Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ..."Guidebook," the latter name is applied to the northern part of the island of Elephantine. I must not forget to mention that the upper part of the stone, which was once semicircular, is ornamented with Egyptian sculptures and hieroglyphs. P.S.--Since the above was in type, I learn from a note by Mr. Cecil Torr in the Classical Reviav (I, 4) that the stone, or a cast of it, has been received by the British Museum. At the end of line 9, Mr. Torr seems to read Xo/te instead of rofie, and the name of the month Mesori in line 2. He finds the name of the god Khnub and his temple in lines 23 and 32, and states that the whole number of lines was originally 75. The following remarks are added by the President: --Note On The Inscription Of Amenophis III. Professor Sayce describes the inscription as very illegible in parts, and therefore liable to be wrongly copied. The first two horizontal lines merely give the date and usual titles of Amenophis III. The first gap in the second line must be filled up with "the golden Horus, who smites down (the Asiatics)." The second cartouche of the royal name has been defaced in the three places where it occurs, not by Christians, but by the "Disk-worshippers," on account of its containing the name of Amen. The third line says hSSj, "he made it as his memorial to father Thoth the Lord of Chemennu, and to Shepsu," another form of the same god of Hermopolis. It is difficult to fill up the gap which follows _ should most probably be corrected O JlrJ W fi n to, before which I am inclined to read fi J, giving the sense "feast in Hermopolis." The text proceeds, 111 j "he adorned...." j E "with stone." It is unfortunately impossible to supply the...