Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892 · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel & Company · leaf 292
T/he lid is f[atf or rounded according to a special curvature (fig. 250) much in favour among the Egyptians of all periods. Some- times, though rarely, it is gable-shaped, like our house-roofs (fig. 251). Generally speaking, the lid lifts off bodily ; but it often turns upon a peg inserted in one… … Fig- 252. which has come down to our day has been found in tombs, and, being destined for burial in the sepulchre, may either be of a character exclusively destined for the use of the mummy, or
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