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180 THE MONUMENTS OK UPPER EGYPT.
tian era; for Strabo found nothing remaining of
Thebes but a collection of villages disseminated
over its ruins.
In its character of a sacerdotal city Thebes was
called in Egyptian ' (1 Pir Amen (the
g~ A I1"1'""1! ~"
abode of Amnion),^! (1 No Amen (the city
of Amnion, Jloon&Ug; but in its character of
the capital of an administrative province it was
called 7 Q a word which should be transcribed
k ©
T am according to Mr. Birch, Uas according to
M. Brugscb, and Obe according to M. Cliabas.
One of its quarters, that which spreads itself
over the right bank of the river, received the
name of Apetu, a name rendered most familiar
to us by the legends which cover the monuments
of Thebes.
The name given to Thebes in the Bible is
JVo-Amen, or simply No. The second of these
names originates in the popular name of ®^
No, that is to say the city par excellence, which
we find employed in the hieroglyphs, to desig-
nate Thebes, especially in the lifetime of those
sacred writers who make use of the name. A
far more difficult matter it is to determine to
tian era; for Strabo found nothing remaining of
Thebes but a collection of villages disseminated
over its ruins.
In its character of a sacerdotal city Thebes was
called in Egyptian ' (1 Pir Amen (the
g~ A I1"1'""1! ~"
abode of Amnion),^! (1 No Amen (the city
of Amnion, Jloon&Ug; but in its character of
the capital of an administrative province it was
called 7 Q a word which should be transcribed
k ©
T am according to Mr. Birch, Uas according to
M. Brugscb, and Obe according to M. Cliabas.
One of its quarters, that which spreads itself
over the right bank of the river, received the
name of Apetu, a name rendered most familiar
to us by the legends which cover the monuments
of Thebes.
The name given to Thebes in the Bible is
JVo-Amen, or simply No. The second of these
names originates in the popular name of ®^
No, that is to say the city par excellence, which
we find employed in the hieroglyphs, to desig-
nate Thebes, especially in the lifetime of those
sacred writers who make use of the name. A
far more difficult matter it is to determine to