Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 864
ND SARCOPHAGI. 843 figure of the deceased was represented upon the latter in rehef,Hke that of the Queen of Amasis in the British Museum; andsome were in the form of a Kings name or oval. Others weremade in the shape of the mummied body, whether of basalt,granite, slate, or limestone, specimens of… … COFFIN OP ALABASTER. (Feriturcs of the deceased Sculptured.) Near them were also placed vases and small figures of the de-ceased, of wood or vitrified earthenware. In Sir John SoaneVmuseum is the sarcophagus of Seti T. (Mcnephtha) B. C. 1322,cut out of a single block of Oriental alabaster. It is…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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