NEKHEB. The goddess of Eileithyia and identified by the ancients with their Lucina, the goddess of childbirth. Little is known of her. The Egyptian form of her name is [glyphs] NEKHEB·T. ^{87} NEKHEB·T. The Egyptian name of Eileithyiapolis, which see. ^{87} NERO. The fifth Roman emperor [54-68 A. D.]. His full name is Nero Claudius Cæsar Drusus Germanicus. On the Egyptian monuments he is called ^{11} hez-desher heq-hequ-sotep-en-Ptah-mer-As·t sa Râ Autugreder neb taui neb khâu Narani The possessor of "The prince of the Sun's the red and white princes, chosen offspring, "Autocrator crowns, lord of the of Ptah, beloved lord of Nero." two countries, of Isis", diadems. NEW YORK OBELISK. It is usually, but incorrectly, called "Cleopatra's Needle". ^{20 23 25 49 72 73 81 91} {137}NILE. The ancient Egyptians venerated it as a special deity, giving him the epithet [glyphs] S·ÂNKH, "_he who produces life_". He was generally represented thus [glyphs], and his name was [glyphs] HÂP. ^{2 4 16 27 84 86 88 90 92} NILOMETER. This was erected by the Pharaohs on the island of Elephantine, to enable them to measure the height of the inundation. It was restored in 1870 by the Khedive Ishmaël. Another Nilometer is at present on the island of Rhôda at Cairo. The Egyptian sign of the Nilometer is [glyphs] DED, which means "_stability_". ^{86} NINEVEH. The capital of the Assyrian empire. It was taken by several Pharaohs in their Asiatic campaigns, especially by Thothmes III., Amenôphis II., and Seti I. ^{36} NOME. The Greek word for "province". There were 22 nomes in Upper and 20 nomes in Lower Egypt. The Egyptian word is [glyphs] HESP, "_the province_". ^{84 90} NUBIA. It is also called Ethiopia, and was incorporated into the Egyptian empire at the time of the XVIIIth dynasty. Its capital was Napata, now Jebel Barkal, which even became the capital of the whole empire during the XXVIth dynasty. The Egyptian name of Nubia is [glyphs] Kush, the biblical [Hebrew: KWSH] [kûsh]. ^{86} NUBηT. The Egyptian name of Ombos, at present Kôm-Omboo (which see). ^{86} OASIS. There were seven oases in the Libyan desert, to the west of Egypt. The Egyptian word is [glyphs] UT, "_the oasis_". ^{89} OMBOS. The modern Kôm-Omboo, which see. ^{29 86} ORONTES. The principal river of Syria, called in Egyptian [glyphs] ARUNUTH. ^{36} {138}OSARKON I. A king of the XXIId dynasty, whose name in Egyptian is ^{38 71 72} suten-kaut? Kherp-kheper-Râ-sotep-en-Râ sa Râ Amen-mer-Ûsarken The king of Upper "Made governor by the Sun's "Beloved of Amen, and Lower Egypt, Ra, chosen of Ra", offspring, Osarkon."