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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIV. 



handle and thong, and not, as it usually appears, 

 both in the hands of statues and in the sculptures, 

 with the two limbs of a hard substance. 



No. 468. 

 A king receiving from Amun the emblems of Majesty and Dominion. In his left hand is 

 a phoenix. The God holds the palm-branch and the type of the great assemblies.* 



The sign of Royalty is a reed; which is also the 

 emblem of Upper Egypt, and the initial of the 

 word souten, *' king." But this, and the Pshenty 

 or cap of the Upper and Lower country, which is 

 the union of the two crowns, the symbol of Sta- 

 bility t, the palm branch of Thoth, and the sign of 

 the great assemblies over which the king presided, 

 have been already noticed, t 



The eye of Osiris (?) was one of the most im- 

 portant emblems. It was generally given to that 

 Deity, and to Pthah when under the form of the 

 emblem of Stability. It was placed on boats, on 

 coffins, and in other conspicuous positions, as if to 



* Vide infra, p. 288. 



+ Vide supra. Vol. I. (2(1 Scries) p. 253. 34-1. 



J Vide also infra, chap. 15., on the Ceremonies, p. 273. ei seq. 



