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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com


XLIX. HOW A MAN WHO DWELLS SECURELY IN A CITY.

When they would symbolise a man who dwells securely in a city, they depict an EAGLE CONVEYING A STONE; for he takes up a stone, either from the sea or land, and deposits it in his nest, to keep it steady.


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