Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker.

Date:
1885-1892
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Credit: Egypt : handbook for travellers / edited by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -N- c. semsem, ‘the horse’, often stands alone. In sucli cases we know the sense of the word, while its pronunciation must he gathered from other and fuller forms of it. The following words, which are written in various ways, may he given as an illustration. Cl) ahu-u Bullocks apet-u Geese □ arp-u Wine (2) Bullocks Geese Wine. In the first of these groups £c>ooy ehou, and signifies bullocks, ahu corresponds to the Coptic as the determinative symbol shows. (The three strokes are the sign of the plural.) In the 'TL C next place ctpet-u signifies geese, and is determined by the figure of that bird. Lastly [ arp (Coptic Hpn, erp) means wine, and is associated with the general determinative # , i. e. the jars in which the juice of the grape used to be kept. In the second form of the sentence the syllabic writing is omitted, and the plural, instead of being denoted by three strokes, is expressed by the repe- tition of the special determinative. This leaves no doubt as to what is meant, wThile the first form gives us the actual words. We now give the most important symbols of sound of the an- cient Egyptian writing, and also a few syllabic signs. e. rn n. Hieroglyphic Alphabet. 8. \\ i. 9. iL 25 q or k 12. h 15. Q p. n.