Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, Volume 9Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1893 List of members in each volume. |
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Abraham Abydos Ahab Aleppo alphabet ancient antiquities Arch Archæologia Arhistratig Assyrian Bath-Kol Birch blue porcelain Borsippa British Museum bronze Brugsch Bubastis cătră CHAPITRE character Corr death deest Dumnezău Dynasty Egypt Egyptian Euphrates figure Greek head heaven hieroglyphics holy Horus Iară inches inscription Karian Khurbet king Kypriote Lenormant Lord Lykian Maspero moarte mound mummy Origines de l'Histoire orog Osiris Papyrus partie du verset Perhaps porcelain Proc PROF Pyramid Read Rougé Saint Elijah Samuel Birch Sayce saying Și zăsă stupa Syria Tablet Talmud temple thee Thothmes thou tomb Trans unto vases verset manque weasel word Zeit Zikkuratu δε Δεπ εβολ εβολει εγω εθ είχε επ ερε ετ ετε έχει εχω ήτε πε πει περ Πεχε πιέτιος Ηλιας ποτ πτε Σποκ τε χε гар єрє пе пє хе хє
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Page 191 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 281 - From the remotest wilds of the northwest to the coast of the Atlantic, from the southern boundaries of Carolina to the cheerless swamps of Hudson's Bay, the Algonkins were never tired of gathering around the winter fire and repeating the story of Manibozho or Michabo, the
Page 46 - When they arrive at Bubastis, they celebrate the feast, offering up great sacrifices ; and more wine is consumed at this festival than in all the rest of the year. What with men and women, besides children, they congregate, as the inhabitants say, to the number of seven hundred thousand.
Page 46 - ... and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their barge near to land, and do as follows : some of the women do as I have described ; others shout and scoff at the women of the place ; some dance, and others stand up and pull up their clothes : this they do at every town by the river-side.
Page 45 - The portico is ten orgyae in height, and is adorned with figures six cubits high, that are deserving of notice. This precinct, being in the middle of the city, is visible on every side to a person going round it : for as the city has been mounded up to a considerable height, but the temple has not been moved, it is conspicuous as it was originally built. A wall sculptured with figures runs round it ; and within is a grove of lofty trees, planted round a large temple in which the • See II.
Page 45 - Bubastis they act as follows; for men and women embark together, and great numbers of both sexes in every barge; some of the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the lute during the whole voyage, the rest of the women sing and clap their hands together at the same time.
Page 318 - I will have heaven and earth for my sarcophagus, the sun and moon shall be the insignia when I lie in state, and all creation shall be the mourners at my funeral.
Page 192 - ... when they were still not far from the Echinades Islands, the wind fell, and they were drifting in the evening towards the Islands of Paxi. Then, suddenly, as the passengers were drinking after supper, a voice was heard from one of the islands, calling on a certain Thamus so loudly as to fill all with amazement.
Page 303 - mistress of building" (KOT=olKoSo/jieiv), that is " architect," was already known from another text, in which the goddess is called ' '• She who draws in her horns, mistress of writings, mistress of building, the Lady of libraries...
Page 193 - Pan is dead:' and hardly had he finished speaking than there was a mighty cry, not of one, but of many voices mingled together in wondrous manner. And inasmuch as many persons were then present, the story got spread about in...