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Title: A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald), 1873-1930
Subjects: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt Egypt -- Antiquities Catalogs
Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: New York University, Institute of Fine Arts Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n his head and a cake in the form of a crescentmoon, symbolic of Khensu. XXVth dynasty. (No. 35,896.) No. 135. Wooden stele of Nes-ther-en-Maat /I ° /wwv\ v~2f3i ^^7, the daughter of the chief clerk of the works in thetemple of Amen, Ankh-pa-khrat T/Jxl % an^ TheshepetDq. XXIInd dynasty. (No. 8450.) No. 136. Wooden stele of Taiau-khrat <=-. v\ (1 a singing woman in the temple of Amen. XXth dynasty (No. 8447.) No. 137. Wooden stele of Thebnesta n );^1 G 2 84 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM—WALL-CASES 99-114. mounted on a pair of steps. Within an ornamental borderarc painted the following scenes :—1. The suns disk, withpendent uraei, shedding rays of light on each side of ajackal. 2. The soul adoring the dead sun-god Af, who is seated in his boat; behind the soul is its shadow, T,3. A man, called Tchabari J l)l)$J» probably the husband of Theb-nesta, adoring Osirisand six of the godsof his company 4.Row of figures of the Tet n, and the buckleXXI Ind (No. 8463.)No. 138. Woodenstele of Nesui
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vvft, a priest,Takureheb (5. ilTJ^ who makes adorationsto the gods in theboat of Ra, and tothe gods in the Under-world. The stele isbeautifully painted in>right colours on awhite ground, andstands upon two sup-ports in the form of the mythological steps ^/J; it is sur-mounted by a human-headed hawk, emblematic of the soulof the deceased, with a gilded face. This is one of the finest examples of the painted woodenfuneral stelae in the collection. XXI Ind dynasty. (No. 8468.) No. 8468 SEPULCHRAL STEL.K. 85 No. 139. Wooden stele of Uah-ab-Ra jf _ » a priestof Amen-Ra, son of the scribe of the wonders of Amen-Ra, Neb-nest-taui ^7 =>)^- This stele is elabo- rately painted, and contains an unusually large numberof mythological scenes, which may be thus described :—(1) Gilded disk with wings and uraei ; (2) beetle, from which proceed a number of emblems of life TTTT> that fall upon the mummy of the deceased ; on each side ofthe mummy are several genii of the underworld ; (3) repr

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