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signs of 30 degrees, but also into 36 decuriae, or sections of 
10 degrees, and into smaller parts. Each sign contained 
three decuriae, five horia of different length, and twelve 
dodecatemoria of 2 J degrees, each of which was also presided 
over by a planet, as has been shown in my "Astronomia 
iEgyptiaca," PL 1. Moreover, as often as two or more 
planets occupied the same sign, the Egyptians indicated not 
only the sign, but also the decuria, the horion, and, sometimes 
the dodecatemorion, within the limits of which the respective 
planets had been observed; and this was effected in the 
following way. Supposing, e.g., the Moon stood, together 
with Yenus, in the sign Sagittarius, the first, however, in the 
decuria of Jupiter, the latter in the decuria of Mercury, then 
the Egyptians took care to place another image of the Moon 
in one of Jupiter's houses, and another image of Yenus in one 
of Mercury's houses. In the same way, sometimes, also the 
horion, and the dodecatemorion of a sign, occupied by a 
planet, were noticed. As the series of the decuria, horia, and 
dodecatemoria began, in earlier times, with the sign Taurus, 
which was then the first of the zodiac, it will be an easy 
thing to say what the other planetary deities, not yet spoken 
of, mean, and what was the more exact longitude of some 
planets, indicated in our astronomical inscription. 
The following is an explanation of the divinities on the 
right hand of the mummy, and of the rest on the left, — 
~No. 2, the next to the Yirgo, contains the images of Phtha 
(Mars) and Hathor (Yenus) like the opposite side, and Phtha 
is signed by the same name " Phtha Sachari," but Hathor 's 
name is expressed by the hieroglyphs: face, i.e, lit; and 
heart, i.e., hr ; together, hthr ; which give the name Hathor. 
By this example may be explained the real key to the whole 
Egyptian literature, so long sought for. The face, in the 
Coptic, hot, expresses syllabically the consonants ht ; and 
the heart, in Coptic, het ; in the ancient dialect, hert ; like 
