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Page 210
Neck - pieces and columns are sometimes ornamented with ivory studs ( B . M .
No . 2541 ) . The base is frequently dispensed with , and the supports are made
in the form of the necks of ducks , the ends terminating in their heads and beaks .
Neck - pieces and columns are sometimes ornamented with ivory studs ( B . M .
No . 2541 ) . The base is frequently dispensed with , and the supports are made
in the form of the necks of ducks , the ends terminating in their heads and beaks .
Page 214
The outsides are usually ornamented with scenes in which the deceased is
represented adoring Rā , or Anubis , or one of the principal gods of the dead ,
and with figures of Mesthå , Hāpi , Țuamāutef and Qebhsennuf , painted in bright
...
The outsides are usually ornamented with scenes in which the deceased is
represented adoring Rā , or Anubis , or one of the principal gods of the dead ,
and with figures of Mesthå , Hāpi , Țuamāutef and Qebhsennuf , painted in bright
...
Page 215
The hollow cornice is ornamented with yellow , black , and red lines upon a white
ground . Beneath it are two rows of ornaments : the first is formed b 8 8 8 8 8 8 °
second by 18 repeated several times . Beneath each line is a row of five - rayed ...
The hollow cornice is ornamented with yellow , black , and red lines upon a white
ground . Beneath it are two rows of ornaments : the first is formed b 8 8 8 8 8 8 °
second by 18 repeated several times . Beneath each line is a row of five - rayed ...
Page 223
Vases in bronze are ancient , tolerably numerous , and of various shapes ;
among them must be classed those , in the shape of buckets with handles , which
are ornamented with scenes in relief , in which the deceased is represented
adoring ...
Vases in bronze are ancient , tolerably numerous , and of various shapes ;
among them must be classed those , in the shape of buckets with handles , which
are ornamented with scenes in relief , in which the deceased is represented
adoring ...
Page 224
The next oldest example is a small vase or jug with one handle , of a fine
turquoisecoloured , opaque glass , ornamented in yellow , with a border round
the neck , and three trees round the sides , and inscribed with the prenomen of
Thothmes ...
The next oldest example is a small vase or jug with one handle , of a fine
turquoisecoloured , opaque glass , ornamented in yellow , with a border round
the neck , and three trees round the sides , and inscribed with the prenomen of
Thothmes ...
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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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