The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . for the figures of the gods are given by Lanzonein his Dizionario di Mifologia Egizia. t The following are the crowns most commonly met with on themonuments :— ffi. f-. M 5 L/5 L,/ CJ M ?> Lii ,^ ^^V di l^. THE RELIGION AND GODS OF EGYPT. 95 Ptah Q ( Opener, perhaps the oldest of all thegods of Egypt, was honoured with a temple and worshippedat Memphis from the time of the 1st is said to be the father of the gods, whocame forth from his eye, and of men, whocame forth from his mouth. He is repre-sented in the form of a mummy, and heh
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . for the figures of the gods are given by Lanzonein his Dizionario di Mifologia Egizia. t The following are the crowns most commonly met with on themonuments :— ffi. f-. M 5 L/5 L,/ CJ M ?> Lii ,^ ^^V di l^. THE RELIGION AND GODS OF EGYPT. 95 Ptah Q ( Opener, perhaps the oldest of all thegods of Egypt, was honoured with a temple and worshippedat Memphis from the time of the 1st is said to be the father of the gods, whocame forth from his eye, and of men, whocame forth from his mouth. He is repre-sented in the form of a mummy, and heholds a sceptre composed of | usr^ strength, -¥- anc/i, life, and U fef, stability. Withreference to his connection with the resur-rection and the nether-world, he is calledPTAH-SEKER-AUSAR, and is then repre-sented as a little squat boy, at times wearinga beetle on his head. He is at times repre-sented with Isis and Nephthys, and then appears to be aform of Osiris. Tmu ^^^|, or Atmu !i-|v^l> ^?-^ **= Closer of the day or PTAH.
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