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Article ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES. ← Page 7 of 15 →
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
Foreign countries svere indicated by the sign i * -. **^ , " kah , " or country , generally svith the addition of the barbarian mace , svhich is still in use in Nubia , thus I The follosving illustrations svill shosv the application of this sign : — ¦ ^^ cp ^ " Kush , barbarian country ,
tstgp *\/ vAA ^\ - ( / " Kanana , barbarian country , " t .:-. —J perverse race . "—being the - « vi u ^ . I i . e . C . ANWAX —conquests of lllth V ^ N name and title by win ch tlie JS ^ . / V-v . w . S ?> . I H ____ 5 dynasty , prior to n . c . 1500 . t ___ i _ 31 negroes were designated prior to n c . ICOO . Names of kings were determined by the oval sign , generally termed " cartouche , " and within svhich the names of Egyptian monarchs svere enclosed for a period extending to nearly three thousand years ; and in
order to distinguish among so many sovereigns , the Egyptians from some period prior to 2272 years B . C , gave to each Pharaoh tsvo cartouches , bearing some similitude to our christian and surnames , the first , svhich is called the prenomen , being generally symbolic , and containing titles , and being alsvays the designatory oval by which the individual Pharaoh is knosvn , and the other , called the nomen , being altogether phonetic , and containing his proper name . The follosving example is taken from the obelisk svhich still marks the site of Heliopolis , and shosvs the cartouches of OSORTASEN the First .
\ WL Pharaoh f ® Son of the Sun . * PjtENOiUEN . f ^ g \ $ UN NOMEN . & p \ Q g Symbolic . 4 $ o ^ ^ * Phonetic <> ( ° ) R OSORTASBN » TO THE ^ T ( a ) X 2 j W 0 RLD ' _© S ( e ) N .
Tne following are the elements ofthe hieroglyphical numerical table : | is the sign for units up to 9— H for tens—¦§) for hundreds— -f foi thousands - and J for myriads , or tens of thousands .
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On The Study Of Masonic Antiquities.
Foreign countries svere indicated by the sign i * -. **^ , " kah , " or country , generally svith the addition of the barbarian mace , svhich is still in use in Nubia , thus I The follosving illustrations svill shosv the application of this sign : — ¦ ^^ cp ^ " Kush , barbarian country ,
tstgp *\/ vAA ^\ - ( / " Kanana , barbarian country , " t .:-. —J perverse race . "—being the - « vi u ^ . I i . e . C . ANWAX —conquests of lllth V ^ N name and title by win ch tlie JS ^ . / V-v . w . S ?> . I H ____ 5 dynasty , prior to n . c . 1500 . t ___ i _ 31 negroes were designated prior to n c . ICOO . Names of kings were determined by the oval sign , generally termed " cartouche , " and within svhich the names of Egyptian monarchs svere enclosed for a period extending to nearly three thousand years ; and in
order to distinguish among so many sovereigns , the Egyptians from some period prior to 2272 years B . C , gave to each Pharaoh tsvo cartouches , bearing some similitude to our christian and surnames , the first , svhich is called the prenomen , being generally symbolic , and containing titles , and being alsvays the designatory oval by which the individual Pharaoh is knosvn , and the other , called the nomen , being altogether phonetic , and containing his proper name . The follosving example is taken from the obelisk svhich still marks the site of Heliopolis , and shosvs the cartouches of OSORTASEN the First .
\ WL Pharaoh f ® Son of the Sun . * PjtENOiUEN . f ^ g \ $ UN NOMEN . & p \ Q g Symbolic . 4 $ o ^ ^ * Phonetic <> ( ° ) R OSORTASBN » TO THE ^ T ( a ) X 2 j W 0 RLD ' _© S ( e ) N .
Tne following are the elements ofthe hieroglyphical numerical table : | is the sign for units up to 9— H for tens—¦§) for hundreds— -f foi thousands - and J for myriads , or tens of thousands .