Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867) (14594733808)

Identifier: handbookofarchae00west (find matches)
Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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uous soulswho have been admitted to the regions of Amenti. The scara-bseus or beetle was an emblem of the world, and was sacred tothe sun and to Phtah. Scarabsei, manufactured out of almost everyknown material, are found in great abundance in Egyptian tombs.Of greenstone, carnelian, haematite, granite, serpentine, agate, lapislazuli, plasma, amethyst, and other materials; a cheaper kind wasmade of limestone, stained to imitate a harder and dearer quality;and of the ordinary blue pottery. Many bear hieroglyphics, butthe greater number are quite plain. Those with hieroglyphicsbear on their bases the figures of deities, sacred animals, names ofkings, the name of the wearer, and other symbols. A great numberare funereal, and are engraved with a prayer, or formula, relativeto the heart or soul of the deceased. These are found between the MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 157 folds of the interior bandages, and on the chest of the mummies.Many, also, were used as amulets, and are found set in chains,
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collars, rings, etc. They may be classed as ornamental, funereal,or historical, some of these last of great size, bearing the name ofAmunoph III., and his queen Taia, relate to his conquests, hislion-hunts, or the public works of his reign. The real sacredscarabeeus of the Egyptians has been found living in Ethiopia.The white ibis is frequently represented by ancient artists, thoughrarely found in Egypt. It has been met with by Bruce in Abyssinia,and has been named by Cuvier, Ibis religiosa. Several kinds ofserpents are found represented, but especially the urasus, with itsswollen neck, now known to be the Naia liaje, a most venomoussnake. An asp, represented Hor-hat (the Agatho-dsemon, or pro-tecting genius). The great serpent, Apop (Apophis), was the em-blem of evil or sin. Another animal often figured in Egyptiansculpture and painting is the cynocephalus, or dog-headed baboon.It was the emblem of the god Thoth. Sepulchral Tablets.—Sepulchral tablets or stelae, are bas-reliefs of