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THE FESTIVAL.
Fig. 1.
go in.
F
D
WEST.
TP
B
EAST.
Several circumstances show that it was an
entrance. The walls A and D are not vertical,
they are slightly sloping towards the west, as
may be seen from the angle between A and B.
On A and D the king wears the double diadem,
and the representations are converging; on
both sides they are turned towards the door
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
□
□
□
□
!
A
where the king is supposed to
The first part of the walls B and E is
slightly projecting, and is evidently meant
to be a doorpost; besides, on the base-
ment of the same walls we see sculp-
tures nearly destroyed, representing the
king, whom gods hold by the hand on
each side and introduce into the hall.
This scene is frequent in the Egyptian
temples; it is always at the entrance, and
is called " The Introduction of the King "
J i A7 (pi. xxvi.).
It is probable that on this entrance
was engraved the whole of the festival,
and that no part of it stood on the walls
of the hall. This would show that the
walls were not sufficiently wrell built, or that
the quality of . stone was not good enough
to bear such sculptures. The walls may
have been made of limestone, and this fact
explains why they have disappeared, like the
pavement of the temple; perhaps also part of
the hall was in bricks; but we see no traces of
them in the soil, whereas there are quantities
of limestone chips. We shall have to speak
again of the temple of Soleb, where the
inscriptions were also engraved on a doorway
between the first and the second hall.
THE FESTIVAL.
The most important part of the inscriptions of
the festival, the text from which we derive the
clearest information as to the nature of the
festival celebrated by Osorkon II., is found
on PI. vi. There we see the king sitting on
a throne or litter, a true " sedia gestatoria,"
carried on the shoulders of six priests belong-
ing to a low rank, and called am khent. The
horizontal inscription which runs above the
b 2
7 Leps., Dunkm. iii. 123, 124; Mar., Dendcrah, i. pi. 12;
Nav., "The Store-city of Pithom," 2nd ed. p. 31.
THE FESTIVAL.
Fig. 1.
go in.
F
D
WEST.
TP
B
EAST.
Several circumstances show that it was an
entrance. The walls A and D are not vertical,
they are slightly sloping towards the west, as
may be seen from the angle between A and B.
On A and D the king wears the double diadem,
and the representations are converging; on
both sides they are turned towards the door
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
□
□
□
□
!
A
where the king is supposed to
The first part of the walls B and E is
slightly projecting, and is evidently meant
to be a doorpost; besides, on the base-
ment of the same walls we see sculp-
tures nearly destroyed, representing the
king, whom gods hold by the hand on
each side and introduce into the hall.
This scene is frequent in the Egyptian
temples; it is always at the entrance, and
is called " The Introduction of the King "
J i A7 (pi. xxvi.).
It is probable that on this entrance
was engraved the whole of the festival,
and that no part of it stood on the walls
of the hall. This would show that the
walls were not sufficiently wrell built, or that
the quality of . stone was not good enough
to bear such sculptures. The walls may
have been made of limestone, and this fact
explains why they have disappeared, like the
pavement of the temple; perhaps also part of
the hall was in bricks; but we see no traces of
them in the soil, whereas there are quantities
of limestone chips. We shall have to speak
again of the temple of Soleb, where the
inscriptions were also engraved on a doorway
between the first and the second hall.
THE FESTIVAL.
The most important part of the inscriptions of
the festival, the text from which we derive the
clearest information as to the nature of the
festival celebrated by Osorkon II., is found
on PI. vi. There we see the king sitting on
a throne or litter, a true " sedia gestatoria,"
carried on the shoulders of six priests belong-
ing to a low rank, and called am khent. The
horizontal inscription which runs above the
b 2
7 Leps., Dunkm. iii. 123, 124; Mar., Dendcrah, i. pi. 12;
Nav., "The Store-city of Pithom," 2nd ed. p. 31.