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3.4 Brugsch’s Zodiac 63<br />

Figure 3.13: Planetary symbols <strong>of</strong> the Athribis <strong>zodiacs</strong> and their identification by Morozov and Knobel<br />

The Upper Athribis zodiac:<br />

May 15–16, 1230 AD.<br />

The Lower Athribis zodiac:<br />

February 9–10, 1268 AD.<br />

3.4 Brugsch’s Zodiac<br />

The Thebes zodiac found by H. Brugsch was discussed in<br />

detail in [4], Vol. 6, pp. 695-728. A drawing <strong>of</strong> the complete<br />

zodiac is shown on Figure 2.13 and the part containing a<br />

horoscope, which was discovered by H. Brugsch and dated by<br />

N.A. Morozov, is presented on Figure 3.14. Regarding this<br />

zodiac, Morozov wrote:<br />

“In 1913, N.V. Rumancev, who was still at that time a<br />

student at the Philological Institute ... brought to me ... a<br />

book by Henri Brugsch: “Recueil de Monuments Egyptiens,<br />

dessines sur lieux”, in which among other things was described<br />

a c<strong>of</strong>fin in a perfect condition, so good that someone could say<br />

it was made not long ago. This c<strong>of</strong>fin ... can be found now in<br />

the collection <strong>of</strong> Monier. Brugsch discovered it, according to<br />

his own account, in 1857 but published its description only in<br />

1868.<br />

Inside the c<strong>of</strong>fin there was a mummy <strong>of</strong> the same type as<br />

traditional Egyptian mummies ... On the side <strong>of</strong> its cover,<br />

which symbolizes the sky ... there were painted twelve constellations<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>zodiacs</strong> just in the same manner as they are usually<br />

shown in astronomical books <strong>of</strong> the epoch <strong>of</strong> humanism ... The<br />

only important feature here are the Demotic inscriptions written<br />

in irregular curved lines on the left side ... among which<br />

especially striking are the two lines between Cancer and Leo<br />

aiming at the Leo’s head. In the first line it is written “Hor-pe-<br />

Seta” and in the other “Hor-pe-Ka”, i.e. the planets Saturn<br />

and Jupiter 29 . Since these two lines were placed very close one<br />

to another, while in the surrounding there was plenty <strong>of</strong> free<br />

space, it indicates that Jupiter and Saturn were near by. ...<br />

Near Virgo, from the side <strong>of</strong> Leo, there is a Demotic inscription<br />

“Hor-Tezer” meaning the planet Mars. Between Scorpio<br />

and Sagittarius, bending to head <strong>of</strong> Sagittarius, is written in<br />

Demotic “Pe-Neter-Tau,” which means “light <strong>of</strong> the morning”<br />

or Venus .... and finally, between Scorpio and Libra,<br />

there is written “Sebek”, which means Mercury 30 .”<br />

Concerning the positions <strong>of</strong> the Sun and Moon on the<br />

zodiac, Morozov wrote:<br />

“The figure <strong>of</strong> Scorpion ... is painted in a way indicating<br />

that it is submerged in the sunlight, what takes place in<br />

November, and the figure <strong>of</strong> Taurus, which is opposite to Scor-<br />

29 Morozov took all the translations <strong>of</strong> the inscriptions on this zodiac from the book<br />

[14] <strong>of</strong> H. Brugsch.<br />

30 See [4], Vol. 6, pp. 697-698.

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