The Legacy Of Egypt

Index

417

public law, 217.

pulley, not used by Egyptians, 148.

pumps, 369.

Punt, land of, 35, 99

purification, 385.

Put, 230.

pylon, in, 149.

Pyramids: building of, 25; drawings of
mats on walls of galleries in, 129;
false statements about, 121; finish-
ing, 151; in poetry, 355; joints and
surface in blocks of, 150; mortuary
temples, 94; relieving devices in
152; restoration of, 82; Step, 138,
pi. 16; structure of, 126, 127; un-
solved building problems, 154; vol-
ume of, 173.

— at Giza, pis. 27-8.

— Great Pyramid, 9, 91-3, 112 pi. 19,
granite roofs in King's Chamber of,
148; orientation effaces of, 195;
relieving chambers of, 152; supposed
find of iron ore in stonework, 135-6.

— of Khufu, 9.

— of Pepi II, in.

— of Sahure', 153.

— of Unas, pi. 29.
Pythagoras, 51, 65.

Qarkar, battle of, 227-8.

Qasidat al-Burda, 353.

Qaw, limestone found near, 143.

Qawdnin al-dawdwin, 357.

Qays, poet, 354.

qedet, weight, 176.

Qena, city, 144.

Qena-Quseir road, 134.

quartz, 133.

quartzite, 143-5.

queen, represented in sculpture, 81.

Qur'an, 328, 369, 372-3, 378-9; calli-
graphic copies of, 362-3; influence of,
on law, 216.

Qusair Amra frescoes, 362.

el-Quseir, 144.

rabbinism, 316.
rack-rents, 292.
al-Racli, khalif, 349.
rafts, 140-1.
Rahotep, statue of, 94.

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railways, 381.
Rakhmire, see Rekhmlre.
Ramesside times, 67, 71, 76.
Ram6se, tomb of, 102-3, in, 117, pi. 9.
Ramses (Rames(s)es) I, King, n n. i,
13; II, 5, 9, 10, 39, 60, 62, 82, 100,
207,223 ; III, 17,41,204,239; VI, 89.
Ranke, H., 242.
Ranufer, statue of, 94.
Ras Shamra, 61-2, 239.
Rauda, 356.
Ravenna papyri, 252.
Rr, god, 70,373,377,391; son of, 372.
real estate, 215.
rebus (charade), 64.
reception halls, 80.
Record Office, 35.
red colour, for painting, 156.
Red Mountain, quartzite from, 144.
red ochre, 156.
Red Sea, the, 115, 123.
regie, 294.
Rehoboam, 226.
Rekhmire* (RakhmirS'), vizier, Code of
Ceremonial of, 202, 207; tomb of,
reliefs 87, 112. [130.
religion, 85-6, 238-40, 283; see also
Church, monasticism.
religious poems, 243-5.
remen, measure, 176.
Renaissance, and standards of art, 84.
reserve head, sculptured, in burial-
chamber, 94.
resh, Hebrew, 56, 59-61.
residences, design of, So-i.
resin, amber-like, 155.
resins, 159.
revenue, law of, 202.
Rhampsinitus, name given by Herodo-
tus to Ramses III, 17.
Rhodes, pottery from, 51,
Rhodians, 291.
Riblah, place, 233-3.
ring of Amenhotep IV, 222 n. 2. -
ritual ceremonies, 92; images, 94*
ro, 64.
roads, 50, 81.
robbers of tombs, 88.
Roberts, C. H., 311 n. i.
Robinson, T. H., 223 n. i.
rollers, used in building, 149.