Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . 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 Fig. 131.—Sttla ill tomb ^f McrrLika, a fal-c ? _? ? of the deceased, Abusir, Fifth Dynasty chamber, and partake of the heaped-up offerings offood laid on the table, as he was expected to do as THE STELA. 139 soon a
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . 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 Fig. 131.—Sttla ill tomb ^f McrrLika, a fal-c ? _? ? of the deceased, Abusir, Fifth Dynasty chamber, and partake of the heaped-up offerings offood laid on the table, as he was expected to do as THE STELA. 139 soon as the ceremonies were concluded, and his livingvisitors had departed. Theoretically these offerings should have beenrepeated year by year throughout the ages, but theEgyptians soon realised that this could not be. Aftertwo or three generations the dead of bygone timeswould be neglected in favour of others more when they were endowed with pious foundationswhose revenues were intended to provide offeringsand priests to serve them, the hour of oblivion wasonly deferred. Sooner or later the double would beforced to search for food among the town refuse andcorrupt filth lying about on the ground. The survivors therefore conceived the idea ofinscribing on the stela a list of the food anddrink he would require, with an invocation to thegods of
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