EXTRACTS FROM STRABO; ALPHABET OF CHAMPOLLION; HIEROGLYPHICAL AND
ENCHORIAL NAMES.
The manner in which the Hieroglyphical alphabet was employed, in the
time of the Roman emperors, may be understood from the examination of
the specimens inserted in this chapter; they comprehend an example of
each of the names and titles, which Mr. Champollion has included in
his catalogue. In order to illustrate the veneration paid to the Roman
emperors in Egypt, I shall subjoin an extract from Strabo, relating to
the administration of that country, in the days of the earlier Caesars,
for he was a contemporary and a subject of Tiberius.