Granite sarcophagus of Nes-Qețiu, a prince, chancellor, and scribe of Amen-Ra. [Southern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 26, No. 825.]

XXVIth dynasty, or later.

impossible, but the principal requirements of the dead of wellto-do folk may be thus enumerated: I. Coffin, or coffins, painted and decorated according to the means of the relatives. A fine collection of coffins, which illustrates all the important varieties between B.C. 2600 and A.D. 300 is exhibited in the First and Second Egyptian Rooms. Fine sarcophagi in wood and stone will be found in the Second Egyptian Room and in the Southern Egyptian Gallery (see Plates XVII and XVIII). 2. A stele, or sepulchral tablet, recording the name and pedigree of the deceased, and containing usually a prayer to certain gods for sepulchral offerings (see Plate XIX). Examples of almost every kind of sepulchral tablet in stone will be found on the shelves

in the Egyptian Galleries, and brightly painted wooden tablets are exhibited in the Third Egyptian Room (Wallcases Nos. 99-113). 3. A set of Canopic Jars (see above page 160). 4. A statue, or figure, seated or standing, usually inscribed, which was intended to form a dwelling place for the "double " (Ka) of the deceased, and to receive the offerings of his friends and relatives. (See the double statue of Ka-tep and Hetep-heres from their mastaba at Gizah, and Third Egyptian Room, Wall-case 99 ff.) 5. A ushabti figure, i.e., a figure which was supposed to transform itself into a living man in the Other World at the command of the deceased, and to perform any agricultural work which he might be condemned to do. In some tombs scores of ushabtiu have been found, and when a large number was buried in a tomb, a special box to hold them was provided. (For examples see Second Egyptian Room, Wall-cases Nos. 77-82.) 6. A Heart-scarab, i.e., a model of a beetle (of the Goliath species ?) usually in hard green stone, which was either inserted in the breast of the deceased, where it was intended to take the place of his heart which had been removed during the process of mummification, or was fastened

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