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Title: A history of art in ancient Egypt
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901 Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918
Subjects: Art -- Egypt History Egypt -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o B o 3O o C • r-t o a; _bJO C IS-, 13 bfl Si &, til Sepulchral Architecture. 143 repasts which took place periodically in the tomb, of which hehad his share. The first of these feasts was given upon the con-clusion of the funeral ceremonies,^ and they were repeated fromyear to year on days fixed by tradition and sometimes by theexpressed wish of the deceased.^ An open and public chamberwas contrived in the tomb for the celebration of these anni-versaries. It was a kind of chapel, or, perhaps, to speak moreaccurately, a saloon in w^hich all the relations and friends ofthe deceased could find room. At the foot of the stele upon whichthe dead man was represented sacrificing to Osiris, the god of thedead, was placed a table for offerings, upon which the shareintended for the double was deposited and the libations poured.A conduit was reserved in the thickness of the wall by which theodour of the roast meats and perfumed fruits and the smoke ofthe incense might reach the concealed s

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