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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



The first figure in this Plate is from the temple 

 of Dendera, which is of Ptolemaic and Roman 

 date; the second is from Dabod*, where he accom- 

 panies the God Amun, to whom a Ceesar is making 

 offerings. He has a lion as his hieroglyphic. 



The third has not a lion's head, but that animal 

 is introduced as a demonstrative sign after his hie- 

 roglyphic name, which appears to read Moui, sig- 

 nifying " Lion." The fourth has also a lion as the 

 demonstrative sign, and may be the same as the 

 last Deity. They are of late time ; and being 

 copied from monuments imperfectly preserved, the 

 legends are uncertain. 



The last is a Goddess with a lion's head, whose 

 name appears to read Rita or Erta ; but I am 

 ignorant of her character and office. She may, 

 perhaps, be a form of Bubastis, or of Buto. 



Goddess of the Eye. (PI. 72. Parti.) 



The name of this Goddess is uncertain. She 

 has an eye upon her head ; and she sometimes stands 

 in an attitude of prayer, before other Deities. She 

 occurs in temples of a Roman and Ptolemaic date, 

 as at P^dfoo. Though her office is unknown, she 

 may have been a Deity of some importance, and 

 probably a character of Buto, or one of the great 

 Goddesses of the Pantlieon. The eye she bears on 

 her head is the samet which enters into the name 

 of Egypt, and holds a distinguished post in the 

 ceremonies of the dead. It is frequently found in 



* Plate 71. Part 2. 



f Vifle supra, p. 48. 7.3., imd Plate 8.3, 84. 



