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Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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, on that account, Tescher;the upper one is white (absch), with the name of Het. The godsand goddesses have, moreover, the royal snake, the type of dominion(the Uraeus, basilisk), as a frontlet, like the Pharaohs. Anothercrown is sometimes worn (generally by Osiris), the atf. It is com-posed of a conical cap, flanked by two ostrich plumes, with a discin front, placed on the horns of a goat. The gods and goddesses were principally distinguished accordingto their head-dresses. The following is an enumeration of theprincipal Egyptian deities, as represented under three differentforms, and as characterized by their head-dresses:— I.—Gods and Goddesses of Pure Human Form.1. Gods of pure human form bearing on their heads—Two long plumes, the nude painted blue Amun. MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE.Two long plumes, the body ityphallic Khem.A cap fitting tightly to the head, the 145 flesh green, the body mummified,leaning against the emblem of sta-bility; in his hand the emblem ofstability Phtah.
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