Kalenders unter Augustus_, 2. _über Wiederherstellung des zur Zeit
der Ptolemäer aufgestellten Dionysischen Kalenders_, 3.
_Wiederherstellung des Eudoxischen Kalenders u. s. w._ 4.
_Wiederherstellung der Parapegmen der Aegypter, des Demokrit u. s.
w._ 5. _Über die Jahres-und Tagesbestimmung der Eroberung Trojas u.
s. w._ [Communications: 1, On the Introduction of the Alexandrian
Calendar under Augustus; 2. On the Restoration of the Dionysian
Calendar Adopted in the Time of the Ptolemies; 3. Restoration of
the Eudoxian Calendar, etc.; 4. Restoration of the Parapegmen of
the Egyptians, of Democritus, etc.; 5, On Fixing the Year and Day
of the Conquest of Troy, etc.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 10. _Febr._ 1859.
LXVIIb. _Anzeige der Übergabe der 15 letzten Lieferungen des
ägyptischen Denkmälerwerkes, welches die Akademie von Sr. Maj. dem
Könige zum Geschenk erhalten hatte._ [Announcement of the Delivery
of the Last Fifteen Numbers of the Work on Egyptian Monuments,
which the Academy had Received as a Gift from His Majesty the
King.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 3. _Nov._ 1859.
LXVIII. _Über die Umschrift und Lautverhältnisse einiger
hinterasiatischer Sprachen, namentlich des Chinesischen und des
Tibetischen._ [On the Transcription and Relations of the Sounds of
Some Remote Asiatic Languages, Especially of the Chinese and the
Tibetan.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 16. _Febr. und_ 5. _März_ 1860. 8. _Ak.
Abhdlg._ 1860. 4.
LXIX. _Ingīl Jesū mesīhni-lin, Margosin fāisīn nagittā._ [The
Gospel According to St. Mark] Translated into the Nubian Language,
1860. 8.
LXX. _Über die arabischen Sprachlaute und deren Umschrift nebst
einigen Erläuterungen über den harten [Illustration: symbol]--Vokal
in der tartarischen, slavischen und der rumänischen Sprache._ [On
the Sounds of the Arabian Spoken Language, and Methods of Writing
Them, With Some Comments on the Hard Vowel [Illustration: symbol]
in the Tartar, Slavonic and Roumanian Languages.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._
2. _Mai 1861._ 8. _Ak. Abhdlg._ 1861. 4.
LXXI. _Das ursprüngliche Zendalphabet._ [The Original Zend
Alphabet.] _Mit_ 3 _Tafeln. Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 31. _März 1862._ 8.
_Berl. Abhdlg._ 1862. 4.
LXXIa. Was not Published, and is therefore indexed without title.
LXXII. _Litterae gutturales und Literae faucalest. Zeitschrift für
vergleichende Sprachforschung von Kuhn._ 1862. _XI. p._ 442. _ff._
LXXIII. _Über das Lautsystem der Persischen Keilschrift._ [On the
System of Sounds of the Persian Cuneiform Writing.] _Berl.
Mon.-Ber._ 3. _Apr. 1862._ 8. _Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._ 1862. 4.
LXXIV. Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and
Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European
Letters. Second Edition. London and Berlin. 1863. 8. (The first
edition is the work published in 1855 in German on “The Universal
Linguistic Alphabet.” See No. LIX.[106])
LXXV. _Über den Umfang und die Verschiedenheit der menschlichen
Sprachlaute._ [On the Compass and Differences of the Sounds in
Human Speech.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 1863. 8.
LXXVI. _Mittheilung über eine von H. Dümichen zu Abydos
neuentdeckte Königsliste._ [Communication Concerning a List of
Kings Lately Discovered at Abydos by H. Dümichen.] _Berl.
Mon.-Ber._ 27. _Oct._ 1864. 8.
LXXVII. _Die Sethostafel von Abydos._ [The Tablet of Sethos from
Abydos.] _Zeitschr. für ägyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde._
1864. _S._ 81.
LXXVIII. _Texte des Todtenbuches a. d. alten Reiche._ [Text of the
Book of the Dead of the Old Kingdom.] _Zeitsch. f. äg. Spr. u. A._
1864. _S._ 83.
LXXIX. _Die altägyptische Elle und ihre Eintheilung._ [The Old
Egyptian Ell and its Subdivisions.] _Mit 4 Tafeln. Berl. Ak.
Abhdlg._ 1865. 4. _Als Buch bei Dümmler. Berl._ 1865. 4.
LXXX. _Über “rechts” und “links” im Hieroglyphischen._ [On “Right”
and “Left” in the Hieroglyphic Language.] _Zeitsch. f. äg. Spr. u.
A._ 1865. _S._ 12.
LXXXI. Supplement to the Same. _Ibid._ 1865. _S._ 22.
LXXXII. _Über die mit den Nomenlisten verbundenen geographischen
Nomenreihen._ [On the Geographical Series of Nomes, Connected with
the Lists of Nomes.] _Ibid._ 1865. _S._ 38.
LXXXIII. _Über die Zeichen_ [Illustration: symbol], [Illustration:
symbol] _und_ [Illustration: symbol] _in den topographischen
Listen_. [On the Signs [Illustration: symbol], [Illustration:
symbol] and [Illustration: symbol] in the Topographical Lists.]
_Ibid._ 1865. _S._ 60.
LXXXIV. _Über die hieroglyphische Gruppe_ [Illustration: symbol]
_als Orgyia von 4 Ellen oder 6 Fuss_. [On the Hieroglyphic Group
[Illustration: symbol] as an Orgyia of Four Ells or Six Feet.]
_Ibid._ 1865. _S._ 101.
LXXXV. _Die Regel in den hieroglyphischen Bruchbezeichnungen._ [The
Rule of the Hieroglyphic Fractional Reckoning.] _Ibid._ 1865. _S._
101.
LXXXVI. _Al Fondatore dell’ Instituto archeologico in Roma Odoardo
Gerhard nel cinquantesimo anno della sua laurea dottorale._
(Introduction to the “Nuove memorie dell’ inst. archeol.”)_Berl._
1865. Drawn up by Lepsius, in the Name of the Institute and the
Central Board of Directors, (Abeken, Lepsius, Mommsen, Haupt, Duc
de Luynes, Welcker, Kircher, Meineke and De Witte.)
LXXXVII. _Das bilingue Dekret von Kanopus in der Originalgrösse mit
Übersetzung beider Texte._ [The Original Decree of Canopus in the
Original Size, with a Translation of Both Texts.] _Thl. 1 mit 8
Tafeln. Berlin._ 1866. _fol._
LXXXVIII. _Reisebericht aus Aegypten._ [Report from Egypt on the
Journey.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 17. _Mai_ 1866. 8.
LXXXIX. _Entdeckung eines bilinguen Dekretes._ [Discovery of a
Bilingual Decree.] _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1866. _S._ 29.
XC. _Das Dekret von Kanopus. Erklärung._ [The Decree of Canopus,
Explanation.] _Ibid._ 1866. _S._ 49.
XCI. _Über die Umschrift des Hieroglyphischen._ [On the
Transcription of the Hieroglyphic Writing.] _Ibid._ 1866. _S._ 73.
XCII. _Über den Obelisk in der Münchener Glyptothek._ [On the
Obelisk in the Munich Glyptotheca.] _Ibid._ 1866. _S._ 95.
XCIII. _Zusatz über denselben._ [Supplement to the Last.] _Ibid._
1867. _S._ 20.
XCIV. _Recension über “G. F. Unger, Chronologie des Manetho.”_
[Review of “G. F. Unger, On the Chronology of Manetho.”]
_Literarisches Centralblatt von Zarncke._ 1867. _S._ 1121.
XCV. _Älteste Texte des Todtenbuchs nach Sarkophagen des
altägyptischen Reichs im Berliner Museum._ [The Oldest Text of the
Book of the Dead, According to Sarcophagi of the Old Egyptian
Kingdom in the Berlin Museum.] _Berl._ 1867. _Fol._
XCVI. _Zu dem Artikel des Herrn Baillet (de la transcription des
hiéroglyphes.)_ [Regarding the Article of M. Baillet, “_de la
transcription des hiéroglyphes_.” _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1867.
_S._ 70.
XCVII. _Über den chronologischen Werth der assyrischen Eponymen und
einige Berührungspunkte mit der ägyptishen Chronologie._ [On the
Chronological Value of the Assyrian Eponyms and Some Points Which
They Have in Common with the Egyptian Chronology.] _Berl. Ak.
Abhdlg._ 1868. 4.
XCVIII. _Über die Anwendung des lateinischen Universal Alphabets
auf den chinesischen Dialekt von Canton und über die Berufung
auswärtiger Gelehrter an eine in Peking zu gründende kaiserliche
Lehranstalt._ [On the Application of the Latin Universal Alphabet
to the Chinese Dialect of Canton, and On the Appointment of Foreign
Scholars in an Imperial Institute of Learning to be Founded at
Peking.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 5. _März_ 1868. 8.
XCIX. _Das Sothisdatum im Dekret von Kanopus._ [The Sothis Date in
the Decree of Canopus.] _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1868. _S._ 36.
C. _Über eine zu Pompeji gefundene hieroglyphische Inschrift._ [On
a Hieroglyphic Inscription Found at Pompeii.] _Ibid._ 1868. _S._
85.
CI. _Nachtrag zu dem Artikel von Brugsch: Über die vier Elemente._
[Supplement to the Article by Brugsch “On the Four Elements.”]
_Ibid._ 1868. _S._ 127.
CII. _Grundplan des Grabes König Ramses’ IV. in einem Turiner
Papyrus._ [Ground plan of the Grave of King Ramses IV. in a Turin
Papyrus.] _Mit 1 Tafel. Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._ 1869. 4.
CIII. _Die Kalenderreform im Dekret von Kanopus._ [The Reform of
the Calendar in the Decree of Canopus.] _Zeitschr. f. äg. Spr. u.
A._ 1869. _S._ 77.
CIV. _Der letzte Kaiser in den hieroglyphischen Inschriften._ [The
Last Emperor in the Hieroglyphic Inscriptions.] _Ibid._ 1870. _S._
25.
CV. _Über die Annahme eines sogenannten prähistorischen Steinalters
in Aegypten._ [On Admitting a So-called Prehistoric Age of Stone in
Egypt.] _Ibid._ 1870. _S._ 89 _u._ 113.
CVI. _Über die Papyrusinschrift mit dem doppelten Kalender._ [On
the Papyrus Inscription with the Double Calendar.] _Ibid._ 1870.
_S._ 167.
CVII. _Die Metalle in den ägyptischen Inschriften._ [The Metals in
the Egyptian Inscriptions.] _Mit 2 Tafeln. Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._ 1871.
4.
CVIII. _Über einige ägyptische Kunstformen und ihre Entwickelung._
[On Some Egyptian Forms of Art and Their Development.] _Berl. Ak.
Abhdlg._ 1871. 4.
CVIIIa. _Über die äthiopischen Sprachen und Völker zwischen
Aegypten, Abyssinien und den Ländern der Negervölker._ [On the
Ethiopian Languages and Peoples between Egypt, Abyssinia and the
Lands of the Negro Races.] _Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._ 1872. 4.
CIX. _Des Sesostris Herakles Körperlänge._ [The Length of the Body
of the Sesostris Herakles.] _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1871. _S._
52.
CX. _Der Bogen in der Hieroglyphik._ [The Arch in Hieroglyphics.]
_ibid._ 1872. _S._ 79.
CXI. _Kupfer und Eisen._ [Copper and Iron.] _ibid._ 1872. _S._ 113.
CXII. Exhibition of Portraits of Deceased Scholars and Artists of
Berlin. Catalogue, 1873, 8. This Exhibition was Opened from the
Twenty-first to the Thirtieth of March, 1873, to Aid in Purchasing
a Lodging House for Students.
CXIII. Royal Library. An Exhibition of all Writings and Pictures
Relating to the War of 1870-1871. 1873, 8. Open from the Ninth of
October till the Second of November, 1873, in the Central Hall of
the Royal Library.
CXIV. _Vicomte E. de Rougé. Zeitschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1873. _S._
23.
CXV. _Hieroglyphische Inschriften in den Oasen von Xārigeh und
Dāχileh._ [Hieroglyphic Inscriptions in the Oases of Xārigeh und
Dāχileh.] _ibid._ 1874. _S._ 73.
CXVI. _Trinuthis und die ägyptischen Oasen._ [Trinuthis and the
Egyptian Oases.] _ibid._ 1874. _S._ 80.
CXVII. _Die Inschrift des nubischen Königs Silko._ [The Inscription
of the Nubian King Silko.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 5. _Apr._ 1875. 8.
CXVIIa. _Die griechische Inschrift des nubischen Königs Silko._
[The Grecian Inscription of the Nubian King Silko.] _Hermes._
1875. _Bd. X. S._ 129-144.
CXVIII. _Liste der hieroglyphischen Typen des Herrn F. Theinhardt._
[List of the Hieroglyphic Types of Mr. F. Theinhardt.] _Berlin._
1875. _kl. Fol. Auch als Beilage zu der Zeitschr. f. äg. Spr. u.
A._ 1875.
CXIX. _Vom internationalen Orientalisten-Congress in London._ [Of
the International Congress of Orientalists in London.] _Ztschr. f.
äg. Spr. u. A._ 1875. _S._ 1.
CXX. _Über den Kalender des Papyrus Ebers und die Geschichtlichkeit
der ältesten Nachrichten._ [On the Calendar of the Ebers Papyrus,
and the Historical Value of the Oldest Accounts.] _ibid._ 1875.
_S._ 145.
CXXI. _Recension über die von G. Ebers besorgte Publication des
Papyrus Ebers._ [Review of the Edition of the Ebers Papyrus made
under the supervision of G. Ebers.] _Literarisches Centralblatt v.
Zarncke._ 1875. _S._ 1582 _ff._
CXXII. _Aufforderung (zu Mittheilungen von Seiten derjenigen
kleineren Museen oder Privatsammlungen, welche sich im Besitz von
Todtenpapyrus befinden, über dieselben.)_ [Invitation for
Communications, From Such Smaller Museums or Private Collections as
are in Possession of Funereal Papyri, Concerning the Same.]
_Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1876. _S._ 48.
CXXIII. _Les métaux dans les inscriptions égyptiennes. Traduit par
W. Berend. Avec des additions de l’auteur. Avec 2 planches. Paris._
1877. 4.
CXXIV. _Die babylonisch-assyrischen Längenmasse nach der Tafel von
Senkereh._ [The Babylonian-Assyrian Linear Measure According to the
Tablet of Senkereh.] _Mit 1 Tafel. Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._ 1877. 4.
CXXV. _Das Stadium und die Gradmessung des Eratosthenes auf
Grundlage der ägyptischen Masse._ [The Stadium and the Measure of
Degrees of Eratosthenes on the Basis of the Egyptian Measures.]
_Zeitschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1877. _S._ 3.
CXXVI. _Über die widderköpfigen Götter Ammon u. Chnumis, in
Beziehung auf die Ammonsoase und die gehörnten Köpfe auf
griechischen Münzen._ [On the Ram-headed Gods, Ammon and Chnumis,
in Connection with the Oasis of Ammon and the Horned Heads on Greek
Coins.] _ibid._ 1878. _S._ 8.
CXXVII. _Die babylonisch-assyrische Längenmass-Tafel von Senkereh._
[The Babylonian-Assyrian Tablet of Linear Measure from Senkereh.]
_ibid._ 1877. _S._ 49.
CXXVIII. _Eine ägyptisch-aramäische Stele._ [An Egyptian-Aramaic
Stela.] _ibid._ 1877. _S._ 127.
CXXIX. _Weitere Erörterungen über das babylonisch-assyrische
Längenmasssystem._ [Farther Discussions of the Babylonian-Assyrian
System of Linear Measure.] _Berl. Mon.-Ber._ 6. _Dec._ 1877 _und_
4. _Febr._ 1878. 8.
CXXIXa. _Über die Sprachgruppen der afrikanischen Völker._ [On the
Groups of Languages of the African Tribes.] _Berl. Ak. Abhdlg._
1879. 4.
CXXX. _Nubische Grammatik mit einer Einleitung über die Völker und
Sprachen Afrikas._ [Nubian Grammar, with an Introduction on the
Tribes and Languages of Africa.] _Berl._ 1880. 8.
CXXXI. _Über die Wiedereröffnung zweier ägyptischer Pyramiden nach
Mittheilungen von Prof. Brugsch._ [On the Reopening of Two Egyptian
Pyramids, According to Communications from Professor Brugsch.]
_Berl. Sitzungs-Ber._ 1881. 8.
CXXXII. _Bericht über den Fortgang der von E. Naville unternommenen
Herausgabe des Thebanischen Todtenbuchs._ [Report on the Progress
of the Edition of the Theban Book of the Dead, Undertaken by E.
Naville.] _Berl. Sitzungs-Ber._ 1881. 8.
CXXXIII. _Bemerkung (zu den neu geöffneten Pyramiden von Saqqara.)_
[Observations on the Pyramids of Saccarah Recently Opened.]
_Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1881. _S._ 15.
CXXXIV. _Die XXI. Manethonische Dynastie._ [The XXI Dynasty of
Manetho.] _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1882. _S._ 103 _u._ 151.
CXXXV. _Eine Sphinx._ [A Sphinx.] _ibid._ 1882. _S._ 117.
CXXXVI. _“Die ägyptische Längenmasse” von Dörpfeld beleuchtet von
R. Lepsius._ [“The Egyptian Linear Measures” of Dörpfeld, Examined
by R. Lepsius.] _Aus den Mittheilungen des archäologischen
Instituts zu Athen._ 1883. _VIII. S._ 227-245. 8.
(_Dörpfeld’s Abhandlung, gegen welche diese Streitschrift sich
richtet, ibid. S. 36 ff._)
CXXXVII. _Die Längenmasse der Alten._ [The Linear Measures of the
Ancients.] _Berl. Sitzungs-Ber._ 1883. 8.
CXXXVIII. _Über die Lage von Pithom (Succoth) u. Raëmses (Heroonpolis.)_
[On the site of Pithom (Succoth) and Raëmses (Heroonpolis).] _Ztschr. f.
äg. Spr. u. A._ 1883. _S._ 41.
CXXXIX. _Über die Masse im Felsengrabe Ramses’ IV._ [On the Measures in
the Rock Tomb of Ramses IV.] _Ztschr. f. äg. Spr. u. A._ 1884. _S._ 1.
CXL. _Über die 6 palmige grosse Elle von 7 kleinen Palmen-Länge, in dem
“Mathematischen Handbuche” von Eisenlohr._ [On the Great Ell of Six
Palms, the Length of Seven Small Palms, in the “Mathematical Handbook”
of Eisenlohr.] _ibid._ 1884. _S._ 6.
CXLI. _Die Längenmasse der Alten._ [The Linear Measures of the
Ancients.] _Berlin. W. Hertz._ 1884.
CXLII. _Der Artikel “Aegypten” in Brockhaus’ Conversations-Lexicon._
[The Article “Egypt” in the “Conversations-Lexicon” of Brockhaus.
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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
Vie l’Empereur=>Vie l’Empereur Vive l’Empereur {pg 62}
that Francois Champollion=> that François Champollion {pg 73}
changes by degress=> changes by degrees {pg 10}
degree to degre=> degree to degree {pg 111}