348 
Fig. 58 * the last and most singular state in the whole 
collection, is of a very different class to the preceding ; and it 
is to be regretted that Egyptologists are not yet decided as to 
Fig. 58. Adoration of an unknown species of coluber. {Same collection.) 
its actual signification. Before a large and slender serpent, 
more resembling Apophis than any other of the mystic snakes 
of Effvpt, kneels upon one knee an adoring worshipper. -tie 
is not, as in other instances, shielding or hiding his face with 
his hands but is uplifting them in the usual attitude hiero- 
SvphTcA adoptedbo Sifnify the verb “to pray ." The great 
snake itself is coiled in four upright convolutions, and appears 
to rep-ard the suppliant with a majestic and not ungentle 
aspect Although* resembling Apophis (fig. 59), this reptile 
who ^as^amed* Apophis' afte^the^eafserpei^i^virwhom^bi^predecVssors 
worshipped. 
cannot be identified 
example of direct wor 
with that monster, for there is no 
ship paid to the evil creature throughout 
Fig. 60. Head of the serpent Apophis, with the hieroglyphics composing his name. 
* Belmore Collection, plate 7. 
