bargains for services, as with donkey-boys, camel-men, boats, guides, &c., it should be remembered that 5 to 10 per cent. extra is expected as bakhshish in a lump at the end, subject to good behaviour; and this gives an excellent hold on the people. ADDENDA TO BAEDECKER'S VOCABULARY Station, mahatta; ticket, tezkereh, warak, bilieto; 1st class, brimo; 2nd class, secondo; (does) this go to Cairo? deh raih al Masr? train, kattr; engine, wabur; carriage, arabiyeh; goods, buda'a; goods train, kattr el buda'a; baggage-receipt, bolicy (pronounced bolīse); storage charge, ardiyeh. I (will) beat the telegraph (=I will telegraph), ana adrob et telegraphia; the wires, es silk. (The dots in the following words separate the elements, which are here translated literally.) Show me the snake, warri ni el hanesh. Not showed. I to him the fowl, ma warr·et l.u.sh el farkha (sh like French pas, untranslated). Not thou leave.it, ma-t-khalli.u.sh. He opened.it, Huweh fatah.u. Thou camest from where? Ente git min ayn. From the desert (hill or plain), min el gebel. Thou goest where? Ente raih fen. Northwards, bahri. The engine it leaves when? el wabur ye·safir emta? at the sunset, fi·l maghreb. Atest thou five pounds in the four months, pound and quarter for the month, kal-t khamast ertal fi.l arbat·usher, rotl.u.rub bi.sh shahr (accent strongly as marked). Two cubits length (pair cubits) for two piastres (dual), gozet ídra bi ķirshēn. Finished, khalás. I am very tired (I bad.ed entirely), ana battal.t khálas. Finished entirely, Khalás khálas. (It) was cold very in the morning before the sun (rise), kan bard kowi fi.'s subh kabl esh shems. The peasants (are) foolish like cattle, el fellahin magnun zeyeh behaim. A lucky day for you (literally, day-thy, milk) neharak leben. By life (of) the prophet, wa hayt en nebi. By life (of) father thy, wa hayt abu.k. Bless me! (oh health.my) ya salam.i (really a title of the Deity). Village night guard, ghafir, pl. ghofera. INDEX (Including a reference to each Illustration.) ACCURACY, meaning of, 14; of Aegean confederacy, 152; pottery, 121, 124, 132-3. Agricultural tools, 119. Alterations of design in pyramids, Am, now Tell Nebesheh, 69. Amenemhat II, 81; III, 83, 89. Anen, the Tursha head of, 130, 132. Babies buried in boxes, 116. Barracks of pyramid workmen, 25, Basalt statue of Si-sebek, 117. Biahmu, pedestals, 83; statues at, 84. Botany of ancient Egypt, 104. Bowl, turned in diorite, 27; of blue- glaze, 135. Bribery omnipotent, 179. Bronze, hinges, 129; introduction Burial, directions of, 69; with por- traits, 97; in clothing, 101; of 145. Buto, Arabian and western, 69. Care needed for papyri, 34-5. Casket of ivory, 102. Castanets, ivory, 116. Chisels, 43, 46, 58, 112, 120, 129, Civilization of Egypt, early, 144, Coin of Naukratis, 45. Colossus of Amenemhat III, 84; of Cylinder seals, 145. Cypriote pottery, 68; soldier, 37. Dahshur, casing of pyramid, 78; Dancer, figure of, 116. of, 52; destruction of, 61. Demotic inscription on vase, 58. Derwishes in villages, 171. Education in Egypt, 168, 184. Elephantine, royal names at, 72. Fallacies regarding pyramids, 24. Foreigners at Gurob, 129-134; at Illahun, 121, 123; confederacy of, laying out of, 143. Greek, early portrait of, 77; mer- Griffith, Mr. F. Ll., 50, 64, 71. Hanebu, head of, 77. Harper, Hittite, 132. Hawara cemetery, 92; pyramid, 81, Herodotos visited Fayum, 84. Illahun cemetery, 124; pyramid, 107. Jeremiah at Daphnae, 51, 54. Jew's daughter, palace of, 51; refuge at Tahpanhes, 53. Jews meet with Greeks, 54. Kahun, 112. Khafra, mace of, 23; pyramid of, 22. Kings, list of, 9. Kismet, 174. Labyrinth, great extent, 91; site of, Law in modern Egypt, 179. Lykaonian spearheads, 68. Naukratis, cemetery, 47; coin of, Nebuchadnezzar, 54. Negro on vase, 48. Nehesi, obelisk of, 31. Nile, exploring, 71; formerly high, 75, 148-9. Numeral signs, from ropes, 145. Obedience natural to fellahin, 177–8. Officials isolated from fellahin, 180. Palaistra of Naukratis, 44. Palmetto pattern, age of, 56. |
