A guide to the Egyptian galleries (sculpture). With 39 plates and 46 illustrations in the text (1909)
British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 · [London] : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 283
o limestone seated figures of thedog-headed ape, sacred to Thoth and Khensu, the scribe of H 4 204 SOUTHERN EGYPTIAN GALLERY [XXth dyn. the <:jocls; each figure had on its head a disk and crescent,which symboHsed the lunar character of the animal. They were placed on pedestals,one on each side… … J-Ji a judge. son of the lady MahiwrTr J on which Figure of the dog-headed apesacred to Thoth.[Bay 21, No. 740.] ,,.,^ is sculptured a scene re- ^ ./^ presenting the deceased, his father, and a long series of relatives adoring the goddess Mer-sekert From Thebes. XXth dynast}-. Height 5 ft. 9 in.,…
Sculpture · Sculpture, Egyptian
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