[254] The Boulak Museum possesses a very fine scarab which shows Nechao between Isis and Neith, one of whom hands him a mace and the other a small figure of Mentou-Ra, the God of Battles. Two chained prisoners are prostrate at the base of the scarab. Mariette, Notice, No. 556.
[255] Pierret, Catalogue de la Salle Historique, No. 269.
[256] De Rougé, Notice Sommaire, p. 59.
[257] It would appear that wood-carving was never so popular in Egypt as it was under the Second Theban Empire. The numerous wooden statues which fill our museums date from that period. We have given an example of them in Fig. 50, Vol. I.
[258] Mariette, Notice du Musée, Nos. 386 and 387. Mariette seems to estimate these two statuettes far too highly.
[259] De Rougé, Notice des Monuments Exposés au Rez-de-chaussée, No. 91.
[260] De Rougé, Notice des Monuments Exposés au Rez-de-chaussée, No. 94.
[261] Ibidem, No. 88.
[262] Mariette, Notice du Musée, Nos. 35-6.
[263] Mariette, Notice du Musée, No. 18.