. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Ancient Babylonian Coffin. of the great, of sycamore-wood. But themost common method of carrying a corpse tothe grave was on a bier or bed, which mustsometimes have been furnished in a costlyand elegant style, forming in reality a cata-falque. The bier, however, in use amongthe common people was but a plain board,supported by two poles, on which lay thebody concealed from view by only a slightcoverlet. Thus was the wi
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Ancient Babylonian Coffin. of the great, of sycamore-wood. But themost common method of carrying a corpse tothe grave was on a bier or bed, which mustsometimes have been furnished in a costlyand elegant style, forming in reality a cata-falque. The bier, however, in use amongthe common people was but a plain board,supported by two poles, on which lay thebody concealed from view by only a slightcoverlet. Thus was the widows son of Namcarried,1 and thus, in the present day, amongthe Jews, Mohammedans, and Christians ofthe East, are the dead borne to their lastresting-place. In the earlier and simplerages, the nearest relatives performed the of-fice of bearers, in which they were assisted bythe company in succession. In later times,however, the Jews left this to others. Method of Burial. — Funeral processionsamong the ancient Orientals were often ona grand scale, more especially when the de- 1 Luke vii., 11-16. BUEIAL 146 BUEIAL. Ancient Egyptian Bier. ceased had been of high rank. A strikinginstance of this is the splendid funeral caval-cade of At the funeral of persous ofinferior rank, the corpse was followed to thegrave by the friends of the deceased, and bymourners hired for the occasion. Amongmany ancient nations it was customary toplace gold and silver and other precious anduseful articles in the grave with the deadbody. In the same spirit that buries withthe Indian of to-day his tomahawk and bowand arrows, and that buried with the North-men their bows and quivers, and whateverwas dear to them in life; with the same ideaof provision for a future state which causedthe Greeks and Romans to put a piece ofsilver into the dead mans mouth, and toplace upon his coffin his insignia of rank—the insignia of distinguished personages ofancient Palestine were placed upon theircoffins—if
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