Naples Obelisk. It is also called the Borgian Obelisk, having been for a time in the Borgian Museum at Velletri, and was discovered at Prænesté, Italy, in 1791, broken in four pieces. The inscription on it coincides with that of the Albani Obelisk (which see). It is now in the Museo Nazionale at Naples. [10]
Necropolis. A Greek word meaning "the city of the dead", our "cemetery". In Egypt the necropolis was generally a collection of rock-hewn tombs, but always situated to the west of a city toward the setting sun, this being the first station on the road to the Lower World. It is expressed in Egyptian by the sign
Nectanebo I. The Greek name of a king of the XXXth dynasty, who forced the Persian king Artaxerxes II. to relinquish his hold on Egypt and reigned for eighteen years. His Egyptian name is [9]
| suten-kaut? | Senezem-ȧb-sotep-en-Ȧmen-Râ | sa Râ | Ȧmen-mer-nekht-Ḥer-ḥeb·t |
| The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, | "Benevolent, chosen of Amen-Râ", | the Sun's offspring, | "Beloved of Amen, Nekht-Her-Heb." |
| suten-kaut? | Senezem-ȧb-sotep-en-Ȧmen-Râ |
| The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, | "Benevolent, chosen of Amen-Râ", |
| sa Râ | Ȧmen-mer-nekht-Ḥer-ḥeb·t |
| the Sun's offspring, | "Beloved of Amen, Nekht-Her-Heb." |
Negative Confession. A passage in the 125th chapter of the Book of the Dead, where the deceased gives an account of his life and begs to be admitted into paradise. To that end he states that he has not committed the forty-two great sins. ([98])
Neith. The Egyptian goddess of the lower heavens, the sister of Isis and Nephthys. She is generally represented holding a bow and arrows in her hand. The Greeks identified her with their Athêné (Minerva). In Egyptian her name is
