Hermione Wrote:
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> Hans_lune Wrote:
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>
> > One other question raised by Waggy's fine work
> >
> > [i.imgur.com]
> >
> > What does that central hieroglyph say?
>
> The image comes from pg. 86 of "Layman's Khafre,"
> which then states:
>
>

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When Perring ripped up the limestone paving
> of the chamber he came across several markings on
> the stones; shown above from his plate
> III.

>
> (Earlier (p. 21, n. 28), Layman's Khafre refers
> to Perring, "The Pyramids of Giza, from actual
> survey and admeasurement, Part II".).
>
> These are the links to the three volumes by
> Perring (which, IIRC, are in fact bound in one
> HUGE volume, that takes up an entire library table
> - so thank Heaven that Heidelberg digitised them):
> [digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de]
>
> This is the second volume:
> [digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de]
>
> These are the plates:
> [digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de]
>
> "Hieroglyphical writing on blocks" is here -
> [digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de].
>
> I'm afraid, though, after all that, that I can't
> answer your question. I think that first
> hieroglyph (like a chair-back) might be
> "Inspector" ... but I couldn't say for sure. (I
> had a look at Roth,
> [oi.uchicago.edu],
> 10-17, which might be helpful ... ).
>
> Possibly Byrd could help us out here!


Thanks for taking a look at this - yes the dictionaries were of no help as the Hs are rather poorly done.