 | Richard Lepsius - 1853 - 596 páginas
...known, that, according to Herodotus, they were recorded in distinct numbers from the time of Mceris. It appears that this provident king, occupied with...thirteen of them having been made in the reign of Mreris, and five in the time of his two next successors. These last kings discontinued the observations... | |
 | Richard Lepsius - 1853 - 592 páginas
...known, that, according to Herodotus, they were recorded in distinct numbers from the time of Mceris. It appears that this provident king, occupied with...fortress, or on the cliff, and particularly on the cast or right bank, as best adapted for the purpose. Of these markings eighteen still remain, thirteen... | |
 | Richard Lepsius - 1853 - 592 páginas
...the river was there securely confined by precipitous rocky cliffs on each side. With the same vlew he had doubtless caused Nilometers to be fixed at...thirteen of them having been made in the reign of Mosris, and five in the time of his two next successors. These last kings discontinued the observations... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 312 páginas
...of the ground, both above and below this spot." — Lepsius's Letters from Egypt, etc., Letter xxvl. "The highest rise of the Nile in each year at Semne...thirteen of them having been made in the reign of Mceris (Amenemhat III.) and five in the time of his next two successors. . . . We have here presented... | |
 | John McClintock, James Strong - 1877 - 1022 páginas
...to register the annual overflow. Writing to Ehrenberg and Bockh of Berlin from PhiUe, he observes: "The highest rise of the Nile in each year at Semne...on one of the blocks forming the foundation of the temple, or on the cliff, and particularly on the cast or right bank, as best adapted for the purpose.... | |
 | John McClintock, James Strong - 1883 - 1116 páginas
...to register the annual overflow. Writing to Ehrenberg and Bockh of Berlin from Phila», he observes: "The highest rise of the Nile in each year at Semne was registered by a mark, indicating the year оГ the king's reign, cut in the granito, either on one of the blocks forming the foundation of the... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1890 - 540 páginas
...Lepsius's Letters from Egypt, etc., Letter xxvi. " The highest rise of the Nile in each year at Semneh was registered by a mark indicating the year of the...east or right bank, as best adapted for the purpose. height of the inundation at Semneh during various years of that king's reign. The Nile then rose in... | |
 | John McClintock - 1894 - 1014 páginas
...ami LVickh of Berlin from Phila?, he observes: "The highest rise of the Nile in each year at ' Semnc was registered by a mark, indicating the year of the...on one of the blocks forming the foundation of the temple, or on ; the cliff, and particularly on the cast or right bank, as best adapted fur the purpose.... | |
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With the same view he had doubtless caused Nilometers to be fixed at Assuan and other suitable places ; for without a comparison with these, the observations at Semne could be of little use. " The highest rise of the Nile in each year at Semne, was registered... 