Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . the lord of truth, the germ (?) of the su7i, the son of the sun,Amounophth, ruler of the pure land of truth {Gom), has made it (the lion) with his con-structions to his father, Amoun-ra, lord of the thrones of the world, Athom, lord of Poni, andloh Thotli, that he may be made a giver of life, like the sun, for ever. On the mane also are the names and titles of Amenoph III., called the gracious god, the lion of rulers, who the wicked ruler of the pure land of truth {?), leading them.^ Beneath this inscription are, the king of the upper
Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . the lord of truth, the germ (?) of the su7i, the son of the sun,Amounophth, ruler of the pure land of truth {Gom), has made it (the lion) with his con-structions to his father, Amoun-ra, lord of the thrones of the world, Athom, lord of Poni, andloh Thotli, that he may be made a giver of life, like the sun, for ever. On the mane also are the names and titles of Amenoph III., called the gracious god, the lion of rulers, who the wicked ruler of the pure land of truth {?), leading them.^ Beneath this inscription are, the king of the upper and lower hemispheres, the gracious sun, vivifying the heart, Amonn-Asao, orAsor-Amoun, a supposed Ethioiiian monarch, cut in a much feebler style. Leemans conjectures ^ This lion and its inscription are pub-lisiit;d. Specimens ot Ancient Sculp-ture, DilelUiiiti Society, vol. ii. pi. li. Champ. Men. t. i. cxxvi. 1. Ibid. Plinth, ao, ; Ibid. .Mon. t. i. li. * Champ. Mon. t. i. li. 3. Ibid. t. i. pi. Ixxiv. 3. Cf. Lepsius,loc. cit. pi. Ixi. Ixii. rlui. I i? •/ ^ .rff .f/vn .^ TiNt°i>j^ ?^ ik::^^!^-^ ?i- ^?^. I Jo^^.a^i ;o ^y ^Ll =^ ^ii JUft-^ X-. k:
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