one hundred and twenty feet high with, its pedestal. See
_Tanis_, Part I., by W.M.F. Petrie, published by the Egypt
Exploration Fund, 1885.--A.B.E.

[50] Ameniritis, daughter of an Ethiopian king named Kashta, was the sister
and successor of her brother Shabaka, and wife of Piankhi II., Twenty-
fifth Dynasty. The statue is in alabaster.--A.B.E.

[51] A Memphite scribe of the Thirtieth Dynasty.--A.B.E.

[52] In Egyptian _Ta-urt_, or "the Great;" also called _Apet_.
This goddess is always represented as a hippopotamus walking. She
carries in each hand the emblem of protection, called "_Sa_." The
statuette of the illustration is in green serpentine.--A.B.E.

[53] _Sebakh_, signifying "salt," or "saltpetre," is the general
term for that saline dust which accumulates wherever there are mounds
of brick or limestone ruins. This dust is much valued as a manure, or
"top-dressing," and is so constantly dug out and carried away by the
natives, that the mounds of ancient towns and villages are rapidly
undergoing destruction in all parts of Egypt.--A.B.E.

[54] For an example of Graeco-Egyptian portrait painting, _tempo_
Hadrian, see p. 291.

CHAPTER V.

_THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS._

I have treated briefly of the Noble Arts; it remains to say something of
the Industrial Arts. All classes of society in Egypt were, from an early
period, imbued with the love of luxury, and with a taste for the beautiful.
Living or dead, the Egyptian desired to have jewels and costly amulets upon
his person, and to be surrounded by choice furniture and elegant utensils.
The objects of his daily use must be distinguished, if not by richness of
material, at least by grace of form; and in order to satisfy his
requirements, the clay, the stone, the metals, the woods, and other
products of distant lands were laid under contribution.

I.--STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS.

[Illustration: Fig. 210.--The _Ta_, or girdle-buckle of Isis.]

[Illustration: Fig. 211.--Frog amulet.]

[Illustration: Fig. 212.--The _Uat_, or lotus-column amulet.]

[Illustration: Fig. 213.--An _Uta_, or sacred eye.]

[Illustration: Fig. 214.--A scarabaeus.]

It is impossible to pass through a gallery of Egyptian antiquities without
being surprised by the prodigious number of small objects in _pietra dura_
which have survived till the present time. As yet we have found neither the
diamond, the ruby, nor the sapphire; but wit