from the spotted leopard-skin sus- Necho lost all the conquests of Egypt and jewellery offered in the Nectanebo, i. 309. Neith, i. 296, 298, 328. See Minerva. only represented by the Romans, Nepenthes probably the Hasheesh (or Netpe, i. 181, 256; ii. 396, 397. See Netting needles, ii. 91, 95. Nets of different kinds, i. 214. -enclosing part of the desert, i.214. of very fine quality, ii. 80. for fishing. See Fishing-nets. Nile, valley of the, has more arable deposit the sanie throughout its water, fattening properties of water red and green at the begin- water laid up in jars before it is white and Blue, properly 20. fertilizing properties of the, ii. Niloa, festival of the Nile, i. 282. daily rise according to the, ii. Nilus, the god, of a blue and red called "Hapi." See List of Wood- Nimroud or Nineveh sculptures,i. 152; weights brought by Mr. Layard Nineveh (Niniee), tribute from, i. 397. sculptures, cruelty of the Assy- mables not so old as some have ornaments, i. 152, 153. ornaments late compared to those Nisroch, the head of a bird on a vase 19. Nofre (or Nofr), Atmoo, i. 256, 284, Nomes of Egypt, furnishing soldiers, , thirty-six, afterwards fifty-three, like the Roman tribulum, ii. 48. or public scribes punished for Nû, Nûm, Noub, Nef, Neph, or Kneph 332. Obelisks, removed to Europe, ii. 311. to different Gods at various most common, i. 263. of flowers, fruits, ointment, i. of emblems, jewels, i. 260. for the dead, ii. 362. Og, King of Bashan, iron bedstead of, Oils, ii. 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32. offering of, i. 259, 260. on heads of guests, i. 77, 78. of various kinds, i. 259; ii. 23, 78. found in jars in the tombs, i. Ipots of different materials for -, sagdas, or psagdæ, i. 259; ii. 342. soldiers carried a twig of, at Ombos (Ombite nome), i. 242. offered and eaten, i. 323, 324. 9 error respecting, i. 168. 169. Osiris, history of, the great mystery, the abstract idea of good, or before 18th dynasty only kings after that time all good men souls of good men returned to, remarkable and peculiar cha- -, eye of, i. 244, 257; ii. 127, 367, , sceptres of, i. 257, 266; ii. 381. or Bacchus, i. 286. See Bacchus. rites of, i. 129, 299, 301. mummies in form of, ii. 383, 385. wooden figure of, brought to allegories connected with the the original Sesostris, i. 307. Ostrich feathers and eggs, i. 224. caught for its eggs and plumes, Ottomans, i. 58, 67. Oxen for sacrifice not necessarily free -, clean, belonged to Epaphus, or Oxyrhinchus, city of, i. 307. Paamylia, i. 286. Painted walls and panels, i. 19-21. and sculpture, origin of, ii. 270, requires water to enable it to a great gift to the people, i. 168. the Dom, or Theban, i. 56, 57. formerly said to be sterile in of the Oasis called Lowbgeh, i. 55. Panegyries, or assemblies, i. 280. , Pantheism, i. 328. Pantomime, Italian, i. 101. of cotton and silk, ii. 101. in Arabic called "leaf," ii. 100. when first used in England, ii. Papremis, or Mars, fête of, i. 209, 298. used for making punts, baskets, or book, i. 274. eaten, i. 168; ii. 3. punt a security against croco- and another water plant, em- Papyrus not now in Egypt, ii. 97, 100. prophecy fulfilled respecting the, its name perpetuated in " pa- modern paper made from the, or paper, when found very mode of making, ii. 96-98. Pliny wrong in supposing, not breadth of sheets of, ii. 98. continued in use till time of -, monopoly of, resold, the original substitutes for, of pottery, Parchment, invention of, ii. 98, 99. Parks and covers, i. 37, 215. Party. See Guests. Pasht, Bubastis, Diana, i. 296. Passport system in Egypt, ii. 200, 201. Pastry, i. 174, 177. Pavilion and palace of the King, Phrah," the sun," changed into paste figure of a, offered by poor 's flesh abhorred by the priests, treatment of, not kept in a sty, eaten sometimes by the Egypti- turned into the fields, ii. 18, 19. Pillows, or head stools, of wood and Pipe, the Egyptian, very old, i. 127. double, was among the sacred double, of modern Egypt, or Pipes and flutes at first rude, i. 84. Pirouette danced 4000 years ago, i. Pitch called "zift" or "sift," i. 397; Plants of Egypt, i. 57, 167-169; ii. from Pliny, ii. 23, 24, 27-35. brought as part of a foreign tri- number of, in Egypt about 1300, producing oil. See Oils. wild and indigenous, of the Plate, or silver, few pieces of Greek light furrows made by the, ii. 14. Ploughing the land, ii. 13, 14. with an ox and an ass, not in Pointed ball, the principle of the, Pole-axe, i. 363. Pomegranate, i. 36, 54, 57, 256. tree represented, i. 36. the Rhodon (rose) that gave its Pompeii, red panels, and "reeds for of the world the same now as of of Alexandria, i. 305. of many colours, yellow put on Potter's wheel, ii. 107. Coptic names for different of modern Egypt has succeeded Egyptian, far inferior in taste to that of Greece, ii. 109. Poulterers, ii. 184, 185. used stone mortars, ii. 165, 166. cut with the diamond, ii. 67. See Gold, Wealth. Preserves, or covers, i. 37, 215. Priest, each, had one wife, i. 5; ii. Priestesses, i. 316, 317. See Women, Priesthood kept up their influence partly by pomp and ceremonies, i. Priests, worldly possessions of the, the law was in the hands of the, and military class had the highest of various grades, i. 316, 319. dress of the, i. 333, 334. who wore the leopard-skin dress. chief, and the prophets called paid no taxes, but had public 268. brought in the shrine, i. 269. wore the leopard-skin dress mountains in the desert, i. 228. lock of hair, the badge of, i. 312; in chariots, i. 370. office of, i. 311, 342, 344. i. 342. Principles of nature, the vivifying treatment of, i. 406, 410. Prizes for gymnastic exercises, cattle, at the King's coronation, i. 272, Processions, order of, from Clemens, Professions, only two, i. 311; ii. 1. |