CHAP. XV. INVESTITURE OF THE KING. 281 



into the presence of the God of the temple, was 

 performed by Thoth on one side and the hawk- 

 headed Hor-Hat on the other * ; sometimes by Hor- 

 Hat and Ombte, or by two hawk-headed Deities, 

 or by one of these last and the God Nilus. The 

 Deities Ombte and Horus are also represented 

 placing the crown of the two countries upon the 

 head of the king, saying, " Put this cap upon your 

 head like your father Amun-Re:" and the palm 

 branches they hold in tlieir hands allude to the 

 long series of years they grant him to rule over his 

 country. The emblems of Dominion and Majesty, 

 the crook and flagellum of Osiris, have been al- 

 ready given him, and the asp-formed fillet is bound 

 upon his head.t 



Another mode of investing tlie sovereign with 

 the diadem is figured on the apex of some obelisks, 

 and on other monuments, where the God, in whose 

 honour they were raised, puts the crown upon 

 his head as he kneels before him, with the an- 

 nouncement that he "grants him dominion over the 

 whole world. "t Goddesses, in like 

 manner, placed upon the heads of 

 queens the peculiar insignia they 

 wore ; which were two long feathers, 

 with the globe and horns of Athor ; 

 No. 471. and tliey presented them their pe- 



Sceptre of a Queen. -•• 



culiar sceptre. 

 The custom of anointing was not confined to 

 the appointment of kings and priests to the sacred 



* Vide Plate 77. Part I. f Vide Plate 78. 



% Obelisk of Karnak and others. Conf. translation of Hermapion, 

 *' deS<ii)pr}i.iai ffoi ava vraffiji' tijv oiKovfisi'tji' iiira xapai; f^aaiXeviv." 



