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314 figures the well-known Amun, i.e. pr:S (amon), opifex 

 mundi,with his insignia iiuli (lord) and crpHTii (sceptrum). This 

 figure, in G.'s eyes an ideologic sign, ■/M(noXojel o'ta n'tiir^acv, syl- 

 labically and not symbolically. G. takes the figure symbolically 

 for Tum. 



315. representiiTg the nose, 3J (gab), preserved in (r6-u}<^ 

 <naris), but shamefully transformed into a calf's head acto'A. by 

 B., expressed with the following / the word kpf, caput; ^oi\it, 

 princeps. 



316. This group contains the figures of an ear, 2X Cab), 33K. 

 ■Syr. 33n (habeb), ari.^ta. and the handle ant (G. ^^. p. ii6, 606), 

 called e.in*-Hp, r. njK (anad). Hence we have the word 9^oivt, 

 which, like the abbreviated ;nD (kohcn), signifies not only priest, 

 but also princeps. The handle expresses very often the word 

 «o-TTe, god; ene, lapis; &n&, magnus; e.g. T. S. V. 15, xxix. xxvii.; 

 R. S. viii. 8; see PI. xxxii. ^48, 449- Accordingly our group 

 ilenotes ooht. capital. 



317. The word in^M added to o^out forms the notion "capital 

 city," which is Rome ; and hence ootit (caput) ooiit fie^Hi fur- 

 nish "poliuchus, or warden, of Rome." That is to say, every city 

 of ancient times had its own tutelar god, 7to?.cou')[0(;, and that of 

 Rome was Jupiter Capitolinus, identified with Vespasian. G., of 

 course, could not translate these words, 



318. See 142. G. translates "king" instead of regent. 



319. This figure of a man is the contrary of 321, and hence it 

 belongs to the root &ui, exaltare, the people of rank, nobility. 



320 frequently expresses our a?/d, Germ, und, lost in the Cop- 

 tic. See T. S. ix. ; I. R. xiii. 26, etc. This and the following 

 words were inexplicable to G. 



321. See PI. xxil. 307, where the same figure expressed king, 

 because ^cok, as we have seen, involved both rex and servus. 



322. ^"x (el), as we have seen (PI. i. a), princeps. All the 

 following words were inexplicable to G. 



323. The lion's claw, being called ssl^vmh, expresses different 

 words containing the same consonants. G.J^. 61, 249. Comp. 

 278 in the premises. This passage reciting the glory of God, it 

 is evident that oslojw., exercitus, refers to the heavenly hosts, the 

 starry heavens. 



