34o 
and notably so those in the Belmore collection, we will now 
proceed to describe. 
11. On four of these monuments the adoration of one, who, 
in addition to her other offices, was the patron deity of 
nurses, women, and children, the goddess Ranno, is repre- 
sented. In each case the offerings are precisely similar, 
and consist of flowers, fruit, and cakes. In No. 56, which 
is unfortunately broken, a Nubian gentleman,* * * § kneeling 
on one knee, presents the divinity with lotus-flowers and 
Fig. 52. Sepulchral tablet in the Belmore collection, representing the worship of the 
goddess Banno. (British Museum.) 
ornamental leaves, and offers for her acceptance a kind of wave 
offering, f Ranno (fig. 52) is drawn as crawling on the ground 
before the suppliant ; and the serpent* s scaly crest is sur- 
Fig. 53. Sepulchral tablet as above. (Same collection.) 
mounted by a placid human head,J adorned with a splendid 
askh or collar. § In fig. 53 || the same subject is again re- 
* Belmore Collection, plate 8. 
t The wave offering of the Jews seems to have been borrowed from Egypt, 
as it was a purely Egyptian custom, it consisted of waving before the deity 
a small metal stand, containing vegetables and flowers. 
X Belmore Collection, plate 8. 
§ For an example of this characteristic decoration, see the mummies in 
the Upper Egyptian Saloon, British Museum. 
|| Belmore Collection, plate 12, 
