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spicuouspost in their temples to tlie chief Deities, 

 and to the pecuHar triad, worshipped by their 

 neighbours, as a mark of respect not only to the 

 Gods, but to the inhabitants of the adjoining- 

 districts. And the general adoration paid to the 

 principal member of this triad throughout Nubia, 

 readily accounts for its constant occurrence in the 

 temples between the first and second cataracts. At 

 Dakkeh, the manner in which it is mentioned over 

 one of the doors is remarkable ; the Ethiopian King 

 Ergamun being styled, on one side, *'Son ofNeph, 

 born of Sate, nursed by Anouke," and on the other, 

 *' Son of Osiris, born of Isis, nursed by Nephthys." 

 The Island of Sehayl was formerly called Sete, a 

 name not unlike that of the Egyptian Juno, — and 

 a Greek inscription there mentions the dedication 

 of a temple to the above-mentioned triad. In 

 another, inscribed upon a column at the granite 

 quarriesof Caracalla, near Syene, Jupiter-Hammon- 

 Cenubis and Juno are said to preside over the 

 hill near whose summit it was erected ; but these 

 would not have been sufficient to identify the 

 Goddess, had not the sculptures presented the 

 name of an arrow (which, piercing a standard, forms 

 her hieroglyphics) written in phonetic characters, 

 and expressing the word Sate. Horapollo affirms 

 that Juno (Sate) presided over the lower part of 

 heaven, and Neith (Athena) over the upper hemi- 

 sphere ; but it is possible that he may have con- 

 founded Neith with Netpe ; though some con- 

 firmation of his remark may be derived from the 

 fact of the cap worn by Neith signifying, in hiero- 



