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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3617585, member: 88829"]Interesting timing. Here is a composite image of the stone I put together from online images to show the stone and the three script types, and a coin effigy of Ptolemy V, and which I first showed to a Bible Class just yesterday:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969255[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the "Happy Birthday?"</p><p><br /></p><p>You also said,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How did they determine that the Greek preserved the same form of the name as the Egyptian? Greek renderings of Semitic names tend to vary the pronunciation of the original more often than preserve it. Why not Egyptian?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3617585, member: 88829"]Interesting timing. Here is a composite image of the stone I put together from online images to show the stone and the three script types, and a coin effigy of Ptolemy V, and which I first showed to a Bible Class just yesterday: [ATTACH=full]969255[/ATTACH] Why the "Happy Birthday?" You also said, How did they determine that the Greek preserved the same form of the name as the Egyptian? Greek renderings of Semitic names tend to vary the pronunciation of the original more often than preserve it. Why not Egyptian?[/QUOTE]
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