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He was represented in turn as architect, warrior, and statesman; he had founded Memphis, he had begun the temple of Phtah, written laws and regulated the worship of the gods, particularly that of Hapis, and he had conducted expeditions against the Libyans.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Phtah and Ramses II.; his name figured at the head of the royal lists, and his cult continued till the time of the Ptolemies.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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It appears, indeed, that at the outset the site on which it subsequently arose was occupied by a small fortress, Anbu-hazu -- the white wall -- which was dependent on Heliopolis and in which Phtah possessed a sanctuary.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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But the earth in general, as distinguished from the sky -- the earth with its continents, its seas, its alternation of barren deserts and fertile lands -- was represented as a man: Phtah at Memphis, Amon at Thebes, Mînû at Coptos and at Panopolis.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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** At Philæ and at Denderah, Phtah is represented as piling upon his potter's table the plastic clay from which he is about to make a human body, and which is somewhat wrongly called the egg of the world.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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He was represented as architect, warrior, and statesman; he had begun the temple of Phtah, written laws and regulated the worship of the gods, particularly that of Hâpis, and he had conducted expeditions against the Libyans.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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Offerings of bread to Shû, Phtah, Thot: burn incense to Râ, and to the gods who are his followers, to Phtah, Thot, Hû-Sû, on this day.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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*** The bulls of Râ and of Phtah, the Mnevis and the Hapis, are known to us from classic writers.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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He was worshipped in Memphis side by side with Phtah and Ramses II.; his name figured at the head of the royal lists, and his cult continued till the time of the Ptolemies.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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It appears, indeed, that at the outset, the site on which it subsequently arose was occupied by a small fortress, Anbû-hazû -- the white wall -- which was dependent on Heliopolis, and in which Phtah possessed a sanctuary.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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