Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . and the fatteningk of geese (see below) ; and to the right of the entrance (PI. c), the catching offish in traps. These three scenesare small and damaged by expos-ure. On the front-walls of the en-trance, on each side of it, is a figure ofTi (see above), above which are mu-tilated hieroglyphics mentioning sev-eral of his titles. We next enter theGreat Court (PL C), an extensivequadrangle, which was once coveredwith a roof borne by twelve squarepillars. The roof has disappeared, butsome of the
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . and the fatteningk of geese (see below) ; and to the right of the entrance (PI. c), the catching offish in traps. These three scenesare small and damaged by expos-ure. On the front-walls of the en-trance, on each side of it, is a figure ofTi (see above), above which are mu-tilated hieroglyphics mentioning sev-eral of his titles. We next enter theGreat Court (PL C), an extensivequadrangle, which was once coveredwith a roof borne by twelve squarepillars. The roof has disappeared, butsome of the pillars are still hall is said to have been thescene of the rites performed in honourof the deceased and the sacrifice ofvictims. In the centre of the courtwas sunk the mummy shaft (PI. d),not perpendicularly, as usual, but inan oblique direction, communicatingwith the tomb-chamber below, wherea sarcophagus without inscription wasfound. On the N. side (PI. e), which ismuch injured by exposure, are repre-sented the offering of gifts, the sacri-fice of cattle, and the conveyance of J. slave in a boat. A particularly successful figure is that of a long-horned bull, whose hind-legs a man is binding togoth r with vis- of Ti. SAKKARA. 4. Route. 391
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