Vol. I - The Coptic Orthodox Church

Iigyptien," 1
Lepsius'
Introduction. li
" Book of Kings," 2 and Brugsch's " Geo-
graphical Dictionary." 3 And Brugsch, expecting
the student to
refer at first hand to these works, devoted all the space in his
Worterbuch to registering and explaining Egyptian words. Though
there is much to be said in favour of following this plan strictly, Names of gods
I have nevertheless included in the Dictionary of Egyptian words and goddesses
the names of all the gods and goddesses, and other mythological
beings that I have been able to collect, and thus the total number
of entries in this section of the book amounts to 23,889.
Pierret's instinct, which told him that a " Vocabulaire Hiero-
glyphique " that was intended to help beginners in the study of
Egyptology, ought to contain the names of kings, was undoubtedly
correct, but it seems to me that he made a mistake in scattering
them throughout his work. As the " Konigsbuch " of Lepsius,
and the " Livre des Rois " of Brugsch and Bouriant 4
are out of Names
print and scarce, and the edition of my own " Book of Kings " 6
is rapidly becoming exhausted, I have printed a full list of the
names of Egyptian kings as Part II of this work. This was
necessary, for of Das Handbuch der Aegyptischen Konigsnamen by
Pieper and Burchardt only one part has appeared (Berlin, 1912, 8vo),
and few students can ever hope to possess the splendid but
expensive Le Livre des Rois de I'figypte,
which Gauthier has
published in the Memoires of the French Archaeological Institute
of Cairo, in five parts, folio (Cairo, 1902-16). My List contains
439 entries, which give the names of all the known kings, from
Mena, the first king of all Egypt, to the Roman Emperor Decius.
It includes all their principal Ka and Nebti names, and their
names and titles as the Horus of Gold, the King
of the South and
North, and the Son of Ra. It illustrates at a glance the development
of the use of these names and titles, which in many cases
resemble the "
strong names " that were adopted by the kings
1
Collection des personnages mythologiques de I'ancienne Egyple, d'apres les
Monumens ; avec un texte explicatif par J. F. C. et les figures d'apres les dessins
de L. J. J. Dubois. Avec go planches en couleur. Paris, 1823-25. 4to.
8
Konigsbuch der alien Aegypter. Berlin, 1858. Fol.
3 Dictionnaire Geographique de I'Ancienne Egypte. Leipzig, 1877. Fol.
Supplement. Leipzig, 1879-80. Fol.
4 E. Brugsch-Bey et Urbain Bouriant, Le Livre des Rois, contenant la Lisle
Chronologique des Rois, Reines, Princes, Princesses, et Personnages Importants
de I' Egypte depuis Mines jusqu'a Nectanebo II. Cairo, 1887.
6 The Book of the Kings of Egypt or the Ka, Nebti, Horus, Suten Bat and Ra
names of the Pharaohs with transliterations, from Menes, the first dynastic king of
Egypt, to the Emperor Decius, with Chapters on the Royal Names, Chronology,
etc. London, 2 Vols., 1908. 8vo.
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