TAA i.3.5.4

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sleeved dress, which is fastened infront^sic at the waist by a long 

wavy and gauffered sash, and draped over the left shoulder is a 

shawl of gauffered linen. Tenoned and morticed to the sledge of 

the canopy these statuettes were placed guarding the chest in the 

following order: the figure of Isis on the west side (front), that 

of Nephthys on the east side (back), Neith on the north side and 

Selket on the south side. Their distinctive symbols are care-

fully marked in black upon the sledge beside the mortice holes 

to receive them.

          The sculptured alabaster box concealed under the wooden chest 

also takes the form of a shrine upon a sledge. It was covered 

with a large linen sheet folded over three times. The lid of 

the box includes part of the frieze, the torus-moulding, a fluted 

cavetto-cornice and a pent roof. The box includes the lower 

portion of the frieze, the side panels (slightly set back) and 

a broad dado. Sculptured in high relief on the four corners 

of the box are the guardian goddesses, whose protective arms en-

clasp the sides: Isis on the south-west corner, Nephthys on the 

north-west corner, Neith on the south-east corner, and Selket on 

the north-east corner. Inscribed on each panel between the god-

desses are the words spoken by them: on the west side the form-

ulae of Isis and Imsety, Nephthys and Hepy; on the south side 

the formulae of Isis and Imsety, Neith and Qebeh-senwef; on the 

north side the formulae of Nephthys and Hepy, Selket and Dua-mutef; 

while on the east side those of Neith and Selket, their genii not 

being mentioned. Round the frieze beginning at/<on> the centre of the