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

p. 147

C. HOW A MAN WHO IS TARDY IN MOVING WITH HIS FEET.

When they would symbolise a man who is tardy in moving with his feet, they delineate A CAMEL 1; for this is the only animal which bends the thigh, whence it is called κάμηλος 2, a camel.

Footnotes

147:1

It is a singular fact, that in a country like Egypt, where Camels must have been abundant, there is no known instance of a Camel among the existing sculptures, hieroglyphics, or paintings. Bonomi.

147:2 κάμηρος, Al.

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