...inscriptions cut upon them, or else covered with a layer of stucco, painted like the cartonages, in tempera. Sometimes there were three or more coffins fitting...materials. These sarcophagi were either rectangular with a cover, or else in the shape of the mummied body. Some were plain, but many more were covered with...

...inscriptions cut upon them, or else covered with a layer of stucco, painted like the cartonages. in tempera. Sometimes there were three or more coffins fitting...nest of boxes. The bodies of kings and persons of huj'n rank or wealth were deposited in massive sarcophagi, or outer stone coffins of granite, basalt,...

...stucco, painted like the cartonages, in tempera. Sometimes there were three or more coffins fiiting in one another, like a nest of boxes. The bodies of...wealth were deposited in massive sarcophagi, or outer coffins of granite, basalt, alabaster, breccia, and other materials. These sarcophagi were either rectangular...

...coat of plaster painted in tempera. In some instances two or three coffins were used, fitting into one another like a nest of boxes. The bodies of kings and persons of rank or wealth, as well as those of the sacred bulls (see p. 1 12), were also deposited in massive...

...coat of plaster painted in tempera. In some instances two or three coffins were used, fitting into one another like a nest of boxes. The bodies of kings and persons of rank or wealth, as well as those of the sacred bulls, were also deposited in massive sarcophagi, or...