Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 179
ear hieroglyphics, butthe greater number are quite plain. Those with hieroglyphicsbear on their bases the figures of deities, sacred animals, names ofkings, the name of the wearer, and other symbols. A great numberare funereal, and are engraved with a prayer, or formula, relativeto the heart or… … collars, rings, etc. They may be classed as ornamental, funereal,or historical, some of these last of great size, bearing the name ofAmunoph III., and his queen Taia, relate to his conquests, hislion-hunts, or the public works of his reign. The real sacredscarabeeus of the Egyptians has been found…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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