220 EG YP T A N D E G Y P T I A N S .
<£ A similar physiognomy preponderates among the royal Egyptian personages ot every
epoch, as will he manifest to any one who will tnrn over the pages of Champollion and
Itosellini. The head of Horus [see our .Fig. 56] is an admirable illustration, while in the
portraits of Kameses IV., [III., of Lepsius] and Kameses IX., the same lines are apparent,
though much less strongly marked. How admirably also are they seen in the subjoined
juvenile head, (Fig. 123) which is that of a royal prince, copied from the very ancient
paintings in the tomb of Pehrai, at Eletheias.264 So also in the face of Kameses VII. (Fig.
124), who lived perhaps one thousand years later in time.
Fia. 123. F ig . 1 24.
“ I observe that the priests almost invariably present this physiognomy, and, in accordance
with the usage of their caste, have the head closely shaven. When colored they are
red, like the other Egyptians. The subjoined drawing (Fig. 125), which is somewhat harsh
in outline, is from the portico of one of the pyramids of MeroS,2® and is probably one of
the oldest human effigies in Nubia. They abound in all the temples of that country, and
especially at Semneh, Dakkeh, Soleb Gebel-Berkel, «nd Messoura.2®
“ From the numberless examples of similar conformation, I select another of a priest from
the bas-relief at Thebes, which is remarkable for delicacy of outline and pleasing serenity
of expression.2®7 (Fig. 126).
“ So invariably are these characters allotted to the sacerdotal caste, that we readily detect
them in the two priests who, by some unexplained contingency, become kings in the XXth
dynasty. Their names read Amensi-Hrai-Pehor and Phisham on the monuments; and the
accompanying outline is a fac-simile of Kosellini’s portrait of the latter personage, who
lived about 1100 years before the Christian era.2® In this head the Egyptian and Pelasgic
characters appear to be blended, but the former preponderate. (Fig. 127).
1 The last outline (Fig. 128) represents a modification of the same type, that of the
Harper in Bruce’s tomb at Thebes. The beautiful form of the head and the intellectual
character of the fade, may be compared with similar efforts of Grecian art. It dates with
Kameses IV.269
F ig. 1 2 5 . F ig . 126.
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F ig. 127. I Fig , 128. « o f *
“ As I believe this to be a most important ethnograpic indication, and one which points
to the vast body of the Egyptian people, I subjoin four additional heads of priests (Figs.
129, 130, 131, 132,) from a tomb at Thebes of the XVIIIth dynasty. We are forcibly impressed
with the delicate features and oblique eye of the left-hand personage, and with the
ruder but characteristic outline of the other figures, in which the prominent face, though
strongly drawn, is essentially Egyptian.2™
F ig. 129. Fig. 130. F ig. 131. F ig. 132.
“ The annexed outlines (Fig. 133), which present
more. pleasing examples of the same ethnographic character,
are copied from the tomb of Titi, at Thebes, and
date with the remote era of Thotmes IV.277 They represent
five fowlers in the act of drawing their net over a
flock of birds. The long, flowing hair is in keeping with
the facial traits, which latter are also well characterized
in the subjoined drawings (Figs. 134, 135, 136, 137),
derived from monuments of different epochs and localities.
F ig. 133.
F ig. 134. F ig. 135. F ig . 136. F ig. 137.