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INTERIOR OF A TOMB.
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* II—Lin t Oi
beneath the press is a vessel to receive the liquor,
and near to it a man on his knees filling vases,
which he afterwards corks. At one side are seen
two or three others who are carrying the corked
vases to the store-house, at the door of which is
the master seated on a chair, with a clerk standing
at his side, who, with an ink-bottle in his left
hand, takes a note of the vases as they are
brought in. In the last place is seen a servant,
who having carelessly let fall a vase of wine,
kneels before his master, kissing his feet, and in a
suppliant manner asking forgiveness.
When I found the above-mentioned tomb at
Thebes, I begged Mr. Bonomi to take a drawing
of it, and give me a copy to carry to Mr. Salt.
To this he agreed, and promised to send my copy
to me at Alexandria, where I was obliged to go
some days subsequently; but I in vain awaited its
arrival, and I think it must have fallen into the
hands of Mr. Hay, who, I have no doubt, will
publish it, with other drawings of the kind.
This curious tomb, I regret to say, no longer
exists; the Arabs have destroyed it, according to
their usual custom, in order to sell it piece-meal
among travellers. In this tomb I found a covering
belonging to the mummy of a virgin; the figures
INTERIOR OF A TOMB.
' 109
tot*
ft .1
■rimflfiltki
• iiOBlklii:
::.:.riolc
* II—Lin t Oi
beneath the press is a vessel to receive the liquor,
and near to it a man on his knees filling vases,
which he afterwards corks. At one side are seen
two or three others who are carrying the corked
vases to the store-house, at the door of which is
the master seated on a chair, with a clerk standing
at his side, who, with an ink-bottle in his left
hand, takes a note of the vases as they are
brought in. In the last place is seen a servant,
who having carelessly let fall a vase of wine,
kneels before his master, kissing his feet, and in a
suppliant manner asking forgiveness.
When I found the above-mentioned tomb at
Thebes, I begged Mr. Bonomi to take a drawing
of it, and give me a copy to carry to Mr. Salt.
To this he agreed, and promised to send my copy
to me at Alexandria, where I was obliged to go
some days subsequently; but I in vain awaited its
arrival, and I think it must have fallen into the
hands of Mr. Hay, who, I have no doubt, will
publish it, with other drawings of the kind.
This curious tomb, I regret to say, no longer
exists; the Arabs have destroyed it, according to
their usual custom, in order to sell it piece-meal
among travellers. In this tomb I found a covering
belonging to the mummy of a virgin; the figures