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τεταγμένος. The title of these priests was ‘web’ (i.e. pure). The σφραγιστής was appointed for the work of inspecting beasts.

The tongue of Apis was marked beneath with a ‘beetle’ (scarabaeus).

κατὰ φύσιν: i.e. not ‘double’, as in an Apis.

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