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8 TOPOGRAPHY OF THEBES. [Chap. I.
on the side walls, Osirei also partakes of similar
honours. In the centre chamber, Osirei officiates
before the statue of his father placed in a shrine,
like that before mentioned, from which it is evi-
dent that Remeses II. continued the dedications to
the first Remeses, which had been commenced by
his father, as the hieroglyphics themselves state.
All the lateral chambers and hypsethral court are
of Remeses II., and on the jambs of the side doors
in the great hall, the name of his son * Pthahmen
was added in the succeeding reign. Queen Ames-
Nofriatre occurs again in the court; and on the out-
side of the north-east corner, and on the fragment
of a wall on the other (south-west) side, is an
Ethiopian ox and Capricorn, which are brought by
some of the minor priests for the service of the
temple. Little else is deserving of notice in this
ruin, if we except the statue and shrine of Amunre,
whose door the king has just opened previous to
his performing "■ the prescribed ceremonies" in
honour of the deity. In the hieroglyphics, though
much defaced, we read, " Behold, I openf......
my father Amunre."
* Apparently Thmeioftep-ho Pthahmai, or Pthahmen, which
M. Champollion has transposed, and written Menephtha, but
which, in the procession of the sons of Remeses II., at the Mem^
nonium, is evidently Pthahmen, without the additional title he
took on ascending the throne. The word "beloved" may either
be formed of mai or men, the latter a shorter substitute for menrit,
" beloved," the former signifying " the love."
f This is expressed by a hare, and the zigzag line, N, forming
on the side walls, Osirei also partakes of similar
honours. In the centre chamber, Osirei officiates
before the statue of his father placed in a shrine,
like that before mentioned, from which it is evi-
dent that Remeses II. continued the dedications to
the first Remeses, which had been commenced by
his father, as the hieroglyphics themselves state.
All the lateral chambers and hypsethral court are
of Remeses II., and on the jambs of the side doors
in the great hall, the name of his son * Pthahmen
was added in the succeeding reign. Queen Ames-
Nofriatre occurs again in the court; and on the out-
side of the north-east corner, and on the fragment
of a wall on the other (south-west) side, is an
Ethiopian ox and Capricorn, which are brought by
some of the minor priests for the service of the
temple. Little else is deserving of notice in this
ruin, if we except the statue and shrine of Amunre,
whose door the king has just opened previous to
his performing "■ the prescribed ceremonies" in
honour of the deity. In the hieroglyphics, though
much defaced, we read, " Behold, I openf......
my father Amunre."
* Apparently Thmeioftep-ho Pthahmai, or Pthahmen, which
M. Champollion has transposed, and written Menephtha, but
which, in the procession of the sons of Remeses II., at the Mem^
nonium, is evidently Pthahmen, without the additional title he
took on ascending the throne. The word "beloved" may either
be formed of mai or men, the latter a shorter substitute for menrit,
" beloved," the former signifying " the love."
f This is expressed by a hare, and the zigzag line, N, forming