at base of mountains of Thebes,
ii. 372.

365.

never circular in Egypt, ii. 365.
at the Pyramids, i. 111; ii. 287,

Tomtom drum, i. 103-106.

Towers, moveable, used in sieges, i.
390.

Towns raised above the inundation,
ii. 9.

Toys for children, i. 196, 197.
Trade of Egypt, ii. 134, 234, 235, 237.
of a father generally followed by
his son, ii. 57.

Tradesmen not allowed to meddle
with politics, nor to follow more
than one pursuit, ii. 57.
Transmigration of the soul, ii. 379.
in India, ii. 380.

Traps for birds, ii. 180, 182.

-, spring, very strong, ii. 182.
Treasure, story of, found, i. 23, 24.
Treasury. See Remeses III.
Trees of Egypt, i. 35-37, 57.

, sacred, i. 256.

represented on monuments, ii.

36-38.

Triad of gods, i. 329-332.

Trial of the dead, i. 325; ii. 376, 379.
Tribute paid to Egypt, i. 396, 397, 399,
404, 417; ii. 233, 241.

of Ethiopia, i. 404.

jar of, i. 397.

from Asia and Africa, ii. 233.

vases brought as part of a, i. 152,
153,397, 399.

Triclinium not used by the Egyptians,
i. 58.

Trimalchio's exhortation at his feast,
i. 187.

Triumph of the king after victory, i.
277. See Thanksgiving.
Trochilus, story of the, i. 243.
Trumpet, i. 104, 105.

troops summoned by the, i. 344.
of the Israelites, Greeks, and
Romans, i. 105. See Jewish in-

struments.

Truth, the figure of, i. 260, 271, 272,
327.

Truth, i. 271, called Thmei (Deμis).
See Pthah.

and Justice, i. 272; ii. 205.
the two figures of Thmei or, an-
swer to Thummim, ii. 205, 382.

Truth, or Justice, the great cardinal
virtue, ii. 207.

goddess of, with her eyes closed,
ii. 205.
Turkish tent traced in the house,
i. 5.

Typho or Typhon, or Seth, i. 105, 241,
242, 244, 249, 288, 323, 330.

the 3rd day of the Epact the
birthday of, i. 281.

sow sacrificed to, i. 323.
chase of a boar by, i. 244.
-, hippopotamus and crocodile,
emblems of, i. 241, 288.
Typhonian monster, i. 152, 153.

head of, resembled that of Me-
dusa, i. 153; ii. 263.

Variety, the Egyptians fond of, i.
58; ii. 296.

Vase like a caldron, i. 154.

of bronze, with an elastic cover,
i. 154, 158.

Vases, i. 147-158.

of glass and porcelain, i. 78, 82.
with the head of a bird and of
a Typhonian monster, i. 152, 153.
with a human head for a cover,
i. 155.

of porcelain, or of enamel on
gold, i. 152.

from Asia, i. 152, 153.

often of as bad shape as our
flower-pots, i. 153.

and bottles in a case, i. 80.
and bottles, closed with leaves,
i. 142, 165, 262.

of gold and silver, and other ma-
terials, i. 82, 148.

of gold, with so-called Greek
patterns, i. 147.

of same form as some Greek, but
most ancient, i. 147.

used in the temple and the
kitchen, i. 154, 156.

of bronze glass, and other ma-
terials, i. 148.

studded with precious stones, i.

148.

variously ornamented with ani-
mals, &c., i. 152, 153.

of the Greeks, with the "Goose
and Sun" of Egypt (first noticed by
Mr. Stuart Poole), ii. 263.

of elegant form in Egypt, some-
times imbricated, with plates of
metal, ii. 162.

Vases from Egypt. See Etruscans.
Vaults, vaulting. See Arches.
Vectis. See Wight, Isle of.

Vegetables, great quantity of, at din-
ner, i. 166.

Vegetables forbidden to the priests,
some. See Beans.

Vegetables, food of the lower orders,
i. 167. Sec Food.

-, great number of people in
Egypt who sold, i. 168.

-, sacred, i. 256.
Veneering with rare woods, i. 19; ii.
114, 115.

Vertical line in architecture, i. 21;
ii. 302.

Veterinary art in Egypt, ii. 173, 174.
Victim, mode of slaying and cutting-
up a, i. 263, 264.

Victory, return of a king after, i.
277-279, 415.

thanksgiving after, i. 279, 416.
Villa, arrangement of a large, i. 27,

28.

boat towed on a lake in the
grounds of a, i. 28.

Villas, i. 24-28.

of irregular plan, i. 28.
entrances to, i. 25.

Vine,. i. 39-45; ii. 29, 36.
Vines trained, i. 33, 41.

browsed on by kids after the
vintage, i. 45.

grown on the edge of the desert,
i. 49; ii. 20.
Vineyard, i. 38, 41-43.

Vitrified coating over figures and sar-
cophagi of stone, ii. 64, 65, 70.
Vitruvius censures quantities of red
paint on walls, and "reeds for co-
lumns," i. 19, 21.

Umbrella over a chariot, i. 73, 75, 76,
384, 385.

shield used for an, i. 73, 75.
Undertakers, ii. 119, 387.
Volutes from Egypt, ii. 297.
Vows, public and private, i. 261.
Usury condemned, ii. 217.

Wabber, or hyrax (a sort of mar-
motte), i. 228, 247.
Walking-sticks, ii. 347, 348.
War, preparation for, i. 404.

mode of attack in, i. 405.

-, return of the army from, i. 278,
415, 416.

Wars of the Egyptians, i. 390-416.

Wife, the priests and other Egyptians
had only one, i. 5; ii. 224.
"Wife" and weaving, ii. 84.

said to rule at home, ii. 223.
of Potiphar, ii. 224.

Wight, Isle of, made the depôt for tin,
and the port of traders from the
continent, ii. 135.

Wigs, ii. 325, 326, 329.

Wild animals kept for the table, i. 215.
animals, i. 226-231, 239-248.

ass and wild boar not repre-
sented, 244.

Wild boar, i. 244, 247. See Damietta.

ox or cow, a species of antelope
(the Antilope Defassa), i. 227, 247.
Windows of houses, i. 14, 20, 22.

not covered with hangings, i. 22.
hanging up between columns, i.

20.
Wine of various kinds, i. 49-51, 266.
in the cellar, i. 49.
presented to guests, i. 81, 141.
presented before dinner, i. 82.
brought by an upper servant, i.

141.

rights and duties of, i. 4.

talked about their earrings, i. 145.
carried loads on their heads,
sometimes on their shoulders, i. 177.
occupied in weaving, and other
occupations in doors, ii. 223.
of the hareem, ii. 225.

guilty of capital crimes, punish-
ment of, ii. 209-211.

dresses of, ii. 334.

upper garment worn by priests,
ii. 72.

World not more peopled now than for-
merly, i. 305.

Wounded enemies, i. 373.
Wreaths of flowers, i. 57, 79, 80.
Wrestling, i. 204-206.

Writing, everything done in, ii. 176.
Writing-paper, leather used instead
of, ii. 99. See Paper; see Papyrus.

Year, division of the, ii. 251-254.

of 365 and 3654 days, ii. 252-254.
intercalated, ii. 254, 255.

2 G

Yoke for carrying waterpots and other
things, i. 33.

of a plough, ii. 15.

of a chariot, i. 379, 381.
Yoking oxen and cows to the plough,
ii. 15.

Young animals for stocking preserves,
i. 215, 216.

Zift, or bitumen, brought in tribute
from Asia, i. 397; ii. 120. See Rot-
ǹ-n.
Zummára, a double pipe of modern
Egypt, i. 128.

Zythus, or Zythos, beer, i. 53–55.