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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.