36'2 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XV. 



mish. There were some other sacrifices very si- 

 milar to those ah'eady mentioned, — as of the high 

 priests, which consisted of a young calf for a sin 

 offering, and a ram for a burnt offering ; the per- 

 petual sacrifice*, a daily offering of two lambs, on 

 the altar of burnt offerings, — one in the morning, 

 the other in the evening ; and some others, which 

 it is unnecessary to enumerate. There were also 

 five sorts of offerings, called Mincha, or Ko7'ban 

 Mincha\\ 1. fine f^our, or meal : 2. cakes of va- 

 rious kinds, baked in the oven : 3. cakes baked 

 on a girdle or plate : 4. cakes baked on a plate 

 pierced with holes : 5. first fruits of new corn, 

 offered either pure and unmixed, roasted or 

 parched, in the ear or out of the ear ; but these 

 have been already mentioned t, as well as the of- 

 ferings of bread, salt, fruits, wine, oil, honey, and 

 other things included under the name of Mincha. 



I have also noticed the primitive nature of 

 sacrifices §, the probable worship of the Egyptians 

 in their infancy as a nation 1| , their early intro- 

 duction of oracles %, and the rites practised on 

 certain occasions.** 



VARIOUS OFFERINGS. 



The most usual offerings mentioned in the sculp- 

 tures, besides the sacrifices of animals and birds, 



* Exod. xxix. 38. , Numb, xxviii. 3. f Levit. ii. I. 



t Suprd,Vo\. I. (2d Scries) p. 135.; 

 § Supn), Vol. 1. (2d Series) p. 147. 150. 

 II Vol. 1.(2(1 Scries) p. 145. 146. 

 1 Supra, Vol. I. (2d Scries) p. 143. 144. 211. 

 *# Supra, p. 182. 299. &c. and Vol. I. (2d Series) p 158. 



