Lettre à M. Dacier, ... relative à l'alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques

comparison of these two inscriptions will demonstrate the interchangeable use of the two signs in ideographic texts. Furthermore, a comparison of certain other manuscripts, such as page 4 of the same manuscript from the royal library, or page 8 of the Fontana manuscript Facsimile copy of a papyrus roll found in Egypt, published by M. Fontana and explained by M. de Hammer, Vienna, Strauss, 1822., will provide further evidence. When compared with columns 87 to 83 of plate 74, and columns 93 to 86 of the same plate 74 of the great hieroglyphic manuscript, they show the hieratic equivalent of the hieroglyph representing two facing sceptres. This character See my plate I, number 27. is exactly the same as the demotic sign representing the sound S in the words ALKSANTRS Alexander; See my plate I, numbers 1 and 13. and SNTKSS arrangement/tax original: "ΣΝΤΚΣΣ (συνταξις)"; See my plate I, number 11. from the popular text of the Rosetta Stone. Finally, as a final proof of the shared value of these two signs, we will cite a second phonetic hieroglyphic cartouche containing the name of Alexander. This was carved at Karnak Description of Egypt, Antiquities, volume 3, plate 38, number 15; See my plate I, number 26, following this Memoir.. In this cartouche, the two S sounds in the name are rendered by the sign composed of two horizontal sceptres, repeated twice.

One can therefore consider as well-determined the