Now if we look at the last line of the Egyptian text on the Rosetta Stone we shall find that in the _cartouche_ 𓍹𓐼𓊪𓐰𓏏𓍯𓃭𓐰𓐝𓇌𓋴𓋹𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓌻𓇌𓐽𓍺 there are several signs which have not been explained above, viz., 𓋹𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓌻𓇌. These signs, it is clear, form no part of the name of Ptolemy, and the position in which they are found suggests that they represent _titles_. A reference to the Greek version (line 49) shows that Ptolemy is there called “everliving, beloved of Phtha,” and it now remains to see if the hieroglyphics mean anything like these words. The sound and meaning of the first sign, 𓋹, were well known from the statements of Greek writers who said that it was pronounced _anch_, and that it meant “living,” or “life.” Two of the three characters in the group, 𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛, we know to be ~P~ and ~T~, and we are justified in assuming that 𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛 represents the name of the god Phtha, or as it is now read _Ptaḥ_. Now, if 𓋹 means “living” or “life,” and 𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛 means “Ptaḥ,” 𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸 must mean “for ever,” and 𓌻𓇌 must mean “beloved.” Of the first group, 𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸, we already know the value of the second sign 𓏏, ~T~, and of the second group we know that 𓇌 has the value of ~I~. Recourse must now be had to Coptic, so that the Coptic (_i.e._, Egyptian) words for “for ever” and “beloved” may be compared with the hieroglyphic originals. The common word for “for ever,” “eternity,” etc., is _eneḥ_, but there is no _n_ in 𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸, so this will not suit. We do, however, find the word ϭⲉⲧ, _djet_, which means “an age,” “a long undefined period of time,” and this agrees well with the sound of 𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸, and shows that the sound of 𓆓 was something like ~DJ~, and that 𓇾 must have a ~T~ sound. The common word in Coptic for “to love” is ⲙⲉⲣ, _mer_, and we may therefore transcribe 𓌻𓇌 by _meri_, and assume that it means something like “beloved.” As the meanings here deduced for 𓋹𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸𓊪𓐰𓏏𓎛𓌻𓇌 make good sense in every text in which they occur we are justified in assuming them to be correct. The Egyptian =alphabetic characters= are as follow:— 𓄿 A The Hebrew _aleph_ ‎‏א‏‎. 𓇋 Ȧ 𓂝 Ā Pronounced like the Hebrew ‎‏ע‏‎. 𓇌 or 𓏭 I The Hebrew _yodh_ ‎‏י‏‎. 𓅱 or 𓏲 U or W The Hebrew ‎‏וּ‏‎ and ‎‏ו‏‎. It had sometimes an _o_-sound, like the Hebrew ‎‏וֺ‏‎. 𓃀 B Hebrew ‎‏ב‏‎. 𓊪 P ” ‎‏פ‏‎. 𓆑 F 𓅓 ⎫ M ” ‎‏מ‏‎. 𓐝 ⎭ 𓈖 ⎫ N ” ‎‏נ‏‎. 𓋔 ⎭ 𓂋 ⎫ R and L ” ‎‏ר‏‎ and ‎‏ל‏‎. 𓃭 ⎭ 𓉔 H ” ‎‏ה‏‎. 𓎛 Ḥ ” ‎‏ח‏‎. 𓐍 χ (KH) ” ‎‏כ‏‎, without the Dagesh. 𓊃 ⎫ S ” ‎‏ס‏‎ or ‎‏שׂ‏‎. 𓋴 ⎭