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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com

LXI. HOW THEY DESIGNATE A RULER OF THE WORLD.

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Again when they would

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signify and designate a king who rules the world, they delineate the same SERPENT, and in the middle thereof they represent a LARGE HOUSE, and with reason for the royal abode from him - - - - - - in the world.

Footnotes

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I. After the king's name has been once or twice given in an inscription, a serpent seems to be sometimes substituted.

II. From Belzoni's tomb.

III. Golden house or palace.—Sh. 380.

IV. King's house or palace.—Sh. 379.

V. God's house or temple.—Sh. 371.

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