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CTiap. I.] TEMPLE AT OLD QOORNEIi----DEDICATION. 5
square pillars, beyond which, was the sanctuary
itself; but the dilapidated state of the north end of
this temple affords but little to enable us to form an
accurate restoration of the innermost chambers.
The lateral hall on the west, which belonged to the
palace of the king, is supported by two columns,
and leads to three other rooms, behind which are
the vestiges of other apartments, and on the east
side, besides a large hypaethral court, were several
similar chambers, extending also to the northern
extremity of its precincts. On the architrave, over
the corridor, is the dedication of Remeses II., to
whom, in his character of Phrah * (Pharaoh), or
the Sun, under the symbolic form of a hawk,
Amunre is presenting the emblem of life; therein'
after the usual titles of the king, we are told that
" Remeses, the beloved of Amun,t has dedicated
this work to his father Amunre, king of the gods,
having made additions'^ for him to the temple of
* The Hebrew name njns, Phrah, is merely the Coptic FFIPH,
Memphitice $PH, Phre, pronounced Phra. I have frequently
noticed the meaning and orthography of this word Phrah, or
Pire, " the Sun," a title given to the Egyptian monarchs, from the
pretended analogy of the king, as chief of earthly beings, with the
sun, as chief of heavenly bodies.
t That Ammon-mai or Mai-ammon are used synonymously
will appear to every one who notices the two modes of writing
(vertically and horizontally) the name of Remeses III., however
the Coptic may seem to require the two readings, "beloved of
Amnion," and " loving Ammon," on which M. Champollion has,
I think, unnecessarily insisted.
X This group, the bird and sickle, reads cut or sculptured,
though many of these dedications seem to require the sense
square pillars, beyond which, was the sanctuary
itself; but the dilapidated state of the north end of
this temple affords but little to enable us to form an
accurate restoration of the innermost chambers.
The lateral hall on the west, which belonged to the
palace of the king, is supported by two columns,
and leads to three other rooms, behind which are
the vestiges of other apartments, and on the east
side, besides a large hypaethral court, were several
similar chambers, extending also to the northern
extremity of its precincts. On the architrave, over
the corridor, is the dedication of Remeses II., to
whom, in his character of Phrah * (Pharaoh), or
the Sun, under the symbolic form of a hawk,
Amunre is presenting the emblem of life; therein'
after the usual titles of the king, we are told that
" Remeses, the beloved of Amun,t has dedicated
this work to his father Amunre, king of the gods,
having made additions'^ for him to the temple of
* The Hebrew name njns, Phrah, is merely the Coptic FFIPH,
Memphitice $PH, Phre, pronounced Phra. I have frequently
noticed the meaning and orthography of this word Phrah, or
Pire, " the Sun," a title given to the Egyptian monarchs, from the
pretended analogy of the king, as chief of earthly beings, with the
sun, as chief of heavenly bodies.
t That Ammon-mai or Mai-ammon are used synonymously
will appear to every one who notices the two modes of writing
(vertically and horizontally) the name of Remeses III., however
the Coptic may seem to require the two readings, "beloved of
Amnion," and " loving Ammon," on which M. Champollion has,
I think, unnecessarily insisted.
X This group, the bird and sickle, reads cut or sculptured,
though many of these dedications seem to require the sense