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 time of former kings,' and the cartouche at the end of the line is that of 'Pharaoh,' to be read Per-aa, i.e. 'the Great House.' The hawk is symbolic of divine protection, and the seal it holds is the emblem of renewed and endless life.

E. BERKLEY.