Nicholson, Charles: Aegyptiaca (London, 1891)

14 CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.

ancient inhabitant of Egypt, is ingeniously con-
structed out of pieces of sycomore wood, stucco, and
canvas, formed into the prescribed shape of an
embalmed person. Probably it was placed within a
stone case of the same form. The whole is entirely
covered with figures and hieroglyphics, from the
form and style of which the case is presumed to be
about the period of the Psammetici.

The face is painted red, the colour which the
artists of Egypt adopted for the complexion of the
male population of that country. The eyelids and
eyebrows are elongated towards the ears, and are
painted of a blue colour, as is likewise the massive
hair. There is a hole in the chin for the insertion of
a beard of the form of that of Osiris, J. On the

top of the head is painted the sacred Scarab, and
the hair is brought down in front in two massive
locks over the breast, which is covered with an
ample necklace composed of beads and lotus leaves.
Pelow the necklace is a composite figure, with the
head of a ram and the body and wings of a vulture,
which stretch over the mummy. Then follows a
double series of small compartments, in which are
depicted certain divinities, among whom are the four
genii of Amenti, and lastly, at the feet, is the figure
of a jackal. Several lines of hieroglyphics occupy
the rest of the surface of the case till within a little
of the under part, on which is painted a large figure
of the goddess of the Western Kegion, her arms
furnished with ample wings, and stretched out to
receive the dead. She stands on the well-known
figure signifying splendour, ps^.