Budge, Ernest A. Wallis: Some account of the collection of Egyptian antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux: of Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross (London, 1896)

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THE FUNERAL OF AN EGYPTIAN

linen covering was tied, and the bandaging was com-
plete. Sometimes passages and whole chapters from
the Book of the Dead were inscribed upon the
bandages, and often amulets were laid between them.
The principal amulets were the red jasper buckle m,
which typified the blood of the goddess Isis, and
which was laid upon the neck; the tet ff, emblem
of the god Osiris ; the vulture ^>, an emblem of the
protection of Isis; the collar 35^j?, which was laid
on the neck of the deceased; the uatch sceptre | >
emblem of a renewed and vigorous life; the pillow

^l>P ^' t0 "lift UP " the head of the nmmmy;
the heart "01, emblem of the conscience; the crux
ansata ■f, emblem of life ; the two utchats, one facing
to the right jrjPjp, and the other to the left ^^t, but
both symbolizing "good health"; the nefer I, emblem
of " good luck" ; the shen Q, emblem of the sun's
course in the sky; the rising sun in the horizon rOi,
the ?/?<?»«/(w, symbol of joy and health; the neha\^,
emblematic of "protection"; the frog ^, meaning
"myriads," and "renewed life"; the serpent's head,
emblematic of the opening of the mouth and eyes of
the deceased in the underworld; and the two fingers.
In the earliest period of the history of Egypt the
method of embalming seems to have been less