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DECORATION OF TEMPLES.
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Hathor the vase which serves in hieroglyphics
to designate the word heart. In token of her
satisfaction, the goddess promises to the king
all kinds of happiness and joy.
2nd picture. — Hathor and Horus of Edfou
are standing up at one end of the picture. At
the other end, the king makes an offering of the
two sistra, emblems which in this temple repre-
sent more particularly evil overcome, and con-
sequently happiness. " Mayest thou be loved
by women," replies Hathor, alluding to that
sistrum which signifies happiness ; "mayest thou
find favor with their lords." Horus, on his side,
responds to the offering of the other sistrum :
"May Egypt conduct herself as thou wouldst
have her; mayest thou tread under foot all
foreign countries."
3rd picture. —• The king offers incense and a
libation to Osiris-Onnophris and to Isis, " to fill
their divine nostrils witli the perfumes of in-
cense, and to refresh their hearts with the
waters of the renovated Nile." In return,
Osiris promises the king a favorable inundation,
while Isis vouchsafes to him a long dominion
over Arabia and the other countries which pro-
duce incense.
63
Hathor the vase which serves in hieroglyphics
to designate the word heart. In token of her
satisfaction, the goddess promises to the king
all kinds of happiness and joy.
2nd picture. — Hathor and Horus of Edfou
are standing up at one end of the picture. At
the other end, the king makes an offering of the
two sistra, emblems which in this temple repre-
sent more particularly evil overcome, and con-
sequently happiness. " Mayest thou be loved
by women," replies Hathor, alluding to that
sistrum which signifies happiness ; "mayest thou
find favor with their lords." Horus, on his side,
responds to the offering of the other sistrum :
"May Egypt conduct herself as thou wouldst
have her; mayest thou tread under foot all
foreign countries."
3rd picture. —• The king offers incense and a
libation to Osiris-Onnophris and to Isis, " to fill
their divine nostrils witli the perfumes of in-
cense, and to refresh their hearts with the
waters of the renovated Nile." In return,
Osiris promises the king a favorable inundation,
while Isis vouchsafes to him a long dominion
over Arabia and the other countries which pro-
duce incense.