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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...platform, upon the sides of which are seated, facing each other, two jackals and two dog-headed apes Three little figures, kneeling below, are presenting an offering and pouring a libation. A large part of the shelf is occupied by beautiful bronze lions (n 920) which came from Tell-Mokdam. The little limestone stela (n 92i) has a scene which is as yet unique upon monuments of this kind: a monkey is climbing a tree and gathering fruit for his mistress who holds him in leash with one hand, and carries in the other a basket for the fruit. ROOM A. This room contains the last of the articles relating to dress and toilet, linen, musical instruments and toys, and the beginning of the pottery and metal ware. South Side of the Room. Case A. On the upper shelf are some ivory slabs, pieces of a box, and two complete sets of fan sticks. An Egyptian fan was composed of a handle and a central piece which finished off the handle, and into which the feathers were stuck and were kept in place by means of a spring, which, ia this case, is of wood. Two of these central pieces are shown on the second shelf. The best one is: 941. Wood.--Height o m. i5 cent. Cap of a fan handle withthename Minnakhiti, a scribe of the House of the Sun. Upon this shelf and the next are rings of ivory, carnelian and gold, which were probably earrings. One lot of these on the small shelf (n 92) came from excavations at MitRahineh in i892, anotherlot from Mendes (see n 942 bis). Beside them are combs in wood and ivory, ivory spatulae (n' 939 and 989 bis) and: 940. Wood,--Height o m. 08 cent.--Thebes. A small round wooden tortoise. The holes in its back were to hold the toilet pins which were of wood with doghead tops. This implement was found at Drah abu'l Neggah, in an eleventh dynasty tomb. Lastly,...
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