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THE FESTIVAL-HALL IN THE GREAT TEMPLE OF BUBASTIS.
village of Slioteb; all the constructions of the
old city have disappeared, part only of the
necropolis still exists, at the place called
Ilifeh.
The next is the form of Amon which the
Greeks have translated Pan. He appears
as the god of the ninth nome, Panopolis, the
present Akhmim.1 The Egyptian name of the
is read Kliem and Amsi.
god^
Scheie occurs several times; he was wor-
shipped in Upper Egypt at Ombos, and in the
Fayoo m.
After him the line is much broken, and there
are several gaps.
Anubis is followed perhaps by another
Khonsu, and by two Horns, who may be the
gods of Edfoo. After another gap comes the
god called " lie who is in Ids bandages" and it
represents the skin which is generally before
Osiris when he is sitting as judge of the dead.
It is clearly Osiris of Abydos. Then comes an
unknown god, Bcntet, who is represented
sitting.
Seh and Selk are both well known. The
first had a temple in 0mbos,2 the latter gave
her name to the Nubian city of Pselcis.
Hormerti (pi. xii.) is generally a god of
Lower Egypt, of Athribis, the present Benha,
but an inscription teaches us that he is another
form of the god of Panopolis who came
before.
Nuhti is Sebek of Ombos ; he is followed by
the god of the nineteenth nome of Upper
Egypt, Oxyrynchos, the present Behnesa.
The next £^ is apparently also a nome
god, but the reading of his name is uncertain.
He is the god of the seventh nome of Lower
Egypt, the nome of Metelis ; we do not see why
he appears among the gods of Upper Egypt.
His priest is seen in the processions above, his
title goes as far back as the Old Empire.3
1 Lanzone, Diz. p. 935 ; Brugsch, Diet. Geog. p. 19,1079.
2 Champ., Not. p. 234, 238.
3 Maspero, Et. Eg. ii. 2G5.
The South wind is alio a great god who ap-
pears in the festival. He is followed by Set, the
god of the eleventh nome, the chief divinity of
which, Khnum residing in the capital Shas-
hotep, has already been mentioned. Several of
the divinities have been lost, but we have still
traces of Horus and Osiris belonging to Upper
Egypt.
We now pass on to the gods of Lower
Egypt, who are represented as inhabiting
shrines in the form of coffins.
After a gap (pi. vii.) we come to Plithah, the
god of Memphis, and Horus who resides in Leto-
polis. He is followed by the goddess g^, who
must be taken in connection with another one
who wTill be found farther on § III f\ These
I y\ O
names taken together or separately seem to
indicate the goddess Buto.
Merhi4 is a very rare name. He is found
once in Abydos, with a bull's head; probably,
like Hapis, he was a form of Osiris.
Sebek is also a god of Lower Egypt. Pie
was worshipped in several nomes of the Delta,
especially in the north-western part.
The following name I believe to be read Hapi5
or Ilaphap, it is possibly the same which is
found (pi. xii.) under this form Tn|« A
picture of this god with a man's head, wearing
the atef crown, is found at Philce.6 According
to Brugsch,7 this name refers to the ecliptic.
Hapis gave its name to a city which Herodotus
located near Marea, not far from Alexandria.
Isis had many sanctuaries in the Delta; one
of the most important was Ileb, the present
Behbeit el-Hagar, not far from Samanoud, the
old Sebennytos, where was worshipped the god
Anhur, 'Ovovpis, who follows Isis in the list.
Neitli is the well-known goddess of Sais. As
for Hor Thehen, it is the first time I have met
4 Lanzone, Diz. p. 305.
5 Lanzone, I.e. p. 537.
6 Champ., Mon. i. pi. Ixxxv.
7 Diet. Suppl. p. 812 ; Bergtnann, Ewigkcit. p, 2i, 44.
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THE FESTIVAL-HALL IN THE GREAT TEMPLE OF BUBASTIS.
village of Slioteb; all the constructions of the
old city have disappeared, part only of the
necropolis still exists, at the place called
Ilifeh.
The next is the form of Amon which the
Greeks have translated Pan. He appears
as the god of the ninth nome, Panopolis, the
present Akhmim.1 The Egyptian name of the
is read Kliem and Amsi.
god^
Scheie occurs several times; he was wor-
shipped in Upper Egypt at Ombos, and in the
Fayoo m.
After him the line is much broken, and there
are several gaps.
Anubis is followed perhaps by another
Khonsu, and by two Horns, who may be the
gods of Edfoo. After another gap comes the
god called " lie who is in Ids bandages" and it
represents the skin which is generally before
Osiris when he is sitting as judge of the dead.
It is clearly Osiris of Abydos. Then comes an
unknown god, Bcntet, who is represented
sitting.
Seh and Selk are both well known. The
first had a temple in 0mbos,2 the latter gave
her name to the Nubian city of Pselcis.
Hormerti (pi. xii.) is generally a god of
Lower Egypt, of Athribis, the present Benha,
but an inscription teaches us that he is another
form of the god of Panopolis who came
before.
Nuhti is Sebek of Ombos ; he is followed by
the god of the nineteenth nome of Upper
Egypt, Oxyrynchos, the present Behnesa.
The next £^ is apparently also a nome
god, but the reading of his name is uncertain.
He is the god of the seventh nome of Lower
Egypt, the nome of Metelis ; we do not see why
he appears among the gods of Upper Egypt.
His priest is seen in the processions above, his
title goes as far back as the Old Empire.3
1 Lanzone, Diz. p. 935 ; Brugsch, Diet. Geog. p. 19,1079.
2 Champ., Not. p. 234, 238.
3 Maspero, Et. Eg. ii. 2G5.
The South wind is alio a great god who ap-
pears in the festival. He is followed by Set, the
god of the eleventh nome, the chief divinity of
which, Khnum residing in the capital Shas-
hotep, has already been mentioned. Several of
the divinities have been lost, but we have still
traces of Horus and Osiris belonging to Upper
Egypt.
We now pass on to the gods of Lower
Egypt, who are represented as inhabiting
shrines in the form of coffins.
After a gap (pi. vii.) we come to Plithah, the
god of Memphis, and Horus who resides in Leto-
polis. He is followed by the goddess g^, who
must be taken in connection with another one
who wTill be found farther on § III f\ These
I y\ O
names taken together or separately seem to
indicate the goddess Buto.
Merhi4 is a very rare name. He is found
once in Abydos, with a bull's head; probably,
like Hapis, he was a form of Osiris.
Sebek is also a god of Lower Egypt. Pie
was worshipped in several nomes of the Delta,
especially in the north-western part.
The following name I believe to be read Hapi5
or Ilaphap, it is possibly the same which is
found (pi. xii.) under this form Tn|« A
picture of this god with a man's head, wearing
the atef crown, is found at Philce.6 According
to Brugsch,7 this name refers to the ecliptic.
Hapis gave its name to a city which Herodotus
located near Marea, not far from Alexandria.
Isis had many sanctuaries in the Delta; one
of the most important was Ileb, the present
Behbeit el-Hagar, not far from Samanoud, the
old Sebennytos, where was worshipped the god
Anhur, 'Ovovpis, who follows Isis in the list.
Neitli is the well-known goddess of Sais. As
for Hor Thehen, it is the first time I have met
4 Lanzone, Diz. p. 305.
5 Lanzone, I.e. p. 537.
6 Champ., Mon. i. pi. Ixxxv.
7 Diet. Suppl. p. 812 ; Bergtnann, Ewigkcit. p, 2i, 44.
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