PSEUDO-EGYPTIAN, that is, having the appearance of being Egyptian, but not so in reality. A number of the extant obelisks belong in this category. ^{4} {142}PTHAH [pronounced tá]. The chief deity of Lower Egypt, an emanation of Râ. He is generally represented as a deformed child holding two serpents and stepping on two crocodiles. In Upper Egypt he was worshipped under the form of an upright mummy ([glyphs]). His name in Egyptian is [glyphs] PTAH. ^{65 69 90} PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS. A form of Ptah, peculiar to Memphis, and represented as a deformed child. His Egyptian name is [glyphs] PTAH-SEKER-USAR. ^{29} PTAH-TATHUNEN. A title of Ptah of Memphis. The Egyptian form of the word is [glyphs] PTAH-TATHUNEN, meaning perhaps "_Ptah of the stable earth_". ^{65} PTOLEMIES. The descendants of Ptolemy Sôtêr, a general of Alexander the Great, and forming the XXXIIId dynasty of Egyptian kings. Each of them married his sister. Their reign extended from 305 to 30 B. C., and was characterized by infamy, tyranny, murder, and poisoning. ^{9 21 22} PTOLEMY IX. EUERGETES II. A weak king of the XXXIIId dynasty, married to and reigning for a time with his sister Cleopatra II. and his niece Cleopatra III. His name in Egyptian is ^{7 10} suten-kaut? Nuter-per-ââ-en-Ptah-sotep-en-âr-maâ-Amen-Râ-sekhem-ânkh The king of "The Epiphanes, the heir of Ptah, the chosen of Amen-Ra, Upper and dispenser of justice, conqueror, living", Lower Egypt, sa Râ Ptûlmîs-ânkh-zeta-Ptah-mer the Sun's "Ptolemy, living forever, beloved of Ptah." offspring, PUNT. The Egyptian name of the southern part of Arabia, which see. {143}PYLON. The large mass of masonry of an Egyptian temple, resembling two truncated pyramids with the gate between them. A picture of one is given on page 20. Its hieroglyph is perhaps [glyphs]. ^{20 24} PYRAMIDION. The apex of an obelisk which resembles a miniature pyramid. It was sometimes inscribed with pictures and hieroglyphs, and covered with a capping of gold-metal or electrum (which see). ^{18 19 21 22 26 47 50 51 52 53 54 55} PYRAMIDS. The enormous masses of stone built by various kings, especially those of the fourth dynasty, and serving as their tombs. There are quite a number of them in and near ancient Memphis, the largest being that of Khufu, called the Great Pyramid, which is 480 ft. high. The usual Egyptian word for "pyramid" is [glyphs] ABMER. ^{12 27 91} QEBTI·T. The Egyptian name of Coptos, which see. ^{88} QEM·T. The common Egyptian designation of Egypt, which see. ^{61 66 70 84} QURNAH. A modern village marking the site of a part of the necropolis of ancient Thebes, situated on the west shore of the Nile. Here are the ruins of the grand temple begun by Seti I., and completed by Ramses II. ^{88}