Wilkinson, John Gardner: Topographie of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataracte and Wadi Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases and eastern desert, from Sooez to Bertenice (London, 1835)

140 HILL OF SHEKH ABD EL QOORNEH. [Chap. III.

those in the hill of Shekh Abd el Qoorneh; but as
a detailed account of their sculpture would extend
beyond the proposed limits of my description of
Thebes, I can only notice briefly the principal
subjects of those most worthy of a visit.*

Number 1, which bears the name of Osirei,
father of Remeses II., presents some well-executed
sculptures on the right and left walls. The king is
seated under a rich canopy, attended by the goddess
of Justice ; before him is the individual of the tomb,
a distinguished functionary of the priestly order,
with the title of high priest, followed by others of
the same caste, who, introduced by an officer of the
royal household, advance to " offer their praises "
to the monarch.

In Number 2 (now closed) are figures of women
dancing or playing on the harp, the double pipe,
and lyre, accompanied by choristers. Various
offerings are presented to the deceased, and his
relations, with the upper part of the body f ex-
posed above the waist, bewail his death, and
that of his consort, whose mummies they bathe
with their tears. In another compartment, a
priest pours a liquid into cups, placed on a lofty
stand, and another, by means of three siphons,\

* The most interesting are Numbers 1, 2, 5, 11, 14, 16, 11,
29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37 ; and in the plain below k and q.

t Conf. Herodot. II., s. 85.

| This word is probably of Egyptian origin, and may be traced
in the Arabic root " sif," to " imbibe." Many Arabic words are
met with in the Egyptian language.