Chapter V: Symbolic Decoration

THE URAEUS 107
THE DISC AND WINGS 108
THE HORNS 110
THE VULTURE 111
THE SCARAB 111
THE LION 112
THE GODDESS MAAT 114
THE GODDESS HATHOR 114
THE GOD BES 115
HIEROGLYPH SYMBOLS 116
CAPTIVES 122

INDEX 123

ABBREVIATIONS

C. M. Champollion, Monuments. Duem. Duemichen Hist. Inschr. F. P. coll. Flinders Petrie collection. Goodyear. Grammar of the lotus. H. S. Historical Scarabs (Petrie). I. Illahun (Petrie) K. Kahun (Petrie). L. D. Lepsius Denkmaler. P. and C. Perrot and Chipiez, Egypt. P. and C. Ass. Perrot and Chipiez, Assyria. P. I. Petrie, Illahun. P. M. Petrie, Medum. P. or Prisse. Prisse, Art; numbers refer to numbering in Edwards Library copy, plates being issued unnumbered. P. Mon. Prisse, Monuments. R. C. Rosellini, Mon. Civili. R. S. Rosellini, Mon. Storici. Schuck. Schuckhardt’s, Schliemann. T. A. Tell el Amarna (Petrie). Tanis. Tanis (Petrie) W. M. C. Wilkinson, Manners and Customs.

The shading of the figures is according to heraldic colours: || red, ═ blue, \\ green, // purple, ⁐ yellow