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EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS.
with which the neck and hreast of persons of high rank are
generally adorned. Over it stands, 1 necklace of gold.' At
Beni Hassan there is also a similar representation, in another
tomb, of a noble Egyptian."
Wilkinson has a representation from Thebes, which he
applies as illustrative of the very incident we are now con-
sidering. " The investiture of a chief," thus he writes, " waS
a ceremony of considerable importance, when the post con-
ferred was connected with any high dignity about the person
of the monarch, in the army, or the priesthood. It took place
in the presence of the sovereign, seated on his throne; »n(*
two priests, having arrayed the candidate in a long, l°ose
vesture, placed necklaces round the neck of the person th«s
honored by the royal favor."
EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS.
with which the neck and hreast of persons of high rank are
generally adorned. Over it stands, 1 necklace of gold.' At
Beni Hassan there is also a similar representation, in another
tomb, of a noble Egyptian."
Wilkinson has a representation from Thebes, which he
applies as illustrative of the very incident we are now con-
sidering. " The investiture of a chief," thus he writes, " waS
a ceremony of considerable importance, when the post con-
ferred was connected with any high dignity about the person
of the monarch, in the army, or the priesthood. It took place
in the presence of the sovereign, seated on his throne; »n(*
two priests, having arrayed the candidate in a long, l°ose
vesture, placed necklaces round the neck of the person th«s
honored by the royal favor."