52 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



It is not impossible that these assemblies were 

 the origin of the title '* lord of triacontaeterides," 

 given to Ptolemy on the Rosetta Stone ; but from 

 the number which Thoth and this Goddess are 

 sometimes marking upon the palm branches, it is 

 evident they could not refer to games celebrated 

 every thirtieth year. Nor could Ptolemy have 

 been entitled to a jubilee of tlurty years, since he 

 only reigned twenty-one. Indeed, we are ignorant 

 of the exact meaning of the title, though it pro- 

 bably refers to the years of the assemblies recorded 

 by these Deities, whatever may have been the me- 

 thod by which they were computed. Pthah, the 

 creative power, appears to have been the Deity to 

 whom they were particularly consecrated ; since, 

 in the regal titles, the King is styled " lord of the 

 assemblies, like his father Pthah." 



This Goddess is represented at the Memno- 

 nium writing the name of Remeses the Great on 

 the fruit of the Persea tree, under whose shade 

 the king is seated, in the presence of Thoth and 

 Atmoo. * 



She is generally clad in a leopard-skin ; and on 

 her head she bears a radiating ornament, peculiarly 

 appropriated to her, over which are cow's horns 

 turned downwards. 



Selk. 



The Goddess Selk is distinguished by the scor- 

 pion, her emblem, which is usually bound upon 



* Vicle Plate 30. d. ; and supra. Vol. I. (2d Seiics) p. .392. 



