Mjrtvta,  the  name  of  a  sacred  boH.  consecrated  te
the  sun,  and  worahii^  by  tbe  Zgf^vak  at  Heliop-
olis.  According  to  Jablonski  (roc.  JBgyvt.,  |k
184),  hia  name  aignified  "  the  bull  of  Tight"  "  "
the  sua."  (Compare  Straho,  803.— Dioi  Sie.,  I,  »1-
—Plut.,  dell  et  O:,  p.  493,  ed.  WyU.)  The  cot
onr  of  Mnevis  had  to  be  black,  and  his  skin  »
rough  and  bristly.  His  wor^ip,  however,  gn^o'Jj
disappeared  when  Apis  became  die  general  dei^  «
the  ronnlrr,  and  we  may  daft  its  dovoU  tfm  UN

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salt  Greuaer,  Symioitk,  par  GvignimU,  vol  I,  p.  408.)

MosBma,  a  Latia  nilit*^  mitw,  whote  bwtoi;
is  vatawwB.  Sa  «ioU  r  wiA  **  Dt  Wfrinlte  nt
Milwirit,"  b«  Ofdcr  «r  Ibe  EauMm  TwiiH,  A.D.
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4«o,  Fmml,  e^t«d  bjr  J.  A)»rH<>"  i  it  •  book  of
ntiwM  nritjr.  Imn  ia  mbo  aooAtr  edition,  »p-
paoed  u>  )m«  beaa  pnaied  at  Rome  hf  Lavor,  ibont
147ft,  4io.  Aa  sdilion  wm  alw  pwhiwbttd  io  167t,
S  vvh.  4m,  VmMs.
MoKMM,  arivtrofOemHO^.  (FmL  M«bm  )
MaRit,  I.  «kHigof  Egjpt,  wboooBapied  ttraibroira,
accotdiag  to  chninoloeiMa,  far  tbo  ^mco  of  68  yein,
utd  WM  Mweaaded  by  SawMiria,  (I«rcA«r,  ToU.
CknmaL,  p.  ftTS^U.,  Ckrond.  i'Heni.,  p.  8S,  Mf.
