The Egyptian Book of the dead by P. Le Page Renouf and Edouard Naville

Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page), 1822-1897, Naville, Edouard, 1844-1926

Chapter 869: 1. _Light_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. A common noun signifying _lamp_, but

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Chapter 869: 1. _Light_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. A common noun signifying _lamp_, but

the determinative here shows that a heavenly body is meant. The sun is here spoken of exactly in the same poetical way as when Antigone (879) speaks of τόδε λαμπάδος ἱερὸν ὄμμα, or Virgil of the _Phœboea lampas_.
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