Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Weben Banu <webenbanu@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AEL re: The hdn-branch
To: Ancient Egyptian Language List <AEgyptian-L@rostau.org.uk>

Thank you so much, everyone- these references have
been tremendously helpful!  

It looks like the calamus and the bupleurum are the
leading candidates- I'd really like to talk to some of
these scholars and find out how they developed their
theories of identification.  Isn't it amazing, the
last person to have used this plant would have lived
thousands of years ago... and from what I hear the hdn
brush was only depicted in a very stylized manner- a
bunch of bundled lines flowing down to the floor. 
There are many unknown plant references in ancient
Egyptian texts- I wonder how we have tracked the hdn
to these two?  When you think about it, it's really
astounding.

With sincere appreciation,
Katherine
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