. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . nze figure of a form of the hippo-potamus-goddess Ta-urt or Thoueris, with the head of alion. Very rare. The goddess usually has on her head adisk and a pair ofhorns ; she holds in herright paw a torch (?)and in her left, whichrests on the sign ofmagical protection y ,the symbol of life y.[No. 27,585.]- Nos. 106, 107. Fi-gu
. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . nze figure of a form of the hippo-potamus-goddess Ta-urt or Thoueris, with the head of alion. Very rare. The goddess usually has on her head adisk and a pair ofhorns ; she holds in herright paw a torch (?)and in her left, whichrests on the sign ofmagical protection y ,the symbol of life y.[No. 27,585.]- Nos. 106, 107. Fi-gures of Thoueris.[Nos. 1321, 29,667.] WALL-CASE 124. No. 108. Bronzestanding figure of Hapi,the Nile-god, who holdsbefore him an altar fromwhich he pours forth astream of water. Onhis head are a clusterof papyrus, or lotusplants, and the Utchat-gp= . [No. 11,069.] The Egyptiansthought that the Nilerose from between twomountains near theIsland of Philae, andthat it came from thegreat celestial stream Nu. Like Egypt, the Nile was divided into two sections,each section being presided over by a god. In the accom-panying illustration the two Nile-gods are tying thestem of a lotus plant and the stem of a papyrus plant in a knot round the symbol sma T\ which means to unite,. Ta-urt (Thoueris). [58 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM—WALL-CAS] i * |. and the union of Upper and Lower Egypt is indicatedby this ceremn\. Mi -. [09 Bronze standing figure of the I toi odilSebek, wearing on his head a pair of I).mis, a solar diskwith a uraeus, and a pair of plumes. | No. 12,924.]
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