A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British MuseumBritish Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
History
A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Egypt -- Antiquities
[38] _E.g._, 2,756 images of the gods, 113,433 men, 490,386 oxen and
cattle, 1,071,780 aruras of land, 514 vineyards, 160 towns, 71,000
bundles of flax, 6,272,431 loaves of bread, 19,130,032 bundles of
vegetables, 1,933,766 jars of honey, 5,279,552 bushels of corn, etc.
[39] 𓁹𓊨𓀭𓍹𓋹𓈖𓋴𓇳𓄤𓄣𓍺𓐙𓏏𓂝𓁹𓏏𓈖𓇓𓈞𓏏𓅨𓏏𓁶𓊪𓈖𓍛𓏤𓆑
𓍹𓏏𓄿𓆼𓍯𓍿𓍺𓏏𓅐𓋴𓊹𓂧𓏏𓏤𓍹𓋋𓏏𓆇𓇋𓈎𓂋𓍺𓐙︀𓊤.
[40] The hieroglyphic form of her prenomen is 𓍹𓇋𓏠𓈖𓂝𓂋𓇌𓏏𓆇𓍺 and her
nomen was =Kenthȧḥebit= 𓍹𓎡𓈖𓍘𓇋𓎱𓇌𓏏𓆇𓍺, whence, probably, the title
=Candace= is derived. Her tomb is at Meroë (Northern Group of Pyramids,
No. 1).
[41] _I.e._, the portion of the Nile Valley between Syene and
Hierasykaminos, which was 12 _schoeni_ (hence the name), or 70 miles, in
length.
[42] Copies and translations of most of the Greek and Coptic inscriptions
have been published by the Trustees of the British Museum in “=Coptic and
Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc., in the
British Museum=.” With 100 plates. 1905. Foolscap. £2.
[43] The word _Khalîfa_ means “successor,” _i.e._, of the Prophet.
[44] The word _Mamlûk_ means “slave.”
[45] Variants, 𓍹𓆼𓊸𓃝𓆷𓀼𓍺, 𓍹𓆼𓃝𓆷𓈘𓀭𓍺.
INDEX.
Ȧa, 17
Ȧā-ȧb, King, 293
Āa-ȧb-taui-Rā, 293
Ȧāḥ-ḥetep, Queen, 227
Ȧāḥmes I, 115, 153, 227, 228, 287, 294
Ȧāḥmes II, 260, 288, 300
Ȧāḥmes-nefert-Ȧri, 164
Āa-kheper-en-Rā, 294
Āa-kheper-ka-Rā, 294
Āa-kheper-Rā, 299
Āa-kheper-Rā setep-en-Ȧmen (Osorkon IV), 299
Āa-kheper-Rā setep-en-Menthu, 298
Āa-kheperu-Rā, 295
Āamu, 206, 210, 211
Āa-peḥ (Nubti), 225
Āa-peḥ-ti-Set, 294
Āa-qenen-Rā (Ȧpepȧ II), 226, 293
Āasith, goddess, 131
Ȧati, 16
Āa-user-Rā, King, 225
Ȧb-ȧā, King, 223
Abâî, River, 11
Āb-ȧst, 203
ʿAbbâsid Khalîfas, 285
ʿAbd-Allah bin Sa’ad, 283
ʿAbd al-Laṭîf, 162
ʿAbd as-Salâm, 285
Abhat, 73, 232
Abraam, stele of, 284
Abrasax, 282
Abraxas, 282
Ȧbt, 16
Ābu, Elephantine, island of, 1, 16, 85
Abukîr, lake of, 5
Abû Roâsh, pyramids of, 170
Abû-Simbel, temple of, 73, 108, 242
Abû-Ṣîr, 17, 203, 204;
pyramids of, 170
Abydos, 145, 188, 215;
tablets of, 208, 240, 245;
temple of, 240
Abyssinia, 20, 280
Acacia, 89, 138
Achoris, 264
Acrobats, 87
Adam, 165
Adramîya, cataract of, 13
Addresses of Horus, 67
Aegyptus, 4
Ælius Gallus, 275
Ȧfȧ, relief of, 203
Affidavits, Coptic, 284
Africans, 20
Africanus, Julius, 185, 208, 264
Ȧfu-Rā, 66
Agricultural implements, 96
Agriculture, 22, 92
Āḥa, tomb of, 188
Ahnâs, 16, 209
Ȧi, 238, 287, 296
Aiguptos, 4
Akabah, 4
Åkerblad, 44
Akhaemenes, 263
Akhet, season of, 182
Akhmîm, 16, 100, 164
Al-Arîsh, 4
Albert Nyanza, 11
Alexander I the Great, 162, 266, 289, 302
Alexander II, 266, 289, 302
Alexandria, 19, 277, 280;
founded, 266;
patriarch of, 283
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account