Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 164
it. A hieroglyphinscription carved on the lintel commemorated thename and rank of the occupant. Representationsof him, standing or seated, were carved on the sides, THE MASTABA ClIAPKL. n while a scene painted or carved on the back of therecess showed him seated before a table and reachingout his… … Fig. 130.—Plan of the mastaba of Ptahhotep, Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty. of a somewhat narrow doorway. As a rule it wasempty, but occasionall} it contained a portrait of thedead man, either the head and shoulders, or a com-plete statue of him (fig. 131), standing with one footforward as though about to…
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