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particularly the rich drapery and the manner in which it is disposed over 
the under-garment; the attributes are the sistrum in her right hand and 
the sacred cruse in her left. In jig. 4, the youthful-looking head of the 
goddess is finely set off by the long braids that fall over her neck and 
shoulders, while the loose upper and longer under garments envelope her 
whole. figure; in her right hand she holds the sistrum. 
Harpocrates, the youngest son of Isis and Osiris, was the symbol of the 
‘sun when in its feeble condition, just after the winter solstice, it appears 
with its faint rays asif just called into existence. On a coin ( pl..8, fig. 25), 
we see a bust of this boy-god, and on pl. 10, fig. 14, a statue of him with a 
cap ornamented with rams’ horns, with his hand raised as if in the act of 
placing the fingers upon his lips. The Greeks considered this as a symbol 
of silence, and hence called him the god of silence. ig. 15 represents 
him mounted upon a ram which carries a ball upon its head; his left hand 
is armed with a club, while he here also appears to place his right hand 
upon his lips. He carries the club because he was considered the Hercules 
of the Egyptians. | 
Anubis, the son of Osiris and Nephthys, has already been mentioned in 
the myth which relates the labors and death of Osiris. Concerning him it 
was thought that his mother, afraid of her husband Zyphon, exposed the 
babe in the desert. There Isis found him, attracted to the spot by some of 
her dogs. After carrying him home with her, she nursed him with great 
care, and found the reward of her charity in the faithful services he rendered 
her afterwards as a friend and watchful guardian. He was also made a 
guardian to the gods, and discharged the duties just as the dog fills that 
office among men, and hence we find him often represented in the form of 
a dog, as in pl. 9, jig. 8, where he is seated between Canop and Jorus, 
Sometimes he is found with the body of a man and only the head of a dog, 
as in fig. 6, where a cloak is thrown around part of his person. In his left 
hand he holds a staff resembling a caduceus, and his left foot is planted upon 
the back of acrocodile; and jig. 7, where he is seen by the side of Isis, repre- 
sents him likewise with a human body surmounted by the head of adog. In 
this form he is considered as one and the same with Hermes, or Theut, or 
Thot. There are two other statues of him (pl. 10, jigs. 12 and 18) that 
differ but little from those already described, only the former is furnished 
with a plainer kind of caduceus, and a branch which is placed in the left 
hand of the god; while the latter represents him with a palm branch in 
his left, and the club in his right hand. As Hermes, he is sometimes seen 
with the head of the Ibis surmounted by a lyre (pl. 8, fig. 18). Under this 
name he was also known as the friend and counsellor of Osiris, the inventor 
of spoken and written language, of grammar, astronomy, surveying, arith- 
metic, music, and medical science. He was also held to have been the first 
who framed laws for the human race, and taught man how to worship the 
gods and erect temples to them. The discovery of the olive tree as well 
as the instruction how to use its fruit is also ascribed to him. 
The statues which represent him with the head of an Ibis instead of that 
of a dog are of a later date, and owed their origin to the following legend: As 
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