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| Keywords: Graffito of Esmet-Akhom (last hieroglyphic inscription).jpg en A crude drawing of the god Mandulis from Hadrian's Gate at Philae accompanied by a hieroglyphic inscription above right and a demotic inscription lower right The hieroglyphic text is the last one written in ancient times and its author had a weak grasp of the writing system The demotic inscription reads I Esmet-akhom the scribe of the house of record of Isis son of Esmet-Panekhate the second prophet of Isis and his mother Eswe-re; I performed work on this figure of Mandulis for everlasting because he is kindly of face unto me To-day the day of the Birth of Osiris his dedication-festival year 110 of the reign of Diocletian The date is thus 24 August 394 AD/CE The hieroglyphic text says Before Merul son of Horus by the hand of Esmet-Akhom son of Esmet second prophet of Isis for ever and ever Words spoken by Merul lord of Abaton great god Source Francis Llewelyn Griffith Catalogue of the demotic graffiti of the Dodecaschoenus 1937 Volume I pp 126 “127 2015-12-25 08 11 30 own A Parrot other versions Graffito of Esmet-Akhom - hieroglyphic inscription photograph + drawing jpg Graffito of Esmet-Akhom - demotic inscription photograph + drawing jpg 24 025659 32 883904 cc-zero Graffito of Esmet-Akhom Taken with Samsung MV900F | ||||
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