to pre- 
serve the strange words and forms of their model, considering them as stylistic gems. 
2’The signs behind sSmt are indistinct. The fist holding the whip is clear and at first made me think of a 
§ps run together with the 7 underneath; but the sign Sps below looks different and other details make that 
reading uncertain. (The oblique broad crossing-stroke is secondary.) During the impression I saw that we 
have nothing but the arm holding the whip (hw) and a poor f: over it. For this adjective “‘sacred, holy” ep. 
line r1b, and Ros. 7, in both cases used with a statue. 
8 The original meaning of this word: “light gold, electrum,” is retained no more in later time. ss ps signifies: 
“fine, costly, magnificent,’’ as well as “holy, sacred.” ; 
*T. e., special memorial days for the gods, bearing their name in the calendar as their nuépar émevupor. Cp. 
Phil, II, demot. 12c, hierogl. 15a (much disfigured). Without the context the above demotic expression could 
also be translated: “‘the days mentioned (before).’’ ‘The hieroglyphic parallel is corrupted; see on the ‘“‘second”’ 
decree. 
