A History of Egypt Under the Ptolemaic Dynasty Volume 4

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...the name of Berenike shall be signified according to the symbols of the sacred grammar; and when the Kikellia1 are celebrated in the month Choiach before the second cruise of Osiris, Fig. 33.--The bead-dress of the young Berenike two sides, asps and ears of corn). (From the M'Gregor collection.) the maidens and the priests shall prepare another image of Berenike, queen of maidens, to which they shall perform likewise a sacrifice and the other observances performed at this feast, and it shall be lawful in the same way for any other maidens that choose to perform the customary observances to the goddess; and that she shall be hymned both by the chosen 1 We know nothing of the Kikellia, but it seems to me probable that there were some duties established for maidens coming' of age to this deified princess--at least, if my restoration of the Grenfell Papyri I. xvii. line 11 be correct, Evtlkol 5e j-qfieis yevopievai To. KadrlKovra Tetl Oeai T, epeviK-qi KVpt j at irapdevuiv eduiKafiev zv rajt X L, etc. It is an objection, but not a strong one, that if so, Kvpia is substituted for avaaaa, the term in the decree. sacred maidens and by those that are in service to the gods, putting on them the several diadems of the gods whose priestesses they are wont to be; and when the early1 harvest is at hand, the sacred maidens shall offer up the ears which are to be set before the image of the goddess; and that the singing men and the women shall sing to her by day, in the feasts and assemblies of the remaining gods also, whatever hymns the sacred scribes, having composed, may hand over to the teacher of choirs, of which also copies shall be entered in the sacred books; and when the rations (of corn) are given to the priests out of the sacred property, when they are brought t..