414 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



the temple of Edfoo, or Apollinopolis magna, being 

 dedicated to him, seems to give him a claim to the 

 name of Apollo. * At this last place, an instance 

 occurs of the God Hor-Hat with the head of a Lion 

 and the Solar disk, holding a monkey in his hand. 

 He stands in a boat ; and before him Thoth, Isis, 

 Nephthys, and two other Goddesses, raise their 

 hands in an attitude of prayer, while Horus pierces 

 the head of Aphophis with a spear. 



Ombte, Obte, Abtaut, Ombo (Tithrambo?, 

 Taut-ambo ?), Ambo, Embon, The Evil Being. 



This Deity is sometimes represented, as already 

 observed, in company with, and in the same office 

 as, the last mentioned God, pouring the emblems 

 of life and power over the Kings, in the place of 

 Thoth ; and in teaching them the use of the bow t, 

 together with the same hawk-headed God, Hor- 

 Hat. It might appear that Ombte was connected 

 with the Lower Country t, as Hor-Hat with Upper 

 Egypt, to whom he was opposed. For, in the 

 ceremony of the Panegyrics, where the King is 

 represented running to the temple to perform the 

 accustomed rites, we find this Deity introduced 

 on the side of the picture, corresponding to Lower 

 Egypt, with all the emblems of that part of the 

 country, as the asp, the Northern water plant, and 

 the Genius of Lower Egypt; the King also wearing 

 the cap of that district. But Ombte generally has, 



* Vide supra, p. 398. f Vide Plate 39. 



J Vide Plate 79. 



