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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COFFIN OF A PRIEST OF AMEN.

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The above inscriptions are prayers that Ra and
Osiris will give to the deceased abundant sepulchral
offerings, and they contain some interesting titles of
these gods.

THE COFFIN—OUTSIDE.

Beautifully painted coffin of a member of the con-
fraternity of Amen-Ra, king of the gods, at Thebes,
made probably between B.C. 1000 and B.C. 700, in
imitation of the coffins in which members of the
order in the XVIIIth dynasty were buried. Though
exceedingly bright the colours are very harmonious,
and the accuracy of the drawing and the excellence
of the execution make this beautiful object one of the
most striking of its class. The inside of the cover,
and both inside and outside of the foot are unpainted.
At the head is painted in outline a deity wearing a
disk rising out of the top of the buckle m; on each

side is a u tet, surmounted by the crown [q . The
upper edge of the coffin is ornamented by a series