Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 122
tly 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… … 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…
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