Ohfervations in Egypt. 425* 



they fufpeiided upon the Ears of their facred Crocodiles '. T^Y^QneOi-no^nu 

 Canopies "^, with two others \ that are now in the Pofleflion of 

 Dr. Mead, were likewife from Sahara. This of mine, which 

 is of an ahnoft tranfparent Alabafter, is feventeen Inches long, 

 and fix in Diameter ; having a Scroll of facred Charaolers 

 painted upon the Breaft, and the Head oi Ifis veiled, for the 

 Operculum. The Veifels ', that were carried about in their 

 ProceiTions, either to denote the great Bleifing of Water, or 

 that Water, the humid Principle, was the Beginning of all Things, 

 maybefuppofedtohave been of this Fafhion, or rather, as the 

 Canopufes ufually are, fomewhat more turgid. In the famous 

 Conteft alfo, betwixt the Chaldeans and Egyptians, concerning 

 the Strength and Power of their refpedlive Deities, Fire and 

 Water, the Latter was perfonated by a Canopm^ the Story 

 whereof is humouroufly told by Suidas*. 



The following Icunculce , were intended, in all Probability, r/^ ^νί^^^ν 

 to be fo many of their Lares or Amulets ' : whereof the firft A, kuncuix."^ 

 is an Egyptian Prieft with his Head ihaven, and a Scroll of 

 Hieroglyphichs upon his Knees. B, is Ofirkj with his Tutulus a, 

 Elagellum h, and Hook c. C, is the fame Deity, (iee?"t^^w^) 



1 Αρττί,ΜΛτβ' TE hiSiiyt χκτα (foffitia) 19 χρι!??* l< τα ωτβ [η υ^^κοΛ'λκ) h^hru &c. Herod.Eat. ^.69. 

 2. Thcfc arc figured by Mr. Go riiew, Tab.xvlll. whereof the firft is of baked Earth, the other 

 of Alabartcr. 3 Quintus aurcam vannum aureis congeftam ramulis; &: alius fercbat Aniphoratn. 

 Aptd. Met. 1. r I . p. 262. 4 Πο7ϊ> &< >^<>yQj', ^Λλ^Ίΰοι τνν "ιίΐον θΐοι», 'ό^η? ob τό ττϋ^, >!>ηημν\ι\<ί»τΐ!, τίβνταχον 

 <nfe<e?fe;i'. ω'Ρί 7ois τλτι Ίων Ιτη^χ^ιων σνμζίζΚϋχίνα/. i^ 7ον vtmvm-, ίκκνοί' τηχρά Tmvmv νομίζί^ηι θίό/. των μ^ 

 cvv ίίλλ&ί» Ι'τταξχίων ο? θίοϊ, Sire χακχ'ί, « eify^^u^ « λίθοι/, « α»κ>ιί τοινιτίί vAns i-my^jtvnv Ίί^υμίνοι. » jj 

 loi9UTh t /'λί), «st/vipaf ώτό τι ■νυ^); ί'/-?)θκ'ρί•"). ω5ί πκι^αχϊ -η ττίρ eivdiyn.axai νικΛϊ. τοντι Λκίαα; ό tS Κανύτϊ! 

 hfc^s -TTUvowy'^v 77 70/«τοΐί ίνί5:υμί'Ζη. uSf'icu h τοΓί μί(ί7ΐ 'f Aiyorilw ciaSraJi pvcSmx orpax/reu, τξΜ!,! ιγουηχ 

 K'c-Siii συνίχίίί, ώίΐ 2|λ των t^Mim ίκίίναν το -η^ωΚομίνον i/Ji»p $ΊιιλιζΙιμί\ιαν^ i^S'iJh^zu if^iafca-mTty, ΐκ 

 τίταν ιωι uSftay μ'κυ/ Καίων ό ίου Κ«ν«Λϊΐ/ /ίρΧ?, w ""*'' «?»»'«? iXfifdj Ainfpaia; K.»pS, i£jt/ a/ctjopoif ^f<.;^i<fi?£i{ 

 γρωμα,ιι ττΚϋ^άσιΜ ί/Άτ®-, esTfJii' ωί Siof. >(?!) "^ιπημΰν τΛλαίόιι Λ•}ά.λμΛ7θ)• tmv Jce?aAw, oTTtf lUyiTO, Μίΐ'ίλάκ 

 77^οί liiiQmim j4j.«i'ii<Siui ίτΓί.οίλωί ^S-fJf, ϊΐ^μ/ΠΊν αυτ^ν 7ω Λ}Λ\μαν. τίαξίγίνοντΌ μιτΛ ταΖ-η. οί Χ«λ(ίαίο;. λ^β^,^»» 



■70 '^ζίρ. Igt) ό JCOfcJf, Λ' » ΛΙ Ί%Τ\7ϋζ ίΤυ^χίΙ'ΟΙ' 77ί?ξα>ί/ί61ΐΛί, J'/iKuOVTB. "ί <Λ' (/J)>irt{ 'iSfam, ^ -η v'c/!»f a/c« 7»|Ι 



Ti'naiw exCaWsouW, iffCmuTu τι "s-^p. out» te τξί •3•£ϋ'ϊΐρ>ία « hpEwf KO.yairQ)' jay Χαλία^ων νικνιτΜί aviJi'i^it. y^ 

 ώϊ τίτΐ λοίττόν ώί θίοί ΙημΛτν. Suid. in voce Κάνατ®'. J Inter amuleta jEgjptia nil era: commu- 

 nius Harpocratc',Hcroj yip'ide, Ofiride & JJii/e, Canopo ; quorum primus Cornucopia inftrudus 

 iiib forma pueri nudi digito filentia fuadente confpiciebatur ; alter ibidem lub forma pucri, 

 fed fafcibus, aut reticulato amidlu invohitus ; tertius fub forma bovini capitis ; quanus iub 

 variis formis, nunc /spawfwp?®', nunc χυνόμοξρ®', mode Leoniformis ; quinta lub mulicris 

 habitu, fcutici & reti inftruda, alijfque inftrumentis. Per Harpocrut'is amulerum, arcano- 

 rum per varias divinationum fpecies fe confcios futures Iperabant, religiolc geftatum : 

 geftatum autem fuilTe, anfuU fatis demonrtrant. Per Hon amuletum naturre mundans noti- 

 tiam le habituros putabant ; per Apid'is amuletum, fxcunditatem ; per Ofiridis inBuxus 

 fuperni abundantiam; per Ifid'ts, quse ad Terram & Nilum pertinent, bonorum omnium 

 temporalium ubertatem fe confecuturos fperabant. Per Accipitrem, fe confecuturos Ipe- 

 rabant claritatem luminis tum oculorum, turn intelleclus; per .^ovi»/, domeftics lubftantia» 

 amplitudinem ; per Caneni fcientiarum & artium notitiam ; per Cynocephalum & Ailurum Lu- 

 naris Numinis attradum. Erat ex Infedis quoque Scarabms, certis & appropriatis lapi- 

 dibus inci.us, potentiffimum Amuletum & paffim ufurpatum, ad Solaris Numinis attradum. 

 contra omncs tum corporis, tum animi morbos inftitutum. Kirch. Gymn. Hierogl. Claf. xi, 

 p. 447-8. 



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