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The one primeval language traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four continents including the voice of Israel from the rocks of Sinai and the vestiges of patriarchal tradition from the monuments of Egypt, Eturia, and southern Arabia (1851)

Forster, Charles, d. 1871 · London : R. Bentley · leaf 179

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nger), — ^i,^ ^j, dam merahem,^ anointing withsalve. Those adjoining, ^^ cijj,, rat merid^ ThePrince of the place lubricates anointing ivith oil.The inscription below, between the figures, runs, i ^y ^j ^ *j, nam ntd dam natah^ Diffusing fragrance leaning forward (he) anoints strikingthe ear with… … THE MONUMENTS OF EGYPT. 153 This tablet represents (as I have alreadynoticed) the king standing between two deities,the one marked by the hawks, the other by thestorks head, who are pouring over him showersof the emblems, styled the crux ansata, and thelocust-headed staff or sceptre. Over his…

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