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was discovered a.d. 1S30 by Prof. Rosellini, of Pisa, on the tem- 

 ple of Horus (1. viii. Nos. 15 & 16) in Thebes, and published in 

 his "Monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia," vol. iii. No. ii. The 

 common names and emblems of the 7 planets and of the 12 signs 

 of the Zodiac being recognized in the premises, it will be an easy 

 problem to explain the single deities, and to determine the date 

 of the observation. 



In the next place everyone sees that the deities Nos. 13 and 14 

 are conjoined with each other, because the follow^ing figure puts its 

 hand upon the shoulder of the preceding planet. Thus the con- 

 junction of a planet with a zodiacal god is expressed similarly to 

 the planetary configuration of Menes 1. iv. The same is the case 

 with the two figures Nos. 3 & 4. Further, Nos. 9 & 10 and 11 & 

 12 are likewise united with each other, and consequently the two 

 planets contained in this group must have occupied two consecu- 

 tive signs of the Zodiac. The next group of four copulated dei- 

 ties signifies the same. 



Further, the Egyptians, as we have seen (p. 411), were in the 

 habit of placing the figures of the planets before those of the zo- 

 diacal deities; accordingly the figures 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 

 must express the seven planets as follows. Previously we under- 

 stand that the planets were again enumerated according to their 

 apparent velocities, like the planetary configuration of Menes 



L. viii. No. 14, called Amun kre^ i.e. evMOTn lyepe (Jupiter 

 splendent, represents the planet Jupiter ; for the ancients verj' 

 often paralleled Amun with Jupiter. It is a mistake of Cham- 

 pollion to translate this name always by "Amun-ra, the Sun-god." 

 See my Astron. JEg. p. 97. 



No. 12, called Pth kr mkt^ htck. p Ro-rpo mhui (r. JQ, mag) is 

 the well known Phtha, the lord of the hosts. Mars. His name is 

 expressed by a bald man, because OTrek.T§i, ancient n&.Tpi, bald, 

 contains the same consonants as in Phtha, nT&.§^, r. XH^. Jinxit., 

 •creavit. 



No. 10 is Venus, the next after Mars, because the Turin papy- 

 rus expresses the same Venus by a sparrow-hawk (1. i. 4). Comp. 

 1. ii. 4, xi. 7. 



No. 8, the well known Anb^ Anubis, related with nubere^ is 

 Mercury ; for ^nn, occuUare, xan (chaba), occultavit, is the root of 



