Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 825
e Zeitschrift fiiragyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde 1872 x. 108 f. pointed out that one of theappellations of the Egyptian god Thoth was Astennu and asked : Is not the name ofthe Magian Ostanes...a Grecised form of Astennu? Sir G. Maspero in the Proceedings Superstitious practices with axes… … Fig. 634. wishes of the worshipper would come true. The connexion betweenthe axe and the burnt jet is not indicated and leaves room for con-jecture^. J. Dalechamps^ in 1587 said that the jet was placed on ared-hot hatchet—an assertion roundly rebuked by Salmasius* as of the Society of Biblical…
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