| Coptic: | ||||||||||||
| Greek: | α | β | γ | δ | ε | ζ | η | θ | ι | κ | λ | μ |
| a | b | g | d | e | z | ê | th | i | k | l | m | |
| Coptic: | ||||||||||||
| Greek: | ν | ξ | ο | π | ρ | ς | τ | υ | φ | χ | ψ | ω |
| n | x | o | p | r | s | t | u | ph | kh | ps | ô |
| Additions: | ||||||
| Hieroglyphic: | ||||||
| sh | f | kh | h | j | g |
and the syllabic sign
ti.
Coptos. The capital of the Vth nome of Upper Egypt, the modern Kuft قفط. Its Egyptian name was
Corfe Castle Obelisk. This was one of the two obelisks in front of the temple of Isis at Philæ and was erected by Cleopatra II. and Ptolemy IX. It has one column of inscriptions on each face and the cartouches of these sovereigns. Below is a very long Greek inscription which enabled Champollion to read these cartouches. The obelisk was removed in 1815 by Belzoni to England, and is at present in Corfe Castle, Isle of Purbeck, Dorsetshire. [10]
Crab. In reality the scorpion, which was the symbol of the goddess Selq, a form of the goddess Isis. Its name in Egyptian is
