. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . hrift, vol. xxx. p. 25. 3 Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Histoire naturelle de poissons du Nil, in the Description deV Egypte, vol. xxiv. pp. 279, 326, 327. In Egyptian, the Latus niloticus was called âhû, the warrior(Pétrie, Medura, pl. xii., and p. 38). The illustration on p. 37 represents a particularly fine specimen. 4 The nârû of the Ancient Egyptians (Maspero, Études Égyptiennes, vol. ii. p. 75, note 4), describedby Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire {Histoire naturelle des poissons du Nil, in the Description deVEgypte, vol. xxiv. pp. 299-307
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . hrift, vol. xxx. p. 25. 3 Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Histoire naturelle de poissons du Nil, in the Description deV Egypte, vol. xxiv. pp. 279, 326, 327. In Egyptian, the Latus niloticus was called âhû, the warrior(Pétrie, Medura, pl. xii., and p. 38). The illustration on p. 37 represents a particularly fine specimen. 4 The nârû of the Ancient Egyptians (Maspero, Études Égyptiennes, vol. ii. p. 75, note 4), describedby Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire {Histoire naturelle des poissons du Nil, in the Description deVEgypte, vol. xxiv. pp. 299-307). 5 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Histoire naturelle des poissons du Nil, in the Description de VEgypte,vol. xxiv. pp. 176-217. The most complete list of the fishes of the Nile known to me is that of A. , Aperçu générale sur lÉgypte, vol. i. pp. 231-234 ; but the Arab names as given in thatlist are very incorrect. 6 In his Pantheon JEgyptiorum, vol. ii. pp. 139-176, 214-230, 231-258, Jablonski has collecteil all THE NILE-GOD. 37. TWO FISHERMEN CARRYING A LATUS WHICH THEY HAVEJUST regular features, and a vigorous and portly body, such as befits the rich of highlineage. His breasts, fully developed like those of a woman, though less firm,hang heavily upon a wide bosom where the fat lies in folds. A narrow girdle,whose ends fall free about thethighs, supports his spaciousabdomen, and his attire is com-pleted by sandals, and a close-fitting head-dress, generally sur-mounted with a crown of water-plants. Sometimes waterspringsfrom his breast ; sometimes hepresents a frog, or libationvases ;1 or holds a bundle of thecruces ansatse? as symbols oflife ; or bears a flat tray, full ofofferings—bunches of flowers,ears of corn, heaps of fish, andgeese tied together by the feet. The inscriptions call him, Hâpi, father ofthe gods, lord of sustenance, who maketh food to be, and covereth the twolands of Egypt with his products ; who giveth life, banisheth want, and
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