CHAPTER V

_SYMBOLIC DECORATION_

THE URAEUS 107 THE DISC AND WINGS 108 THE HORNS 110 THE VULTURE 111 THE SCARAB 111 THE LION 112 THE GODDESS MAAT 114 THE GODDESS HATHOR 114 THE GOD BES 115 HIEROGLYPH SYMBOLS 116 CAPTIVES 122

INDEX 123

ABBREVIATIONS

C. M. Champollion, Monuments. Duem. Duemichen Hist. Inschr. F. P. coll. Flinders Petrie collection. Goodyear. Grammar of the lotus. H. S. Historical Scarabs (Petrie). I. Illahun (Petrie) K. Kahun (Petrie). L. D. Lepsius Denkmaler. P. and C. Perrot and Chipiez, Egypt. P. and C. Ass. Perrot and Chipiez, Assyria. P. I. Petrie, Illahun. P. M. Petrie, Medum. P. or Prisse. Prisse, Art; numbers refer to numbering in Edwards Library copy, plates being issued unnumbered. P. Mon. Prisse, Monuments. R. C. Rosellini, Mon. Civili. R. S. Rosellini, Mon. Storici. Schuck. Schuckhardt’s, Schliemann. T. A. Tell el Amarna (Petrie). Tanis. Tanis (Petrie) W. M. C. Wilkinson, Manners and Customs.

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