PYRAMIDS NOS. 12 AND 13 it, the prince or king is seen seated in royal state upon a throne, which lacks the usual decoration of lions' heads ; the throne is, in fact, a stool with a very low back. The front of the canopy under which he sits terminates in a serpent, and the pillar on which it rests has a capital in the form of a ram's head surmounted by a disk. The prince wears the aUf crown, from which THE BUILDER OF PYRAMID NO. 12.

[From Lepsius, Denkm'dler, Abth. V. BI. 27.

a streamer falls behind his neck. In the one ear visible is an ornament made in the form of a ram's head surmounted by a disk ; his garment is close-fitting, and is fringed across the chest. On the upper part of his left arm is a beetle, m , wearing the triple crown, k-, a- symbol of resurrection and regeneration which was very common in Egypt during the Ptolemaic and VOL. I. 401 D d