m PYRAMIDS AT GEBEL BARKAL seen in many parts of the reproduction were in the original reUef intended for inscriptions, but either because the sculptor did not know hieroglyphics, or did not know how to cut them, he left them blank. The Egyptian origin of the details of the decoration SCENE FROM THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CHAPEL OF PYRAMID O. A priest is offering incense to a Queen of Napata, who wears the crown of Isis and holds the emblems of Osiris.

[From Lepsius, Denkmakr, Abth. V. Bl. 22, is beyond question ; the canopies are like those seen in Egyptian tombs ; the capital of its pillar is Hathor-headed ; the ornament of the pillar is lotus-shaped ; and the influence of the Nubian VOL. I. 161 M