Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : J. Murray · leaf 63
es in dia- meter at the base. Some have conjectured them to be seals for sealing the tombs, or tickets for the coffins ; others that they served as cards of invita- tion to the mourners, or passports of admission to the sepulchres. From recent discoveries made No. 6. — Sepulchral Cones. at Warka in… … No. 7.-Cone showing the inscription. name Qf ^ dead g()me of the oldest cones, made for functionaries of state deceased during the Twelfth dynasty, have their inscriptions running round the base, like the legend of a coin. Others have a line of hieroglyphs stamped in an elliptical or square…
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