Dieu Ptah, An important deity in Egyptian

mythology. He was the créative force, the divine builder, the vivif ying intellectual power; honored especially at Memphis.

21. Tombeau de Ti, See p. 49, L 6. ss., one of the great f eudatories of a sovereign of the f ourth dynasty of Egyptian Kings.

27.— '11. Un port de reine, She carried herself like a queen.

20. Un cercueil plombé, Lead-coffin. Plomb, lead. 28. — 13. La Haute Egypte, Upper-Egypt.

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28. — 14 La solitude dune Thébaïde où les Journées ont plus de 24 heures, Thébaïde, a deserted place in Egypt to which Christian hermits retire.

Fig.: a deserted place, a profound solitude, where the days hâve, — that is, seem to hâve — more than 24 hours.