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 167
rations ; allthe details given as to the name, rank, and functionof the deceased were intended to secure the continuityof his individuality and civil status in the life beyonddeath. In order to ensure that the funerary offeringsshould for ever retain their virtue they were paintedand described on… … executed. Thus the ka saw himself depicted on thewalls eating and drinking, and he ate and drankaccordingly, PURPOSE OF WALL PAINTINGS. I4I This idea once admitted, many further develop-ments were evolved from it. Not only were fictitiousprovisions provided,^ but the domains from which theywere…
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