'SS THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



and exclusively appropriated to her, is a cap or 

 crown surmounted by several feathers placed in 

 a circular form. 



Thmei, Truth or Justice. 



This Deity had a two-fold character, as Goddess 

 of Truth and of Justice. Her figure is frequently 

 represented in the hands of the Kings, who pre- 

 sent it as a fit offering to the Gods ; and many, 

 in their regal titles, are said to love, or to be loved 

 by, Thmei.* A small image of this Goddess was also 

 worn by the chief judge while engaged in listening 

 to the cases brought before him in court; and when 

 the depositions of the two parties and their wit- 

 nesses had been heard, he touched the successful 

 litigant with the image, in token of the justness 

 of his cause. t A similar emblem was used by the 

 high priest of the Jews ; and it is a remarkable 

 fact, that the word Thummim is not only translated 

 " truthX^'* but, being a plural or dual word, corre- 

 sponds to the Egyptian notion of the ** two Truths," 

 or the double capacity of this Goddess. 



According to some, the Urim 



and Thummim signify "lights 



and perfections §," or "light 



and truth," — which last pre- 



1 sent a striking analogy to the 



No. 45H. A l)re;ist-i)latt', with the r t-» a i rni 



figures of lu and Thmei. twoflgurcsot Kc aud 1 hmci, 

 in the breast-plate worn by the Egyptians. And 



* Conf. the title (luXaXijOtnj of the Obelisk translated by Hermapion. 

 f Vidr siiprf). Vol. II. p. 30. J Vide supra, Vol. II. p. 27. 



§ Vide Exod. xxxix. 8. 10.; and Levit. viii. 8. 



