Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . fhieroglyphics extending down the front usually contained the nameand quality of the deceased, and the offerings presented by him tothe gods; and transverse bands frequently repeated the former,with similar donations to other deities. On the breast was placedthe figure of Netpe, with expanded wings, protecting the deceased;sacred arks, boats, and other things were arranged in different com- h 2 100 HANDBOOK OF ARCTTJEOLOGY. partments, and Osiris, Isis, Anubis, and other deities were frequently introduced. In some instances Isis was
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . fhieroglyphics extending down the front usually contained the nameand quality of the deceased, and the offerings presented by him tothe gods; and transverse bands frequently repeated the former,with similar donations to other deities. On the breast was placedthe figure of Netpe, with expanded wings, protecting the deceased;sacred arks, boats, and other things were arranged in different com- h 2 100 HANDBOOK OF ARCTTJEOLOGY. partments, and Osiris, Isis, Anubis, and other deities were frequently introduced. In some instances Isis was represented throw-ing her arms round the feet of the mummy, with this appropriatelegend: I embrace thy feet. A plaited beard was attached tothe chin when the mummy was that of a man; the absence of thisappendage indicated the mummy of a woman. MUMMY CASES AND SARCOPHAGI. The outer case of the mummy was either of wood—sycamore orcedar—or of stone. When of wood it had a flat or circular summit,sometimes with a stout square pillar rising at each angle. The. EGYPTIAN MUMMY CASES. whole was richly painted, and some of an older age frequently hada door represented near one of the corners. At one end was thefigure of Isis, at the other Nepthys ; and the top was painted withbands or fancy devices, Tn others, the lid represented the curving CAN OP I. 101 top of the ordinary Egyptian canopy. The stone coffins, usuallycalled sarcophagi, were of oblong shape, having flat straight sides,like a box, with a curved or pointed lid. Sometimes the figure ofthe deceased was represented upon the latter in relief, like that ofthe Queen of Amasis in the British Museum; and some were in theform of a kings name or oval. Others were made in the shape ofthe mummied body, whether of basalt, granite, slate, or limestone,specimens of which are met with in the British Museum. Thesecases were deposited in the sepulchral chambers. Various offeringswere placed near them, and sometimes the instruments of th
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