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- adjective Of, from or pertaining to
Memphis . - noun A native or inhabitant of
Memphis ,Egypt .
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According to Peter Piccione, Later in the Saite Period, the play of the game is again depicted on the walls of two tombs, as part of the neo-Memphite revival--when Old Kingdom artistic motives and themes were temporarily revived for socio-political purposes.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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According to Peter Piccione, Later in the Saite Period, the play of the game is again depicted on the walls of two tombs, as part of the neo-Memphite revival--when Old Kingdom artistic motives and themes were temporarily revived for socio-political purposes.
Mehen Jan 2008
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His son Athothis is known as the builder of the Memphite Palace, and as a physician, who wrote books on anatomy.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 Various
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Of these versions the most important are in Bohairic or Memphite, the language used at Memphis and Alexandria, and the Sahidic, the language of the upper Thebais.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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A similar attempt in favour of Re and his ennead was perhaps made by the Memphite kings.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Such were, during the Memphite dynasties, the conditions on which the departed soul obtained eternal felicity; they were based on ritual rather than on moral purity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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It is not improbable that the Memphite god Ptah may have been introduced into Egypt by the invading broad heads.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Sokar, the primitive Memphite deity, retained until the end his animal and composite monster forms.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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While other girls might recount the number of male hearts they had subdued during the past season, Irene could state, with equal accuracy, the names of the gods of the Memphite order.
The Wheel O' Fortune Louis Tracy 1895
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Memphite gods smiled on her, and the scarabs might buzz off to their museums contentedly at any moment, for Irene was only waiting the advent of an undreamed-of influence into her life to develop into a tender, sympathetic, delightful womanhood.
The Wheel O' Fortune Louis Tracy 1895
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