Excerpt from Records of the Past, Vol. 12: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments The cover was found broken by Belzoni, but trans lations are here given of what remains, as figured by Bonomi, on plates 18 and 19. Those which cover the interior side of the lid belong in part to the Book of the Dead, but are incomplete. Only a small portion of the upper side of the lid now remains, figured on the same plates. On the bottom of the sarcophagus is engraved a large figure of the goddess Neith (plates ...
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Excerpt from Records of the Past, Vol. 12: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments The cover was found broken by Belzoni, but trans lations are here given of what remains, as figured by Bonomi, on plates 18 and 19. Those which cover the interior side of the lid belong in part to the Book of the Dead, but are incomplete. Only a small portion of the upper side of the lid now remains, figured on the same plates. On the bottom of the sarcophagus is engraved a large figure of the goddess Neith (plates 16 and I her arms hanging down, and her body wrapped round with folding wings in the form of a tight-fitting dress. The figure is surrounded with prayers and chapters from the Book of the Dead. In the Appendix M. Lefebure has given the version of the Book of Hades from the Tombs of Seti I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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