304 HIEROGLYPHIC TABLET 
CHAP. the elbow, with the lower part of the arm and hand 
> -, _■ extended horizontally; the hand containing a cup, 
or small vase. It is very perfectly represented in 
Zoega's Plate of the Obeliscus Campensis, 
25. Two Battle-axes. 
26. Same as No. 10. 
27. Same as No. 5. 
28. Vessels of Terra, Cotta.j as found at SaIs. 
29. Same as No. 4. The mark towards the centre ex- 
hibits only a convexity found in almost all hiero- 
glyphics, rising from their inferior surface. 
30. Is an Astronomical Sign ; and it proves that the 
antient symbol of Byzantium was derived from 
Egypt. Upon the Byzantine medals, the Star 
appears above the Crescent, which is here given in 
an inverted position. It is still seen upon the 
walls of the Grand Signior's palace at Constanti- 
nople ; near the gilded iron gate in the Gardens 
of the Seraglio, by which the Sultan enters from 
his winter apartments. The Turks display it 
upon their banners. The very antient tradition 
preserved in Athenceus, of ' the Sun'?, sailing over 
* the Ocean every night in a Cup,' may possibly 
refer to this part of the Egyptian Mythology. 
(See Athen. p. 4G9. Also Bentley upon Phalaris, 
p. 81.) It seems to correspond with representa- 
tions seen upon heads of Isis, and also of Ceres, 
where an entire Orl is placed within a Crescent. 
