Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
/ :ra^ Inbrb, which I take to denote, at the high place, or sanctuary, (of) the great \(Y) > whilst below the inscription are the bull and cow, emblems of the sunand moon, Osiris and Isis. … 277 Meni] But this inscription may be read in another way,if we give a literal rather than a figurative meaningto the lozenge. The letters of the inscription arePhoenician, yet there is not in that old language a single sign (Ch doing duty for a letter; but if we turn to the ancient Hebrew…
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