Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.Myer, Isaac
Religion
Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Myer, Isaac
Egypt -- Religion; Scarabaeus; Symbolism
[I] That is, of the saved, of those declared re-born, in opposition to
the heart of the wicked, those adjudged to be annihilated or suffer
the second death.
[J] The most ancient copies of this chapter are found, one on the
coffin of Amamu, the other on that of Horhotep. _Mission. Arch. Fran.
au Caire, Tom. I., p. 157, l. 335-337_. They are not perfect. The
papyrus of Ani contains an imperfect copy of the chapter.
[K] See, _Zeits_, 1880, _Einige inedita_ by Prof. Ebers.
[L] That is at the Psychostasia or weighing of the _Ba_, or
responsible soul, of the defunct. Myer.
[M] This refers likely to the Forty-two Judges in the Psychostasia.
Myer.
[N] _Zeitschr_, 1870, p. 32.
[O] See further on the subject of the Heart, _Zeitschr_, 1866, 69 _et
seq._, 1867, pp. 16, 54, and Dr. Samuel Birch in, Catalogue of
Egyptian Antiquities in Alnwick Castle, p. 224.
INDEX.
Aanru, the Egyptian heaven, 61. See, Hotep.
Aar, See, Aanru, 61.
Ab. The Heart, Introd. ix., 119, 145 _et seq._ See, Heart.
Abraxas gems, 143.
Abydos. Scarabs of, 27, 28.
Amen, 77. See, Ammon.
Amen-em-hat III. Fine cameo of, 33, 34.
Amen-hotep II. Signet ring of, 35.
Amen-hotep, or Amenophis III, Scarabs of, 25, 53, 54, 55, 56.
Amenophis III. Scarabs of, found in Mesopotamia, 62, 63.
Amen-Ra. The scarabæus sacred to, 13.
Amenta, 148, 152, 154. See, Amenti.
Amenti, 102. See, Amenta.
Ammon or Amen, 89, 90.
Ammon-Ra. Hymn to, 99 _et seq._
Amsit, 108.
Androgene. The scarabæus an, 79.
Androgenic idea as to the scarabæus, 7, note.
_Ankh_, 118. See, _Crux ansata_.
Annihilated. The wicked, at the psychostasia, adjudged to be, 94, 96.
Annihilation. The region of, glorification even in, 153.
Annuities perpetual, left the priests to perform the sacred duties to
the dead, 121.
Anubis, 147.
Apap, the Evil One, 86.
Aristophanes ridicules the use of the scarabæus, 7
Assyrian contracts sealed, 129, 130 and note.
Astrologers, 73.
Astronomers, 73.
Astronomy. The scarabæus in, 12, 13.
_Ateuchus._ The Genus, 4, 5, 6.
_Ateuchus sacer Ægyptiorum_, 5, 6.
_Ateuchus sacer._ Symbolism of the, 6.
Athena (Neith) symbolized by a vulture and scarabæus, 12.
Atmu or Tum, 70, 102, 112. See, Tum and Tmu.
Atmu-Khepera, 112.
Atoms and molecules according to the Ancient Egyptians, are not
destroyed, 95, 96.
Atum, 103.
Azazel. The Angel, taught the art of the lapidary to mankind, 30.
Ba or Bai, plur. Baiu, the responsible soul, Introd. ix., 92, 98,
114, 115, 148, 152.
was judged in the Hall of Osiris, 119, 120.
usually represented as a human headed sparrow-hawk, but sometimes as
a crane and at others, as a lapwing, 115.
Balance. The, 152, 153.
Basilidian amulets, 143.
Bibliography of the scarabæus, Introd. xix. _et seq._
Birch, Dr. Samuel, on a scarab of Sebak-em-saf, 154.
His edition of the Book of the Dead, Introd. xviii.
his writings as to the scarabæus, Introd. xx.
his "Formulas relating to the Heart," 154.
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