Index. 429 y Nekau, i. 24, 78. Nekheb (goddess), i. 63. Nem-hotep, ii. 202. Nepheritis, ii. 266. Nephihys, i. 54, 301 ; ii. 350, 361. Niebuhr, i. XXI. Nesa, ii. 185. Nestor L'Hote, i. 4 ; ii. 15; his en- thusiasm for the art of the early dynasties, 225. Nile, the creator of Egypt, i. 2, 3 ; its inundations, 4, 5 ; homage to the N. as a god, 233. Nowertiouta, ii. 294. Num-hotep, i. 35, 251. O Obelisks, the, method of erection, ii. 75 ; 169 ; 6/ScAos, 170 ; 6/3€ki<rKo<;, id.; O. of Hatasu, 170; do. of Luxor, 171 ; do. of Ousourtesen, id. ; heights of obelisks, id. ; O. figured in bas-relief at Sakkarah, 174; ovals of Ousourtesen I. on O. at Beggig, i75- . Offerings, funerary, i. 139-45; ii. 384; tables for offerings, 143-4; ii. 362. Oliphant, Laurence, ii. 175. Opisthodomos, i. 354. " Orders," the Egyptian, ii. 85 ; asserted derivation from the national flora, 128. Orientation of the tomb, i. 157. Ornament, importance of the human figure, ii. 355 ; vultures, id. ; origin of ornament, 356 ; various motives, 357; ceiling decorations, 359; winged globe, 361 ; mummy cases, id. ; colour well preserved, 362 ; use of gold, id. ; graining, 363. Osarvaris, i. 159. " Osymandias, tomb of," or Rames- seum, i. 266, 375, 378. Osorkhon, ii. 362. Ouaphra, ii. 266. Oudja, ii. 383. Ouenephes, or Ata, i. 207. Ouna, i. 151. Ounas, Pyramid of, i. 194, 215 ; mummy chamber of O. 235 ; the opening of the pyramid, 235. Oushebti, or ^//t'^// (answerers or respon- dents), i. 146. Ousourtesens, the, ii. 45, 50, 72. Overbeck, history of sculpture, i. V. Ovolo (egg moulding), ii. 154. Ox, faithful treatment of, in Egyptian art, ii. 253. Paccard, L XI I L Painting ; Egyptian painting really illu- mination, ii. 332 ; how a picture was begun, id. ; complete absence of shadow, id. ; tools employed, 2,2)1 : colours known. 334 , their chemical composition, id. ; good condition of Egyptian painting, 335 ; procedures. id. : treatments of fiesh tints. 336 : distemper the true Egyptian method, id. portrait of Amasis. 336; easel pictures not unknown, id. ; colours of the gods, 337 ; portraits of Queen Taia, id. ; decorations of tomb of Ptah-hotep, 341. Palace, the Egyptian, ii. 8. Palestrina mosaic, the, ii. 288. Palettes, painters", ii. 2,SZ- Panels, grooved, i. 115 : carved do., ii. 189. Papi, i. 235. Papyrus; the plant, ii. 125; Papyrus Afiasfasi III., ii. 22 ; Papyrus Ca- sati, i. 159; Papyrus IV., i. 161; Satirical Papyri, ii. 351. Passalacqua ; his descriptions of mum- mies, i. 136, 143 ; his discovery of a tomb, 293. Pastophorus, of the Vatican, ii. 265. Pat, ii. 185. Patera, ii. 370. Pausanias, i. 26S. Pectorals, ii. 380. Pega, i. 128. Peiho, i. 172. Pekh-hesi, on panels in tomb of Hosi, iu i8g. Penrose, F. C, i, XIV. Pentaour, a scribe, i. 5 ; the poet. 266. Peripteral temples. Elephantine, i. 396- 398 ; Eilithyia, Medinet-Abou and Semneh, 402. Persigny, F. de, his notions about the pyramids, i. 191. Perring, J. L. ; his great work upon the pyramids, I 195 ; his perception of the object of the discharging chambers in the Great Pyramid, 221; his drawings of the sarcophagus of Mycerinus, ii. 56. Perspective, ii. 5.
