CHAP. XVI. 



DECORATION OF THE CASES. 



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frequently spread over the breast, and even the 

 whole body, worked in rich and elegant devices. 

 The outer case was either of wood or stone. 



No. 504. Different forms of Mummy Cases. 



1, 2. 4. 9. Of wood.' 



3. 5, 0,7, 8. Of stone. 



10. Of burnt earthenware. 



When of wood, it had a flat or a circular summit, 

 sometimes with a short square pillar rising at each 

 angle. The whole was richly painted, and it fre- 

 quently had a door represented near one of the 

 corners. At one end was the figure of Isis, at the 

 other Nepthys ; and the top was painted with 

 bands or fancy devices. * In others the lid repre- 



* Vide supra (Yo\.l. 2d Series), p. 859. of the Bull representctl at 

 the foot of some mummy cases. 



