Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 334
Fig. 161.- -Section of the abovetomb. The Tomb under the Middle Empire. 245 open, served for the performance of the sepulchral rites; butsometimes this chamber was absent and then those rites werecarried through in the open air, before the stele of the deceased.This latter was sometimes erected… … Fig. 162.—Tomb at Abydos ; di-awn in perspective from the elevation of Marietta. foot of the stele, destined, no doubt, for funeral offerings. Sometimesthe tomb had a surrounding wall of the same height as its plinth ;this served to mark out the ground which belonged to it, and whenthe friends of…
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