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


p. 136

LXXXI. HOW THEY DENOTE A RAPACIOUS AND INACTIVE MAN.

When they would denote a rapacious and inactive man, they portray a CROCODILE WITH THE WING OF AN IBIS ON HIS HEAD; for if you touch him with the wing of an Ibis you will find him motionless.


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