Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Jan.9] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.

" Amen-Ra, kingof the gods, lordof (some locality(?))" Thiscrio-

sphinxis therefore the rare Reheniof Amen, knownon monuments

of Amenhotep III, and the original of Jupiter Ammon.

On the other face is a wonderful deity, winged, and piercing

a serpent witha large spear. His featuresare those of Bes, his

head-dress is conical, reeded, and perhaps actually made of a

bunch of reeds tied together, while from the top of it hangs a

thickropeto the knee. Unhappily,the name of the strange god is

hopelesslymutilatedby a fracture of the stone. Thefigurereminds

one of some representations of Sept, the godof the East, but

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STEATITEPLAQUEIN THE COLLECTIONOFREV.WILLIAM MACGREGOR.

its head-dress andits association withthe name of Rameses suggest

thatit was a form of Set with someof the attributes of Horus.*

2. A few weeks ago Mr. A. W. Franks obtainedfrom Beiruta
   statuetteof bronze platedwith silver,said to have been foundon
   " low hills in which the Lebanon rangeterminatesnearTyre." It is
   remarkablebothin type and workmanship. It represents a deity

* On the other hand,it is very closelyalliedto "Amen, slayerof his enemies,"

at Liverpool. (I)irch,in Wilk. Ant.Eg.,Vol.Ill, 13 ; Lanzone, Dizionario,

p. 42, and Pl. XXI, 3. The latterseemsto be the best figure.)

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