XXXIV. What They Denote by Engraving Origanum (Wild Marjoram) for a Hieroglyphic
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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com
XXXIV. WHAT THEY DENOTE BY ENGRAVING ORIGANUM (WILD MARJORAM) FOR A HIEROGLYPHIC.
When they would symbolise the departure of ants, they engrave ORIGANUM. For if this plant be laid down over the spot from whence the ants issue forth, it causes them to desert it.
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