Us Sceptre. The symbol of power carried in the hands of kings and gods, written us, or else us, which is the "cucufa", also called the Zâm-sceptre. 46 87
Us·t. The Egyptian name of Thebes, which see. 48 50 53 55 56 59 87
Vatican Obelisk. An obelisk without an inscription on the Piazza di San Pietro, in front of the Vatican, in Rome. Originally erected in Heliopolis, it was transported to Rome by the emperor Caligula (about 40 A.D.). It was the only one of all the obelisks not overthrown and broken during the times of anarchy, pillage, and destruction in that city. Sixtus V. had it removed and erected in its present position in 1586. 9
Victory Stelé. A stelé which was found in Karnak. It contains a martial hymn of Thothmes III. 31 48
Villa Mattei Obelisk. A small obelisk in the Villa Mattei or the Villa Celimontana in Rome, presented by a certain Cyriacus Matthæius to the Roman Senate. It was either erected by him in his gardens in 1582, or else by Sixtus V. in 1590. The lower portion of it is modern, but the upper half bears the cartouches of Ramses II. and Psametik II. 10
"Vocal Memnon." One of the colossal statues of Amenôphis III. west of Thebes in the desert. It was thrown down by an earthquake about 27 B. C., and cracked. On re-erection it was found to emit a musical sound at sunrise. This gave rise to the Greek legend of Memnon and Aurora (the dawn). Since its restoration the sound is no longer heard. The Arabs call the two colossal statues Shamy and Damy. (96 112)
Vulture Diadem. A diadem of Pharaoh, in Egyptian neb mut or neb sheta (doubtful!). The figure of the vulture was generally worn as the head-dress of the queens. It is the symbol of protection, and represents Pharaoh and his queen as the protectors and nourishers of their people. 56 57 66 70
Wanstead Obelisk. A fragment of an obelisk which existed at the time of Zoëga in Wanstead, a suburb of London. It was brought to England from Alexandria in 1712. Its present location is unknown. 11
Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner. An English Egyptologist (born in 1797, died in 1875). His famous work is The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. 14
Yaﻋmer-ben-Shaddâd. A mythical person. 80
Zân·t. The Egyptian name of Tanis, which see. 92
Zoëga, George. A Danish archæologist interested in Egyptological subjects (born in 1755, died in 1809 in Rome). 11
A GLOSSARY
OF HIEROGLYPHS OCCURRING IN THIS BOOK, TOGETHER WITH THEIR PRONUNCIATION AND DETERMINATIVE VALUE.
We divide the Egyptian hieroglyphs, after the manner of Lepsius, into twenty-five classes. In the following list the hieroglyphs are given together with what they were probably meant to represent. The more important pronunciations are added, which, however, can not be used indiscriminately, but are fixed by complements, that is, letters of the alphabet indicating the pronunciation and either prefixed or else suffixed to the hieroglyph. The pronunciation of the later, or Ptolemaic, times is marked *. Determinatives are silent hieroglyphs, determining, in words of the same pronunciation, into what category of objects or ideas these words belong.
Pron. stands for pronunciation. * stands for pronunciation of later times. Det. stands for determinative. The numerals refer to the pages of the book where the hieroglyph occurs.
I. Figures of Men.
Det. of person, youth. 62
Pron. qa, ḥââ.
Det. of height, joy, carrying, lifting. 61
Pron. ȧau, ten.
Det. of old age, weakness. 27
Pron. nekht.
Det. of violent action. 60
Pron. *ḥeq. 106 136 136 136 136
Pron. s, *n, *nen *sherȧ, *khen, *â, *kh.,
Det. of child, youth, renewal. 27 27 48
Det. of enemy, crime. 126
Pron. ȧ (as first person singular masculine personal pronoun).
Det. of man, person. 94 94 94 121
"man with finger in his mouth."
Pron. ȧm.
Det. of speaking, eating, thinking. 137
Pron. ȧ (as first person singular masculine personal pronoun). 31 48
Det. of man, king, god, goddess. 27 27 27 27 27 65 92 105 128 128 138 139 142 143 144 144 144 144 146 146 150 151
Pron. ȧ (as first person singular masculine personal pronoun).
Pron. same as preceding.
"king with white crown of Upper Egypt."
Pron. ȧ (as first person singular masculine personal pronoun).
"king with the double crown of Egypt and the Zâm-sceptre."
Pron. same as preceding.
Det. of king, god. 133
"man sitting on a throne with the whip in his hands."
Det. of high personage, ancestor, god. 56
II. Figures of Women.
Pron. ȧ (as first person singular feminine personal pronoun).
Det. of woman, goddess. 121 126 136
"woman with a tiara and having the bud of a lotus in her lap."
Det. of queen, goddess, woman. 112 112
III. Figures of Deities.
"deity with the Atef-crown and the Zâm-sceptre."
Det. of the god Osiris. 138
"mummy holding the Zâm-sceptre."
Det. of the god Ptah.
"mummy sitting with Zâm-sceptre."
Pron. Ptaḥ. 106 (hieroglyph reading from right to left) 136
Det. of the god Ptah. 142
"deity sitting with the Ten-crown and the whip."
Pron. ten.
"deity with the fourfold plume of the god Shu and the Zâm-sceptre."
Det. of the sun-god Shu. 136 136 (where by a mistake of the scribe it stands for , Amen).
"deity sitting with the Zâm-sceptre and the double plume."
Pron. Ȧmen. 37 62 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 94 142 144
Det. of the god Amen. 87 95 95 149
"deity with the symbol of truth."
Det. of the god Amen. 95
"deity with the Khepesh-sword."
Det. of the god Amen. 95
"deity sitting on a throne and holding the Us-sceptre."
Det. of the god Amen. 95
"hawk-faced deity with the Us-sceptre and the symbol of truth, surmounted by the disk of the sun."
Det. of the gods Râ or Horus. 125
"hawk-faced deity with the Zâm-sceptre and the white crown."
Det. of the god Horus. 125
"hawk-faced deity surmounted by the disk of the sun and holding two curious wands."
Det. of the gods Râ or Horus. 125
"hawk-faced deity with the Zâm-sceptre."
Det. of the god Horus. 125
"hawk-faced deity with the Zâm-sceptre, surmounted by the snake-encircled disk of the sun."
Det. of the god Horus. 125
Det. of the gods Horus or Râ. 60 62 67 125
"hawk-faced deity with the snake-encircled disk of the sun."
Det. of the gods Horus or Râ. 31
"hawk-faced deity with the double crown of Egypt."
Det. of the god Horus. 125
"hawk-headed deity with the symbol of life, surmounted by the disk of the sun."
Pron. Râ. 58 60 62 63 64 66 67 68 70 Hieroglyph written from right to left. 37 62 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 94 136 142 144
Det. of the gods Râ or Horus. 31 125
"hawk-faced deity with the disk of the sun."
Pron. Râ.
Det. of the gods Râ or Horus. 27 125
"hawk-faced deity with the Zâm-sceptre, surmounted by the snake-encircled disk of the sun and the double plume."
Det. of the god Menthu. 132
"hawk-faced deity sitting on a throne with the Zâm-sceptre, surmounted by the disk of the sun."
Pron. Râ.
Det. of the gods Râ or Horus. 31 125
"ass-headed deity with the crosier."
Det. of the god Set, whom we identify with the devil.
"jackal-headed deity with the symbol of life."
Pron. Ȧnpu.
Det. of the god Anubis, cf. 99
Pron. Deḥuti.
Det. of the god Thoth. 150
Pron. khnum.
Det. of the god Khnum. 87 128 128
"ram-headed deity with the Zâm-sceptre."
Det. of the god Khnum. 128
Det. of the god Khnum. 128
"deity carrying an offering of flowers, surmounted by the papyrus plant."
Det. of the god Hâp (the Nile). 137
"female deity standing and holding a papyrus reed, surmounted by a throne."
Det. of the goddess Isis. 126
"female deity with the symbol of life, surmounted by a throne."
Det. of the goddess Isis. 126
"female deity with a papyrus reed, surmounted by a pair of horns and a throne."
Det. of the goddess Isis. 126
"female deity surmounted by the symbol of truth."
Pron. maâ. 144
Det. of the goddess Mâ.
"female deity with the symbol of life, surmounted by the symbol of truth."
Pron. maâ. 37 62 62 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 68 69 69 70 70 87 96 122 130 130 144 147 Hieroglyph written from right to left. 71 71
Det. of the goddess Mâ.
"lion-headed female deity with the snake-encircled disk of the sun."
Det. of the goddess Sekhet or Bast. 92 146
IV. Parts of the Human Body.
Det. of face, front.
Pron. ȧr. 53 54 55 56 58 58 65 67 67 70 92 105 138 142 142 mer, *îri, *î, *men.
Pron. ȧn, nâ, ân.
"left eye with eye-brows and a hoe(?) below."
Pron. beq, 118 uza.
Det. of eye, sun, moon.
Pron. Letter r. 5 27 31 31 31 38 39 39 39 39 48 49 49 51 51 51 53 55 56 56 60 60 60 60 63 64 64 64 65 65 65 69 69 72 86 86 88 88 90 90 91 91 94 97 97 97 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 106 106 107 111 111 111 111 111 112 112 114 114 114 115 116 116 116 117 117 117 117 117 119 119 122 122 122 123 124 128 129 129 131 131 133 136 137 138 139 142 143 144 145 151 152 152
Pron. qa, 122 135 135 135 150 152 ka, *q, *k.
Det. of negation, defense, secrecy.
Det. of rowing.
Pron. Letter â, 56 57 70 91 92 95 99 116 116 121 122 124 130 132 137 138 144 149 152 152 ded. 60 60 70 70
Pron. nekht, 48 48 50 53 55 56 58 59 60 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 68 70 136 *n.
Det. of any violent action. 31 64 66 70
Pron. Letter d. 27 31 31 31 39 62 70 87 91 94 102 102 102 102 106 111 111 112 115 116 118 122 124 127 131 136 150
Pron. îu, *i or u 86
Det. of progressive motion. 48 64 144
Pron. uâr, 92 102 ped, red, men.
Det. of foot, motion, measure.
Pron. Letter q. 39 39 39 39 60 61 61 70 86 86 94 94 97 102 102 102 106 106 111 111 112 112 112 114 115 116 118 119 124 144 Roman additions for symmetry (?) 122 122 (reading from right to left).