𓆥𓍹𓐼𓁛𓁩𓋴𓇛𓄣𓐱𓏤𓐰𓍉𓐰𓈖𓐽𓍺 S-NETCHEM-ȦB-RĀ SETEP-EN-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓁩𓌻𓐰𓂡𓅃𓎳𓏏𓐰𓊖𓐽𓍺 NEKHT-ḤERU-ḤEBT-MERI-ȦMEN. (NEKTANEBÊS.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓇳𓁹𓐰𓌷𓏏𓐰𓂝𓐰𓈖𓐽𓍺 RĀ-ȦRI-EN-MAĀT, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓏎𓇯𓀭𓆓𓐳𓐷𓁷𓐱𓏤𓐸𓍉𓐰𓈖𓐽𓍺 TCHE-ḤRȦ-SETEP-EN-ȦN-ḤER. 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓇳𓆣𓂓𓐽𓍺 KHEPER-KA-RĀ, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓈖𓐰𓆱𓐰𓐍𓐱𓏏𓂡𓐰𓃭𓆑𓐽𓍺 NEKHT-NEB-F. (NEKTANEBOS.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓁬𓁛𓈖𓐰𓍉𓐰𓈘𓐽𓍺 SETEP-EN-RĀ-MERI-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓄿𓃭𓐰𓎡𓊃𓐰𓇋𓐱𓈖𓂧𓐰𓂋𓐰𓊃𓐽𓍺 ALEKSȦNṬRES. (ALEXANDER THE GREAT.) 𓎟𓐰𓇿𓐰𓇿 Neb taui 𓍹𓐼𓁞𓁩𓍉𓐰𓈖𓐰𓈘𓐽𓍺 SETEP-EN-RĀ-MERI-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓊪𓐰𓉔𓇌𓅱𓃭𓇌𓅱𓊪𓍯𓋴𓐽𓍺 PHIULIUPUAS. (PHILIP ARRHIDAEUS.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓇳𓀠𓄣𓍉𓐰𓈖𓇋𓏠𓐰𓈖𓐽𓍺 RĀ-QA-ȦB-SETEP-EN-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓄿𓃭𓐰𓎡𓊃𓐰𓇋𓐱𓈖𓂧𓐰𓂋𓐰𓊃𓐽𓍺 ALEKSȦNṬRES. (ALEXANDER II.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓁞𓁩𓍉𓐰𓈖𓐰𓈘𓐽𓍺 SETEP-EN-RĀ-MERI-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓊪𓐰𓂧𓅱𓃭𓐰𓐝𓇌𓋴𓐽𓍺 PṬULMIS. (PTOLEMY I. SOTER I.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓇳𓄊𓂓𓐰𓏤𓇋𓏠𓐰𓈖𓈘𓐽𓍺 RĀ-USR-KA-MERI-ȦMEN, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓊪𓐰𓏏𓃭𓐰𓏲𓐝𓐰𓇌𓋴𓐽𓍺 PṬULMIS. (PTOLEMY II. PHILADELPHUS.) 𓆥𓍹𓐼𓊹𓇶𓊹𓄯𓐰𓈖𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓍉𓐰𓈖𓐰𓁹𓐙︂𓁞𓁩𓌂𓋹𓐽𓍺 NETERUI-PERUI-ĀĀ-EN-PTAḤ-SETEP-EN-ȦMEN-ȦRI-MAĀT-RĀ-SEKHEM-ĀNKH, 𓅭𓐴𓇳 son of the Sun, 𓍹𓐼𓊪𓐰𓏏𓍯𓃭𓐰𓐝𓇌𓋴𓋹𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓈘𓐽𓍺 PTUALMIS ĀNKH TCHETTA PTAḤ MERI. PTOLEMY (IX. EUERGETES II.), living for ever, beloved of PTAḤ. 𓎟𓐰𓇾𓐰𓇾 Nebt taui Lady of two lands, 𓍹𓐼𓈎𓐰𓃭𓄿𓊪𓐰𓂧𓐰𓂋𓄿𓏏𓐰𓆇𓆓𓐳𓐷𓂧𓐰𓏏𓐱𓏲𓐸𓏌𓋴𓂧𓐰𓂋𓄿𓊪𓐰𓏌𓏏𓐰𓆇𓐽𓍺 QLAPEṬRAT TCHEṬTU-NES ṬRAPENET. CLEOPATRA, called TRYPHAENA. 𓇴𓆇 Rā sa son of the Sun, 𓃭𓈍𓐰𓏦 neb khāu lord of diadems, 𓍹𓐼𓎡𓐰𓇌𓐱𓋴𓃭𓐰𓊃𓋹𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓊨𓏏𓐰𓆇𓈘𓐽𓍺 KISERES ĀNKH TCHETTA PTAḤ ȦSET MERI CAESAR, living for ever, of PTAḤ and ISIS beloved. FOOTNOTES [1] The Peninsula of Sinai has been a province of Egypt for about 6,000 years. [2] To these must now be added the Barrage at Esna. [3] Names printed in heavy type are Egyptian; those in capitals are Greek, and those _in italics_ are the names by which the places are known by the modern Arabs. [4] 𓄔𓰮𓂋𓐰𓎡𓐰𓈖𓀀𓰮𓂝𓐰𓎡𓄤𓆑𓐰𓂋𓄔𓅓𓈖𓐰𓂋𓐰𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏪𓌞𓋴𓂻 𓉔𓐰𓂋𓅱𓇳𓐰𓏤𓄤𓆑𓐰𓂋𓋴𓰮𓐍𓐰𓂜𓎖𓐰𓂝𓀁. [5] 𓂜𓐰𓅨𓐰𓂧𓀉𓄣𓐰𓎡𓄱𓋴𓇋𓅱𓈗𓀁𓏶𓰮𓐴𓏲𓀁𓏏𓐰𓐍𓏲𓐰𓄣𓇛𓇛𓇛𓇛 𓂺𓐰𓁹𓐰𓉔𓐱𓇳𓄤𓌞𓋴𓄣𓐰𓌆𓇳𓐰𓻳𓐝𓐰𓂋𓐰𓏏𓂞𓐰𓎖𓆇𓅱𓄧𓐰𓏏𓀁𓐝𓐰𓄣𓐱𓏤𓐰𓎡𓇋𓐍𓐱𓏭𓐰𓊃𓆳𓏏𓐰𓏦 𓇋𓍿𓐰𓏤𓁷𓐱𓁶𓐰𓇾𓐰𓏤𓐱𓈇. [6] For the hieratic text see _Papyrus Ebers_, Plate 56. [7] Ibid., Plate 87. [8] These words mean: “If thou wouldst be a perfect man make thou [thy] son well pleasing to God.” [9] These words mean: “I have given bread to the famishing, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and a boat to him that was shipwrecked.” [10] A recent view makes “papyrus” to be derived from the conjectural name _pa-p-ior_ “that which is of the river.”