also of the Cases. A Network of coloured Beads over

the Breast

Different Mummy Cases and Sarcophagi

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Stone Sarcophagi. Some of Earthenware, in the Form of
the Body. Time when Embalming ceased
Disposition of various Things in the Tombs. The round-
headed Tombstone, or Tablet, in Imitation of a Shield.
Objects buried with the Dead, depending on his Occu-
pation -

Various Vases. Jewellery and other Things. Papyri. Small

blue Figures of the Deceased. Others of Wood or Stone,

or other Materials

A minute Description of them unnecessary

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480

481

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- 483

LIST AND EXPLANATION

OF THE

WOODCUTS AND VIGNETTES.

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CHAPTER XIII. (continued).

12. Woodcut, No. 457. Legend "the temple of the Land of

P-Selk."

20. No. 458. A breast-plate analogous to the Urim and

Thummim.

44. Woodcuts. The crowns and water plants of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Ibid. Hieroglyphic legend of Eilethyia.

45. Hieroglyphic signifying the North. Ibid. Other forms of Eilethyia.

Ibid. Woodcut, No. 459.

The Genius of the Lower Country

opposed to the Goddess Eilethyia.

49. Woodcut. Signs preceding the name of the Goddess of

the East.

Ibid. No. 461. The West and the East.

60. Woodcut. Name of Petamunoph.

81. Woodcut.

Mersokar opposed to Eilethyia.

90. Vignette N. 177. Woodcut. 250. No. 464.

Ibid. No. 464. a.

252. No. 464. b. 262. No. 465.

CHAP. XIV.

View of the modern town of Manfalóot. "The land of the Elephant."

Bronze Oxyrhinchus.

The same fish at the great Oasis.
Bronze Lepidotus.

Sacred tamarisk of Osiris at How.

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263. No. 465. a.

266. No. 466.

267. No. 467.

268. No. 468.

Priests watering the sacred tamarisk at Philæ. Various emblems.

Gifts vouchsafed by the Gods to the Kings. A king receiving the emblems of majesty and dominion from the god Amun.

269. No. 469. The Trochilus, or Charadrius melanocephalus.

CHAP. XV.

270. Vignette O. Exterior of a tomb at Beni Hassan. 276. Woodcut, No. 469. Figures like cherubim, in one of the sacred arks.

Ibid. No. 470. Dedication of the pylon of a temple at Thebes. Over fig. 1. is the name of the king, Remeses III. Before him is represented the gateway (on which the sculptures are), and the words "he dedicates the gate of the temple to you; he Phrah (Pharaoh) does this, to whom life has been given." In answer to which the God says, "I give you all the regions of the world (or Egypt), and all the foreign lands." Over the god, fig. 2., is "This is (the word *) of Amun-re, Lord of the region of the world (or Egypt.) I give you a completely pure and established (durable) life and all

The other compartment is very similar. The legend of the god varies, reading "This is of Amun-re, king of the Gods, lord of heaven. I give you a completely pure durable life (or life, stability, and purity) and all fortune." 281. Woodcut, No. 471. Sceptre of a queen.

340. No. 472. Censers.

345. No. 473. Heads of foreigners supporting some of the ornamental details of architecture.

Ibid. No. 474. Enemies as the footstool of a king.

352. No. 475. Seal of the priests, signifying that the victim might be slaughtered.

353. No. 476.

356. No. 477.

Stands for bearing offerings.

Different joints placed on the altars and tables.

This is doubtful, as the same group often occurs with the name of the god only, evidently not referring to any speech of his.

374. No. 482. Offerings placed on the altar, with wine, ointment, and other things.

375. No. 483. Emblems with the head of Athor presented to

the gods.

Ibid. No. 484. A priest kneeling at an altar, and a figure with

what is supposed to be a tail.

376. No. 485. Men beating themselves, another with two of those unknown emblems.

Ibid. No. 486. A lamp?

377. No. 487.

378. No. 488.

379. No. 490.

A game? or a religious ceremony?
An attitude of adoration.

King Ptolemy prostrate before Isis.

CHAP. XVI.

381. Vignette P. Interior of a mummy pit, or sepulchral chamber, at Thebes.

382. Woodcut, No. 491. Services performed to the dead by a member of the family.

383. No. 492. The members of the family present, when the services were performed.

Ibid. No. 493. A woman embracing and weeping, before her husband's mummy.

385. No. 494. Conveying the mummies to the closet, after the services had been performed.

386. No. 495. Pouring oil over a mummy. The napkin over the priest's shoulder.

387. No. 496. An altar, showing that the trench carried off the

libation.

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391. No. 497. 398. No. 498.

410. No. 499.

412. No. 500.

the coffin.

A table of offerings found in a tomb.
Seals found near the Tombs.
Closets containing the figures of Gods.

The mummy's head, seen at an open panel of

413. No. 500. a. Knot of a belt.

418. No. 501. A peculiar attendant at a funeral.

422. No. 502. Grease, or some liquid, poured before the sledge bearing the coffin.

476. No. 503. A stone scarabæus with silver wings, placed in the breast of mummies.

479. No. 504. Different forms of mummy cases.