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92 catalogue of egyptian antiquities.
out of a mould made ou an antique figure. It is
about 4 inches high.
407. A Front View of the Head of Osiris,
the size of life, drawn in a black outline, filled up
with paint.—This formed part of the winding sheet
of a mummy of the Roman period. The ears are
remarkably small, and placed even higher than is
usual in Egyptian figures. The fragment of canvas
is about 1 foot 5 inches high, and 1 foot 2 inches
wide.
408. Two solid pieces of Papyrus, one 9 inches
long, and 1|- inches wide.—Composed apparently of
fragments of demotic papyri, pasted together and
secured at the two ends by a lump of coarse bread,
on which, while soft, an impression of an oval seal
was made.
The other piece, 7 inches long, composed of a
solid piece of the stalk of the papyrus, flattened and
sealed at the two ends like the former, with an im-
pression of the same seal. The seal seems to have
been dipped in a blue liquid, in order that it should
be easily released from the soft bread, and likewise
to colour the impression. These sticks of papyrus
were for the purpose of giving solidity to small
volumes of manuscript, round which they were
rolled. The word volume, derived from the Latin
volvere, to roll, is still retained in our language to
signify a book, although books have long since
ceased to be made in the form of a roll.
out of a mould made ou an antique figure. It is
about 4 inches high.
407. A Front View of the Head of Osiris,
the size of life, drawn in a black outline, filled up
with paint.—This formed part of the winding sheet
of a mummy of the Roman period. The ears are
remarkably small, and placed even higher than is
usual in Egyptian figures. The fragment of canvas
is about 1 foot 5 inches high, and 1 foot 2 inches
wide.
408. Two solid pieces of Papyrus, one 9 inches
long, and 1|- inches wide.—Composed apparently of
fragments of demotic papyri, pasted together and
secured at the two ends by a lump of coarse bread,
on which, while soft, an impression of an oval seal
was made.
The other piece, 7 inches long, composed of a
solid piece of the stalk of the papyrus, flattened and
sealed at the two ends like the former, with an im-
pression of the same seal. The seal seems to have
been dipped in a blue liquid, in order that it should
be easily released from the soft bread, and likewise
to colour the impression. These sticks of papyrus
were for the purpose of giving solidity to small
volumes of manuscript, round which they were
rolled. The word volume, derived from the Latin
volvere, to roll, is still retained in our language to
signify a book, although books have long since
ceased to be made in the form of a roll.