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 172
ich the priestpoured some drops of theliquids offered to the deadman, rough pottery jars for water, an alabaster or wooden head-rest, and a votiveoffering of a scribes palette. The body having beenplaced in the sarcophagus and sealed up, theattendants placed joints of a newly sacrificed oxor… … Fig. 138.—Section showingshaft and vault of mastabaat Gizeh, Fourth Dynast3. 146 TOMBS. impenetrable cement. Tlie body thus left in solitudehenceforth received no visit except from its soul, itsluDiiuous, and its double. The double could leave thechapel and come and go at pleasure, while the…
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