. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . the Banner Name ; indeed, it was for some time believedthat this sign represented a piece of s>tuff, ornamented at the bottom by embroidery or fringe, andbearing on the upper part the title of a king. Wilkinson thought that this square title, as hecalled it, represented a house (Extract from several Bieroglyphical Subjects, p. 7, note 14). The realmeaning of the expression was determined by Professor Flinders Pctrie (Tunis, 1st part, p. 5, note,and A Season in Egypt, 1887, pp. 21, 22, and pi. xx.) and by myself (Revue Critique, 1888, vol. ii.
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . the Banner Name ; indeed, it was for some time believedthat this sign represented a piece of s>tuff, ornamented at the bottom by embroidery or fringe, andbearing on the upper part the title of a king. Wilkinson thought that this square title, as hecalled it, represented a house (Extract from several Bieroglyphical Subjects, p. 7, note 14). The realmeaning of the expression was determined by Professor Flinders Pctrie (Tunis, 1st part, p. 5, note,and A Season in Egypt, 1887, pp. 21, 22, and pi. xx.) and by myself (Revue Critique, 1888, vol. 118-120 ; Études Égyptiennes, vol. ii. pp. 274, 275). 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an illustration in Aeundale-Boxomi-Birchs Gallery ofAntiquities from the British Museum, pi. 31. The king thus represented is Thutmosis II. of theXVIIIth dynasty ; the spear, surmounted by a mans head, which the double holds in his hand,probably recalls the human victims formerly sacrificed at the burial of a chief (Lefébuke, RitesÉgyptiens, pp. 5, 6).. THE ADULT KING ADVANCING, FOLLOWED BY HIS 262 TEE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF EGYPT.
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