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 357
any 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 panelscould be removed. When the mummy had beenplaced in the sledge, the panels were replaced andthe… … Fig. 296.—Mummy-sledge and canopy. equal to some of later date. One of them (fig. 297) hasretained its brilliance of colour to a remarkable extent. The frame, for-merly filled in witha network of cords,stands on fourlions feet. Theback is decoratedwith two flowersand a row of lozenges in…
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