1 J 2 Lutz, Viticulture and Brewing. 



patron goddess of wine. As the patron goddess of the Ma- 

 reotic wines she is called "Hathor, the mistress of neha, who 



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 is represented the festive offering of the mnw-]a.r unto the 

 goddess of wine. Between the king, who offers the wine jar 

 with his right hand, and the goddess, who sits on her throne, 

 there is a long inscription, which contains the songs, which 

 were sung on the 20th day of the month of Thot before the 

 mistress of intoxication during the ceremony of presenting 

 he wine jar to the goddess. With reference to this 7nnw-']a.r 

 Hathor is called "mistress of the mnw-]a.T, whose ka was first 

 prepared on the 20th day of Thot 3. This day was the "feast 



of drunkenness of the mistress of Dendera", \_^^ ^ ^^A^^^ {Ly~\ * 



The song of the seven Hathors is of especial interest It 

 reads ^: 



"We gladden daily thy majesty, 



And thy heart rejoiceth, when thou hearest our songs. 



We shout, when we behold thee, 



Every day, every day. 



And our hearts rejoice at the sight of thy majesty, 



For thou art the mistress of the wreath, 



The mistress of the dance, 



The mistress of drunkenness without end" 6. 



i) See Diim., Tempel Inschr. I, 73, i. In the same passag-e she is also 



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called "mistress of the jars, mistress of Yemet," V y \^ V\ V\ . Q 



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2) Mariette, Dendera, I, 31. 



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4) Mariette, Dendera, III, 200. 



5) Mariette, Dendera, 60, e h, = Diim. i?j., XLV; see also Junker, H., 

 Poesie aus der Sfdtzeit, Aeg. Z., 43, pp. loi 128. 



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