. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . procession of the god Mînû, at the feastof offerings, at the monthly and half-monthly festivals, and every 1 Thus the axis of the tomb of Pirsenû is 17° east of the magnetic north (Mariette, LegMastabas, p. 299). In some cases the divergence is only 1° or 2°, more often it is 6°, 7°, 8°, or 9°,as can be easily ascertained by consulting the work of Mariette. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph of the original monument which is preserved in theLiverpool Museum ; cf. Gatty, Catalogue of the Mayer Collection ; I. Egyptian Antiquities, No. 29
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . procession of the god Mînû, at the feastof offerings, at the monthly and half-monthly festivals, and every 1 Thus the axis of the tomb of Pirsenû is 17° east of the magnetic north (Mariette, LegMastabas, p. 299). In some cases the divergence is only 1° or 2°, more often it is 6°, 7°, 8°, or 9°,as can be easily ascertained by consulting the work of Mariette. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph of the original monument which is preserved in theLiverpool Museum ; cf. Gatty, Catalogue of the Mayer Collection ; I. Egyptian Antiquities, No. 294,p. 45. 3 The Divine Palace is the palace of Osiris. Anubis performed for it the duties of usher,and his protection was deemed necessary for those who wished to be admitted into the presence ofthe Great God (cf. p. 197, et aeq., of this volume). 4 Ûagaît was the festival of the dead, celebrated during the first days of the year. See p. 321. 4 Mariette, Notice des principaux monuments exposes dans les galeries provisoires du Musée. TEE MASTABA CEAPELS. 251 The chapel is usually small, and is almost lost in the great extentof the It generally consists merely of an oblong chamber,approached by a rather short At the far end, and set back into the
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