• Figure 6. Imperial Latin: inscription in the name of Abbas Hilmi (II), the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The Hijri date, in Latin with Roman numerals, is also well disguised from Egyptians.

Imperial Latin: inscription in the name of Abbas Hilmi (II), the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The Hijri date, in Latin with Roman numerals, is also well disguised from Egyptians.

From Whose pharaohs?: archaeology, museums, and Egyptian national identity from Napoleon to World War I by Donald Malcolm Reid

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