CHAP. XIII. UNCERTAIN DEITIES. 79 



Smot ? A Form of Thoth ? (PL 65. Parti.) 



This Deity is represented in hieroglyphics by a 

 statue, in Coptic Smot, which should be his name. 

 He has the title " Ruler of the Eight Regions of 

 No," which seems to imply some connection with 

 Thoth; and he bears on his head the disk and 

 crescent given to the Moon. 



Ao ? (PI. 65. Part 2.) 



The bull-headed Deity appears to have the 

 name Ao; which probably signifies a *'bull," since 

 it frequently occurs over oxen, as the word Ehe 

 over cows. I do not, however, suppose him to be 

 connected with the God Ao, previously men- 

 tioned. * 



Spot ? Soptet ? (PI. 65. Part 3.) 



Spot, Sopt, or Soptet, appears to be the name 

 of this Deity. His office is uncertain. This 

 figure is from one of the tombs of the Kings at 

 Thebes. His hieroglyphics call to mind those 

 which follow the name of the God Tore t, the seal 

 and the spirits or rulers of the land.t 



(PI. 65. Part 4.) 



This Goddess is represented nursing a child ; 

 not as Isis and Athor, but merely holding it on 



* Vide supra, p. 15. f Vide Plate 25. Part 2. fig. 2. 



X " Of Phut ? " or " the West ? " Vide infra, p. 82. 



