XIX. How They Denote a Watchful Person
XIX. How They Denote a Watchful Person
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XIX. How They Denote a Watchful Person

XIX. HOW THEY DENOTE A WATCHFUL PERSON.

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To denote a watchful person, or even a guard, they pourtray the HEAD OF A LION, because the lion, when awake, closes his eyes, but when asleep keeps them open, which is a sign of watching. Wherefore at the gates of the temples they have symbolically appropriated lions as guardians.

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    II. Watchful.

    I. III. Andro-Sphinxes, and Crio-Sphinxes, were almost universally placed in the dromos of a temple. The magnificent lions, presented by Lord Prudhoe to the British Museum, are from Napata, now Gebel Burkel.

    I. III. Andro-Sphinxes, and Crio-Sphinxes, were almost universally placed in the dromos of a temple. The magnificent lions, presented by Lord Prudhoe to the British Museum, are from Napata, now Gebel Burkel.

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