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Page 166
On the cover outside is Nut , and between two series of scenes in which Ani is
represented worshipping the gods , are two ... The sides of the coffin are
ornamented with figures of gods in shrines , the scene of the weighing of the
heart , Ani ...
On the cover outside is Nut , and between two series of scenes in which Ani is
represented worshipping the gods , are two ... The sides of the coffin are
ornamented with figures of gods in shrines , the scene of the weighing of the
heart , Ani ...
Page 167
This coffin is , in its turn , placed inside an outer coffin , which is painted , both
inside and outside , with scenes similar to those on the inner coffin ; the drawing
is , however , more free , and the details are fewer . The outer coffin being sealed
in ...
This coffin is , in its turn , placed inside an outer coffin , which is painted , both
inside and outside , with scenes similar to those on the inner coffin ; the drawing
is , however , more free , and the details are fewer . The outer coffin being sealed
in ...
Page 168
The walls of some rooms are occupied entirely with scenes drawn from the daily
events of his life . As he was a scribe , and therefore no mean artist , we are
probably right in assuming that he superintended the painting of many of them
himself ...
The walls of some rooms are occupied entirely with scenes drawn from the daily
events of his life . As he was a scribe , and therefore no mean artist , we are
probably right in assuming that he superintended the painting of many of them
himself ...
Page 185
After the XX Ist dynasty the custom arose of placing the mummy in a cartonnage ,
sewn or laced up the back , and painted in brilliant colours with scenes of the
deceased adoring the gods and the like . In the period between the XXVIth
dynasty ...
After the XX Ist dynasty the custom arose of placing the mummy in a cartonnage ,
sewn or laced up the back , and painted in brilliant colours with scenes of the
deceased adoring the gods and the like . In the period between the XXVIth
dynasty ...
Page 186
Such mummies are often wrapped in coverings inscribed with scenes and texts ,
copied , without any knowledge of their meaning , by an artist who altered them to
suit his own fancy or purpose . About B . C . 100 mummies were very carefully ...
Such mummies are often wrapped in coverings inscribed with scenes and texts ,
copied , without any knowledge of their meaning , by an artist who altered them to
suit his own fancy or purpose . About B . C . 100 mummies were very carefully ...
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| Title | The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal Archaeology ATLA monograph preservation program |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1894 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0524010471, 9780524010471 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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