Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . kic-^ Fig. 109.—Ceiling decoration, from tomb of Bakenrenf (Bocchoris),Saqqara, Twenty-sixth Dynasty. walls (fig. 108). The temple ceilings were painted darkblue and sprinkled with five-pointed stars paintedyellow, occasionally interspersed with the cartouchesof the royal founder. Bands of hieroglyphs atintervals broke the monotony of this Egyptian vultures of Nekheb and Uazit, goddesses of the DECORATION. II south and the north, armed with emblems of universaldominati
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . kic-^ Fig. 109.—Ceiling decoration, from tomb of Bakenrenf (Bocchoris),Saqqara, Twenty-sixth Dynasty. walls (fig. 108). The temple ceilings were painted darkblue and sprinkled with five-pointed stars paintedyellow, occasionally interspersed with the cartouchesof the royal founder. Bands of hieroglyphs atintervals broke the monotony of this Egyptian vultures of Nekheb and Uazit, goddesses of the DECORATION. II south and the north, armed with emblems of universaldomination (fig. 109), hover over the central aisle of thehypostyle hall and on the soffits of the doors, abovethe head of the king as he passed to the the Ramesseum, at Edfu, Philae, Denderah,. Fig. no.—Zodiacal circle of Denderah. Ombos, and Esneh, the very depths of the firmamentappeared to open, and reveal their inhabitants to theeyes of the faithful. There the celestial ocean dis-played its waters, over which sailed the sun and moon,escorted by the planets, the constellations and decani. 112 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. while the genii of months and of days marched ininterminable succession. During the Ptolemaic period,signs of the zodiac, copied from the Greek, are foundamong astronomical figures of purely Egyptian origin(fig. no). The decoration of the architraves thatsupport the stone roof is quite independent of that ofthe roof itself. On them legends are inscribed inimmense hieroglyphic characters, setting forth thebeauties of the temple, the names of the royalties whobuilt it, and the name of the deity to whom it wasconsecrated. In fact the ornamentation of the baseof the walls, and of the roof is confined to a smallnumber of subjects which are always the same ; while
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