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EGYPTIAN MUMMY CASE AND COFFIN OF 
A PRIESTESS. 
See Page VI. 
This illustration represents the lid of the coffin (see page vi), 
of the priestess Peta-Amen-Neb-Nest-Taiu, the unrolling of 
which is described in the Report on page 6. She lived in the 
XXI Dynasty, and so was about 3500 years old. It came from 
Thebes. The coffin is in a beautiful state of preservation, and 
the painting and characters are all distinct. The features (as 
will be seen) are characteristic of the Egyptian type. On the 
lid is represented the goddess Nut. The Soul visiting the body, 
with the four canopic jars under the bier. The four genii of the 
dead represented twice, and two Utchats or symbolic eyes. Five 
columns of dedication to Amen, Seb Ap-Uat, Ra, and Osiris- 
Kheut Amenti respectively. 
R. Q. 
