Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Art, Manufactures, Religions, and Early History; Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existng, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. Illustrated by Drawings of Those Subjects, Volume 2J. Murray, 1837 - Agriculture |
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... probably a particular Quarter of an Egyp- tian City appropriated to it . No Tradesman could meddle in Politics . Their Reasons for forbidding it The public Weighers and Notaries . Things sold by Weight 10 Their Money consisted of Rings ...
... probably a particular Quarter of an Egyp- tian City appropriated to it . No Tradesman could meddle in Politics . Their Reasons for forbidding it The public Weighers and Notaries . Things sold by Weight 10 Their Money consisted of Rings ...
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... probably its own They resided in the Capital . Commencement of a Trial . The Plaintiff and Defendant . The Case stated in Writ- ing . The Defendant replied - No Pleading allowed ; all Classes equal before this Tri- bunal · 22 22 23 24 ...
... probably its own They resided in the Capital . Commencement of a Trial . The Plaintiff and Defendant . The Case stated in Writ- ing . The Defendant replied - No Pleading allowed ; all Classes equal before this Tri- bunal · 22 22 23 24 ...
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... crude Brick for Buildings Bricks probably a Government Monopoly . Captives em- ployed to make Bricks . The Jews also employed in this Drudgery . 97 Page 98 99 Brickmakers at Thebes , erroneously supposed to A 4 CONTENTS . vii.
... crude Brick for Buildings Bricks probably a Government Monopoly . Captives em- ployed to make Bricks . The Jews also employed in this Drudgery . 97 Page 98 99 Brickmakers at Thebes , erroneously supposed to A 4 CONTENTS . vii.
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... inwards , as of the Romans · - 114 Position of the Door . Flight of Steps unusual before the Door . Floors . Roofs Roofs often vaulted . · 115 Stone Arch at Saqqára , 600 B. C. - Probably also used at Medéenet Háboo , in the viii CONTENTS .
... inwards , as of the Romans · - 114 Position of the Door . Flight of Steps unusual before the Door . Floors . Roofs Roofs often vaulted . · 115 Stone Arch at Saqqára , 600 B. C. - Probably also used at Medéenet Háboo , in the viii CONTENTS .
Page ix
... Probably also used at Medéenet Háboo , in the Pavilion of Remeses III . Invention of the Arch . Want of Wood in Egypt . Rare Woods part of the Tribute exacted from conquered Na- tions . Ground Floors . Rooms for entertaining Guests and ...
... Probably also used at Medéenet Háboo , in the Pavilion of Remeses III . Invention of the Arch . Want of Wood in Egypt . Rare Woods part of the Tribute exacted from conquered Na- tions . Ground Floors . Rooms for entertaining Guests and ...
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Page 3 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 376 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 147 - My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 376 - But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Page 106 - It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Page 61 - And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 220 - Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us: 8 Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered...
Page 312 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 222 - Plato, who was well acquainted with the usages of the Egyptians, says that they considered music of the greatest consequence, from its beneficial effects upon the mind of youth ; and according to Strabo, the children of the Egyptians were taught letters, the songs appointed by law, and a certain kind of music, established by government.
Page 296 - The first figure is an Egyptian scribe, who presents an account of their arrival to a person seated, the owner of the tomb, and one of the principal officers of the reigning Pharaoh. The next, also an Egyptian, ushers them into his presence ; and two advance bringing presents, the wild goat or ibex and the gazelle, the productions of their country.