The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . !^a!e?^^pm^if^i;aaga UBM mmimsmm ggliaiilllSNKMWf^epy. m 8o NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. lady of Amenta, [^ ^^^~^ | c^^:^ ; Hu | V^ ^=and Sa ^^^ 3. Upon the beam of the scales is the dog- headed ape ^, the companion or attendant of Thoth, the scribe of the gods. The god Anubis, jackal-headed,is kneeling to examine the indicator of the balance, whichis suspended from a projection made in the form of p. Theinscription above the head of Anubis reads:— Saith hewho is in the abode of the dead, Turn thy face, O just andrighteous weigher [who weighest] the
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . !^a!e?^^pm^if^i;aaga UBM mmimsmm ggliaiilllSNKMWf^epy. m 8o NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. lady of Amenta, [^ ^^^~^ | c^^:^ ; Hu | V^ ^=and Sa ^^^ 3. Upon the beam of the scales is the dog- headed ape ^, the companion or attendant of Thoth, the scribe of the gods. The god Anubis, jackal-headed,is kneeling to examine the indicator of the balance, whichis suspended from a projection made in the form of p. Theinscription above the head of Anubis reads:— Saith hewho is in the abode of the dead, Turn thy face, O just andrighteous weigher [who weighest] the heart in the balance,to stablish it. Placing Anubis, the god of the dead, stands Anis Luck or Destiny, Shai T»M% (|(| fj, and above is a human-headed object resting upon a pylonwhich is supposed to be connected with the place w^here hewas born. Behind these stand the goddesses Meskhenet rn I ^ c^ and Renenet /wwna ^ ^ f/p., who were the deities v/ho presided over the birth and education of chil-dren. Near these is the soul of Ani in the form of a human-headed bird ^^j standing upon a pylo
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