Tabret, or timbrel (the Taph of the

Jews), i. 129, 130, 140.
Talent, ii. 259, 260.
Tamarisk, ii. 37.

wood, use of, ii. 110.

tree, sacred to Osiris, i. 256.
Tambourine,,i. 98, 129.

of various kinds, i. 129.
used in sacred music, i. 129.
played by goddesses, i. 129.
Tanning skins; pods of the acacia
(sont), bark of séáleh and rhus, for,
ii. 106.

Tapestry (tapeta) carpets, ii. 92.
Taste, ii. 288, 289. See Inapplicable-

books of Hermes, or, i. 274.
fête of, i. 299.

the intellect, i. 123.

-month of, i. 299.

the Moon and God of letters,
with an Ibis head, i. 328.

answered to Time, ii. 381.
Thothmes, the kings, i. 308.

III., i. 153, 308, 395, 397, 399, 418.
rising of Sothis in reign of, and
date of, ii. 255.

Threshers, song of the, ii. 43.
Threshing. See Wheat; see Ornan.
Throwstick, i. 235, 237.

not on the principle of the boo-
merang of Australia, i. 235.
Thummim. See Truth.

Thyrsus carried by the priests, i. 291.
suggested by the staff or ivy-
bound flower, i. 285.

Tiles, glazed, ii. 288, 292.
Tin, early use of, ii. 133, 134.

taken to the Isle of Wight as a
depôt, ii. 135.

called Kassiteros in Greek, and
Kastira in Sanscrit, ii. 133.

sought in Britain by the Phoni-
cians, ii. 134, 135.

some found in Spain even now,
ii. 134.
Tirhaka, i. 308.

captives of, i. 393, 395–398.
Tnephachthus' curse of Menes, i. 173.
Toersha, a people of Asia, i. 398.
Toes, a strap held between the, ii. 104.
Tokkari, an Asiatic people, i. 392.
carts of the, i. 392.

Tomb of Remeses III., i. 77, 108.

some not allowed to be buried
in their own, i. 314, 325; ii. 376, 379.
Tombs and funeral rites, ii. 356-400.
visit of women to the (as at
present), i. 93; ii. 364.

of the kings, i. 394.

of poor people, ii. 365.

all finished except the name of
the owner, and ready for sale, ii. 363.
seals of the, ii. 364.

365.

never circular in Egypt, ii. 365.
at the Pyramids, i. 111; ii. 287,

Tomtom drum, i. 103-106.
Towers, moveable, used in sieges, i.
390.

Towns raised above the inundation,
ii. 9.

Toys for children, i. 196, 197.
Trade of Egypt, ii. 134, 234, 235, 237.
of a father generally followed by
his son, ii. 57.

Tradesmen not allowed to meddle
with politics, nor to follow more
than one pursuit, ii. 57.
Transmigration of the soul, ii. 379.
in India, ii. 380.

Traps for birds, ii. 180, 182.

-, spring, very strong, ii. 182.
Treasure, story of, found, i. 23, 24. à
Treasury. See Remeses III.
Trees of Egypt, i. 35-37, 57.

-, sacred, i. 256.

represented on monuments, ii.

36-38.

Triad of gods, i. 329-332.

Trial of the dead, i. 325; ii. 376, 379.
Tribute paid to Egypt, i. 396, 397, 399,
404, 417; ii. 233, 241.

of Ethiopia, i. 404.

jar of, i. 397.

from Asia and Africa, ii. 233.

vases brought as part of a, i. 152,

153, 397, 399.

Triclinium not used by the Egyptians,
i. 58.

Trimalchio's exhortation at his feast,
i. 187.

Triumph of the king after victory, i.
277. See Thanksgiving.
Trochilus, story of the, i. 243.
Trumpet, i. 104, 105.

-, troops summoned by the, i. 344.
of the Israelites, Greeks, and
Romans, i. 105. See Jewish in-
struments.

Truth, the figure of, i. 260, 271, 272,
327.

Truth, i. 271, called Thmei (Oeμis).
See Pthah.

and Justice, i. 272; ii. 205.
the two figures of Thmei or, an-
swer to Thummim, ii. 205, 382.

Truth, or Justice, the great cardinal
virtue, ii, 207.

goddess of, with her eyes closed,
ii. 205.

Turkish tent traced in the house,
i. 5.

Typho or Typhon, or Seth, i. 105, 241,
242, 244, 249, 288, 323, 330.

the 3rd day of the Epact the
birthday of, i. 281.

sow sacrificed to, i. 323.
chase of a boar by, i. 244.
hippopotamus and crocodile,
emblems of, i. 241, 288.
Typhonian monster, i. 152, 153.

head of, resembled that of Me-
dusa, i. 153; ii. 263.

Variety, the Egyptians fond of, i.
58; ii. 296.

Vase like a caldron, i. 154.

of bronze, with an elastic cover,
i. 154, 158.

Vases, i. 147-158.

of glass and porcelain, i. 78, 82.
with the head of a bird and of
a Typhonian monster, i. 152, 153.
with a human head for a cover,
i. 155.

of porcelain, or of enamel on
gold, i. 152.

from Asia, i. 152, 153.

often of as bad shape as our
flower-pots, i. 153.

and bottles in a case, i. 80.
and bottles, closed with leaves,
i. 142, 165, 262.

of gold and silver, and other ma-
terials, i. 82, 148.

of gold, with so-called Greek
patterns, i. 147.

of same form as some Greek, but
most ancient, i. 147.

used in the temple and the
kitchen, i. 154, 156.

of bronze, glass, and other ma-
terials, 148.

studded with precious stones, i.

148.

variously ornamented with ani-
mals, &c., i. 152, 153.

of the Greeks, with the "Goose
and Sun" of Egypt (first noticed by
Mr. Stuart Poole), ii. 263.

of elegant form in Egypt, some-
times imbricated, with plates of
metal, ii. 162.

boat towed on a lake in the
grounds of a, i. 28.

Villas, i. 24-28.

of irregular plan, i. 28.
entrances to, i. 25.

Vine, i. 39-45; ii. 29, 36.
Vines trained, i. 33, 41.

browsed on by kids after the
vintage, i. 45.

grown on the edge of the desert,
i. 49; ii. 20.
Vineyard, i. 38, 41-43.

Vitrified coating over figures and sar-
cophagi of stone, ii. 64, 65, 70.
Vitruvius censures quantities of red
paint on walls, and "reeds for co-
lumns," i. 19, 21.

Umbrella over a chariot, i. 73, 75, 76,
384, 385.

shield used for an, i. 73, 75.
Undertakers, ii. 119, 387.
Volutes from Egypt, ii. 297.
Vows, public and private, i. 261.
Usury condemned, ii. 217.

Wabber, or hyrax (a sort of mar-
motte), i. 228, 247.
Walking-sticks, ii. 347, 348.
War, preparation for, i. 404.

mode of attack in, i. 405.
return of the army from, i. 278,
415, 416.

Wars of the Egyptians, i. 390-416.

Washerwomen, ii. 92.

Washing before dinner, i. 76, 77.
after dinner, i. 185.

Water of the Nile. See Nile.
pitcher or hydria, i. 287.
skins, i. 35, 213.

wheel, hydraulic screw, and foot
machine, i. 34.

Wealth of ancient people, ii. 243, 244,
245.

of individuals at Rome, ii. 244,
245.
Weighers, public, ii. 165.

public, confidence in, and pu-
nishment of, ii. 214, 217.
Weighing rings of gold and silver, ii.

148.

Weights, game of raising, i. 207.
and measures, ii. 259–261.
talent, mina, and other, ii. 259,
260.
Wheat, ii. 21.

and barley, when cut, the best,
ii. 39.

all bearded, the seven-eared,
quality of, ii. 39.

found in tombs, said to have been
grown in England, ii. 39.

-cropped a little below the ear,
ii. 39, 48.

cropped now close to the ground,

ii. 47.

Wife, the priests and other Egyptians
had only one, i. 5; ii. 224.
"Wife" and weaving, ii. 84.

said to rule at home, ii. 223.
of Potiphar, ii. 224.

Wight, Isle of, made the depôt for tin,
and the port of traders from the
continent, ii. 135.

Wigs, ii. 325, 326, 329.

Wild animals kept for the table, i. 215.
animals, i. 226–231, 239–248.

ass and wild boar not repre-
sented, i. 244.

Wild boar, i. 244, 247. See Damietta.

ox or cow, a species of antelope
(the Antilope Defassa), i. 227, 247.
Windows of houses, i. 14, 20, 22.

not covered with hangings, i. 22.
hanging up between columns, i.

20.
Wine of various kinds, i. 49-51, 266.
in the cellar, i. 49.
presented to guests, i. 81, 141.
presented before dinner, i. 82.
brought by an upper servant, i.

141.

Yoke for carrying waterpots and other things, i. 33.

of a plough, ii. 15. of a chariot, i. 379, 381. Yoking oxen and cows to the plough, ii. 15.

Young animals for stocking preserves, i. 215, 216.

Zift, or bitumen, brought in tribute from Asia, i. 397; ii. 120. See Rotǹ-n.

Zummára, a double pipe of modern Egypt, i. 128.

Zythus, or Zythos, beer, i. £3-55.