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 Ornament. upon the mummy cases it is occasionally substituted for the urseus-crowned disk in the centre of a huge pair of extended wings. Beneath it, figures of I sis or Nephthys, the guardians of Fig. 287. — Painting on a mummy ca?e. Description, vol. ii. pi. 58. the tomb, are found (Fig. 287). The effect is similar to that of the winged globes which are found upon cornices. In the latter the disk which represents the sun is red, and stands boldly out from the green of the two wings. The latter, again, are relieved (' I, II II I I I II l',|ilil"|il|lJtiT,lii IIK'llllli 'i'Kf iil'lil] Fig. 288. — Winged globe. From Prisse. against a striped ground, on which bands of red, blue, and white are laid alternatively. Thanks to the happy choice of these colours, the result is excellent from a decorative point of view, VOL. II. 3 A
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