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Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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f Tamakit,from the tomb of Sonnozmii, discovered at Thebes in ISSG, and sold to tbe Berlin Museum (Erman,Aus/uhrliches Verzeichniss, p. 114, n. 10S59). ^ Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by M. de Mertens; this coffin was discovered in1886 at JMealab, near Gebeleiu (Euman, op. cit., p. 143, n. S51G). A description of the coffins of this type, botli Theban and Memphite. of the XII dynasty, isgiven in Lepsius, .Elteste Texte des Tndlenhuclis, pp. 21-24, pis. 1-43, and in JIasfero, Trois AnniesdefouUles, in the M^moires de la Mission Fmn^aise, vol. i. pp. 210-237. COFFINS—THE REPAST OS TUB DECEASED. 521 as a liil to the coflia. The head was covered with the full-dress wig, a tippetof white cambric half veiled the bosom, the petticoat fell in folds about thelimbs, the feet were shod with sandals, the arms were outstretched or werefolded over tlie breast, and the hands clasped various objects—either thecrux ansafa, the buckle of the belt, the iat, or a garland of flowers. Some-
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mi; lAKAMJIili.NALlA UF A MLMMV Ul 1 LIE XX Tu THE XXII DYNASTIES. times, on the contrary, the collin was merely a conventional reproduction ofthe liumaii iorm. The two feet and legs were joined together, and the model-ling of the knee, calf, thigh, and stomach was only slightly indicated in thewood. Towards the close of the XVIII dynasty it was the fashion for wealthypersons to have two colIins, one fitting inside the other, painted black orwhite. From the XX dynasty onwards they were coated with a yellowishvarnish, and so covered with inscriptions and mystic signs that each coiBu wasu tomb in miniature, and could well have done duty as such, and thus meet all pi. 15. Dritwu by Faucher-Gudiii, from Mariette, Album plioloyraphique du Musie de Boulaq, 522 THE CLOSE OF THE TIIEBAN EMPIRE. the needs of the soul. Later still, during the XXT and XXII dynasties,these two, or even three coffins, were enclosed in a rectangular sarcophagus ofthick wood, which, surmounted by a semicircular lid,

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