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alone, 
trident 
significantly enough twined the serpent around the 
of Jupiter Ammon (fig. 18), and the staff of Thoth, 
Fig. 13. Trident and serpent of Jupiter Ammon. From a gem. (Maffei.) 
or Hermes Trismegistus (fig. 14) * the author of medicine, to 
imply the source from which that subordinate demigod’s virtues 
Fig. 14. Staff of Hermes ; on ^ “ d **“ ^ 
derived.! From this, in the later periods of her history, 
were 
* Wilkinson, Ancient Egyptians, vol. v. p. 12, plate 46 ; and vol. iv. 
P 'f 8 Tke older Italian antiquaries, whose treatises are as oanqm^ 
Bronzo 1773 • Agostini, Lionardo, Le Gemme Antiche , » 1657. 
in the library ’of the Soane Museum, the curator of which affords every facility 
for their inspection. 
