Ohfervations in Egypt. 4.0^ 



Libation \ that was one of the Attributes of the (StoAito) Orna- 

 tor. The {Crater) Bowl^ was another Emblem of the iiime^'^'^''"'^''- 

 Kind, being alfo placed fometimes upon the Heads of their 

 Deities, thereby typifying the great Plenty and Beneficence, 

 that flowed from them. The Campus'' was of the fame ^^'^^"°p"^ 

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

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

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

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



Inftruments, and fuchThings as may be referred tothatClafs, ^;ift"™^"ts 

 are in greatNumbers. Among thofe of Mufick,we fee th^Siflrum \ r..e siftrum, 

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

 ligious Ceremonies, to fright away the evil 'DcemonSy being at 

 the fame Time exprelTive of the Periods of the Nile^s Inun- 

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

 Motion. The Tle&rum 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- rho Fiagd- 

 gellum, are fometimes feen in the Hands of their Gefjtj Aijer- '"'" 

 runc'i^ expreffive, no doubt, of the Power, they are fuppofed 

 tomakeufeof, in driving away the evil Z^^w^*;/.?. But the i^/^- 

 gellum, in the Hands of Oftris ", may further denote his Cha- 

 racter , as guiding the Chariot of the Sun. The 2;;^<'T»oj, and i''^^ ^x"''®" 

 Sacred Cubit, (the latter'" whereof was the Badge of theCubu?'" 

 2toAit«, the former", of the UfoyfXfifiXTtui or Sacred Scribe,) may 



I 27tA/7*f * f^^v Tov 75 '? S'luaionivnf -ja^uv, ^ tb ffTrovS'eiov. Cleiu. Alexand. Strom. ]. 6. p. 45'(j, 

 2 Crater fiipremi Numinis, ex quo bpnorum omnium profluit Ubercas, Hermes in yivmin- 

 dro, apud Kirch, p. 97- Meni. Ifiac. 3 Ipfiiis (Canopi) fimulachrum pcdibus pcrcxiguis, 

 attrado collo, & quafi lugillato, ventre tumido in niodum iiydria', cum dorfo oiqualiter 

 tereti formatur. Eufeb. Eccl. Hift. 1. 2. apud Rufinutn. 4 TJi-ifo lij'Truf aiCovTwi -m Ka.^>~isu ray 

 yo/^fJsii', as TtfjuTtt i.ivd-ra'n. ■? mnti^tiiK/xay itj TWTa JUmvTif fv tiis /jpoK. Porph. apud Eiifcb. Praep. 

 Evang. p. ^7. J Orus decumbit in qucm CalUxeniis Rhod'nis Spbingopcdem apud AthLnmum 

 appellavit. 1. ? . 6 NfJA.is c^ civiSuttv (nfjxeuvovTH y^auptJi Tffi^ iiSf'tai tAi}a,\a( * eTHcAJ « tmc dvaSlnai iQama. 

 jctfT* a'uTBf Tf/f^piff •isra.^-)(H. 'iv f/£y varip Tiif Ar/j'^iai yvis -m^AVTls, iTetJ^ If; r.a^' auTiiv u/ar®' yivv»vx.>i- 'insfiv 

 cfS' uTif n ay.'cUv^, it) yd^ ^-tb nn ujiiif lo'^yviTru tis Aiyu^iov h to <} dvaQa-nas r.cufu. Te'nvv Ji liri^ tZy 

 o/zfjaf, 'oiyivovTai}ia.Tti-m vova. j'if Ai^iomof (lifii, Kara tov 7^( avaSanai n 'Neit^iKou^v. /i/oj.rp. Hierogl. 

 cap. 21. l.I. 7 ^uttuvti H^ t7ii<;£$Vt OT/ a-eisAti Jfi TO oi"Ta 19 jtAHcTETreT? TtfjJiSt, i^opcti-, a>ha. o)ov i^iyci^i&ruii^ 

 xXwti^wi Ka-mJk^Snvavni. i^ (MTiUfofUYH. Toy ya,^ Tu^avtt (faci tok angpoi! "imTifaav Xj^x^asAu. thhauvris 077 

 THf ?5opii«' avJ\onsT)S xj (soinff, auS^ts dvahm 7tiv ifuffiv i^ dvi^si zlg, jrii Kiv'vna! » y.vwt!. Pint, dc If. 8c Of. 

 p. ^76. Siftrum indicabac Nili acccllum & rcccflum. Scrw in I'lrg. iEn.S. 



8 ^^!i)^T£#y 0! (^iv toy TiiKov ■ 0) 3 liv aepee tiv mym jAtiMBi'Ta i^ luiixtTa «? fjjtv ts Kj av^iijiv, m top twctbi' 

 TiKti^avKiv. Clem. Strom, l.j. p.4i5'. 9 Simulachrum (Solis) inftat dcxtra clevatacum flagro 

 in aurig3emodum,l2va tenet fulmen&fpicas quxcunfta Jovis folifquc confociatampotentiam 

 monftrant. MacroL Sut. l.i.cap. 23. 10 Vid. Not. i. utfupra. 11 L^s Ji hcp^afx/jtaTiuf 

 is^if/jToi, l^av Trligst 6^ TBf x.'tipa.K»s, jS/£m'ov n h p^fp<n 1^ v-ayiva^ iy a jin ^apKov ftsArtc i^ ^o?c@' 11 

 ^mcJ. Clem, y^lcx. Strom. 1.6. p. 7J7. 



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