CHAP. XIIl. CHANGE IN AMUN's NAME. 245 



ments erected previous to and during the reign 

 of the third Aniunoph, we may conchide that it 

 dates after his accession, or about the year 1420 

 B.C. Another peculiarity is observable in the name 

 of Amun, — that the hieroglyphics which compose 

 it frequently face the wrong way ; that is, they 

 turn in a different direction from the rest of the 

 inscription : the reason of which it is not easy to 

 determine. 



1 have stated that Amun-re and other Gods 

 took the form of different Deities, which, though 

 it appears at first sight to present some difficulty, 

 may readily be accounted for when we consider 

 that each of those whose figure or emblems were 

 adopted, was only an emanation or deified attri- 

 bute of the same Great Being, to whom they 

 ascribed various characters, according to the se- 

 veral offices he was supposed to perform. The 

 intellect of the Deity might be represented with 

 the emblems of the almighty power, or with the 

 attributes of his goodness, without in any manner 

 changing the real character of the heavenly mind 

 they pourtrayed under that peculiar form ; and 

 in like manner, when to Osiris, or the goodness 

 of the Deity, the emblems of Phthah the creative 

 power were assigned, no change was made in 

 the character of the former, since Goodness was 

 as much a part of the original Divinity from 

 whom both were derived, as was the power wath 

 which he had created the world. And if, as some- 

 times happens, Amun-re is represented making 

 offerings to Osiris, it will be recollected that one 



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