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APPENDIX.
—" Oerihek,6 Pasht, and Athor, the guardian of... . the daughter of
the sun." Behind her is " Thoth, the lord of the divine writings, resi-
dent in the abode of Monkh," he holds in his hands the symbol of life,
and the gom, and wears upon his head the otf. As there are not any
traces of an inscription, the tablet was probably unfinished.
Near No. 10 are the prenomen, and the name of Psammetichus. The
cartouches are surmounted by a disc, and by two feathers.
No. 11.—This represents an act of adoration (0COOTf)T to the
Theban triad, A-.nounra; Maut (Mouth); and Khons. The monarch's
name is erased, and also his figure, excepting the hands, which appa-
rently hold the symbol of fields,0 which, in this instance, signifies that
a portion of the produce of the soil, upon some particular occasion, was
dedicated to the local deities. Before the king's cartouche are the titles
—" the good god, the lord of the world." The two perpendicular lines
before the first deity express — " the speech of (A)moun .... the great
god, the lord of the two abodes of the sun, of the tipper, and loiuer hemi-
spheres, and of the region of Ouabsh, or Oeit-sbe," the " white wall,"
(Await TiTx'St9 l'ie Memphite Acropolis ) Before Maut (who bears upon
her head the upper and lower part of the pschent, the oeit, and tcshr, the
red and white crowns of Egypt, and the vulture-shaped head-dress) is —
" the invocation of the great mother, the mistress of the land of Eslior,
and of the region of the white wall." To Maut succeeds the hawk-
headed type of Khons, with an inscription containing " the invocation of
Khons the son of Hor, (or of It a), the great god, the lord of the region
of the white wall." The characters on the architrave, and in the centre
of the cornice, refer to Hat, " the good demon." The fact that the Theban
triad presided over quarries excavated in the neighbourhood of Memphis
proves that the monarch, whose name is erased, must have belonged to
the Diospolitan line, for the tutelary deities of Memphis were Phtah, Me-
rephtah or Pasht, and Nofre-Athom. The region mentioned in the text
was either in Upper, or in Lower Egypt. In a ritual in the British
Museum, this group, together with a star1 suspended from heaven, ex-
presses " night,"—the Gxoopgj of the Memphite, and the (TlX>p&.gJ 0f
the Theban dialect. On the coffin of Soter, in the British Museum, the
• It is to be observed that, at a late epoch, deities frequently bore all the
names, of which they were personifications. Oerihek, the great avenger, and
Pasht, Diana, or Artemis, and also Athor, or Aphrodite, were types of the
same deity. On a ritual in the possession of the University of Dublin, a
hippopotamus erect, with female breasts (Tc-ocr), was identified with Athor,
and was placed before the goddess, when she came out of the Syenite moun-
tains ; but the prayers of the deceased were addressed to Athor only.
' Champol. " Gram. Egypt." p. 387. 8 Ibid. p. 39, n. 04.
3 Salvolini, "Analyse Gram." p. 9G.
1 Ritual in British Museum, pp. 79, 97. Champ. "Gram. Egypt." Gi3,
n. 186.
APPENDIX.
—" Oerihek,6 Pasht, and Athor, the guardian of... . the daughter of
the sun." Behind her is " Thoth, the lord of the divine writings, resi-
dent in the abode of Monkh," he holds in his hands the symbol of life,
and the gom, and wears upon his head the otf. As there are not any
traces of an inscription, the tablet was probably unfinished.
Near No. 10 are the prenomen, and the name of Psammetichus. The
cartouches are surmounted by a disc, and by two feathers.
No. 11.—This represents an act of adoration (0COOTf)T to the
Theban triad, A-.nounra; Maut (Mouth); and Khons. The monarch's
name is erased, and also his figure, excepting the hands, which appa-
rently hold the symbol of fields,0 which, in this instance, signifies that
a portion of the produce of the soil, upon some particular occasion, was
dedicated to the local deities. Before the king's cartouche are the titles
—" the good god, the lord of the world." The two perpendicular lines
before the first deity express — " the speech of (A)moun .... the great
god, the lord of the two abodes of the sun, of the tipper, and loiuer hemi-
spheres, and of the region of Ouabsh, or Oeit-sbe," the " white wall,"
(Await TiTx'St9 l'ie Memphite Acropolis ) Before Maut (who bears upon
her head the upper and lower part of the pschent, the oeit, and tcshr, the
red and white crowns of Egypt, and the vulture-shaped head-dress) is —
" the invocation of the great mother, the mistress of the land of Eslior,
and of the region of the white wall." To Maut succeeds the hawk-
headed type of Khons, with an inscription containing " the invocation of
Khons the son of Hor, (or of It a), the great god, the lord of the region
of the white wall." The characters on the architrave, and in the centre
of the cornice, refer to Hat, " the good demon." The fact that the Theban
triad presided over quarries excavated in the neighbourhood of Memphis
proves that the monarch, whose name is erased, must have belonged to
the Diospolitan line, for the tutelary deities of Memphis were Phtah, Me-
rephtah or Pasht, and Nofre-Athom. The region mentioned in the text
was either in Upper, or in Lower Egypt. In a ritual in the British
Museum, this group, together with a star1 suspended from heaven, ex-
presses " night,"—the Gxoopgj of the Memphite, and the (TlX>p&.gJ 0f
the Theban dialect. On the coffin of Soter, in the British Museum, the
• It is to be observed that, at a late epoch, deities frequently bore all the
names, of which they were personifications. Oerihek, the great avenger, and
Pasht, Diana, or Artemis, and also Athor, or Aphrodite, were types of the
same deity. On a ritual in the possession of the University of Dublin, a
hippopotamus erect, with female breasts (Tc-ocr), was identified with Athor,
and was placed before the goddess, when she came out of the Syenite moun-
tains ; but the prayers of the deceased were addressed to Athor only.
' Champol. " Gram. Egypt." p. 387. 8 Ibid. p. 39, n. 04.
3 Salvolini, "Analyse Gram." p. 9G.
1 Ritual in British Museum, pp. 79, 97. Champ. "Gram. Egypt." Gi3,
n. 186.