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of the elbow, and is exactly similar to the last.
Two lines of inscription separate it from the next
compartment, in which is figured Osiris seated on
his throne as Judge of Amenti, accompanied by the
same goddess ; while before him, at the foot of the
throne, is a table with offerings, placed just within
the shrine that incloses the divinities. Advancing
towards the j udge is the deceased lady bearing an
offering. She is preceded by Thoth, and behind
her stands a snake-headed god, wearing the cap of
Osiris, and over whose head is the winged eye
The figures in this compartment are accom-
panied by hieroglyphics. The next picture
is separated from that last described by two lines of
hieroglyphics ; it represents the Scarabseus sacer,
with expanded wings, in a boat, below which, as it
were under water, is the great serpent. A repeti-
tion of the same twro lines of hieroglyphics bounds
the compartment on this side, and separates it
from the next picture, representing the deceased,
accompanied by the snake-headed divinity, and the
headless figure bearing an offering, and apparently
being introduced by the goddess of Truth to the
goddess of the Sycomore, the tree of the waters of
life. Three lines of hieroglyphics terminate this side
of the lower half of the box or mummy case. The
wood of which this sarcophagus is made is the Ficus
Sycornorus, now called in Egypt, Elgemai.se.

The interior of the case is highly decorated with
emblematical figures, serpents and stars.

28. Mummy Case, and Mummy of a Man.—
This case, which contains the mortal remains of an