COFFIN OF A PRIEST OF AMEN.
precious stones or coloured glazed faience beads, a
row of flowers being outermost. Beneath the pectoral
are :—winged disk with urad ; deities seated on each
side of the beetle, wearing triple crown, with Isis and
Nephthys winged ; the goddess Nut with outstretched
wings, above which are winged ursei; seated deities
on each side of the beetle wearing the triple crown;
the god of millions of years holding palm branches :
the deceased making offerings to Anubis; and the
spaces between these scenes are filled up with pictures
in which the deceased and his soul are seen in
converse with various deities, and making offerings
unto them. Immediately beneath are the following
scenes and inscriptions :—
i. Isis, winged, standing before Osiris, who is
seated on a throne.
2. Osiris and Anubis seated one on each side of W-
3. Isis and Nephthys, in the form of winged uraei,
one on each side of the standard emblematic of
Osiris.
4. Two hawk-headed gods seated one on each side
„r Q.
5. Two apes adoring the sun on the horizon rOi.
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precious stones or coloured glazed faience beads, a
row of flowers being outermost. Beneath the pectoral
are :—winged disk with urad ; deities seated on each
side of the beetle, wearing triple crown, with Isis and
Nephthys winged ; the goddess Nut with outstretched
wings, above which are winged ursei; seated deities
on each side of the beetle wearing the triple crown;
the god of millions of years holding palm branches :
the deceased making offerings to Anubis; and the
spaces between these scenes are filled up with pictures
in which the deceased and his soul are seen in
converse with various deities, and making offerings
unto them. Immediately beneath are the following
scenes and inscriptions :—
i. Isis, winged, standing before Osiris, who is
seated on a throne.
2. Osiris and Anubis seated one on each side of W-
3. Isis and Nephthys, in the form of winged uraei,
one on each side of the standard emblematic of
Osiris.
4. Two hawk-headed gods seated one on each side
„r Q.
5. Two apes adoring the sun on the horizon rOi.
F 2