. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . s and volleys of stones from the embalmer extracted the intestines, except theheart and kidneys ; another cleansed and rinsed themin palm wine and perfumes. The body was then wash-ed with oil of cedar, &c, for more than thirty days,and afterward sprinkled with myrrh, cinnamon, & The second mode of embalming cost about twentymina;=one-third of a talent. In this case no incisionwas made in the body, nor were the intestines re-moved, but cedar-oil was injected into the stomachby the rectum. The oil was prevented from escap-ing, and th
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . s and volleys of stones from the embalmer extracted the intestines, except theheart and kidneys ; another cleansed and rinsed themin palm wine and perfumes. The body was then wash-ed with oil of cedar, &c, for more than thirty days,and afterward sprinkled with myrrh, cinnamon, & The second mode of embalming cost about twentymina;=one-third of a talent. In this case no incisionwas made in the body, nor were the intestines re-moved, but cedar-oil was injected into the stomachby the rectum. The oil was prevented from escap-ing, and the body was then steeped in natron for theappointed number of days. On the last day the cilwas withdrawn, and carried off with it the stomachand intestines in a state of solution, while the fleshwas consumed by the natron, and nothing was leftbut the skin and bones. The body in this statewas returned to the relatives of the deceased. Thethird mode, which was adopted by the poorerclasses, and cost but little, consisted in rinsing out. Different forme of Mummy Cases.—(Wilkinson.)1, 2, 4, of wood. 3, 5, G, 7, 8, of stone. 9, of wood, and of early time—be-fore the eighteenth dynasty. 10, of burnt earthenware. the intestines with syrmaea, an infusion of sennaand cassia, and steeping the body for the usual num-ber of days in natron. The medicaments employedin embalming were various. From a chemical analysisof the substances found in mummies, M. Rouelledetected three modes of embalming—1. with as-phaltum, or Jews pitch, called also funeral gum,or gum of mummies ; 2. with a mixture of asphal-tum and cedria, the liquor distilled from the cedar;3. with this mixture together with some resinousand aromatic ingredients. The powdered aromaticsmentioned by Herodotus were not mixed with thebituminous matter, but sprinkled into the cavitiesof the body. But the differences in the descriptionsof Herodotus and Diodorus, and the impossibility ofreconciling these descriptions in all points with
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