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Saitic

British  
/ seɪˈɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Saïs or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There are also two other mouths which part off from the Sebennytic and go to the sea, and these are called, one the Saitic, the other the Mendesian mouth.

From An Account of Egypt by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

It must have been the invention of the Karian dragomen who came into existence under the Saitic dynasty.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

A relief of the Saitic Period, representing an old man playing upon a harp, and a woman beating a drum.

From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Weigall, Arthur E. P. B.

Anacalypsis, or an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis: or an inquiry into the origin of languages, nations, and religions.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

Now these are the mouths of the Nile:—towards Arabia, the Pelusiac mouth; towards Libya, the Canopic: and the rest are,—the Bolbitic, the Sebennytic, the Mendesian, the Saitic, and the Opuntic.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

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