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Represented by tvro figures ; one a male Anubis, with a feather in his cap ; the other a female Anubb, holding each other by the hand, and having a number of stars f between and about tiiem, equal to ^, to denote that the sun is in Gemini on that day. The female Anubis is the sMue with the one in the boat. No. 47, representing Midsummer doj. New moon. Represented on the head of the female Anubis, No. 48. An attendant on the female Anubis No. 48, the same as No. 46 is an attendant on the male figure 48 : they appear to have no other meaning. It is uneertain to what ^s figure refers, nei<ther the number above its head in &e middle column, nor the remains of his tablet being sufficiently legible. The end of May, marked by a man sitting, as ijisual. M M Digitized by Google 266 APPENDIX, No. 61 52 53 Diy of the Month. 54 65 66 67 25 25 June. The sun enters the sign Cancer the 19th and 26th. Represented by a figure in a boat, the numbers in the tablet not very legible. Underneath in the middle co- lumn are the marks representing the son and moon's in- gress into the sign at the same time, consequently a con- junction, on the 25th of /one. The sun in Cancer. Marked by the figure of a hawk or eagle, elevated on a perch, to denote that it has attained Uie highest point in its course. New moon. Represented by the figure of a man with the head of an Ibis in a boat : the date in his tablet imperfect, but the middle column marks 25. The eagle. No, 52, and this are in a line. Hie end of June^ marked by the figure of a leg. QuiNTiLis, OR July. The middle of Capricorn sets. Represented by the figure of a couchant goat, yery in drawn, in a boat. The six stars or days marked, pro- bably allude to other festivals, the days for which are marked under the boat ; as the Poplifugium on the 5&, the Ludi Apollinares on the 6th, the Nonae Ciq[>rotinaB on the 7 th, &c. The new moon and sun enter Leo. Represented by the figure of a man with a hawk's head surmounted by a figure of the moon : the tablet not very |dain, but the jni&Ie oolonm marks IQ, 6, 5, 4^25, and again la, 7,8 2I^. Themiddic^ of Aquarnts sets. Represented by the figure of Aquarius in a boat: the • date nuitked is in two rows of figures thus, 5, 5, 1, 1, ^1,1, 3, 8=25. There is another figure in the same boat, to. represent the entire setting of Aquarius on the 13th of the foUowing month : the date is 8, 1, 4ssl3, or 13th of August. See the circular calendar, where the figure of Aquarius is given under Leo, along with that of Diana, the 13th of August. Diana, but here misplaced, being marked in the middle column the 13th of August. Represented by three figures of that goddess, two of them seated, with the moon on their heads ; but in con- sequence of their being here misplaced, the numbers on their tablets were entirely erased : their proper place being under the hind part of Leo, at or behind No. 62, which is the 13th of August, the day sacred to Diana. Aquarius, most probably, had been placed under the hind part of Leo, but erased from thence, to place it where it now stands ; and in the removal of Aquarius, that of Diana took place, by mistake. The date in the inSddle column between Aquarius and Diana, is the 18th of August, thus : first a bird, implying month, or time ; then an oval, 5, which with three units annexed, make 8, the mnnber of the month. Within the otal if the Digitized by Google APPENDIX. 267 No. 59 60 . a of the ODtb. 61 62 4 13 63 64 65 66 67 68 24 4a|e 18 and 1 vnited, to exprest/thiit it is the 13th dmj of the 8th month, reckoning from /anoary as the first. This is the same with No. 62, here misplaced, along^ with Diana. The sun enters Leo the 20thy by the Roman calendar. Represented by a female figure as osoal, standing at or near the head of the serpent Hydra : the numbers in her tablet not legible. The sun and moon enter Leo. Represented by a figure of the stm, and moon on its head. This is the same with No. 65 above given, and here again repeated, which shows that there is consider- able confasion in this part of the calendar. The date is 25th Jnly as before, viz. 9, 1, 5, 10^26. . The end of July marked by a pair of legs. Sextilis, or August. The middle of Leo rises. Represented by the figure of Leo, having his left fore paw nearly over the date 4. The feast of servant maids and slaves^ and the Ides of August. Represented by a female in a boat, with a serpent : the latter seems to express that this is some particular period in the year, with the nature of which I am not ac- quainted. The Ides are expressed by the figure of a head in the middle oolomn : the date marked in the ta- blet is 8, 1, 4 =>13th of Angost. This is the place where the figures of Diana, No. 57, should ccnne in. The beginning of Autumn. See table of seasons^ under C. Represented by the figure of a man in a boat, the tablet not legible ; and the figure of a small head in the middle column, to denote commencement. A three days' feMi- val. The sun enters Virgo the 24th. Represented by a figure in a boat, having a pot on hia head : the tablet date is 8, 8, 8, 5 ^24. A three days' festival. ' The sun enters the sign Virgo the 20th. Represented by a female, the numbers on wbose tablet are imperfect : but under her feet in the middle colujfui is marked 8, 12=20. The sun enters the sign the 24th. Represented by a female figure, her tablet expressing the following nnmbers, viz. 4, 7,5, 824 : the same expressed differently by the numbers under his feet, as 6, 8, 6, 4 x=24. The figure of Virgo requires no explanation. The sun enters Virgo the 20th. Represented by a figure in the boiU, nearly nader Virgo. The tablet numbers incomplete, but in the Circular v^* lendar, the sasie is marked 10, 1,9 =20. Digitized by Google 266 APPENDIX. No. 69 70 71 0iy of the Month. 30 72 73 74 75 76 77 21 20 Tke comnteileeiitetit of the month Thoth^ the first of the Egyptian year. Represented by tt figure of the A-anbU kbd, wkh a oresoent and a star on its head, and a torch at bis fore- most foot, to denote that it oommenees the year. Un- der the same foot are marked in the middle column three tens, to denote that the month contains 30 days : near which, and directly under a bird with a dog's head, i the figure of a small head, to signify commencement ; end under the head b a tablet over the boat, in which the date is inserted, tiz, 10, 10, 9ss29,or the 29th of August. The commencement of Thoth Is again represented by the figure of a bird with a dog's head, or time, united to Anubis. It is directly oyer the small head in the middle column, and the tablet over the boat, as already mentioned. First quarter of the moon the 30th. Represented on the head of the figure in the boat, which has a star between it and the tablet, to express that the day is one day later than that date, making the first quar- ter on the 30th. It has also two stars after it, to denote that two days after the first quarter is the first of Sep- " tember, marked in the middle oolumn by the fig^ore of a small head. September. The beginning of the month. Marked by a small head in the middle column, as men- tioned sbove. The snn enters the sign Libra the 24th. Represented by a female as usual. The tablet date is 8,4,4,4,4=24. The sun enters the sign Libra the 19th. Represented by a female as usual. The tablet date is 8, 4, 8, 3, 1 =19. The sun in Libra the 24th. Represented by the figure of the balance and Harpo- crates under it, within the figure, which usually mi^s ingress of the sun. The date is repeated in the middle column in different numbers and characters. New moon the 21st. Represented by the moon being pUced on the head of a man in a boat below the balance. The tablet date is 20, l=21stday. This figure marks the entrance of the sun into th sign the 24th. The tablet is 20, 4 sthe 24th day. First quarter of the moon the 29th. Represented by a circle with a female within it, and th^ bird symbol of the moon standing on top of it. Th^ numbers in the middle column are here erased, as if som^ mistake had arisen ; but from the numbers in the tablet below b24, fliis must be the 29th 6f the month. This ends September. The usual mirk for termina* tion is erased. Digitized by Google APPRNWX. 269 No.