CHAP.XVT. 



SERVICES OR LITURGIES. 



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respect they were inclined to pay to tlie memory 

 of their parent. If the sons or relations were of 

 the priestly order, they had the privilege of offici- 

 ating on these occasions ; and the members of the 

 family had permission, and were perhaps frequently 

 expected, to be present, whether the services were 

 performed by strangers, or by relations of the de- 



No. 492. 4 3 2 1 Thebes. 



The members of the family present when the services were performed. 



ceased. The ceremonies consisted of a sacrifice, 

 similar to those offered in 

 the temples, vowed for the 

 deceased to one or more 

 Gods (as Osiris, Anubis, 

 and others connected with 

 Amenti) : incense and libation 

 were also presented; and a 

 prayer was sometimes read, 

 the relations and friends being; 



^ ,„, . . . , present as mourners. Thev 



No. 493. A woman embracmg, and L J 



weeping before, her husband's „.,„„ i^i.-,,-w,^ <-l-,,-i,,-. v^..n.T^«r, a« 



mummy. Thebes, cvctt joined tncii piayci's to 



those of the priest; and, embracing the mummied 



