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symbol of stability, which is occasionally given to 

 Osiris ; showing how closely he is sometimes allied 

 to the character of that Deity. Pthah even a})pears 

 under the entire form of this emblem, which is sur- 

 mounted by a winged scarab supporting a globe, or 

 Sun, and is itself supported by the arms of a man 

 kneeling on the heavens. I have also 

 met with an instance of the God* oc- 

 cupied in drawing with a pen the figure 

 of Harpocrates, the emblem of youth ; 

 probably an allusion to the idea first 

 formed in the mind of the creator of 

 the being he was about to make.t 



With regard to the adjunct Toses, 

 which is sometimes applied to his name, 

 I am inclined to believe it indicates an 

 attribute of the creative power, rather 

 than a different character of Pthah : 

 NO 446 Pthah I ii^ive therefore preferred placing 

 subug''"'"'""' Pthah-Toses as one of the forms of the 

 same Deity. And, indeed, the commencement of 

 the word seems to relate to his office as creator 

 of the *' world," which, in the Egyptian language, 

 was called " To" 



Pthah-Sokari-Osiris. 



Pthah- Sokari- Osiris was that form of Pthah, 

 or Vulcan, particularly worshipped at IMemphis. 



* Vidr Plate 23. fig. 5. Pthali is alone introduced in tlic plate. It is 

 from Dendera. 



f If so they believed the first man to have commence il his career 

 in early youtli, not as a full grown man; like Jujiiter, Hercules, and 

 other of the Gods of Greece. 



