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chamber at once.^[1] It was the frequent custom to put with the dead those pillows of wood or alabaster which the Egyptians seem

Figs. 101, 102.—Scarabs. Louvre.

to have used from the most ancient times for the support of their heads in sleep. This contrivance, which does away with the

Figs. 103, 104.—Funerary amulets. Oudja and ta. Louvre.

necessity for continually rearranging their complicated head-dress, is still used by the Nubians and Abyssinians.

1. Upon the papyrus known as the Papyrus Casati, mention is made of a priest who is charged to watch over a whole collection of mummies.
   "This is the list of bodies belonging to Osorvaris:—
   "Imouth, son of Petenefhotep, his wife and children;
   "Medledk, the carpenter, his wife and children;
   "Pipee, his wife and children, from Hermouth;
   "The father of Phratreou, the fuller;
   "Aplou, the son of Petenhefhotep the boatman, his wife and children, from Thebes;
   "Psenmouth, the carpenter, his wife and children;
   "Psenimonthis, the mason;
   "Amenoth, the cowherd."
   There are many more lists of the same kind. The above is cited from M. E. Le Blant (Tables égyptiennes à Inscriptions grecques, p. 6, 1875, 8vo.).