Hedvig Győry: Mélanges offerts a Edith Varga „Le lotus qui sort de terre” (Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément 1. Budapest, 2001)

JOHN GEE: Towards an Interpretation of Hypocephali

Figure 1 / IX / II a is labeled both b? m hpr "soul in coming into being" and nb m Sfy "lord in dread;"

48 this is shortened to bi and nb m in one hypocephalus.

49 Figure 2 / V /1 a is labeled ny-mh-wdl.t in one hypocephalus,

50 and iw rhy iw rhk.w in another.

51 Thanks to Louvre E 26 8 34

52 we know that this figure goes on the top of hypocephali. Four hypocephali label Figure 3 / VI-VII /1 b-c with is.t nb.t-hw.t "Isis and Nephthys."

53 Four hypocephali have variants of this label: is.t nb.t-hw.t hpri "Isis, Nephthys, and Kheperi,"

54 is.t nb.t-hw.t hpr "Isis, Nephthys and Kheperi,"

55 is.t nb.t-hw.t sd.t "Isis, Nephthys and the flame,"

56 and is.t ntr.t hpr.w "Isis, the goddess, and Kheperi."

57 One hypocephalus reads is.t sd.t "Isis and the flame,"

58 while another reads nb wi3 "lord of the sacred bark."

59 Figure 5 / III / III usually bears a label like ih.t wr.t ms r

r "the great cow who bore Re"

60 or abbreviated version of that label.

61 Other hypocephali have various unrelated names: pi ntr.wt "he of the goddesses,"

62 nb.t mi

c

.t "lady of truth,"

63 di c

nh wis.w "given life and dominion."

64 The figures in 6 / III / III are labeled once in the full form imsty h

r

py dwlmw.t-f kbh-snw=f the names of the four sons of Horus,

65 two hypocephali abbreviate the names to just imsty h

r

py,

66 and one reads simply dwl "praise", perhaps an abbreviated form of dw?-mw.t=f.

bl The figure to the left of figure 6 / III / III is called imn rn=/"he whose name is hidden."

68 18 Berlin 6900. J

' Louvre N 3181. 50 Louvre N 3525 A 1/3. 51 British Museum 37909. ,7 In Varga, op. cit. (note I), figures 28-29 (shown upside down). 53 British Museum 35875; Louvre AF 1936; Torino 16350 (2322) and Torino 16351 (2321). 54 Bruxelles E 6319. 35 Birch F. a Wien 253 a/2. 57 Berlin 6900. w Wien 253 a/1. ss Hermitage 8737. 60 Berlin 7792; Bologna B2025. " ih.t wr.t: Birch F; Torino 16353 2319; ih.t: Louvre N 3527. 62 Philadelphia L-55-15D H Philadelphia L-55-15D 64 BM 37909. Louvre N 3527. British Museum 37909. "

7 Britism Museum 36188. M Louvre N 3527.