24 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP, XIII. 



Tore, and King Remeses the Great, seems to con- 

 firm this opinion. M. Champolhon quotes a pas- 

 sage from a hieratic papyrus, which says, " My 

 right temple belongs to the spirit of the Sun in the 

 day, and my left temple to the spirit of Atmoo in 

 the night ;" which would seem to identify him with 

 Sol inferus, and recalls the word Atme, *' darkness," 

 which in the Arabic language has that significa- 

 tion. The same ingenious savant thinks that the 

 analogy between Atmoo and Heron is confirmed 

 by the monumental inscriptions giving to the 

 Kings the title "born of Atmoo," since Herma- 

 pion, in his translation of the Obelisk of Remeses, 

 calls that Monarch tiie *' son of Heron." The 

 expression, " Phrah, Lord of Years like Atmoo," 

 common on obelisks and dedicatory inscriptions, 

 serves to maintain the connection between those 

 formulas, and that given by Hermapion ; and the 

 latter appears to have reference to the idea of com- 

 pletion of time, which accords with the name of 

 Atmoo. 



Though principally worshipped in Lower Egypt, 

 he holds a conspicuous place amongst the con- 

 templar Gods of Thebes ; and the paintings in 

 the tombs show that he fulfilled an important 

 office in the regions of Amenti. He is there re- 

 presented in a boat, accompanied by Thoth, Thmei 

 (the Goddess of Truth and Justice), and Athor ; 

 Horus, the son of Osiris, performing, as usual, the 

 office of steersman.* The boat a])j)ears to be styled 



* Vide infra, on the (ioddcss Khciiii, p. 48. 



