$H Ta-ha. Egypt

The Egyptian name of a town in Palestine, near = the Amorite country, where Rameses III. assembled = his army prior to his great war against the Syrians, the Philistines, and the Greeks, who were simultaneously allied against him. (1876c1)

$H Ta-hai.

Ta-hai. The Egyptian name of the town of Gaha. (1876c1)

Ta-hai. A people inhabiting N= orthern Palestine, who were famous for their inlaid and enamelled me= tal work. They were rendered tributary to Egypt by Thothmes III. (187= 6c1)

Ta-hai. The Egyptian name for the country of Northern Phenicia, which was conquered by Thothme= s III. (1876c1)

$H Taharka. [See Taharqa - Editor]

$H Taharqa. Egypt

Taharqa, Tirhakah (2 Kings xix. 9), ki= ng of Ethiopia= . Dynasty XXV., B.C. 693. He is best known to hi= story for having rescued Hezekiah, king of Juda= h, out of the hands of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, whom he conquered. Later on Taharqa was in turn defeated by the son and grandson of the Assyrian king.(1902b1)

Taharka. Or Tahraka, or Tirhaka. A king of Egypt of the XXVth dynasty.= He succeeded Shabaka I., whose sister he married, and at the request of Hezekiah, king of Judah, invaded Pal= estine to repulse Sennacherib, king of Assyria. The news of his arrival caused that monarch to withdraw from Judea, whereupon= a few years later Taharka incited Bahal, king of Tyre, also to revolt against Esarhadd= on, the son and successor of Sennacherib, B.C. 672. The two kings were, howev= er, defeated by the Assyrians, and in the twenty-third year of the reign of Taharka, Esarhaddon invaded and conquered all Egypt, parcelling the country out into an Icosarchy of twenty kings, and annexin= g it to Assyria. On Esarhaddon falling ill = the king of Egypt again = raised an army, and re-conquered Upper and Lower Egypt as far as Memphis. A second time he was defeate= d by Assurbanipal, who now reigned as joint king with his father Esarhaddon. On the Assyrians quitting the kingdom, the Egyptians for a third time rose in insurrection under Taharka, but he was at last finally subdued by Assurbanipal selecting one of the minor kings of <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Egypt, Necho of Memphis, to govern the country as his viceroy. Upon the approach of Necho with the Assyrian army, Taharka retired to Napata= , the capital of Nubia, wh= ere he died after a reign of twenty-six years, leaving the throne of Ethiopia= to Rut-amen the son of Shabaka. Taharka repaired several temples, and bui= lt the colonnade which precedes the Hypostyle Hall of Columns at Karnak. (1876c1)

$H Ta-hemi. Egypt

A daughter of Rameses-Miamun of the XXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ta-hen-khau. Egypt

Ta-hen-khau. "Splendour of Diadems.&q= uot; The surname of Horus I. o= f the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tahennu. Egypt

The Egyptian name for the white people of = the coast of the Mediterranean on the West= of Egypt. They were subdued by Se= ti I. (1876c1)

$H Taho. Egypt

Taho. A priest and prophet of the deities Pthah and = Amen Ra of Memphis, in the XXVIth dynasty. His father was named Pe-te-ha-ke, a= nd his mother Ta-sche-ra-he. (1876c1)

Taho. A royal scribe and priest of Imhotep in the XX= VIth dynasty. His father was named Pe-tep-munkh, and his mother Renpe-nofre. T= he name Taho is the same as the Teas or Tachos of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Tahort. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Out-hor, and= the mother of Horirem, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tahpanhes. Egypt

Tahpanhes, the Greek Daphnae, the prese= nt Tell Defenneh. The ruins of an = old frontier fortress and camp known as "The Palace of the Jew's Daughter." Probably the original garrison of the Carian and Ionian mercenaries by whose aid Psammetichus I. fought his way to the throne of Egypt, and whose foundation deposits were discovered beneath the four cor= ners of the fort (Herod. ii. 30 and ii. 154). It was the home of Zedekiah's daughters after Jerusalem had been besieged and taken by Nebuchadnezzar, = king of Babylon, B.C. 588 (Jer. xliii. 6, 7; Josephus, Ant. ix. 7). In the rei= gn of Amasis (Aahmes II.) the whole Greek garrison was deported to Meulphis = and its place taken by Egyptians, who in their turn were succeeded by a Persi= an garrison.(1902b1)

$H Tahraka. [See Taharqa - Editor]

$H Tah-ruma. Egypt

The Egyptian name of the capital city of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Rome. (1876c1)

$H Tahu. Egypt

The incense bearer of a king in the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tahut-aa. Egypt

Tahut-aa. "The Great Thoth." An Egyptian official superintendent of the royal works, and a member of the royal council of ten. Period unknown. (1876c1)

$H Tahutia. Egypt [See Thoth - Editor]

Tahutia. The true form of the name of the deity Thoth, which see (1876c1)

$H Tahut-nefer. Egypt

Tahut-nefer. An Egyptian officer, "The Chief of= the House" of a princess of the XXIVth dynasty, but of what princess it = is not known. (1876c1)

Tahut-nefer. "Good Thoth." A scribe of the= temple of Amen Ra in the XVIIIth dynasty. = He married a lady named Benemba, and was surnamed Sosche. (1876c1)

$H Tahut-sen-u. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of an officer n= amed Osirtesen of the XIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tai. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the mother of the treasu= rer Iuiu, which see. (1876c1)

$H Taia. Egypt

Taia. The daughter of Ua, the scribe of the cavalry = of an Egyptian king of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

Taia. A pallacist of Isis, and the wife of Un-nefer, high-priest of Osiris in the reign of Rameses II. (1876c1)

Taia. Or= Taii. A noble lady of an unknown Japhetic tribe, the daughter of a chief named Iu= aa, and his wife Tuaa. She became the wife of Amenhotep III., king of Egypt, and the regent of the kingdom during the reign of her son Amenhotep IV. T= aia exercised a powerful influence over both her husband and son, and forcibly introduced the worship of the solar disk under the name of Aten Ra in pla= ce of the deities of the national polytheistic religion, changing the capital city from Thebes<= /st1:place> to Tel el Amarna, the better to effect her purpose. This led to a revolut= ion, which probably cost the lives of both her son and herself, as is implied = in the complete destruction of all her temples, and the erasure of her name = from the monuments of E= gypt. See Amenhotep III. and IV., and Khuenaten. (1876c1)

$H Tai-af. Egypt

An Egyptian lady of the great house of Un-= nefer, which see. She was also surnamed Nofre-ari. (1876c1)

$H Taii. Egypt [See Taia - Editor]

$H Taille de bois.

Fr. Wood engraving.(1883m1)

$H Taille douce.

Fr. Copper‑pla= te engraving.(1883m1)

$H Taille dure.

Fr. Steel engraving.= (1883m1)

$H Tailpiece or Tail‑piece. Engraving

Tail‑piece. An ornamental design placed at the end of a page or chapter of a book. In Fr= ench cul‑de‑lampe.(188= 3m1)

Tailpiece. (Engrav.) An engraving on copper or on wood, = or a cliché of a wood block, used to illustrate a book. Tailpieces are = as a rule merely ornamental, and are placed at the ends of chapters. ILLUS. tailpiec(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Taini. Egypt

A city in Egypt which was raised to t= he rank of a kingdom by the Assyrians under Esarhaddon. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Tairin. Egypt

The sister of Amenhotep I. of the XVIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Taiti.

Taiti. Or Didi. One of five chiefs who incited the Libyans to revolt against Rameses III., who utterly defeated them. (1876c1)

$H Taiutit. Egypt

Another form of the name of the Egyptian boundary town Ti-ta-ta, which see. (1876c1)

$H Taka. Egypt

The Egyptian name of a tree, which is supp= osed by some Egyptologists to have been the Yew (Taxus). (1876c1)

$H Ta-ka. Egypt

A priestess of Amen, and the mother of the royal butler Aia, which see.(1876c1)

$H Ta-kans. Egypt

Ta-kans. Or To-kens. An Egyptian name of= the kingdom of Nubia. (1876c1)

$H Taka-ra-ar. Egypt

The Egyptian name of an uncertain Syrian c= ity. (1876c1)

$H Takarut I. Egypt

Takarut I. Or Takelot. A king of Egypt= of the XXIInd dynasty. He succeeded Uaserken or Osorkon I. Nothing is recorded of his reign. He was the Takelothes of the Greeks, and was probably named af= ter Tuklat (Tiglath Pileser), king of Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Takarut II. Egypt

Takarut II.= A king of Egypt in the XXIInd dynasty. He was the son of Prince Namrut, and married a lady named Karu-ma-ma. He reigned more than fifteen years. (1876c1)

$H Takel.

O.E. An arrow, ̴= 9; "Wel could he dress his take= l yeomanly." (Chaucer.)(18= 83m1)

$H Takelot. Egypt [See Takarut - Editor]<= /h1>

$H Takelothes. Egypt [See Takelothes - Edito= r]

Takelothes. Or Takelut. The = Greek form of the Egyptian royal name Takarut, which see. (1876c1)

$H Takelut. Egypt

Takelothes. Or Takelut. The = Greek form of the Egyptian royal name Takarut, which see. (1876c1)

$H Ta-kha. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the daughter of Uetu, ch= ief of the Keneb, and his wife Apu. (1876c1)

The wife of Nefer-hotep, the master of the table of Rameses II. of the XIXth dynasty. (18= 76c1)

An Egyptian pallacist of the period of the XVIIIth or XIXth dynasty. Her mother's name was Uer-na-ra. (1876c1)<= /o:p>

$H Ta-khara. Egypt

A priestess of Osiris of the Hades in the XXVIth dynasty. Her mother's name was Ariuru. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Ta-khat. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the sister of the treasu= rer Iuiu of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

The daughter of Ankh-karo-amat, the daught= er of Takelot II. of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)=

The mother of Amen-meses or Amen-messu, a = king of Egypt in the XIXth dynasty. See Sip= thah. (1876c1)

$H Ta-kha-uat. Egypt

The queen of Psametik<= /st2:Sn> I., king of Egypt, and mother of Psamet= ik II., by whom he was succeeded. (1876c1)

$H Ta-kheba.

A place probably in Arabia, wheret Una, the general of King Pepi-Merira, gave battle to and defeated = the Herusha. (1876c1)

$H Ta-khis. Egypt

The Egyptian name of an uncertain Syrian country, probably a shorter form of the following. (1876c1)

$H Ta-khisa.

A town in Mesopotam= ia where Amenhotep II. killed seven Syrian kings = with his own hands, and afterwards mutilated their bodies. (1876c1)=

$H Ta-khot. Egypt

The wife of Necho I. (?) of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H TA-KHROT-IKA. Egypt

A royal lady or consort in the reign of Aahmes I. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Ta-ki-uata. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the daughter of the lady Kha-ta. Nothing is known of her except the existence of her votive statue= tte in the Louvre Museum. (1876c1)

$H Tak-sharu. Egypt

A mystical title of Amen Ra in the CLXVIth chapter of the Ritual of the Dead. (1876c1)

$H Talab.

A Himyaritic deity who was worshipped at Hamdan, if the bronze tablets recording the name are authentic. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Talaria.

Talaria. R. (talus, the ankle). Wings fixed t= o the ankles; the attribute of Mercury, Perseus, and sometimes Minerva. They are represented either attached to sandals, or growing from the limb.(1883m1)=

Talaria. A sort of = sandal, ornamented with wings fastened with thongs to the feet of Mercury, Perseus and some other mythological figures represented as flying through the air= . ILLUS. talaria(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Talbot.

Her. A badge of the = Earl of Shrewsbury of that name (the "Scourge of France"). A silver run= ning hound or talbot.(1883m1)=

$H Talbotype. Photography

The photographic pro= cess of multiplying impressions from a ne= gative, invented by Mr. Fox Talbot. (See CALOTYPE.)(1883m1)

$H Talc.

Talc (from Germ. Tal= g, tallow). A translucent mineral, resembling mica but much softer. "Being calcined and variously prepared, it maketh a curious whitewash, which some justify lawful, becau= se clearing not changing the complexion." (Fuller.) The Chinese make lanterns, shades, and ornaments of talc.(1883m1)

$H Talent.

Talent. Gr. and R. (= JV8"<J@<[=3Dtalanton], lit. a balance). A weight of sil= ver with the Greeks, and of copper with the Romans; applied as a unit of value. The GREEK talent of silver is estimated at rather less than 250l. sterling<= /span> ‑ it contained 60 minae, or 600= 0 drachmae. The ATTIC talent was o= f much smaller value, of less than an ounce of gold, and is that generally inten= ded by the word. The silver talent was called talentum magnum. The JEWISH talent of silver =3D about 396= l., and of gold =3D about= 5475l. From its application as an expression of a man's available wealth, metaphorically applied in Scripture to resources of any= kind, as of intellect, position, &c., for the due unselfish administration = of which he is responsible.(1883m1)

An Assyrian measure of weight composed of 30 manehs, equal to 82 lbs. As a money value the worth of the talent differed with the counties. See Appendices. (1876c1)

$H Talero.

It. A Venetian silve= r coin =3D about five francs.(1883m1)

$H Talevas. (See TAVOLACE.) (1883m1)

$H Tali.

Tali. A pr= iest of Amen Ra, and wife of Psar-oer, a spondist and priest of the same divinity= . (1876c1)

Tali. R. (Gr. •FJDV("8@H[=3Dastragalos]). Knuckle‑bones of sheep = or goats, used from the earliest times, exactly as they are by children now,= to play with. When they were marked with black dots on each face they were u= sed as dice. The numbers were 1, 3, 4 and 6; 1 being opposite to 6, and 3 opposite to 4; and each number, and each cast, had its appropriate name: 1 was called in Greek :@<H, ,ÍH, 6bT<, OÃ@H[=3Dmonas, heis, kuon, Chios]; Ionic @Ç<0[=3Doine]; Latin, unio, vulturius, canis; 3 was JD4H[=3Dtrias], and ternio; 4, = J,JDH[=3Dtetras], and quaternio; 6, = ©>H, ©>\J0H, 5è@H[=3Dhexas, hexites, Koos], and senio. The best throw was that called Venus or jactus Vener= eus, in which the four tali showed different numbers. By this cast the player became king of the feast or symposium; in the canis (dog&= #8209;throw), on the other hand, all four dice turned up the same number.(1883m1)<= /o:p>

$H Talisman.

(Arab. tilsam, a mag= ical image). A charm worn about the person as a protection from dangers, especially from the effects of magic and the "evil eye." The bullae worn by children, and the= rings of the ladies among the Greeks and Romans frequently contained such charm= s. The practice has survived in all ages and nations, and is not at all unfrequent in the 19th century, and even among the educated classes.(1883= m1)

$H Tall‑boys.

O.E. High cups or glasses.(1883m1)

$H Talleh.

Arab. Myrrh from Abyssinia.(1883m1)

$H Tall‑men.

O.E. Loaded dice.(18= 83m1)

$H Tallow‑cut.

(Fr. en cabuchon). This is a term applied by lapidaries to precious stones not cut into regular facet= s, but ground down and polished.(1883m1)

$H Tall‑wood.

O.E. " Pacte wo= dde to make byllettes of, taillee.&q= uot; (Palsgrave.)(1883m1)

$H Tally.

O.E. (Fr. tailler, to cut.) An ancient met= hod of keeping record of monies advanced to the Royal Exchequer. A tally was a piece of wood inscri= bed with a receipt, which was split by an officer, and one part delivered to = the lender, and the other, called the Stock, preserved in the Tally‑office in the Exchequer. Hence the name Stoc= ks for the Government securities. After the disuse of the tallies in 1782 the old ones were used for firing in the Houses of Parliament, and caused the= ir destruction in 1834.(1883m1)

$H Talmis. Egypt

A chief town in the Dodecaschoenon, a Greco-Egyptian district of Nubia. It is now called Kalabshe. (1876c1)

$H Talon. Architecture

(Arch.) A moulding formed of two arcs of circles, one convex, the other concave: the first is placed at the upper part of the moulding, the second at the lower part. The convex and concave parts are = reversed, it is called a reversed talon. ILLUS. talon(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Talmud.

Talmud (Chaldean, li= t. instruction,) consists of two parts, the MISHNA and GEMARA; and contains = the whole body of Hebrew law and traditions.(1883m1)

$H Talus.

Talus. (1) R. The ga= me of knuckle‑bones. (See ASTRAGALUS.)

(2) Arch. The slopin= g part of a work, a term in fortification.(1883m1)

Talus. A sudden slope or inclination in the ground; an obliquity in the surface of walls. The talus of 45 degrees offers the most resistance, and it is this which is most frequently employed in military architecture. ILLUS. talus(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Talvace.

O.E. A shield or buc= kler, circular and projecting.(1883m1)

$H Talvas.

Talevas, Talvas. (See TAVOLACE.) (1883m1)

Talvas. O.E. An oblo= ng wooden shield, 14th century.(188= 3m1)

$H Tamahu.

An African people, neighbours, or perhaps a branch of the Tahennu or Libyans who were conquered by Seti I. They were possibly the Troglodytes of Classic history. The name was also a generic = one as applied to the nations North of Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Tambour.

Fr. A small drum. Ri= ch embroidery work done on a drum‑shaped frame.(1883m1)

$H Tamboura.

An ancient musical instrument of the lute or guitar kind. The Hindoos represent Ganesa, the = god of wisdom, as a man with the head of an elephant, holding a tamboura in h= is hands.(1883m1)

$H Tambourine.

A small drum with on= ly one skin, played on by the hand.(1883m1)

$H Ta-menat-khonsu.

The wife of Osorkon I.= of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Tamine.

Tamine, Taminy, Tammy. (Fr. tamis, a sieve). A thin woollen textile, highly glazed.(1883m1)

$H Taminy. [See Tamine - Editor]

$H Tamissus. Cyprus

A petty kingdom in the Island of Kypros (Cyprus), which paid tribute= to Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. (1876c1)

$H Tammaritu.

One of the three sons of Urtaki, king of <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Elam, who after their father's death fle= d for refuge to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, and took service in his army. He was afterwards king of Hidalu, and when his uncle Ummanigas revolted against Assurbanipal, he slew him, thinking also= to be made thereby king of Elam, but he was himself murdered by one of his own servants, named Indabigas, = who was then proclaimed king at Shushan. (1876c1)

$H Tammuz. Syria

A Syrian deity who was the husband of the goddess Ishtar, the analogue of the Adonis of the Greeks. See Duzi, Tamzi, and Ishtar. (1876c1)

$H Tammy. [See Tamine - Editor]

$H Tamna.

Tamna. A city in Palestine which was conquered by Sennacherib after his defeat of the Egyptian army = at Abtaqu. It was the Timnah of Hebrew writers. (1876c1)

Tamna. The capital city of the district of Gobal, in= Arabia, which contained, it was said, sixty-five temples. Gobal is supposed to have been the Obal of Hebrew writers. The district was the Gebanitae of Pliny. (1876c1)

$H Tampion. (See TOMPION.) (1883m1)

$H Tamritu.

The son of Tiumman, king of Elam. He fought with his fa= ther in the great battle of Shushan against Assurbanipal, and was slain togeth= er with him, while endeavouring to protect his father when he was wounded and thrown out of his chariot. (1876c1)

$H Tamun. Egypt

Another form of the name of the Egyptian goddess Amunta, which see. (1876c1)

$H Tamzi.

Tamzi. "The Sun of Life." An Assyrian or Babylonian deity, the husband of the goddess Allat, or Ishtar. (1876c1)

$H Ta-ha. Egypt

$H Ta-hai.

$H Taharqa. Egypt

$H Ta-hemi. Egypt

$H Ta-hen-khau. Egypt

$H Tahennu. Egypt

$H Taho. Egypt

$H Tahort. Egypt

$H Tahpanhes. Egypt

$H Tahraka. [See Taharqa - Editor]

$H Tah-ruma. Egypt

$H Tahu. Egypt

$H Tahut-aa. Egypt

$H Tahutia. Egypt [See Thoth - Editor] Tahutia. The true form of the name of the deity Thoth, which see (1876c1)

$H Tahut-nefer. Egypt

$H Tahut-sen-u. Egypt

$H Tai. Egypt

$H Taia. Egypt

$H Tai-af. Egypt

$H Taii. Egypt [See Taia - Editor]

$H Taille de bois.

$H Taille douce.

$H Taille dure.

$H Tailpiece or Tail‑piece. Engraving

$H Taini. Egypt

$H Tairin. Egypt

$H Taiti.

$H Taiutit. Egypt

$H Taka. Egypt

$H Ta-ka. Egypt

$H Ta-kans. Egypt

$H Taka-ra-ar. Egypt

$H Takarut I. Egypt

$H Takarut II. Egypt

$H Takel.

$H Takelot. Egypt [See Takarut - Editor]<= /h1>

$H Takelothes. Egypt [See Takelothes - Edito= r]

$H Takelut. Egypt

$H Ta-kha. Egypt

$H Ta-khara. Egypt

$H Ta-khat. Egypt

$H Ta-kha-uat. Egypt

$H Ta-kheba.

$H Ta-khis. Egypt

$H Ta-khisa.

$H Ta-khot. Egypt

$H TA-KHROT-IKA. Egypt

$H Ta-ki-uata. Egypt

$H Tak-sharu. Egypt

$H Talab.

$H Talaria.

$H Talbot.

$H Talbotype. Photography

$H Talc.

$H Talent.

$H Talero.

$H Talevas. (See TAVOLACE.) (1883m1)

$H Tali.

$H Talisman.

$H Tall‑boys.

$H Talleh.

$H Tall‑men.

$H Tallow‑cut.

$H Tall‑wood.

$H Tally.

$H Talmis. Egypt

$H Talon. Architecture

$H Talmud.

$H Talus.

$H Talvace.

$H Talvas.

$H Tamahu.

$H Tambour.

$H Tamboura.

$H Tambourine.

$H Ta-menat-khonsu.

$H Tamine.

$H Taminy. [See Tamine - Editor]

$H Tamissus. Cyprus

$H Tammaritu.

$H Tahutia. Egypt [See Thoth - Editor]

Tahutia. The true form of the name of the deity Thoth, which see (1876c1)