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 170
ening in the wall a mans height from the floor (fig. 137) and almost too small for a hand to be inserted. At this orifice the priests would murmur prayers and burn incense ; the double was at hand to profit by them, and his statues would certainly benefit. To carry on existence as he had done on… … Fig. 135,—Plan of serdabin mastaba at Gizeh,Fourth Dynast}. 144 TOMBS. burned, or dismembered and scattered abroad. If itshould disappear what would become of the double ?The statues hidden in the serdab, whether of stone,metal, or wood, became after consecration the actualbody. By the piety of the…
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