Abstract
The first fifty-nine names of the list of Thothmes III. belong to Galilee, at least for the most part. With No. 60 begins the enumeration of places that may be attributed to Judaea. The first group from (No. 60), Iarza, to (No. 68.), Iouhma, contains six names which have been almost certainly identified: Iarza, with Ierzah, Kharbet Iarzeh of Guerin, Kharbet Erzeh of the English map, by Guilaume Rey and by E. de Rouge, (No. 62), Iapou, Iopon, with Joppa, (No. 64), Loudni, with Loud, Louddah, by Marette, (No. 65), Aunau, and (No. 68), Iouhma, with Ono, now Kefr Ana, and el Khemeh, by F. de Stanley, Sauka (No. 67), with Shokoh of Judah by Mariete, who yet denied the identity of this name with that of Shanka found in the list of Sheshonq. I believe for my part that the two names are but one. The presence of (symbols), at the beginning of the one and of (symbol), at the beginning of the other, far from being a difficulty, is but a confirmation of a fact that has interest in regard to local history. Under Thothmes III., and under the Ramessids, the sibilant prevails in words such as Astarte, Ascalon, Dimasquou, Sauka; if we find under Sheshonq a shuintante in Shauka, it is because in the meanwhile the Judaeans had invaded the country, and imposed their heavy pronunciation, Shoko for Soko, Ashqalon for Ascalon, Ashtoreth for Astarte. We have a dialectic variation to infer from the twofold spelling of the Egyptian monuments, not a difference of geographical situation.