Sidney Smith

A Cuneiform Vocabulary of Egyptian Words

In the following Bibliography, which continues that published in this Journal, ix, 235 ff., I attempt to give a brief survey of the books and articles which appeared in the years 1923 and 1924 dealing with Greek inscriptions found in Egypt or Nubia : reviews are referred to only when they make some contrixad bution of real value to the studies concerned or for any other reason appear to call for special mention. My task has been greatly facilitated by tho generous assistance of Dr. F . L l . G R I F F I T H and of Dr. E . B R E C C I A , to whom I here tender my hearty thanks. Although his name is mainly associated with papyrology, F . P R E I B I G K E rendered important services to epigraphical studies also, notably by his valuable Sammelbuch. In my last Bibliography I referred to the Namenbuch, which has been warmly welcomed by no less an authority than K . S E T H E (Gbtt. Gel. Anz., 1923, 227 ff.), and, though his tireless activities have been cut short by death, he fortunately lived long enough to complete the MS. of his Wbrterbuch, a lexicon of the Greek papyri, inscriptions, ostraca, etc. found in Egypt, which is in course of publication by bis executors and will, it may be confidently foretold, prove of the greatest value to all workers in this field for many years to come. Two fascicules were published in 1924, the first at Heidelberg and tho second at Berlin, bringing the dictionary down to tho word ?xa>. G. C A P O V I L L A has devoted a detailed study to tho god Heron in Thrace and in Egypt (Riv. Fil., L I , 424 ff.); this he takes to be the original form of the name, modified under Greek influence to Heros, just as the Thracian TiKftrnopis was transformed into Tctarip6pos. After examining the nature of the Thracian god and also the references to his cult found in Egyptian inscriptions, especially at Magdola and at Theadelphia (ibid., 439 ff.), tho author concludes that the god was imported into Egypt by Thracian mercenaries in the early years of the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus. In an able and interesting article (Rev. Et. Or., xxxv, 198 ff.) M. H O L L E A U X investigates the meaning of the title rrycpav (T&V) ££<B rd£(a>v found in inscriptions of Coptos ( D I T T E N I I E R G E R , Orient, gr. inscr. sel., 69, B R E C C I A , Iscrizioni gr. e lat., 109) and Hermopolis Magna ( B R E C C I A , op. cit., 44 a, P R E I B I G K E , Sammelbuch, 599) and in a Theban papyrus ( W I L C K E N , Arch. Pap., in , 188): he rejects tho current interpretation commandant of detachments stationed outside Egypt, and by a careful analysis of D I O D . xix, 22, 1-3 supports Lesquiers theory that the person so entitled was an officer a la disposition, i.e. not on active service. In an excellent monograph on Egyptian asyla (Das Asylwesen Agyptens in der Ptolemiierzeit und die spdtere Entwicklung, Munich, 1923) F . VON W O E S S relies chiefly on papyrological materials; he has, howover, made full use of the epigraphical evidenco, which is summarized at tho boginning of the work (p. 7 ff.), and has in an appendix (p. 246 ff.) republished the four inscriptions recording grants of d<rvXla which aro omitted, or only partially published, in the standard collections of inscriptions. In a detailed discussion of this book C. F . L E H M A N N H A U P T emphasizes its historical value, summarizes its main arguments and confirms its conclusions against Wilckens criticism (Klio, xix, 2 1 7 ff.). E . B R E C C I A has published two articles entitled Note Epigrafiche, in which he makes valuable additions to Graeco-Roman epigraphy. In the first (Bull. Soc. Arch. Alex., n.s., v, 123 ff.) he deals with thirty inscriptions, almost all of which are now in tho Alexandria Museum. Throe come from Tell Timai,—one (p. 123 f., No. 1) set up, probably in 255-4 B . C , in honour of a Macedonian Leonidas by his son who bora the same name, the second inscribed in the Roman period on tho same base, the third (p. 126 f., No. 3. Gf. S. D E R I C C I , ibid., 281) a list of names and demotics of the Ptolemaic period. A stone from K6m Saggari (Delingat) records the dedication of a banqueting hall (iarurropiov) by the members of a guild to Ptolemy I V , his queen Arsinoe and their son Ptolemy in the closing years of the third century (p. 126 f., No. 4). From Canopus (Abukir) come a statue-base of Cleopatra I I I dated 116-5 B.O. (p. 127 f., No. 5. Of. 8. D E R I O C I , ibid., 281) and a fragment, not later than the first century A .D . , mentioning a (adijKy] (p. 134 f., No. 10),

Babylonian Cylinder Seals from Egypt

The five cylinder seals shown on PI. X X I I I belong to the collection of Mr. G . D. HORND W W E E j to whom I am much indebted for permission to publish them. Four are known to come from Memphis, and it is of some interest to note that they are of early date. *lany Babylonian cylinder seals must have been found in Egypt, and a complete publication °f them would doubtless reveal many matters of interest, both as to the periods at which mtercourse between the Nile and Euphrates valleys was most lively, and as to particular Points in philology and cult practices.

K.izzuwadna and Kode

0 F l ^ ^ o ° l ^ ^ ^ § °^ t n e Egyptians, which is sufficient to determine the whereabouts of that important state of Asia Minor, mentioned in the list of the allies of the Hittites at the battle of Kadesh and in the treaty between Ramesses I I and Hattushil. It has been located by several scholars, without any proof, on the Black Sea. The points of importance to be considered may be briefly enumerated. (1) Kizzuwadna bordered on the lands of the Hittites and the Harri of Mitanni, and was on the sea-coast. This is clear from the following passages. Keilschrifttexte avs Boghaz Koi I . No. 5, col. I . 11. 5-7. Previously, in the time of my grandfather, Kizzuwadni belonged to the land of the Hittites. Afterwards Kizzuwadni rebelled against the Hittites and joined the Harri. Col. I I I . 37-39. Again (if) any of the fortresses of the land of the Harri be embroiled with a fortress of Shuna-ashshura, in some city of the Harri we will do battle with him (the Earri) together. Col. IV. 5-10. Whosoever of the land of the Harri, whether they be brokers or travelling traders, of the city of Urushsha, are directed by the hand of Shuna-ashshura, I (King of Hatti) will never give (them) back to the king of the Harri. And hereafter I will never receive with favour the requests of the Harri in a complaint or dispute. He (Shuna-ashshura) shall govern the Harri, who have broken the oath of the gods. Col. IV. 40-65. From the sea, Lamia belongs to the Sun [i.e. the Great King of Hatti], the city of Bitura belongs to Shuna-ashshura. They have measured out the boundary between them and divided it. The Sun shall not fortify the city of Lamia. The city of Arflna, belonging to. the Sun, with the city of Bitura, they have measured out the boundary and divided it between them. The Sun shall not fortify the city of Aruna. The city of Shalia belongs to the Sun. The cities of Zinziluwa and Erimma belong to Shuna-ashshura; they have measured out the boundary between them and divided it. The Sun shall fortify Shalia. Anumushsha belongs to the Sun, the hill of (he city of Zabama belongs to Shuna-ashshura; they have measured out the boundary between them and divided it. The Sun shall fortify Anumushsha. That old boundary, which they have abolished, the part of it which is beside the land of the city of Atania, Shuna-ashshura shall retain. From the city of Luwana the city of Ehbina is the boundary of Shuna-ashshura That which is beside the land of the Hittites, the great King shall retain. That which is beside the land of Atania, Shuna-ashshura shall retain.