Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . -. however, it was to remain for ever closed to the livingit was not long before this door was walled up anda mere false door substituted for it. A hieroglyphinscription carved on the lintel commemorated thename and rank of the occupant. Representationsof him, standing or seated, were carved on the sides, THE MASTABA ClIAPKL. n while a scene painted or carved on the back of therecess showed him seated before a table and reachingout his hand for the repast provided for him. A fla
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . -. however, it was to remain for ever closed to the livingit was not long before this door was walled up anda mere false door substituted for it. A hieroglyphinscription carved on the lintel commemorated thename and rank of the occupant. Representationsof him, standing or seated, were carved on the sides, THE MASTABA ClIAPKL. n while a scene painted or carved on the back of therecess showed him seated before a table and reachingout his hand for the repast provided for him. A flattable of offerings fixed in the floor between the jambsof the false door received the offerings of food anddrink. The general appearance of the recess is that. Fig. 130.—Plan of the mastaba of Ptahhotep, Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty. of a somewhat narrow doorway. As a rule it wasempty, but occasionall} it contained a portrait of thedead man, either the head and shoulders, or a com-plete statue of him (fig. 131), standing with one footforward as though about to pass the gloomy thresholdof his tomb, descend the steps into the chapel or ka 138 TOMBS.
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