"cartouche or royal seal."
Pron.ren.107
Det.of name, circle, inkstand.
"right angle with two quarter circles."
Pron.ȧp.88
Sign of alacunaor a gap in the text.5859666768
OF THE EGYPTIAN WORDS OCCURRING ON THE NEW YORK OBELISK.
The words in this Glossary are arranged according to the Hieroglyphic alphabet as follows:
As there was no fixed orthography among the ancient Egyptians the same word is frequently spelled in many different ways. This will be noticed in the following pages.—The plural of nouns or adjectives was formed by adding three lines () to the word or by repeating the Hieroglyphic sign of the word three times.—The dual was formed by adding two lines () or by repeating the sign twice.—The dot before the t (·t) denotes that the t is the feminine ending, which was pronounced by the ancient Egyptians only slightly or, probably, not at all.
Abbreviations:Estands for East Face of the Obelisk;Wfor the West Face;Nfor the North Face;Sfor the South Face.Pyr.stands for Pyramidion.EAST,WEST,NORTH,SOUTHdenote the vertical columns of the Obelisk on that particular side of its face.CENT.denotes the central column. The small numerals refer to the pages of the book.
Ȧ
ȧm.Prep. "in." Adv. "there, where."WCENT.59
Ȧmen-mer-Râ-meses-su.Second cartouche or the family name of Ramses II., "beloved of Amen, the Sun, begetting himself".ENORTH6263SOUTH6464SEAST6565WEST6666WSOUTH6868NORTH6767NWEST7070EAST6969
Ȧmen-mer-Râ-meses-su.Same as preceding.Base ofE7171S7171W7171N7171
Ȧmen-mer-Ûsarken.Second cartouche or the family name of Osarkon I., "beloved of Amen, Osarkon".SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONSE7272S7272W7272N7272
Ȧn."Heliopolis."ECENT.56SCENT.58NEAST69Pyr.WEST5253SOUTH51
ȧr.Verb: "to make, form, fashion; making, maker".ECENT.56WNORTH6767SCENT.5858NWEST70Pyr.WEST53NORTH5455
ȧrîtu.Noun, feminine, plural: "works".SEAST65
ȧrp.Noun: "wine".Pyr.EAST49SOUTH51
ȧten.Noun: one of the names of "the sun".ENORTH62
Â
âaorâ. Adjective: "great, large".ECENT.57SOUTH64WSOUTH68Pyr.EAST49SOUTH51WEST53In combination withḥa·t.ECENT.56
ânkh.Verb, &c.: "to live; living; life".ECENT.57NORTH63SEAST65WNORTH67NCENT.61EAST69WEST70Pyr.EAST4749SOUTH5051WEST525353NORTH545555Base ofE7171S7171W7171N7171
U
uâ.Adj. and adv.: "one, sole, alone; only".ESOUTH64
uâf.Verb, &c.: "to smite, ward off, vanquish; conqueror, victor".SWEST66
uâf.Same as preceding.NWEST70
us.Noun and adj.: "strength, power; strong".ECENT.57Pyr.WEST53
Us."Thebes."ECENT.56WCENT.59Pyr.EAST48SOUTH50WEST53NORTH55
usem.Noun: "gold-metal; electrum",SCENT.58
user.Adj.: "great, powerful, long".ESOUTH64WSOUTH68
User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ.The first cartouche or the royal name of Ramses II., "strong in truth, the sun, chosen of the sun".ENORTH6262SOUTH6464SEAST6565WEST6666WNORTH6767SOUTH6868NEAST6969WEST7070Base of(all reading from right to left)E7171S7171W7171N7171
utu.Verb, &c.: "to command, order; decree".NCENT.60
Û
ûaḥ.Verb: "to place, put, establish".ECENT.5656
ûrui.Dual of the adjectiveûr"large", hence: "the two large" obelisks, referring to the New York and London Obelisks.SCENT.58
B
benben·t.Noun: "pyramidion".SCENT.58
P
pau·t.Noun: "circle, assembly, company".ECENT.57
per.Noun: "house".WCENT.59NORTH67
peru.Plural of the preceding word with the determinative of "city": "temples, sanctuaries".NEAST69
per.Verb: "to go out, proceed, issue".ESOUTH64
peḥu.Plural ofpeḥ"back, behind": hence "farthest, extreme".NCENT.60
pesed.Verb: "to shine, illumine".ENORTH62
pet.Noun and adj.: "heaven;heavenly".ENORTH62CENT.5656SOUTH63SEAST65CENT.58WEST66WNORTH67CENT.59SOUTH68NEAST68CENT.60WEST70
Ptaḥ-tathunen.Epithet of the god "Ptah" of Memphis.SEAST65
Ptaḥ-tathunen.A variant (different spelling) of the preceding word.NEAST69
F
f.Third person sing. masc. pers. and possessive pronoun: "he, him, his; it, its".ENORTH62CENT.56565657SOUTH64SEAST65CENT.58585858WNORTH6767CENT.59NEAST69CENT.6060WEST70Pyr.EAST49SOUTH51WEST53NORTH5455
M
m.Prep.: "in, for; at; as; (made)of; with".ECENT.56565656SCENT.585858WCENT.59NCENT.60WEST70Pyr.EAST48SOUTH50WEST53NORTH55
m.Same as preceding: "in; at; from".ENORTH62SOUTH64SEAST65WNORTH67
maormȧ.Adv.: "like, as".ECENT.5657SOUTH64SWEST60WSOUTH68NEAST69WEST70
mȧ.Same word as the preceding: "like, as".ENORTH62SEAST65WEST66NEAST69
Mâ.The goddess of truth, "Mā".SEAST65NEAST68
mâk.Verb, &c.: "to protect, ward off; protector".SWEST66
mâk.Same word as the preceding: "to protect; protector".NWEST70
mennu.Noun: "monument; monuments".SCENT.58
men·tuorsetu.Noun, plural ofmen·torset"country", hence: "countries, foreign nations".NCENT.60SWEST66NWEST70
Men-kheper-Râ.The first cartouche or the royal name of Thothmes III., "the stable and creative sun".ECENT.56SCENT.58WCENT.59NCENT.60Pyr.EAST4748SOUTH5050WEST5253NORTH5455
menkh.Verb and adjective: "to be beautiful; beautiful, kind".SWEST66Cf. also the causative form of the same words·menkh"to embellish".WCENT.59
mer.Verb, &c.: "to love; loving; beloved; love; lover".ENORTH62SEAST65CENT.58WNORTH67NEAST68CENT.60
merî.Adj., derived from the preceding: "beloved".ECENT.57SCENT.58WCENT.60
merîti.Lengthened form of the preceding word: "beloved, lovely, beautiful".ENORTH62
mesormeses. Verb, &c.: "to bring forth, beget; born of; birth; child".ENORTH62CENT.56SOUTH64WNORTH67CENT.59NEAST69
meses.Same word as the preceding: "to bring forth; birth; born of; child".ECENT.56NEAST69
N
n.Prep.: "by, for".ECENT.56SOUTH64SCENT.58585858NEAST69CENT.60Sign of the genitive case: "of, in".ECENT.5656SOUTH6464WCENT.59SOUTH68Pyr.WEST53Sign of the accusative case.ECENT.56
n.Same as the preceding. Sign of the genitive case: "of".ENORTH63SOUTH64
neb.Noun: "lord, master".ENORTH62SOUTH6464SEAST6565CENT.58WEST66WNORTH67SOUTH68NEAST6969WEST70Pyr.EAST474949SOUTH505151WEST525353NORTH545455Adj.: "all, every".ECENT.57NEAST69CENT.6061WEST7070Pyr.EAST49SOUTH51NORTH55
neb·t.Feminine of the preceding word: "mistress,queen".ECENT.56where by mistake, perhaps, it stands for the preceding word and means "lord".
Pronunciation doubtful, eitherneb mut neb ârâorneb sheta neb meḥen·t: "the lord of the Vulture and Uræus diadems". The title of Pharaoh as the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt.ECENT.56SWEST66NWEST70
nub.Noun: "gold". In the phraseHor-nub"the golden hawkorHorus".ESOUTH64WSOUTH68NCENT.60
nefer.Adj.: "good, gracious, benevolent, beautiful".Pyr.EAST47SOUTH50WEST5253NORTH54Base ofE71717171S71717171W71717171N71717171
neferu.Plural of the preceding word: "beauty".ECENT.56
nen.Adv.: "not".SCENT.58WNORTH67
neḥeḥor, possibly, onlyḥeḥ.Noun, &c.: "eternity; eternal; forever".ECENT.56
nekht.Adj. and noun: "powerful, valiant, mighty; strength".ENORTH62CENT.56SOUTH63SEAST65CENT.58WEST66WNORTH67CENT.59SOUTH68NEAST68CENT.60WEST70Pyr.EAST48SOUTH50WEST53NORTH55
nekhtu.Plural of the preceding word: "victory".NCENT.60
nekhtu.Same word as the preceding: "victory".ESOUTH64WSOUTH68