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 356
RARY CANOPIES. 329 goddess Maat, sculptured and painted, with herfeather in her hand. At the head and foot standIsis and Nephthys, waving their arms fringed withwings. The upper part is in open work, and threevultures hover over the mummy, and kneeling figuresof Isis and Nephthys weep over it. The… … Fig. 295.—Mummy-couch with canopy, Graeco-Roman, 1886 in the chamber of Sennetmu. When there wereany openings they were square, and so arranged as toallow the head of the mummy to be seen. Wilkinsondescribes one of these canopies from paintings in aThcban tomb (fig. 296). In all cases the…
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