PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Thoth according to the Egyptians ‘Thoth according to the Egyptians’

English

References: PH Hamm: I.8:4, 50:15-16
Translation of:
Greek: κατ’ Αἰγυπτίους Θώθ [PH Heiberg: I.8:4, 80:22]