58 TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



(See the author's Astronomia yEg. vol. ii., and Grundsatze der 

 Mythologie, p. 143,) 



From these and many similar testimonials we learn that the 

 sacred animals of the Egyptians were not at all their deities, but 

 emblems of their great gods; moreover, that the Egyptians, 

 besides their planetary and zodiacal divinities, worshipped the 

 Creator of all that exists. 



There is no doubt that the aforesaid ancient authors intended to 

 report the truth ; since, however, ancient authors as well as mo- 

 dern ones are liable to err, the question is whether the aforesaid 

 evidences are confirmed by the autografic inscriptions under 

 consideration, or not. The original colored copy of the Paris 

 Mummy-coffin will be found in my Bibliotheca .F^gyptiaca MS. 

 vol. 6, No. 6379. Let us see. 



Plate I. is the copy of a photograph, reduced to smaller size ; 

 the colors are, of course, changed ; the outlines, however, are all 

 correct, except the two cats' heads within the black semi-disks, 

 which are too much blacked, and therefore not very clear. The 

 whole represents three difterent classes of Egyptian deities, viz. : 

 the twelve figures in the middle of the tablet, the signs of the Zo- 

 diac ; then the seven Cabiri on each side, the Planets ; finally, 

 the black beetle, and the human figures above the black semi- 

 disks, which, as well as the ram-headed vulture, signify the 

 Creator. All these figures are accompanied with hieroglyphic 

 legends, which are to be deciphered grammatically. We keep 

 the order of the ciphers on Plate II. 



Nos. I & 2. On the left side of the picture (PI. I.) seven ram- 

 headed deities are to be seen, which represent the seven planets, 

 the Egyptian Cabiri. For the name of the ram was aiTI. the 

 Hebrew ^'''S («//) ; consequently the man (oevj^) with the 

 head of a ram expresses syllabically the word ham-ail, the man 

 of power, the mighty one ; since ^"K {el) signifies fortis, mighty, 

 it is the synonym of T3D (kabir). fortis, magnus. Accordingly 

 the seven Ham-el are other names for Cabiri, the Egyptian plan- 

 ets, otherwise called Dii potes, Joiyd/jiec::, Theraphim, Patajci, and 

 the like. Moreover, by the same ram-headed figure, the tablet — 

 found in the so-called Isis temple of Pompei— signifies the mighty 

 or almighty God, whom the subjoined cartouche calls Kennuji, 

 i.e. the good Creator, termed "El," -'Eloah," the Arabic "Allah." 



