Three Hatchets (neteru) gods. A hatchet or battle-axe was called neter, and was the usual symbol for a god. Plurality is often indicated by a hieroglyph being repeated three times. The letter u is a plural termination; thus neter is god, neteru gods.
Palace (seḥ) festival.
Hall (seḥ) festival. Here used as a determinative to the preceding.
Every syllabic sign possesses an inherent vowel sound, or an inherent consonant sound, or both. The vowel sign is often placed before, and the consonant sign after the syllabic sign. Such alphabetic hieroglyphs are called complements, and are very frequently used in the inscriptions.
| “Upon the great Persea Tree within the Temple of the Phœnix.” |
Human Head (Her) upon.
The vertical line preceding is the masculine article. The defaced signs on the left were probably three short vertical lines, to indicate the plurality of festivals.
Pool (shi). Here a phonetic united with succeeding hieroglyph.
Hand (t) alphabetic phonetic. The two spell shit, the name of persea, a beautiful tree abounding in ancient Egypt, bearing pear-shaped fruit.
Tree (persea) tree. A determinative to the preceding hieroglyphs. The tree here referred to may have been situated at Heliopolis; and it is worthy of notice that in a picture at Thebes, the god Tum appears in the act of writing the name of Thothmes on the fruit of the persea.