Bullinger, E. W. (Ethelbert William), 1837-1913 · London : Eyre & Spottiswoode · leaf 297
d it will. be atonce seen that we have the original of the disc nowpreserved in the two circular scales which form theSign of Libra. The next stage of the corruption is shown in theAkkadian name of Scorpio (the Scorpion)—the Signimmediately to the left of the Altar. It was calledGir-tab, which… … FlG. 2.—The Scorpion and the Lamp. (From an EuphrateanBoundary Stone.) * See Aratos, line 440. f As proved by Mr. Robt. Brown, junr., in his Item arks on the EuphrateanAstronomical Names of the Signs of the Zodiac (p. 16). % By the kind permission of Mr. Robt. Brown, junr., The Celestial Equator…
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