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There is in this Case all that the fire has left of a Pompeian money - box , and
among the coins which it contains is a copper sesterce of Nero , whose reign
ended eleven years before the catastrophe . Shreds of a net purse are also
visible in ...
There is in this Case all that the fire has left of a Pompeian money - box , and
among the coins which it contains is a copper sesterce of Nero , whose reign
ended eleven years before the catastrophe . Shreds of a net purse are also
visible in ...
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Stele of the reign of Sekhem - ka - Rā . . XXIX . Memorial cone of Sebek - ḥetep . .
. XXX . The Hall of Columns at Karnak . . XXXI . Head of a colossal statue of
Thothmes III 231 XXXII . Statue of Amen - ḥetep III . . . 234 XXXIII . The Colossi of
...
Stele of the reign of Sekhem - ka - Rā . . XXIX . Memorial cone of Sebek - ḥetep . .
. XXX . The Hall of Columns at Karnak . . XXXI . Head of a colossal statue of
Thothmes III 231 XXXII . Statue of Amen - ḥetep III . . . 234 XXXIII . The Colossi of
...
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... the reign of Tcheser , a king of the IIIrd dynasty , about B . C . 4000 , because
there had been no satisfactory inundation of the Nile for seven years . The king
says that by reason of this , grain was very scarce , vegetables os regularan ...
... the reign of Tcheser , a king of the IIIrd dynasty , about B . C . 4000 , because
there had been no satisfactory inundation of the Nile for seven years . The king
says that by reason of this , grain was very scarce , vegetables os regularan ...
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... reign , therefore the first commemoration took place in the ninth year , in the
spring of the year , B . C . 196 . The Decree sets forth that , because the king had
given corn and money from his private resources to the temples , and had
remitted ...
... reign , therefore the first commemoration took place in the ninth year , in the
spring of the year , B . C . 196 . The Decree sets forth that , because the king had
given corn and money from his private resources to the temples , and had
remitted ...
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A very good collection of palettes is exhibited in the Third Egyptian Room , Table
- case C . Of special interest are the palettes of Ba - nefer , of the reign of These
words mean : “ I have given bread to the famishing , water to the thirsty , clothes ...
A very good collection of palettes is exhibited in the Third Egyptian Room , Table
- case C . Of special interest are the palettes of Ba - nefer , of the reign of These
words mean : “ I have given bread to the famishing , water to the thirsty , clothes ...
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Page 82 - LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 44 - Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
Page 95 - And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
Page 44 - And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
Page 258 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 53 - I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and a boat to the shipwrecked
Page 127 - Cupid, is supposed to represent Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus in the presence of Poseidon. That on the reverse, with a sleeping figure and two others, is supposed to be Peleus watching his bride Thetis asleep, while Aphrodite presides over the scene.
Page 46 - ... and the one in front does not in reality project more than the one behind it, yet, by mere drawing,* you see the sculptor has got them to appear to recede in due order, and by the soft rounding of the flesh surfaces, and modulation of the veins, he has taken away all look of flatness from the necks. He has drawn the eyes and nostrils with dark incision, careful as the finest touches of a painter's pencil : and then, at last, when he comes to the manes, he has let fly hand and chisel with their...
Page 133 - When thou art grown up, and hast taken to thcc a wife, being master of thy house, cast thine eyes on her who gave thee birth and provided thee with all good things, as did thy mother. Let her not reproach thee, lest she lift up her hands to God...
Page 77 - Love her tenderly and fulfill all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for she will be more easily moved by per-suasion than by force. Take thou heed to that which 'Erman, A.: ^gypten, etc., 224.
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| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Author | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities |
| Compiled by | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | order of the Trustees, 1908 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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