{"collection":"egy","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/egy/hh/hh006.htm","path":"egy/hh/hh006.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/egy/hh/hh006.htm","text":"Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840]\nTo represent a month they delineate a PALM BRANCH, or, the MOON INVERTED.\n[paragraph continues] A palm branch for the reason before mentioned respecting the palm tree; and the moon inverted, because they say, that, in its increase, when it has come to fifteen degrees, 1 it appears in figure with its horns erect; and in its decrease, after having completed the number of thirty days, 2 it sets with its horns inverted.\nIII. The twelve months, divided into three seasons:\n| Season of Vegetation. | | | | \n| Thoth. | Paophi. | Hathor. | Choiak. | \n| Season of Harvest. | | | | \n| Toby. | Mechir. | Phamenoth. | Pharmuthi. | \n| Season of Inundation. | | | | \n| Pachon. | Paoni. | Epiphi. | Mesori. |","title":"Hieroglyphics of Horapollo: Book I: IV. How A Month","type":"page"}