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78. Vemer 1992: LXV, especially the example from no. 234; James 1962: 7 (the example from I, vs. 14); Arnold et al. 1990: 88, W59. Examples particularlysimilarto our sign appearin Zaba 1974: N5. 79. Albright 1948: 21, n. 77. 80. In hieraticthe many solar rays of the h C-signare more often simplifiedin MiddleEgyptianhieratic, with a multiplicityof raysearlierandlater (Moller 1927a: 29; 1927b: 28). An extremely abbreviated version of h I from the early Middle Kingdom appearsin James 1962: 7; a relatively simplified, dual-rayed form, appears in Simpson 1963: 99.
American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 58: 146-68. Yoyotte, J. 1952 Un corps de police de l'Egypte pharaonique. Revue d'Egyptologie 9: 139-51. Z. Zaiba, 1974 RockInscriptionsof LowerNubia (Czechoslovak Concession). Prague:UniversitaKarlova. -Th. 2003 UnsereBuchstaben-agyptische Hieroglyphen. Pp. 183-90 in Der TurmbauzuBabel. Vol. 3A: Schrift,ed. W. Vienna:Kunsthistorisches Museum. Zibelius, K. Beihefte zum TubingerAtlas des VorderenOrientsB 1. Wiesbaden:Reichert. 115 TWO EARLY ALPHABETICINSCRIPTIONSFROM THE WADI EL-HOL PLATE I -...
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