Miscellaneous works of the late Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c., and one of the eight foreign Associates of the National Institute of France.

  • Thomas Young
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Miscellaneous works of the late Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c., and one of the eight foreign Associates of the National Institute of France. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ECTPTTAN. the greatest god of the temple shall offer the trophies of vic- tory, in each and every tem- ple, in the most conspicuous place in the temple : all vphich things shall be arranged according to the custom of Egypt: the priests shall vpor- ship the images in each and every temple three times a day, (24) and shall attach to them sacred ornaments, ad- dressing them by name, with other legitimate rites, as is done to the other gods in assemblies and feasts from day to day: there shall be made a statue of king Ptolemy, the god illustrious and muni- ficent, (son of) Ptolemy and Queen Arsinoe, the parent loving gods, and a shrine of gold in each temple (25) and every temple, and placed in the sacred recesses, with the other golden shrines ; and in the great assemblies, at the solemnity of the proces- sion of the gods, the shrine of the god illustrious and muni- ficent shall be placed: and, in order that the shrine may be distinguished both at this day and at future times, there shall be placed on it the golden ornaments of the king, the ten asp bearing diadems, as is GEEEK. the side of it shall be set that of the peculiar god of the tem- ple, who shall be represented giving him a victorious shield, which shall be prepared [ac- cording to the usual] (40) manner, and priests to minister thrice a day to the images, and to place by them sacred ornaments, and perform other rites appointed, according as it is done to other gods [in feasts and festivi] (41) ties, and that there be erected to king Pto- lemy god, illustrious, gra- cious, sprung from king Pto- lemy and queen Arsinoe, gods Philopatores, an image and a shrine of gold in every one of the (42) temples, and to be placed in the sanctuaries, among the other shrines, and in the great festivals on which processions are made of the shrines, [the shrine] of this god, illustrious, benevolent, (43) shall be brought out, [with them] that it may be conspicuous now and in future, and that there shall be placed upon the shrine ten golden basileiae, on which shall be placed an asp : just as
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