Ohfervations in Egypt 4.0 j 



Libation ', that was one of the Attributes of the (Στολ.τ«ί) Οτ7ΐα- 

 tor. The (Crater) BowP was another Emblem of the fame ^^''*^''^'"• 

 Kind, being alfo placed fometimes upon the Heads of their 

 Deities, thereby typifying the great Plenty and Beneficence^ 

 that flowed from them. The Canopies' was of the fame^^^^^^op^^• 

 Clafs, reprefenting, in all Probability, the Element, or Divi- 

 nity of Water ^ Under a Sphyngopedes \ upon the Ifmc Table, 

 we fee three of them together, denoting the three Caufes', 

 that were then aifigned, for the Inundation of the Nile. 



Inftruments, and fuchThings as may be referred tothatClafs,i"ft™mcnts 

 are in greatNumbers. Among thofe of Mufick,we fee u\QSi/irum \ S•," siiimm. 

 and the Tle&rwn^, the former whereof was ufed, in their re- 

 ligious Ceremonies, to fright away the evil Diemons, being at 

 the fame Time expreflive of the Periods of the ΝϊΜ% Inun- 

 dation, and that all Things in the Univerfe are kept up by 

 Motion. The Tle^trum was either emblematical of the Poles, r,:,. picc- 

 upon which the Globe of the Earth is turned, or elfe of the""""' 

 Air, which communicated Life and Motion to the Univerfe. 

 Inftruments of Punifliment , fuch as the Hook and the Fla-rbe Yx^o^e.- 

 gelkim, are fometimes feen in the Hands of their Ce-w; ^wr-'""'" 

 runci, exprelTive, no doubt, of the Power, they are fuppofed 

 to make ufe of, in driving away the evil Demons. But the F/a- 

 gellum, in the Hands of Ofiris\ may further denote his Cha- 

 rad;er, as guiding the Chariot of the Sun. The ΣχοΤϊοί^ and ^/^<• 2χ.Γ.®. 

 Sacred Cubit, (the latter'" whereof was the Badge of theCifbi!'"'^ 

 2τολιτ«, the former", of the lψyμμμa.rίυi or Sacred Scribe,) may 



I Έ.ττλιη< * 'ί)^αν τίν 7ϊ ■ί ίΊλαΐοηινκί τ^γνν^ ι^ η c'^ovS'eioy. Qem. Alexand. Strom. 1. 6. p. 406, 

 2 Crater lupremi Numinis, ex quo bonorum omnium profluit Ubertas. Hermes in Vhmzn- 

 dro, apud Kkcb. p. 97. MenC. /yi4f. 3 Ipfius (Canopi) fimulachrum pedibus perexiguis, 

 actrado collo, & quafi lugillato, ventre tumido in modum liydrise, cum dorfo x-qualitcr 

 tereci formatur. Eufeb. Eccl. Hift. 1. 2. apud Rufinum. 4 TJJyp j 19 'nif σίί^τυ. -m κάλλ/5α των 

 iof^eiav, as τακτά ίιτιωτα-τα. <? rojTT/eioi i^y • -ij ταΖτα Λικνύντί! iv lots hfolf. Porph. apud Eufcb. Ϋνχγι. 

 Evang. p. y/. 5: Orus decumbit in qucm CaUixenus Rhodiiis Sfhwgupcdim apud Athciidium 

 appellavit. ]. j. 6 Νβλ» JiayASaoiv ημούνοντα ρ^ά^κί•/ 7?ίί• i>S}>'iai μί^άκα; * inciA « ilis ayoxitnas ί^γισίΛ 

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xXoYnSni AATaJk^^iay-m iij μί7Λΐ(ΌμίΤΛ. Τον -^Λξ Ίυ^ωνα φαιπ το /f σίΐςροκ '^TfiTic-iv yL^Xfi 



Tiif ?3-ορώί auAoucy)! ji^ )ςά.<η!, au^is άν^λνΐΗ tw fiuW i^ acisKfl a/31 thj Kinmas » yivi7i{. Flut. de //. & Of. 



Ρ• 176. Sirtrum indicabat Nili acceirum & rcceiTum. Scrv. in Vtrg. iEn.8. 



8 Πλικίτ^?/ 0/ μί•/ Toy ττόλον • οι 3 τίν άί{οί liv WKTit τ^μπυτλ j^ κινχντΛ «f φ!ισιν τϊ i^ auhjiv, « Toy Tmyiai 



■j^MfavMr. Clem. Strom, l.y. p.4iy. 9 Simulachrum (Soils) inftat dcxtra clevata cum flagro 



in aurigs modum, laeva tenet fulmen&fpicas quxcunda Jovis folifque confociatam potentiam 



monftrant. M<Ji,to/i. Sat. l.i.cap.23. 10 Vid. Not. i. utfupra. 11 ίξΜ Ji i Ίίζ^•)ξΛμμα.τν>( 



βϋέρχίτϊϋ, l-^ay •τ]ί{Λ Sin 7Ϋι( w^this, βιζκίογ τϊ h χιροί li^ xayg/a, iy Ζ τίτι ^αφίΜΥ μίλΑΥ ί) ^"nQf Ι 



χά?ϋΛ. CiVirt. ^/ί,ν. Strom. \. 6. ^-7^7. 



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