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THE MONUMENTS OF UPPElt EGYPT.
entrance passage has been represented the
slaughtering of the bullocks intended to con-
stitute an important part of the funereal gifts.
In the interior of the tomb, on the lowest
register of the northern wall, is a long file of
women driving various animals and carrying
couffes or frail baskets on their heads. The
various farms of the defunct are thus symbol-
ized, and are all made to contribute to the
accomplishment of the ceremony for bringing in
those offerings which are intended to figure in
kind within the innermost chamber of the
tomb.
Scenes of this description are most vividly
conveyed in the tomb of Phtah-Hotep. There
(on the western wall, between the two stelue)
the defunct is seated, and before him passes a
regular procession. of servants, bringing offer-
ings. At their head march priests chanting
sacred hymns, while behind them other servants
of the household heap up on a table the offerings
destined to the ceremony. Phtah-Hotep him-
self receives the gifts, and carries to his lips a
vase containing one of the substances which
figure in " the bringing in of the funereal gifts."
We should be carried away too far if we
attempted to describe the many pictures, so
THE MONUMENTS OF UPPElt EGYPT.
entrance passage has been represented the
slaughtering of the bullocks intended to con-
stitute an important part of the funereal gifts.
In the interior of the tomb, on the lowest
register of the northern wall, is a long file of
women driving various animals and carrying
couffes or frail baskets on their heads. The
various farms of the defunct are thus symbol-
ized, and are all made to contribute to the
accomplishment of the ceremony for bringing in
those offerings which are intended to figure in
kind within the innermost chamber of the
tomb.
Scenes of this description are most vividly
conveyed in the tomb of Phtah-Hotep. There
(on the western wall, between the two stelue)
the defunct is seated, and before him passes a
regular procession. of servants, bringing offer-
ings. At their head march priests chanting
sacred hymns, while behind them other servants
of the household heap up on a table the offerings
destined to the ceremony. Phtah-Hotep him-
self receives the gifts, and carries to his lips a
vase containing one of the substances which
figure in " the bringing in of the funereal gifts."
We should be carried away too far if we
attempted to describe the many pictures, so