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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com
p. 158
CXVIII. HOW A MAN WHO DISTRIBUTES JUSTICE IMPARTIALLY TO ALL.
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When they would symbolise a man who distributes justice impartially to all, they depict THE FEATHER OF AN OSTRICH; for this bird has the feathers of its wings equal on every side, beyond all other birds.
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158:1
Tme, the goddess of Justice; the Themis of the Greeks. Justice is denoted by the ostrich's feather; with which the head of the goddess is ornamented.
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