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stone, somewhat more than a foot in height, and
was found in the Theba'is. It is the figure of one
of those priestesses who carried the images of the
gods at the Isiac processions, and who were called
by the Greeks pdstophorss. The divinities in the
case are Osiris, with the head of the hawk, and Isis
with a human head. Between them, as far as
can be judged from the indifferent manner in
which it is executed, as well as all the other parts
of the statue, is a serpent's head, surmounted by
the lunar orb. The summit of the head of each
of the two divinities is perforated with a small
circular hole of some depth.
Among the numerous hieroglyphics around this
statue may be distinguished the horned serpent,
the tau, the ibis, the hawk, the eye, the lotus, &c.;
images of which the signification has escaped the
most learned research, and which will perhaps long
remain enveloped in impenetrable obscurity.
The letter E indicates the row of hieroglyphics
sculptured on the face C of the pedestal. That on
the back of the pedestal is shewn at F. At G are
seen the hieroglyphics on that side of the support
of the deities which is opposite to A. And the
long line of hieroglyphics, H, is on the back of
the statue, extending from the neck of the priestess
to the pedestal.
The
stone, somewhat more than a foot in height, and
was found in the Theba'is. It is the figure of one
of those priestesses who carried the images of the
gods at the Isiac processions, and who were called
by the Greeks pdstophorss. The divinities in the
case are Osiris, with the head of the hawk, and Isis
with a human head. Between them, as far as
can be judged from the indifferent manner in
which it is executed, as well as all the other parts
of the statue, is a serpent's head, surmounted by
the lunar orb. The summit of the head of each
of the two divinities is perforated with a small
circular hole of some depth.
Among the numerous hieroglyphics around this
statue may be distinguished the horned serpent,
the tau, the ibis, the hawk, the eye, the lotus, &c.;
images of which the signification has escaped the
most learned research, and which will perhaps long
remain enveloped in impenetrable obscurity.
The letter E indicates the row of hieroglyphics
sculptured on the face C of the pedestal. That on
the back of the pedestal is shewn at F. At G are
seen the hieroglyphics on that side of the support
of the deities which is opposite to A. And the
long line of hieroglyphics, H, is on the back of
the statue, extending from the neck of the priestess
to the pedestal.
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