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 165
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 pass the gloomy thresholdof his tomb, descend the steps into the chapel or ka 138 TOMBS. … fc.- Fig. 131.—Sttla ill tomb ^f McrrLika, a fal-c ■ _■ ■ -_.i_statue of the deceased, Abusir, Fifth Dynasty chamber, and partake of the heaped-up offerings offood laid on the table, as he was expected to do as THE STELA. 139 soon as the ceremonies were concluded, and his livingvisitors had…
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