THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN the queen had on her head the disk, horns, and plumes of Isis.

Each personage holds in one hand the flail, /\ , and crook, j , and a palm branch (?), and a curious sceptre something like |, in the other.

The FIFTH pyramid of the group, P, is about 44 ft. square at the base, and nearly 52 ft. high. Tt was almost perfect in 1897, and is one of the best built pyramids in the group. The platform at the top was complete, and the socket in it was well-cut and in a good state of preservation. The faces of all the stones in the twelve topmost layers had been carefully chiselled and rubbed smooth, and the angle stones were modified accordingly. When Cailliaud was at Gebel Barkal the chapel was still standing, and THE SOLAR DISK IN THE BOAT OF THE SUN-GOD (PYRAMID N).

[From Lepsius, Denkmiiler, Abth. V. Bl. 24.

its roof was well-preserved, but a portion of the pylon had been thrown down. The reliefs on the wall represented the performance of ceremonies connected with the making of offerings to the dead, and from Cailliaud's drawings (see " Voyage," planches, liii., liv.) we may note the following :—The deceased personage is seated under a canopy, holding a bow and other weapons in one hand, and a palm branch in the other. A priest stands in front of the canopy and burns incense, and behind him are rows of beings, including Anubis, Mut (?), Thoth, Ta-urt, Isis, Nephthys, and Osiris, preparing offerings. Men are bringing gazelle on their shoulders, a woman leads a cow and a calf for sacrifice, and processions of men and women bear palm branches.

In one part of the relief we see the god Osiris seated, with offerings of fruits, flowers, vessels of incense, wine in jars, &c.» arranged in rows before him. The flat raised portions which are 160