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which he explains, from Plutarch, to signify 
Jgatho Daemon, and to have had for its arche- 
type an Ibis, in a particular attitude*. It may 
be observed near the centre of the obelisk, im- 
mediately above another figure of the Crux 
ansata, similar to that which has been already 
described. Pauw ridicules Kirchers notion ; 
admitting, at the same time, a resemblance be- 
tween the first letter of the Greek alphabet and 
the Thebcm plough\ Now the plough was, in 
fact, an archetype of the symbol which Kirchcr 
et A; iiiveiiitur autem haec litera hieroglyphica in omnibus feri; 
jE^yptiacis insciiptiouibus, &c. quam ct HleruIpJtam impttsteruiu 
voL-abitnus." {Kircher. CEdip. ^gtjpt. Theatriim Hieroghjphicuni^ 
torn. HI. p. 50. Rom. 1654.) Also (in Prod. Copt. p. 231.) tlie same 
autlior sa\s, " Hoc iAo/oyfK/i./iiiv A, ex A et A composittuii, in nul!i» 
lion ubelisci) IVequentissiinum, jE^yptiarum vocum .JjV^^OC 
.^GJULOIt, quihus boiium geniuiii Delta Nili seu /K'^ypti sis;- 
iiaiit, index; cum pra!ter dictarum vocum capitale? literas, ejus 
quoque JEgnpti portioiiis fi^uram quam A passim vocant, dare 
dictum fcovoypai/./Aov expriuiat." 
(5) 'l/3<5 T£ •xoiit Tri Tav -jroowt ocffafratrn "Tr^oi aXX'/sXev;, kcsi vrpo; to o'lyxii 
iff'o'!f>.ivfi>v rpiyi/'jav. " /bis pedum divaricotione eorutn inter se, et cunt 
rostro cnmparatione, trianirulum refert (Fquilaterum." Plutarch. 
Sympos. 5. Also 'Ep/iyis Xiyirai QiZy Iv AiyvTrTcu ypafifitcrx vjiwrjy I'v^nv, 
010 Koc.] TO Tuv ypa-ftfidreav AlyvtTtoi ^^utov "l,"iv y^dipova'i, ag *Ef^« t^'AycJ- 
c^ciifioii) v^orwovtoLi. " MeiTurius primus Deorum in ^E2,ypto tradi- 
tur iuveiil^se literas, alque adeo Ibiu .^jyptii primam literam faciunt 
Mercurio, videlicet Agatbodasmoni, coiivenientem." Id. in lib. \\. 
Sympos. 2, 3. See also Kircher CEdip. j^gypt. Theat. Hieroglyph. 
;>. 43. Rom. 1654. 
(6) Philosoph. Diss. &c. vol. II. p. ICl. Lond. 1795. 
